Warakirri Asset Management
Matthew Borthwick CA GAICD has a diverse range of work experience spanning across various industries and roles. Matthew is currently serving as the Chief Operating Officer at Warakirri Asset Management since January 2021. Prior to that, they worked as the Chief Financial & Risk Officer at Westchester Group Investment Management, Inc. from January 2019 to March 2020.
From March 2017 to January 2019, Matthew was the CFO at Hassad Australia, a leading corporate agribusiness in Australia. Matthew played a key role in overseeing the organization's financial functions and providing support to the Board and CEO on strategy, acquisitions, valuations, and asset rationalization.
Earlier in their career, Matthew held positions such as Financial Controller - Mushroom Category at Costa, CFO at OneFortyOne, and CFO at Louis Dreyfus Commodities. Matthew also worked at Deutsche Bank (Cayman) Limited, where they served as the Manager - Fund Services & Custody and held finance-related roles including CFO and Manager - Financial Reporting.
Overall, Matthew's work experience demonstrates their expertise in finance, risk management, strategy, and operations across various sectors.
Matthew Borthwick CA GAICD has a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) degree in Accounting and Commercial Law from Deakin University, which they completed from 1993 to 1996. Matthew also earned a Graduate Diploma in Taxation from Deakin University in 1996. In 1998 to 2000, they obtained the Chartered Accountant designation from Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. Matthew further pursued a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance & Investments from Kaplan Professional in 2007 to 2008. Recently, in 2018, they completed the Company Directors Course from the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Warakirri Asset Management
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Warakirri is an Australian Aboriginal word meaning "to grow". As the name suggests, Warakirri was established for that very purpose – to grow the wealth of investors. Warakirri was established in 1993 with a view to provide charitable and tax-exempt investors with an investment vehicle managed specifically to their tax-exempt status. In 1993, Warakirri's first trust, the Warakirri Charitable Australian Equities Trust was launched. Since then, Warakirri has established numerous trusts and funds specifically designed to meet the varied needs of investors. Today, Warakirri provides specialist investment vehicles to meet the needs of charities, superannuation and individual investors across Australian and global equities, cash, Australian agriculture, currency management and US real estate. In addition, Warakirri is a leading provider of after-tax benchmarking, reporting and performance analytics. Warakirri is a private company, 100% owned by its Directors and staff and has a Board of Directors with a majority independent director representation. Warakirri holds an Australian Financial Services Licence (#246782).