Campbell Neal, Managing Director

Campbell is a co-founder and Managing Director of K2 Asset Management. In conjunction with this role, Campbell is a Senior Portfolio Manager in the Australian and Asian investment strategies.

Campbell was a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria before moving into financial services in 1986, when he became an Institutional Equities Dealer for Citicorp Scrimgeour Vickers. Prior to founding K2, Campbell was an Executive Vice President of Bankers Trust Australia Ltd, where he was Head of Australian Equities Distribution (Melbourne and Asia).

Years in industry: 35 yrs 
Years at firm: 22 yrs

David Poppenbeek, Chief Investment Officer

David is the joint-CIO for the K2 investment funds. In conjunction with his responsibilities as joint-CIO, David dedicates his time managing an allocation of the Australian and Asian equity strategies.

David previously held senior roles as Division Director Institutional Equities Sales for Macquarie Bank, Vice President Institutional Equities Sales for Bankers Trust Australia Ltd and a Quantitative Analyst at Daiwa Securities Ltd. David holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Mathematics) from RMIT.

Years in industry: 30 yrs 
Years at firm: 17 yrs

Josh Kitchen, Portfolio Manager

Josh has been at K2 since inception in 1999 and has over 22 years of investment and funds management experience.

Josh dedicates his time as a Portfolio Manager on stock selection within the Australian equity strategies.  Prior to joining K2, Josh worked as an equity sales trader at BT Alex Brown.

Josh holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment

Years in industry: 24 yrs 
Years at firm: 22 yrs

Tony Sutton, Portfolio Manager

Tony graduated from Melbourne University with a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) in 1999. He commenced his career at Goldman Sachs/ JB Were within the sell-side equities research team as a quantitative analyst. In 2006, Tony joined Global Wealth Allocation Ltd (GWA), A UK based funds management company, initially as head of research and then managing director Asia Pacific. He was jointly responsible for AUM growth from start-up to US$6bn. In 2010, his responsibilities at GWA were expanded to include lead portfolio manager for the global equity high conviction fund within affiliate company API Capital.

Tony dedicates his time managing stock selection within the Asian and international equity strategies.

Years in industry: 21 yrs 
Years at firm: 5 yrs

George Boubouras, Head of Research

George is the Head of Research and Executive Director at K2. He joined the K2 team in January 2020 and has over 25 years’ experience in the financial services industry.

George is also Director and Chairs the Investment Committee (IC) at Salter Brothers Asset Management (SBAM); IC member of Paua Wealth Management (Auckland) and Chairman of the International Centre for Financial Services (ICFS) at The University of Adelaide and part-time finance lecturer.

Previous roles include CIO at SBAM, Managing Director (MD) and CIO at Contango Asset Management; Executive Director (ED) and Head of Investment Strategy and Consulting at UBS; CIO and Head of Asset Management at Equity Trustees; Senior Investment Manager at HSBC Global Asset Management; Investment Strategist at Macquarie Group; Economist at Westpac, NSW Treasury and SBC (now UBS); Director Blues Foundation at The Carlton Football Club and Director at Women in Banking and Finance (WiBF).

Years in industry: 29 yrs 
Years at firm: 1 yr

Marcela Tirado, Corporate Services Manager

Marcela joined K2 Asset Management in March 2021 as Corporate Services Manager. She has previous experience in commercial banks, insurance brokering, financial services, funds management and registered training organizations.

Marcela has a degree in Finance and International Commerce at Rosario University in Bogota, Colombia, Certificate IV and Diploma in Accounting at Lonsdale Institute and Master of Professional Accounting and Master of Business Administration in Melbourne.

Hollie Wight, Chief Financial Officer

Hollie is Chief Financial Officer and an Executive Director of K2, responsible for all financial accounting and report preparation for both the operating company and the investment funds.

Hollie was previously an accountant/auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Hollie is a CPA and has a Bachelor of Business (Accountancy) from RMIT.

Andrew Poppenbeek, Head of IT and System Development

Andrew joined the K2 team in 2010 as the Head of IT and System Development. He has spent his whole career developing equity portfolio software and databases.

Andrew started his career at Daiwa Securities in 1992 and then moved to GMO Australia in 1995. In 1997 Andrew joined the Commonwealth Bank before commencing at MIR Investment Management in 2006. Andrew holds a Bachelor of Science and a Graduate Diploma of Economic Studies (Econometrics) from Monash University.

DJ Lee, Legal Counsel

DJ joined K2 Asset Managment in February 2021 as Legal Counsel with over 10 years experience in financial services, compliance and risk management.

 Having started her career as a business analyst with Macquarie Capital – Financial Products (now Macquarie Funds Group) in 2007, DJ has worked in funds management, trustee and custodian services as well as securitisation at Perpetual and Bank of New York Mellon respectively. Prior to joining K2, DJ was with the Wealth and Capital Markets group at Australian Unity advising the equity and property funds management teams as well as working on the group’s registry transition and operations projects.   

 DJ has a Bachelor of Commerce (International Business): Hons / Law from the University of New South Wales.

Lisa Sun, Financial Accountant

Mark Tandiono, Accountant

Freya Yin, Fund Administrator