Our Team
- All
- Melbourne
- Sydney
Charles Leyland - Managing Director, Portfolio Manager Founder and MD of Leyland Private Asset Management. Over 25 years of experience in wealth management. Senior roles at Salomon Smith Barney (Citigroup), ANZ stock broking and Prudential-Bache Securities. Senior Fellow & former lecturer at FINSIA.
Charles Leyland - Managing Director, Portfolio Manager
Founder and MD of Leyland Private Asset Management. Over 25 years of experience in wealth management. Senior roles at Salomon Smith Barney (Citigroup), ANZ stock broking and Prudential-Bache Securities. Senior Fellow & former lecturer at FINSIA.
Rohan Schmidt – Director, Portfolio Manager With nearly 30 years of experience in wealth management and appropriately qualified. Has held senior roles at large institutions both in Australia and offshore. Whilst being a key portfolio manager, Rohan also heads the corporate offerings division and has an influential role in the firms human resources decisions.
Rohan Schmidt – Director, Portfolio Manager
With nearly 30 years of experience in wealth management and appropriately qualified. Has held senior roles at large institutions both in Australia and offshore. Whilst being a key portfolio manager, Rohan also heads the corporate offerings division and has an influential role in the firms human resources decisions.
Alex Leyland – Director, Portfolio Manager Over 20 years of experience in wealth management. Previous experience with UBS AG, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch and McIntosh Securities. Bachelor in Banking and Finance, Graduate Cert of Financial Planning, accredited derivatives advisor.
Alex Leyland – Director, Portfolio Manager
Over 20 years of experience in wealth management. Previous experience with UBS AG, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch and McIntosh Securities. Bachelor in Banking and Finance, Graduate Cert of Financial Planning, accredited derivatives advisor.
Tony Barry – Senior Financial Adviser Over 30 years of experience in wealth management. Previous senior advisory and management roles at Deutsche Bank, JB Were, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Prudential Bache. Qualified accountant and ASIC accredited derivatives advisor.
Tony Barry – Senior Financial Adviser
Over 30 years of experience in wealth management. Previous senior advisory and management roles at Deutsche Bank, JB Were, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Prudential Bache. Qualified accountant and ASIC accredited derivatives advisor.
Kiefer de Silva – B.Com (Hons), LLB (Hons) – Portfolio Manager
Kiefer has over 15 years involvement in equity markets with extensive investment experience across domestic and international markets. Kiefer’s deep research skills are reflected in him graduating with first class honours in Finance and being awarded a Brian Grey Scholarship by the RBA and APRA (2017). Prior to joining Leyland, Kiefer was a Management Consultant at KPMG and clerked at Ashurst.
Kiefer de Silva – B.Com (Hons), LLB (Hons) – Portfolio Manager
Kiefer has over 15 years involvement in equity markets with extensive investment experience across domestic and international markets. Kiefer’s deep research skills are reflected in him graduating with first class honours in Finance and being awarded a Brian Grey Scholarship by the RBA and APRA (2017). Prior to joining Leyland, Kiefer was a Management Consultant at KPMG and clerked at Ashurst.
Chris Siemsen – Senior Financial Adviser Over 25 years of wealth management experience. Previous Senior Advisory roles at Citigroup (Salomon Smith Barney) and Morgan Stanley. Specialist equities and ASIC accredited derivatives advisor.
Chris Siemsen – Senior Financial Adviser
Over 25 years of wealth management experience. Previous Senior Advisory roles at Citigroup (Salomon Smith Barney) and Morgan Stanley. Specialist equities and ASIC accredited derivatives advisor.
Jon Stutt – Senior Financial Adviser Over 35 years of experience in stockbroking and investment management. Previous adviser and investment management roles with HSBC, ANZ McCaughan, UBS and running my own independent wealth management business. Bachelor of Arts University of Melbourne. Grad Diploma in Applied Finance FINSIA (Portfolio Management and Financial Planning)
Jon Stutt – Senior Financial Adviser
Over 35 years of experience in stockbroking and investment management. Previous adviser and investment management roles with HSBC, ANZ McCaughan, UBS and running my own independent wealth management business. Bachelor of Arts University of Melbourne. Grad Diploma in Applied Finance FINSIA (Portfolio Management and Financial Planning)
Suwanee Dharmalingam - Senior Financial Adviser
Senior Financial Adviser of Leyland Private Asset Management. Over 27 years’ experience in wealth management for individuals,
superannuants, professionals, family offices, businesses, non-profits and philanthropists. Previously a lawyer at Blake Dawson
Waldron, ANZ Securities, NSW Attorney General’s Department and Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Compliance Manager
at ANZ Mc Caughan. Managing investments and portfolios at ANZ Securities and Macquarie Bank. Non-executive board director Centre for
Eye Research Australia (CERA) and CERA Foundation (https://www.cera.org.au/our-people/board/), Diplomacy Training Program
UNSW (https://dtp.org.au/about/governance/), and University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Innovation & Enterprise Advisory Board (https://mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/about/innovation-and-enterprise).
Suwanee Dharmalingam - Senior Financial Adviser
Senior Financial Adviser of Leyland Private Asset Management. Over 27 years’ experience in wealth management for individuals,
superannuants, professionals, family offices, businesses, non-profits and philanthropists. Previously a lawyer at Blake Dawson
Waldron, ANZ Securities, NSW Attorney General’s Department and Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Compliance Manager
at ANZ Mc Caughan. Managing investments and portfolios at ANZ Securities and Macquarie Bank. Non-executive board director Centre for
Eye Research Australia (CERA) and CERA Foundation (https://www.cera.org.au/our-people/board/), Diplomacy Training Program
UNSW (https://dtp.org.au/about/governance/), and University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Innovation & Enterprise Advisory Board (https://mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/about/innovation-and-enterprise).
James Bennie – Head of Operations & Compliance A crucial member of the Leyland team since 2008, James is an industry specialist in Investment Operations and Client Services. Bachelor of Finance.
James Bennie – Head of Operations & Compliance
A crucial member of the Leyland team since 2008, James is an industry specialist in Investment Operations and Client Services. Bachelor of Finance.
Tony Leonard – Operations Specialist Over 35 years of experience in financial operations. Previous experience with AXA Australia, State Trustees and Myer Family Office. Diploma of Computer Programming & Diploma of Financial Markets.
Tony Leonard – Operations Specialist
Over 35 years of experience in financial operations. Previous experience with AXA Australia, State Trustees and Myer Family Office. Diploma of Computer Programming & Diploma of Financial Markets.
Andrew Le -IT Specialist
Andrew Le -IT Specialist