Andrew is the independent Chair of the Qualitas Board, effective 1 November 2021. Prior to this role, he was an Independent Director of Qualitas Securities Pty Ltd, the trustee for various Qualitas funds since July 2017.
He has more than 40 years of experience as an equity and commercial lawyer, including in superannuation, trusts, estate, and succession planning. He founded Australia’s first specialist superannuation law firm, IFS Fairley in 1993, having built a reputation as a leading practitioner in superannuation law and practice since 1980. He was named by the Australian Financial Review as one of Australia’s best superannuation lawyers every year from 2013 until 2021. He specialised as a legal adviser to trustees of industry, corporate and public sector superannuation funds.
Andrew founded and then chaired the Law Council of Australia’s superannuation committee for 10 years and maintains close interest in the development of superannuation law and policy.
He served as Chair of Equipsuper, a $30 billion industry superannuation fund for 12 years until 2022. He also served as an industry director of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority until December 2023.
His previous roles have included Chair of Zoos Victoria, Chair of Parks Victoria, and Deputy Chair of Tourism Australia. He is currently a Director of Goulburn Valley Water.
In addition, he is involved in the philanthropic sector as Chair of the Sir Andrew Fairley Foundation, and Deputy Chair of the Mornington Peninsula Foundation. He also served as Chair of the Luke Batty Foundation until 2019.
Andrew completed his law degree at the University of Melbourne, and in 2022 was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Deakin University. He currently practices as a Consultant to Hall & Wilcox Lawyers in Melbourne.
Andrew is the Group Managing Director, Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Qualitas.
He has over 39 years’ experience in financial services with an extensive track record across real estate investments, pioneering the alternative credit market in Australia in the late 1990s with a focus initially on mezzanine debt.
He is responsible for overseeing the firm’s activities, setting the strategic direction of the business as well as building and enhancing relationships with clients and investors. Andrew is the Chief Investment Officer for the firm’s debt and equity funds. Andrew is currently a director of several Qualitas Group entities, including Arch Finance.
Prior to Qualitas, Andrew was a Head of Asia Pacific Real Estate at Babcock & Brown, the Director of Risk at AIDC and a Senior Manager at Bank of America. Andrew earned a Bachelor of Economics (Accounting) from Monash University. He is a Member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and CPA Australia. Andrew is a member of the Investment Committee.
Mary has more than 30 years’ experience in leadership, financial services, structured finance, securitisation, capital markets, governance and risk management across a range of financial services institution, infrastructure and not for profit boards.
Mary has served as a Non‑Executive Director of Sydney Motorway Corporation, the NSW Government state owned corporation responsible for the construction and management of Westconnex and was also Deputy Chair of the Australian Securitisation Forum. Mary is the former Joint CEO of Resimac Group Ltd. Prior to Resimac Mary worked in Structured Finance in Price Waterhouse Coopers and Macquarie Bank.
Mary is currently the Chair of Plenti Group Ltd (appointed July 2020), a fintech in consumer finance, a fintech in SME finance, Chair of Pitcher Partners, a senior advisor with Gresham Partners and a Director with Housing Australia (appointed 30 November 2023). Mary was awarded the Kanga News Market Achievement Award in 2016 and was made a Fellow of the Australian Securitisation Forum. Mary holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney, is an Associate of the Securities Institute of Australia and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Mary is Chair of the Qualitas Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee.
Brian has had over 35 years’ experience in the funds management industry holding senior roles globally.
Brian is the Chair of Fund Executives Association Limited (FEAL) and has previously held roles at QIC as Executive Director of Strategy, Clients & Global Markets, and as U.S. Senior Managing Director, leading QIC’s efforts to foster client relationships and business development opportunities across four offices in New York City, San Francisco, Cleveland and Los Angeles.
Brian has also held roles at AMP Capital Investors as Director of the Client, Product & Marketing division where he was responsible for all institutional, retail and self-managed super fund strategies, and serving as a member of the Global Executive Team. Brian is a graduate from the Harvard Business School Executive Education Program and holds an Advanced Diploma in Financial Planning and Post Graduate Certificate in Management from Macquarie University.
Brian is a life member of the Association of Superannuation Funds (ASFA) and a Fellow of ASFA and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Brian is the Chairperson of Armitage Associates and Fund Executives Association Limited and is a Director of Auctus Investment Group and the Trawalla Group. Past directorships include the boards of Lonsec Financial Group, Basketball Australia, ASFA and Investment Management & Consultants Association (IMCA).
Brian is Chair of the Qualitas Nomination, Remuneration and Culture Committee.
JoAnne has extensive experience spanning over 25 years across a range of industries. JoAnne was previously a senior client partner in the Advisory division at KPMG and has key strengths in finance, accounting, risk management and governance.
JoAnne is currently a Non-Executive Director of Challenger Limited (appointed 2012), a Director and Chair of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee for Estia Investments Pty Ltd, Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee for Estia Health TopCo Pty Ltd, and a Non-executive Director of Lifestyle Communities Ltd (appointed 1 July 2024).
JoAnne was previously the Chair and Non-executive Director of Myer Holdings Ltd (appointed a Non-Executive Director in November 2016, and retired 9 November 2023), and a Chair of the Major Transport Infrastructure Board (Victoria) and Non-Executive Director of Asaleo Care Limited and Japara Healthcare Limited. JoAnne holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the University of Queensland and is a Member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
JoAnne is Chair of the Qualitas Investment Committee.
