Yarra Capital Management
Stewart Harris is a seasoned marketing and corporate affairs specialist with extensive experience in financial communications. Currently serving as Senior Manager at Yarra Capital Management since November 2016, Stewart contributes to a leading independent fund manager with approximately $20 billion in assets under management. Prior roles include Consultant at Nightingale Advisors, where Stewart provided strategic advice on corporate communications, and at Independent Financial Communications, offering media relations and crisis management services. Stewart's expertise in financial communications was further developed at Smithfield Consultants and Weber Shandwick Financial, where strategic market communications were emphasized. With a solid educational foundation in accounting and finance from the University of Melbourne, accompanied by certifications in investor relations, Stewart Harris demonstrates a robust capability in managing corporate reputations and communications in the financial sector.
Yarra Capital Management
Yarra Capital Management is one of Australia’s largest independently owned active fund managers, with a strong heritage in the domestic market and funds under management of approximately $A20bn. The Firm’s offering includes its fundamental Australian equities product set, consisting primarily of concentrated strategies, and fixed income capabilities which provide clients with access to core fixed income, multi-asset, hybrid and credit strategies. We serve the Australian institutional and retail markets, and our investment products are accessed from various international markets, including Japan. Yarra Capital Management was established in 2017 following the management buyout of Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Australian-focused investment capabilities and operating platform, backed by TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm with a long history of investing in funds management companies. In April 2021, Yarra Capital Management acquired the Australian operations of global funds management group Nikko Asset Management. Under the terms of the transaction, the two organisations entered into a partnership focused on long-term growth, providing Nikko Asset Management with a 20% stake and board representation in the enlarged group, and expanding Nikko Asset Management’s distribution capacity in Australia. Yarra Capital Management's senior management team comprises Dion Hershan (Executive Chairman and Head of Australian Equities), Edward Eason (Managing Director), Vito D'Introno (Chief Commercial Officer), Katie Hudson (Portfolio Manager and Head of Australian Equities Research), Roy Keenan (Co-Head of Australian Fixed Income), Darren Langer (Co-Head of Australian Fixed Income) and Garvin Louie (Head of Legal, Risk and Compliance & Human Resources). Together they lead a team of approx. 80 professionals, including a 40-person investment team, focused on delivering the best outcomes for the Firm’s clients.