The Pinnacle Foundation
Michael Winchester is an accomplished finance professional with extensive experience in investment strategy and management. Currently, Michael serves as the Head of Investment Strategy at Aware Super since August 2017 and is also an Investment Committee Member at The Pinnacle Foundation since November 2019. Previously, Michael held key positions at StatePlus, including Acting Chief Investment Officer and Investment Strategist, from March 2013 to August 2017. Earlier career highlights include serving as Head of Research and Portfolio Manager at Select Asset Management Australia from March 2004 to March 2013, as well as a Research Analyst at both Select Asset Management Australia and Macquarie Bank from March 2000 to March 2004. Michael earned a Master of Commerce in Funds Management from UNSW and a Bachelor of International Business from Flinders University, along with studying at Chuo University in Japan.
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The Pinnacle Foundation
The Pinnacle Foundation is Australia's LGBTQIA+ education charity. Our flagship program provides educational scholarships, mentoring and opportunities for young LGBTQIA+ Australians to realise their full potential. Our vision is for a more diverse and inclusive society with visible LGBTQIA+ role models. The Foundation awards multi-year scholarships nationally to students aged between 18 and 26 for fulltime study at public higher education institutions in Australia to achieve educational or vocational qualifications in any profession, trade or the arts. Every Pinnacle scholar is carefully matched with a mentor who will typically share the same academic and professional interests, gender identity and sexual orientation. The mentor acts as a role model. They will have walked the scholar’s path – and provide the encouragement, counsel and inspiration to support the scholar’s rounded development and the successful completion of their studies. Many of the young LGBTQIA+ people that Pinnacle supports have grown up in environments where they have been rejected because of who they are and how they identify. Many have experienced bullying, discrimination and abuse. We know that gaining an education can significantly change life for the better. Education increases our options, enriching and empowering us – it helps us to expand our life choices. Additionally, we ally with The University of Sydney Business School to deliver the LGBTQIA+ Executive Fellowship: https://www.sydney.edu.au/business/study/executive-education/lgbtqia-executive-fellowship.html. The Fellowship, the first of its kind in the Asia Pacific region, develops senior and executive leadership capabilities within the LGBTQIA+ community.