Investment Committee
David O'Halloran B.Sc, MBA, FSIA
Independent Investment Advisor
David has extensive experience in the stock broking and funds management; he has been in the industry for over 36 years.
Prior to Southern Cross Equities, David was an Executive Officer at County Natwest Securities and then a consultant to its successor Salomon Smith Barney Securities (now Citigroup).
David has also held project management roles at Tubemakers of Australia (now Onesteel).
Craig Hood BA,BSc, MEc
Investment Director
Craig was appointed Investment Director for Naos Asset Management in November 2004. Craig has 30 years experience in the funds management and investment industry.
Prior to joining Naos Craig was a portfolio manager and analyst at Hunter Hall International Limited, responsible for the Australian Value Trust.
Craig has held the positions of Head of Equities at Aberdeen Asset Management,
Investment Director at FAI Life, Head of Equities at BNP Investment Management,
Associate Director in charge of the resource portfolios at Rothschild Australia Asset
Management and managed Mercantile Mutuals capital guaranteed fund. Prior to this Mr. Hood
gained extensive research and portfolio management experience at MLC Assurance Company Limited.
Sebastian Evans
Fund Manager
Sebastian Evans has been the fund manager for the NAOS Small Companies Fund for the last year and a half and also has recently taken over management of the NAOS Absolute Return Fund.
Prior to joining NAOS, Sebastian was working as an Investment Analyst with NAOS and previously to that he has been working Bell Financial Group as well as RBS Morgan's.
Sebastian had graduated with a B.Comm double majoring in Finance and International Business from Bond University. Sebastian is currently in the final stages of completing his Masters of Applied Finance and is also an Associate Member of the Financial Services Institute of Australia.