Our Expert Team
Executive Team
Ben Grodski
Managing Director
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Ben founded Pacific Private Asset Management with a mission to help clients achieve financial freedom, security and achieve their long-term financial goals.
He has over 30 years experience in financial markets, advising both retail and institutional investors, and is trusted advisor to High Net Worth, Ultra High Net Worth, Family Offices, International Investors and Institutions to safeguard and grow their wealth.
With significant international and Australian experience, Ben has worked at some of the world’s leading financial services organisations including JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley in New York, and ABN Amro and Prudential Bache Securities in Australia.
His experience includes Asia Pacific investment markets advising on equity, derivative, capital market and leveraged products; roles as Head of Institutional Equities & Head of Research; helping build a global data driven research firm; and as COO and Partner of Boag Financial.
Ben has an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business, a Bachelor of Arts from Monash University majoring in both Japanese & Economics and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance from the Securities Institute of Australia.
David Heather
General Manager
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Mandy Penkin
Integration Manager
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Mandy has 30 years’ expertise in business consulting and leadership. Her skills include process productivity and efficiency, risk management and compliance, professional education and coaching.
Having run a financial planning practice, a privately owned AFSL and worked at CBA she uses this firsthand experience to guide businesses through complex change in challenging and scrutinised environments. She supports streamlining operations and improving risk management to enable focus on technical and client facing activities. Mandy is a professional educator having facilitated large groups and delivered multiple training programs.
Mandy holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons courses) as well as Diplomas in Financial Planning, Frontline Management and is a Graduate of Australian Company Directors and Officers program.
Mandy is passionate about mental and physical wellness and sits on the Board of a not for profit in this space.
Riza Acosta
Executive Assistant
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Advisory Board
Martin Halpen
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A strategic mindset and a willingness to embrace new opportunities have shaped Martin’s journey in business. In 2000, he took a chance on a small fresh fruit home delivery service with just 280 residential customers. When a customer asked about workplace deliveries, he saw the potential to pivot – and that decision set the foundation for what is now The Fruit Box Group, Australia’s leading workplace fruit, milk, coffee and pantry delivery service.
Under Martin’s leadership, the business continued to grow. Listening and learning from customers and those around him, he guided the launch of an award-shortlisted online customer platform, designed to give customers greater flexibility and control over their orders.
Always wanting to give back to the community, Martin founded The One Box in 2017, a charitable initiative donating a box of fresh high quality fruit, vegetables and bread each week to Australian families experiencing hardship. By leveraging The Fruit Box Group’s national infrastructure, The One Box now partners with over 115 schools across the country to deliver the fresh produce boxes.
Although no longer CEO, Martin remains actively involved in The Furit Box Group at a strategic level. His ability to adapt, innovate and lead with purpose continues to shape the company’s direction, while driving a lasting impact in the community.
Michael Stapleton
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Nina Thomas
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Lucinda Macnab
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Francis Armstrong
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Francis Armstrong: Entrepreneurial Visionary and Innovator
With over 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur and businessman, Francis Armstrong has built a distinguished career characterised by his ability to navigate complex technical challenges and deliver innovative solutions to market. His impressive track record underscores his commitment to driving results across various industries.
In 2000, amid the tumult of the tech crash, Francis founded Smedia Digital. His vision was rooted in addressing a significant challenge: facilitating the transition from analogue to digital across all sectors, with a particular focus on the publishing industry. Under his leadership, Smedia Digital pioneered one of the first paywalled digital products in publishing—The Age newspaper in December 2010 which became the number one downloaded app in the App Store. This success led to the delivery of other titles including The Sydney Morning Herald and the AFR. This innovation laid the groundwork for Today’s Paper Digital and positioned Smedia at the forefront of digital newspaper globally securing News Corporation Publishing Group, Daily Mail in and several major publishers in Asia and Middle East.
In addition to his work with Smedia Digital, Francis founded Findacarpark in 2005— the world’s first online marketplace connecting private driveway owners with individuals seeking affordable long-term parking. Conceptually akin to Airbnb but for car parks, this platform disrupts traditional commercial parking models by offering affordable alternatives.
Other innovations include the initial development of a pioneering digital asset management platform IntelligenceBank for founders Tessa and Peter Court. IntelligenceBank is now one of the largest global players in creative content management with over a million users in 55 countries. Through these ventures—Smedia Digital and Findacarpark—Francis Armstrong exemplifies entrepreneurial ingenuity while making significant contributions to both technology adoption within traditional industries and innovative market solutions.
Investment Committee
David Heather
Chair
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John Eliopoulos
Chief Investment Officer (CIO)
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John Eliopoulos is a senior investment professional with extensive experience in Institutional Superannuation, Private Wealth/Family Office, Funds Management and Investment Banking Services. He has experience and technical skills across multiple investment asset classes and has held a wide range of leadership roles including: Chairman of the Investment committee, Chief Investment Officer, Head of Asset Class, Senior Executive and various board Directorships. John is a trained Economist attaining his bachelor’s degree from Monash University and is a fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia.
Most recently, John was responsible for asset allocation strategy at a large Australian Superannuation fund where he chaired the asset Allocation investment committee. Currently he holds various external positions including Chairman of the Investment Committee of an international Sovereign wealth fund.
John has spent a lifelong career in financial markets, building a reputation as a savvy investor and strategist. His success stems from a deep understanding of market cycles, rigorous risk management, and an ability to adapt to changing economic conditions. His disciplined approach, combined with a strong analytical mindset and an instinct for market sentiment, has been the key to his success. He considers it an honour and a privilege to provide investment advice for his clients.
Wes Campbell
Independent Investment Committee
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Experience and expertise
Wes is an experienced board director, leader and investment professional (27+ years) in financial markets. Wes has deep experience across a broad range of functions including dealing, portfolio management and distribution. Wes has led and managed teams and strategies for client and consultant relationships, is a business builder with deep relationships across Australia’s largest superannuation and government asset owners. Wes has extensive multi-channel relationships (retail, wholesale and institutional) and is skilled across multiple asset classes; equities, public credit, private credit, private equity, infrastructure, alternatives, property and agriculture. Wes is currently a Director at Pinnacle Investment Management, responsible for institutional distribution within the Australian market and helps to assess potential new affiliates to join Pinnacle, while also representing Pinnacle on the boards of affiliate managers. Prior to joining Pinnacle, Wes was an equity partner and principal with boutique Australian equity manager JCP Investment Partners, where he had experience as a Dealer, Portfolio Manager, Head of Business Development and as a member of the board of directors. Wes holds a Bachelor of Business (Business Administration) from Monash University and a Master of Applied Finance from Kaplan Professional, while having completed the Foundations of Leadership course at Melbourne Business School. As an Independent Investment Committee member, Wes actively contributes to strategic asset allocation decisions, governance, macro-economic views, outlooks for various asset classes and manager selection.
Ben Grodski
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Fraser Neale
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Fraser Neale is a finance professional with over eight years of experience in investment management, capital raising, and mergers & acquisitions. He has a strong background in financial trading and investor relations, specializing in high-net-worth individuals and families.
As a Business Development Manager at Nash Advisory & Capital, Fraser managed onboarding clients to the M&A process. Previously, as an Investor Relationship Manager and Financial Advisor roles at previous firms, he secured over $25 million in investments by structuring tailored financial solutions for investors.
Fraser’s early career in derivatives trading and honed his expertise in market strategy, portfolio management, and risk assessment. Before transitioning into finance, he worked as a geophysicist, on seismic processing projects for major global energy firms like Shell and Chevron. His technical background in data-driven decision-making has been a key asset in financial markets.
He holds a Masters in Exploration Geophysics from the University of Leeds, UK and postgraduate certifications in management and financial services from the University of Auckland, NZ. After a career break to focus on family, Fraser has picked up where he left off in the finance industry, leveraging his analytical expertise and investor-focused approach.
Noel Yeates
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Noel has over three decades of expertise in private wealth and portfolio management most recently with Macquarie. His background includes expert global roles in IT and strategy at Ernst and Young International.
He specialises in helping clients navigate complex decision-making and planning to structure their lives and legacies. Noel focuses on defining priorities in social, personal, financial and familial aspects to provide meaningful and successful outcomes.
Together with managing portfolios of assets and income, Noel is driven to assist clients realise their potential and life ambitions by aligning their goals and legacy.
Priorities define strategy: that is what is important today, in the next weeks and years into perpetuity, centred on the four pillars of legacy advice:
Social: place in society
Personal: what is required for your lifestyle
Financial: investments, assets and income
Familial: the inner circle
Clients of ours generally want their legacy to stand for something, their money to do something and income to mean something and to that Noel’s role is to actively make recommendations and implement that advice to hit milestones, ensure outcomes and provide tangible results.
Admin
Andrew Rodrigo
Portfolio Administration
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Marija Pajeska
Compliance
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Marija Pajeska has over 25 years experience in the financial services industry. Specialising in providing compliance advice to financial services providers, conducting gap analysis in relation to systems and controls implemented to achieve compliant practices, assisting newly licensed entities develop and implement control and processes that achieve compliance with the laws, rules and regulations that they are subject to (including financial services laws, AML/CTF requirements, Australian Privacy Principles, etc).
James Cameron
Accounting and Bookkeeping
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James O’Callaghan
Human Resource
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James O’Callaghan runs a leading recruitment search agency dedicated to the Private Wealth industry in Australia. His firm, Acolyte Executive Search is exclusively focused on delivering exceptional results to wholesale investment advisory firms – dedicated to supporting these businesses on their growth journey.
Acolyte Executive Search has been created on the fundamental principle that there is a better way to recruit in private wealth. Acolyte Executive Search was created on truly unique set of principles, which set it apart from the established, traditional operators in the financial services recruitment market.
The agency acts as a 3rd party ‘external’ HR consultant to a select few elite private entities. With the purpose of elevating a market distortion being ‘no private wealth executive recruiter place advisors with established client books’. James O’Callaghan has a decade long experience recruiting across Australia, UK and EMEA markets, with a track record of accomplishing investment advisor hires that can superimpose their clients into a new employer.
James has a deep passion for helping Acolyte’s clients, typically assisting independent private wealth firms. Strictly aligning his efforts with firms that demonstrate a strong value proposition and can deliver excellent strategic and investment outcomes for their clients. Acolyte’s Partnership-model is taken-up by an elected cohort of private wealth entities. James works, ‘within their business whilst operating outside of it’, with the key deliverable of headhunting advisors who can seamlessly integrate clients and enhance the growth of a new employer.
Since inception in 2021, Acolyte Executive Search has contributed the highest number Partner and Director level hires across the Australian investment advice industry.
Terry Vorg
IT Solutions and Security
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Distribution
Rachel Armstrong
Branding and Online
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Stephen Handley
Client Relationship Management
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Stephen Handley Fin365 Founder & CEO
15+ years software development & program management inc. multiple start-ups and Texas Instruments/Microsoft
10 years Financial Services inc. General Management, Financial Planning & Technology Consulting
Private Asset Management
John Eliopoulos
Chief Investment Officer
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Wes Campbell
Independent Investment Committee Member
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Declan Cassidy
Fixed Income
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Rob Tucker
Australian Equities
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Rob Tucker founded Chester Asset Management in 2017. Chester is a dedicated high conviction Australian Equity manager led by Portfolio Manager, Rob and assisted by 4 other team members. The strategy that Rob runs as the Chester High Conviction Fund has an 11 year track record, delivering 14.1% p.a. returns after fees, relative to the ASX300 Accumulation return of 8.5% p.a. (All figures as at December 31st, 2024). The Chester High Conviction Fund was awarded the Money Magazine’s best Australian Share Fund in both 2023 and 2024 amongst other awards for its alpha generation, combined with lower volatility than the market. The Chester High Conviction Fund has capital preservation mindset, which outperforms over 75% of the time in down markets. Prior to Chester, Rob spent 7 years at SG Hiscock and was most recently the portfolio manager of the SGH Australia Plus product, a 25-40 stock Australian Equity portfolio with a mid cap bias, that was run in the same manner as the Chester High Conviction Fund. Rob has worked in the industry for over 25 years, spending time at Merrill Lynch before working for HSBC Asset Management for 9 years, 5 of these (2005-2010) were based in Hong Kong where he managed a large pool of capital for various institutional clients.
Kieran Moore
International Equities (Growth)
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Stephen Arnold
International Equities (Value)
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Mike Opie
Implementation
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Has over 25years experience in execution from various domestic brokering houses from UBS to EL & C Baillieu.
Have placed orders with care and diligence over this time for High Networth Clients, multinational and domestic investment houses.
Held title from the ASX trading platform of SEATS Governor gained from this experience within the industry.
Qualifications Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance from the Securities Institute of Australia.
When not helping Ben with implementation I enjoy going to the beach to surf and foil.