Investment Management

Investment team 

Regal is home to one of the largest fundamental investment teams in the Asia-Pacific region. We are one of Australia’s most active public and private market investors and a significant provider of capital to Australian corporates.

Our team of portfolio managers and analysts bring deep specialist sector expertise and a strong track record of performance to Regal’s capabilities across long/short equities, private markets and credit & royalties.

Portfolio Managers - Long/Short Equities

Long/Short Equities

Philip King

Chief Investment Officer – Long/Short Equities

Philip King

Chief Investment Officer – Long/Short Equities

Philip King is the Co-Founder of Regal Funds Management and Chief Investment Officer of Long Short Equity Strategies.

Prior to Regal, Philip was a Portfolio Manager at London-based De Putron Fund Management (DPFM), specialising in relative value and special situations investment strategies.

Prior to joining DPFM in 2000, Philip was an Equities Analyst at Macquarie Bank for over five years. Phil commenced his career as a chartered accountant at KPMG from 1987-1994.

Philip is widely recognised as one of the key pioneers of the Australian alternative investment industry, having managed absolute return vehicles at Regal for over 20 years.

In 2019, Philip was inducted into the Australian Fund Managers Hall of Fame.

 

Henry Renshaw

Portfolio Manager

Henry Renshaw

Portfolio Manager

Henry is a Portfolio Manager of the Regal Resources High Conviction Fund. 

Prior to joining Regal in September 2021, Henry spent over three years at Canaccord Genuity working as a sell side mining analyst covering producers, developers and explorers within the precious metals, base metals, and battery materials sectors. Prior to this Henry spent over six years in Western Australia working as a mining engineer for Sandfire Resources and Barrick Gold, he held various technical roles which included managing the construction of a greenfield underground copper mine aiding with feasibility studies, mine design, scheduling, budgeting, contract management and cost control.

Henry holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), a Master of Applied Finance from Kaplan and holds a Western Australian First Class Mine Managers certificate.

James Sioud

Portfolio Manager

James Sioud

Portfolio Manager

James is a Portfolio Manager for the Regal Australian Small Companies Fund. He joined Regal in 2016 and was appointed as a Portfolio Manager in 2021.

James holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney. While studying he held several part-time roles in the legal industry, as well as working as an academic tutor for the University of Sydney Business School.

Jovita Khilnani - Portfolio Manager

Jovita Khilnani

Portfolio Manager

Jovita Khilnani

Portfolio Manager

Jovita is the Deputy Portfolio Manager for the Regal Australian Long Short Equity Strategy. 

Jovita has been a member of Regal’s team since March 2014 and has over 12 years of experience in Australian equities. Prior to joining Regal, Jovita was an Investment Analyst at Maple-Brown Abbott, Aberdeen Asset Management and Deutsche Asset Management in Sydney.

Jovita holds a Bachelor of Commerce (majoring in Econometrics) from the University of Sydney.

Mark Nathan

Head of Fundamental Research

Mark Nathan

Head of Fundamental Research

Mark is Head of Fundamental Research. He has over 20 years’ funds management experience having held roles in investment analysis, portfolio management, equity research as well as executive management.

Mark joined Regal in 2019 as a Portfolio Manager focusing on the Financials sector.  Prior to Regal, Mark spent eight years working for Arnhem Investment Partners in Sydney as CEO/Portfolio Manager, and before that, was a Managing Partner and Portfolio Manager at Fortis Investment Partners. Mark holds a Bachelor of Economics from Macquarie University, an Actuarial Fellowship (Actuaries Australia) and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Tim Elliott

Tim Elliott

Portfolio Manager

Tim Elliott

Portfolio Manager

Tim is the Head of Mining Research at Regal and Lead Portfolio Manager of the Regal Resources Long Short Fund and the Regal Resources High Conviction Fund. 
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Prior to joining Regal in January 2018 Tim spent almost 8 years at Glencore, where, as Executive General Manager - Business Development & Strategy, he was the global head of M&A for Glencore’s largest division, leading a series of landmark transactions.  

Prior to this, Tim spent almost 5 years as an investment banker specialising in mining takeovers & acquisitions as well as capital raisings. Tim holds a triple degree in Commerce (Finance), Engineering and Laws from the University of Melbourne.  

He has been a CFA Charterholder for over 15 years and completed the General Management Program at Harvard Business School in 2016.

Vale, Todd Guyot

1967-2024

Vale, Todd Guyot

1967-2024

It is with profound sadness that we advise of the unexpected passing of Todd Guyot on 3 October 2024. Todd was a Senior Portfolio Manager in Regal’s long/short equities team and Co-Portfolio Manager of the Regal Australian Small Companies Fund, having joined the firm in 2014.

A link to the statement released by Regal Funds Management can be found here. 

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Portfolio Managers - Private Markets/Pre-IPO

Private Markets/Pre-IPO

Philip King

Chief Investment Officer – Long/Short Equities

Philip King

Chief Investment Officer – Long/Short Equities

Philip King is the Co-Founder of Regal Funds Management and Chief Investment Officer of Long Short Equity Strategies.

Prior to Regal, Philip was a Portfolio Manager at London-based De Putron Fund Management (DPFM), specialising in relative value and special situations investment strategies.

Prior to joining DPFM in 2000, Philip was an Equities Analyst at Macquarie Bank for over five years. Phil commenced his career as a chartered accountant at KPMG from 1987-1994.

Philip is widely recognised as one of the key pioneers of the Australian alternative investment industry, having managed absolute return vehicles at Regal for over 20 years.

In 2019, Philip was inducted into the Australian Fund Managers Hall of Fame.

 

Ben McCallum

Ben McCallum

Portfolio Manager

Ben McCallum

Portfolio Manager

Ben is a Portfolio Manager for the Regal Emerging Companies Strategy. 

Prior to joining Regal in November 2015, Ben was an Investment Manager at MH Carnegie & Co focusing on middle market private equity and venture capital investments. Ben previously worked in London for Macquarie in a principal investment team focused on public to private transactions. Ben has also gained operational experience as a Director of Lime Energy in New York. 

Ben holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Business Law from Bond University.

Jessica Farr-Jones

Jessica Farr-Jones

Portfolio Manager

Jessica Farr-Jones

Portfolio Manager

Jessica is a Portfolio Manager for the Regal Emerging Companies Strategy. 

Prior to joining Regal in April 2018, Jessica was an Associate in J.P. Morgan’s investment banking division, working across both the New York and Sydney offices for over 4 years on M&A and capital markets transactions in the financial services sector. While studying, Jessica worked as a paralegal at Allen & Overy and also in the institutional equity research division of Bell Potter.

Jessica holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Sydney. She also holds a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice and was admitted as a lawyer to the Supreme Court of NSW in 2015.

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Portfolio Managers - Credit & Royalties

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