Paul Hunyor

Board Director

Experienced venture capital investor, a successful entrepreneur and the current regional head of BCG Digital Ventures Asia. 

Strong investment background spanning late stage private equity, as an investment manager for a $5B fund at Archer Capital, through to early stage venture capital as founder of Breakthrough Lab a VC fund specialising in seed stage technology investment. Investor and adviser to a portfolio of start-ups with a current combined enterprise value of over $150M.

Over 8 years in early stage entrepreneurship. Co-founded One Big Switch, an Australian switching platform for household bills. As CEO helped grow the startup in less than 2 years to over 400,000 members, greater than $10m in revenue, and an early exit to News Corporation. 

Significant private company board experience for both large private equity backed businesses and several technology start-ups, including: Rebel Sport, Coco Republic, Adviser Ratings and Expense Check.

Currently, as Partner and regional head of BCGDV Asia, leading teams of digital business builders across Sydney, Tokyo and Shanghai to incubate game-changing businesses with the world’s most important corporates.

Graduated from Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School.

Selina Hiew

Board Director

Selina was appointed to the board in May 2020 as a shareholding director. She brings over 20 years of experience in Financial services, across banking, superannuation and investment products. She has deep understanding and expertise in capital, funding, risk management, data and IT project delivery.

 During her executive career, Selina served on numerous committees including: the Macquarie Bank Mortgages leadership team, Banking & Financial Services Data Governance committee and Risk management committee , and IT project delivery steering committees. She also chaired the Mortgages Pricing committee and Customer retention committee. She provides a breadth of highly valuable experience for a financial services data company like Adviser ratings.

 Selina has a Bachelor of Economics in Actuarial Studies & Finance (Macquarie University), Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance & Investment (FINSIA), Diploma in Financial & Debt markets (AFMA).

Professor Jerry Parwada

Chair of Ratings Committee

Dr. Jerry Parwada is a Professor of Finance at UNSW Business School, Sydney, Australia. He joined UNSW in 2003 and served as Head of School - Banking and Finance from 2011-2017. Jerry's research specializes in investment management and financial markets. His works have been published in internationally renowned finance journals, including Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis and Financial Management. He has three years’ investment banking experience and is an active consultant to industry on issues relating to managed funds and valuation. He has served, since 2012, on the Credit Suisse Endowment Advisory Council. He is on the FINSIA Industry Council for Institutional Markets and the Australian Lenders'​ Index Expert Panel. Jerry is a regular speaker at local and international finance conferences. He holds PhD and MBA degrees from Edith Cowan University, an MPhil from UNSW Australia, a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree from NUST (Zimbabwe) and studied leadership at the Wharton School's Aresty Institute of Executive Education.

Angus Woods

Managing Director

My 20 year working career has been in financial services and consumer businesses. I was previously an executive of Macquarie Bank and CFO of Virgin Money. I’m passionate about helping consumers in spaces they find difficult to navigate. I initially turned my attention to the financial planning industry on the back of the GFC, which brought to light the bad financial advice that had been given in previous years.  We hope this long awaited ratings and review service will not only help consumers find a qualified financial planner, but recognise and reward those in the industry that have been unfairly tarnished by a few rogue, poorly qualified planners.

Mark Hoven

CEO Wealth

Claire Virtue

Head of Operations

Claire joined the Adviser Ratings team in November 2018 and brings over 15 years operations management experience to the team. Working in Asia-Pacific for the past 7 years in senior regional roles for multi-national data driven businesses, Claire brings strong project management, quality assurance, operations and client management experience to Adviser Ratings. 

Adrian Jeurgens

Customer Success Manager

Adrian Juergens joined Adviser Ratings in July 2020. He has 15 years’ experience working in Sales and Marketing support roles, both for Fund Managers and consulting to Fund Managers. Prior to joining Adviser Ratings, Adrian was the founding partner of Crinkle Cut Digital, a boutique CRM consultancy specialising in Salesforce solutions for small to medium Financial Service clients. Adrian manages our Nightingale and Wrap Reporting client relationships.

Lara Pickering

Data Integrity Lead & Audience Management

Lara started working in the Finance Industry in 1993 when the Future Exchange still had a live trading floor! She has watched the processes change dramatically over her career but the goal to achieve financial success for the end client remains the same. Her experience has included everything from back office settlements in equities, fixed interest and options, to bookings and assisting advisers in caring for their clients with reporting, trading and any issues which arised. Lara has worked in both Australia and the United Kingdom in varying roles.

Nicolas Pena McGough

Econometrician

Nicolas has 5 years experience as an Econometrican in Australian Financial Services and in working for consumer focused start-ups in his native Argentina. Nic joined the Adviser Ratings team in October 2019. He produces much of our data and statistical analysis on the industry and contributes regularly to the production of our research papers.

Christopher Zinn

Adviser Ratings Communications Director

I’ve been involved in journalism and consumer affairs for all of my career with an increasing focus on financial services because of the enormous scope there is to improve outcomes for ordinary people. I run an initiative called determinedconsumer.com.au aimed at fostering greater consumer empowerment in markets through the application of new technologies and encouraging us all to take a little effort to get better returns. For much of 2014 I also grew a campaign called 'Save Our FOFA' aimed at spreading awareness and support for the Future of Financial Advice legislation. I worked with Angus at One Big Switch where I was campaigns and communications director and helped explain and grow projects such as the Big Electricity Switch. Previously I learned the ropes of the consumer movement as the media spokesman and campaigns chief for CHOICE where I first came to grips with the challenges and conflicts inherent in the structure of financial planning in Australia. I have worked as a television and radio reporter with the ABC in current affairs and documentary series as well as a reporter and producer at Channel Nine for shows such as Today and Sunday. I have worked for several newspapers in Australia and overseas including The Guardian.

David Koch

Media Advisor

With a 27-year career as one of Australia's leading finance journalists and commentators, David's knowledge of money and business is extensive. In fact, in a survey conducted by Money Management, David was voted by his peers as one of the ten most influential people of all time in the Australian financial services industry.

While now best known as the co-host of popular Seven Network breakfast program Sunrise, "Kochie" has several finance-related career highlights including; founding Personal Investment magazine, launching Money magazine in the United Kingdom, founding industry trade mag Money Management and founding Australia's biggest-selling small business magazine "My Business". Prior to Sunrise, he was the Seven Network's Finance Editor, and hosted the daily Sky Business Report on Sky News Australia. 

Alex Watson

Consultant Chief Technology Officer

Alex is a senior IT executive who is highly experienced in software development in financial services, with strong technical and business/management skills, and a proven track record for building successful agile teams that achieve business goals.

Alex holds a Bachelor of Computer Science (BSc) from the University of Melbourne.

Harrison Zhou

Technical Lead

Harrison has over 15 years experience as a full-stack developer building and integrating software and services. Harrison’s experience includes developing large e-commerce web platforms and marketplaces. Harrison is an AWS Solution Architect Professional and has a Bachelor and Master of Engineering, Automation Control from East China University of Science and Technology.

Jude McCarthy

Senior UI/UX Designer

With 15+ years experience designing software and websites in the digital space. Jude is a multidisciplinary UI and product designer with a focus on visual design. With a lot of front-end development experience, Jude worked with digital agencies and high profile clients across various industries before joining Adviser Ratings.
With a deep understanding of user needs, Jude focuses her knowledge of design solutions to Adviser Ratings' suite of product offerings.