Anushree Maloo is a Senior Associate at The SILC Group focusing primarily on fund accounting and account receivable activities. Her responsibilities also include transaction reconciliations and analysis, preparing payments, lodging tax and other related activities.

Anushree has approximately 3 years of experience in financial services previously working with a leading financial services firm in India.

Anushree holds a Certified Management Accountant (CMA, US) qualification. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and finance from University of Mumbai. Currently, she is pursuing her Master of Management (Accounting and Finance) from University of Melbourne.

Linzie Lee is a Strategic Partnerships Manager at The SILC Group focusing primarily on fund operations and investor management. Her responsibilities also include development of marketing strategies and internal project management, with her main activities including unit registry, unitholder compliance, investor relations management and marketing support for the company’s business activities.

Linzie has over 10 years of experience in financial services previously working with major superannuation funds such as Guild Super and Sunsuper focussing on client management. She also worked as a Program Director at Pharmacy Alliance where she expanded the business in pharmaceutical industry and Asia markets.

Linzie holds a MBA and a Master of Marketing from The University of Melbourne (Melbourne Business School). She also holds a diploma of Financial Services (Financial Planning, a Bachelor of Business (specialising in Financial management) and Bachelor of Health Science (major in Public Health Policy).

Camila Coelho is Senior Associate, Portfolio Solutions at The SILC Group. Her main responsibilities include fund administration and operations, investor relations and communications. She is also responsible for internal project management.

Camila has almost 10 years of experience working with alternative investments, with a focus on real estate and loan portfolios. Her previous experience includes major independent asset management groups and securities companies in Brazil, where she was responsible for asset management, modelling, pricing, negotiation, and deal structuring. She also worked at Philip Morris International as part of the Latin America and Canada Operations Finance Team in Mexico.

Camila graduated with a Bachelor of Economics from Fundacao Getulio Vargas in Brazil.

Thomas Gibson is an Associate, Portfolio Solutions at The SILC Group focusing on the fund operations and administration functions. His main responsibilities involve payment preparation and distribution processing, attending to investor enquiries and investor onboarding.

Thomas joined The SILC Group in 2023 where he has developed knowledge and skills across the various functions within the Portfolio Solutions team. His experience as a purchasing officer at Auslaser Business Solutions, has given him a unique understanding of the fundamental processes and procedures required to provide operational support and has assisted him in his role as an associate in the SILC Operations team.

Thomas has completed his Bachelor of Education and is currently undertaking a Master of Business (International Business) at Monash University.

Yan Yi Liew is an Associate within the Portfolio Solutions division at The SILC Group assisting with the management of a portfolio of investment manager relationships and funds. Her responsibilities involve investment manager onboarding, facilitating fund investments, creating and curating marketing content, as well as supporting fund establishment and business development activities.

Yan Yi Liew joined The SILC Group at the start of 2023 following her time at Nestlé as a Key Account Intern. Within the organisation, she strengthened commercial partnerships and provided strategic management to various accounts. She communicated and worked closely with customers on upcoming events to ensure operations are carried out efficiently and effectively, and has strongly developed time, project management and communication skills.

Yan Yi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business and Commerce from Monash University.

Lessi Liu is a Manager within the Portfolio Solutions division at The SILC Group. She is responsible for managing a portfolio of investment manager relationships and works closely with clients to comprehensively structure and establish suitably tailored funds as well as overseeing and attending to ongoing administrative activities.

Prior to joining The SILC Group, Lessi spent five years serving institutional funds management clients and covering a range of strategies including multi-asset, fixed income and private credit. She is experienced in all facets of portfolio construction and management including assisting clients with defining investment objectives and investment universe, formulating portfolio strategy, constructing portfolio through asset allocation and investment selection as well as ongoing portfolio management. With her actuarial background, she also has deep mathematical and technical knowledge in financial and credit risk modelling, unlisted asset valuation, portfolio optimisation and performance analytics.

She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder and holds Bachelor of Commerce degree from University of Melbourne (Actuarial Studies / Statistics and Finance). She is also an alumni of London School of Economics (Macroeconomics) and University of California Berkeley (Entrepreneurship).

Philip Pezzi is Head of Property Solutions at The SILC Group providing advisory, structuring, arranging and management solutions to clients within the property sector.

Philip is an experienced banking and financial services executive with over 25 years experience in both Australian and international markets, having held senior executives roles with National Australia Bank, ANZ Bank and Citigroup largely focusing on driving business growth and profitability across Australian, Asian and US markets.

Until recently, Philip was also the Founder and Group Managing Director of Lachlan Partners which he developed and oversaw until it was sold to IOOF (as part of the Shadforth group) in August 2014. He has a very impressive history and extensive experience of building high growth and enduring businesses, in particular servicing private business owners, entrepreneurs, families and high net worth individuals.

Philip holds a Bachelor of Business majoring in Accounting and Tax, and has completed management and finance programs with the Macquarie Graduate School of Management and the Melbourne Business School.

Olivia Jones is an Associate, Portfolio Solutions at The SILC Group focusing on the fund and investment administration functions. Her main responsibilities involve investor onboarding, compliance, payment preparation, distribution processing and marketing.

Olivia joined The SILC Group in 2021 as an intern where she developed knowledge and skills across the various functions within the Portfolio Solutions team. Olivia’s experience gave her valuable understanding of the business and allowed her to progress within The SILC Group, becoming an Associate under the Portfolio Solutions team.

She also provides administrative support in relation to the SILC Philanthropic Foundation.

Olivia is currently undertaking a Bachelor of Psychological Science at Deakin University.

Julian Tjiong is a Software Engineer at The SILC Group. His responsibilities include building application projects required by the company.

Julian joined The SILC Group in 2021 through an RMIT University project where he was tasked to build the silc.co digital platform with other members of the IT team. Throughout the time working for company, he has developed new skills including backend development frameworks (Laravel, Django), frontend frameworks (React.js) and DevOps (AWS).

Julian holds a Bachelor of Computer Science from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

Jen Tan is a Manager, within the Portfolio Solutions divisions at The SILC Group. She is responsible for managing a portfolio of investment manager relationships and works closely with clients to comprehensively structure and establish suitably tailored funds as well as overseeing and attending to ongoing administrative activities.

Jen joined The SILC Group in 2021 after 3 years with TAEL Partners, a South-east asia based growth private equity fund manager where she served as Associate in the investor relations team. Here, her responsibilities spanned capital fundraising and fund portfolio monitoring. Prior to TAEL, Jen was involved in community fundraising at the Dane County, Wisconsin chapter of United Way Worldwide where she conducted workplace campaigns and raised funds from Madison’s corporate community.

Jen graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Kristen Hood is a Manager, Fund Accounting and Administration at The SILC Group. Her main responsibilities include the preparation of fund management accounts for all funds managed by The SILC Group and fund administrative support.

Kristen started her career at Ernst & Young in the Audit division providing audit and assurance services to clients in the Financial Services industry, before moving into the Financial Services industry as Fund Accountant for Colonial First State. At Colonial First State, Kristen was responsible for the administration and accounting for the company’s various Managed Funds.

Kristen has also held a number of positions at JBWere Limited including Capital Markets Accountant and Group Accountant. As the Capital Markets Accountant, Kristen undertook the preparation of the company accounts for JBWere Capital Markets and its six subsidiaries. Kristen was then promoted to the role of Group Accountant, reporting directly to the CFO and Head of the Treasury. In her capacity as Group Accountant, Kristen was responsible for the preparation of company accounts of Were Stockbroking and the full consolidated accounts for the JBWere Group at financial year end.

Kristen holds various qualifications including a Bachelor of Commerce through the University of Melbourne and the Certified Practicing Accountants (CPA) Program.

Koby is the founder, AFSL Responsible Manager and Group Managing Director of The SILC Group. He is responsible for driving the growth of the business, setting strategic direction, risk management and business development activities of The SILC Group alongside the leadership team.

Prior to establishing The SILC Group, Koby enjoyed a highly successful career in global financial markets and private wealth management with major financial institutions Westpac Banking Corporation, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, National Australia Bank and Wilson HTM Investment Group.

He holds numerous qualifications including the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) Course, Certified Practicing Accountants (CPA) Program, a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting, Commercial Law, Finance) through Deakin University, Diploma in Financial Advising from the Securities Institute of Australia (now Kaplan Professional), and Advanced Certificate in Management Skills from RMIT; as well as having various industry certifications which include the Margin Lending Accreditation Program, Accredited Derivatives Adviser (Level 1), and Diploma of Financial Services from the Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA).

Koby is an active investor in alternative assets including venture capital, private equity, private credit and property development. He is also on the Board of Directors at the Northern Health Foundation, is a Director of the SILC Philanthropic Foundation, and is a member of Family Business Australia (FBA), the AICD and CPA Australia.

Michelle Tay is the Group Executive Director, AFSL Responsible Manager and Head of Group Services at The SILC Group. Her key responsibilities encompasses oversight of the company’s financial management, taxation and regulatory compliance, and operational risk management as well as investor relations and communication.

Michelle is an experienced banking and finance executive, with particular experience in syndicated corporate and structured financing, agency services and corporate management. During her tenure at the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, she managed a portfolio of large complex syndicated corporate and structured finance transactions across multiple industries and geographies. She also has extensive experience in business and corporate banking, property development financing and corporate management across all areas of business operations, financial management and taxation and regulatory compliance.

She holds various qualifications including the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) course, Certified Practicing Accountants (CPA) program, Masters of Applied Finance through the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (now KAPLAN Professional) and Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance) through Monash University.

She is Chairwoman of the SILC Philanthropic Foundation and is also a member of AICD, CPA Australia and Family Business Australia (FBA).

Jeff Feng is an Associate Director at The SILC Group with a particular focus on the Chinese market. His main activities include transaction services support on corporate advisory transactions, as well as developing and fostering relationships with key Chinese partners and clients for ventures and investments into businesses, vendors, projects and assets globally.

Jeff started his career at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) before moving to Shenwan Hongyuan Securities Company, one of the largest listed securities companies in China. As a manager in their investment banking division, Jeff was involved in a variety of activities including corporate advisory, mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings (Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges), and private placements.

His main responsibilities involved strategic business planning, project development and management, stakeholder communications and development, and to provide strategic oversight of operational and financial functions, conducting due diligence and analysis to multiple projects as well as dealing with various regulatory bodies including the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) and National Equities Exchange and Quotations (NEEQ).

Jeff holds various qualifications including a Bachelor of Commerce through the University of Melbourne and Master of Applied Finance through Monash University.

Umair Mohammed is a Lead Business Analyst at The SILC Group. His task is to act as a central reference and data source to bridge the gap between technology and finance within the business. He is responsible for requirement gathering, project management, quality assessment, optimisation of functionality and design of The SILC Group’s digital platforms.

Having had experience in retail e-commerce including at Amazon.com, Umair has a willingness to learn with a focus to deliver result-driven value. At Amazon, he was responsible for risk assessment and Intellectual Property audit of seller businesses and their products. He has also worked as an Intern Analyst as part of his graduate school program for an Energy Company bringing his expertise and skillset to transform its traditional process from traditional methods into digital solutions.

He holds a post-graduate degree in Information Technology from RMIT University and a graduate degree in Computer Engineering from Osmania University.

Bryan Waters is an Advisory Board Member of The SILC Group and includes involvement in the implementation of the vision and business development of the operations.

He has over 30 years’ experience at Senior Executive and board level in the financial services industry, followed by 15 years in Leadership and Management Consulting providing career direction, coaching and business support to many leading Melbourne based executives and managers. He commenced his career with the National Australia Bank serving in various senior roles in Australia, United States, UK and Asia which culminated into Senior Executive appointments within the bank’s Melbourne headquarters. Bryan then moved to the Bank of Melbourne following its conversion from a building society to a full banking licence where he was Executive Director and Chief General Manager for Banking.

Bryan has held several non-executive board positions which complements his extensive business experience, and included Chairman of a small Private Equity firm, taking a start up to IPO and merging that company with AAV Ltd (Staging Connections Group Limited; which became an ASX Listed company) where he was a Director and Chairman. Other directorships include Chairman of the logistics company Gaffneys Event logistics.

Bryan was Governor of the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia, a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia, and is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors; and he has an accreditation in MRG Leadership LEA and Personal Directors, Diploma of Business (RMIT) and Advanced Management Program from the University of NSW.

Roland Matrenza is an Advisory Board Member of The SILC Group being involved at a strategic level into the business model and value proposition.

Roland’s Banking and Financial services career spans more than 40 years having held a number of Senior Executive roles at the National Australia Bank Group. Roland’s responsibilities encompassed Group strategy development and strategic planning, Group capital policy and management and investment prioritisation, mergers , acquisitions and divestments, Group performance management , investor relations and government relations, Group corporate affairs and communications, Group program office and strategic portfolio analysis, economics and research, transformational change management and business development and sponsorship of new ventures.

As a Group EGM and a member of the Group Executive Committee, Roland also sat on a number of group decision making and steering committees including Group Capital & Asset and Liability (ALCO), Group Risk Policy, Board and Management Lending Committee, Group Strategy Committee, People Assessment and Talent panel, Wealth Management, E-Commerce and Technology and the Strategic Projects’ Assessment Committee. Roland also served on several Banking Industry committees and was a past Chairman of the Australian Bankers Association Executive Committee.

Roland has considerable directorship and governance experience as a Group Executive and an Executive Director/Chairman on numerous wholly owned NAB subsidiaries in Australia, UK, Ireland and New Zealand Operations comprising commercial banks, superannuation and trustee boards, insurance, credit card, leasing, nominee services, custodial services, funds administration services and health funds processing and administration and the Banking Ombudsman.

Roland’s previous Executive roles included:

• Executive General Manager, Group Strategic Development
• Executive General Manager, CEO Strategic Projects, Office of the CEO
• General Manager, Integrated Planning & Strategic Projects
• General Manager, National Australia Group UK, Ireland & Europe
• Chief Manager, Investments, Capital Markets and Planning
• Chief Manager, Business and Technology Strategy
• Senior Economist and various operational roles in Treasury, Retail and Business Banking

Roland holds an MBA from the Melbourne Business School, and Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne. He is a Fellow of the AICD and FINSIA and is a graduate of the Transformational Leadership course from the Darden Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia.

Daryl Koch is the Governance and Assurance Advisor at The SILC Group providing guidance with respect to risk and compliance, and managing the assurance program across the group’s business units.

He has a varied background in Risk Management for over 30 years, with his previous roles including Foreign Exchange Trading and Advisory, Interest Rate Risk Management, Derivative Structuring and Synthetic Debt Structuring which included advisory to Institutional, Corporate and Commercial clients. Daryl’s most recent role was Head of Assurance (Australia) for the Markets Operations Unit of a major Australian Trading Bank which involved Operational Risk and Regulatory Compliance for that business.

Daryl is also experienced in the Not-for-Profit (NFP) sector which includes being past Chair of the Victorian Chapter of the Finance and Treasury Association, past Board Member of a Melbourne Private Member’s Club, past Deputy Chair of the Disciplinary Tribunal of the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA), immediate past President of the Victorian Divisional Council of the IPA and current member of its Accounting Faculty.

He is also currently Board Director of the Australian SME Alliance Ltd, a Fellow of the IPA, Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia, a Fellow of the Finance and Treasury Association, and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.