DR EMMANUEL CLIVE POHL, Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director and Investment Committee Chairman
Pr Eng, BSc (Eng), MBA, DBA, FAICD, MSSA, SA Fin

Dr Emmanuel 'Manny' Pohl founded Hyperion Asset Management in 1996, and is currently the Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director and Investment Committee Chairman.

Manny has been on the board of a number of major corporations in South Africa and Australia.  His investment industry experience commenced in 1984; initially with a leading South African broking firm, followed by a large Australian investment house.

In 1991, Manny was a member of the South African delegation to the Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Bangkok.  He was a member of the South African Accounting Practices Board, until he left South Africa in 1994.  Manny is Managing Director and a substantial shareholder in Hyperion Flagship Investments Limited and Hyperion Asset Management Limited, a Director of Global Masters Fund Limited and former Director of the Great Barrier Reef Research Foundation.

MARK ARNOLD, Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager
CFA, B.Com, LLB, CA, F Fin

Mark has played an integral role in the design and refinement of Hyperion’s investment process since 2003.

Mark is a qualified chartered accountant and entered the investment management industry in 1991.  Prior to establishing himself in the investment industry, Mark worked for KPMG.  He holds undergraduate qualifications in commerce and law and is a CFA charterholder.

Mark worked for Wilson HTM Ltd for the period 1996 to 2000 as a banking and insurance analyst.  In 1997 he was a key analyst involved in analysing the Suncorp Metway merger.  In 1998, Mark was appointed Head of Industrial Research and shareholder of Wilson HTM Ltd.  In the same year, he also commenced work as a part-time Fund Manager for Hyperion, managing a group of discretionary mandates.  Mark accepted a full time position with Hyperion in 2000.  Mark is a substantial shareholder in Hyperion Asset Management.

JOEL GRAY, Head of Australian Equities and Portfolio Manager (Stocks)
CFA, B.EC, F Fin

Joel’s experience in the investment management industry commenced in 1996.

Prior to joining Hyperion Asset Management in 2001, Joel worked for three years as an Industrial Research Analyst focusing on the consumer discretionary sector for Wilson HTM.  Previous to Wilson HTM, Joel worked as an Investment Analyst/Assistant Fund Manager for three years with a Melbourne based fund manager.

Joel holds an undergraduate qualification in Economics, is a CFA charterholder and a shareholder of Hyperion Asset Management.

JUSTIN WOERNER, Portfolio Manager (Systems)
CFA, B.Com

Justin, a CFA charterholder, joined Hyperion Asset Management in August 2004 as an Assistant Fund Manager.

Justin gained four years of industry experience as a Fund Manager Analyst with a Melbourne based research house. This role involved him reviewing and rating a wide array of investment processes offered by some of the country's best-known fund management companies.

Prior to this, Justin was employed with Macquarie Bank Limited within its Financial Services Group.