Our Team
Sean Martin
Director - Equities
Sean Martin runs our equities strategy. Prior to Belmont he was a co-founder, Director & CIO of Solaris Investment Management. During his 16 years there, the boutique grew from a startup to managing funds in excess of A$14b.
Sean started his funds management career in 1996 at Schroders in Sydney and has been managing Australian equities portfolios ever since.
Deep market knowledge from this experience plus application of his fundamentally drive, alpha generative process, forged over these 25 years, are at the core of our equity product.
Tom Barraket
Director - Carbon and Commodities
Tom runs our carbon and commodities strategies. He has been in financial markets for 17 years starting his career with Royal Bank of Scotland before joining Commonwealth Bank of Australia, both based in Sydney.
At CommBank Tom was predominately involved in Commodities and Agricultural Securities where prior to his departure he was Head Portfolio Manager, controlling assets in excess of A$12b.
His Belmont strategies involve exploiting arbitrage opportunities in fledgling carbon & commodities markets where his strong market knowledge in these market niches, together with the extensive systems, funding & networks needed, combine to act as a competitive advantage.
Laura Cotter
Director - Risk and Compliance
Laura manages the Legal and Compliance side of the Belmont business.
She is a Qualified Solicitor and Data Protection Specialist with more than lO years experience both as an in-house lawyer for CBRE as well as experience working within law firm, Matthew Dalton, both based in Sydney.
She has a B.Civil Law and Masters of Commercial Law both from University College, Dublin, is a fellow of the Law Society of Ireland & has completed the University of Sydney's conversion course for admission as a lawyer in NSW.
Will Chapman
Analyst
Will Chapman is a driven & analytical professional in the last year of his B. Law (Honours) & Economics degree.
His experience includes a strong foundation in financial markets, having worked for the last 2 yrs as a part-time analyst in Morgans Financial Ltd Corporate Finance team, based in Brisbane, as well as 2 stints as a Winter & Summer Intern analyst at J.P. Morgan, based in Sydney.
This academic & professional background gives Will a solid understanding of financial markets, which combined with his strong work ethic & natural passion for equity markets in particular, makes him a valued member of the Belmont team.