Our Team

Our Team

Tim Carleton

Principal & Portfolio Manager

Tim is a co-founder of Auscap Asset Management. He has 19 years’ experience in the financial services industry. From 2007 to 2011 he was an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs where he was responsible for managing an Australian equities long/short portfolio using Proprietary funds. Prior to 2007 he worked at Macquarie Bank within the Investment Banking Group. Tim is a CFA charterholder, a CMT charterholder, a Senior Associate of FINSIA, a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD) and has a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney.

Matthew Parker

Principal & Portfolio Manager

Matthew is a co-founder of Auscap Asset Management. He has 27 years’ experience in the financial services industry. From 2008 to 2011 he was an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs where he was responsible for managing an Australian equities long/short portfolio using Proprietary funds. Between 1999 and 2007 he was a Director at Merrill Lynch Australia responsible for managing proprietary capital. Prior to this he worked at Bankers Trust. Matthew is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).

Gavin Rogers

Investment Specialist

Gavin has 27 years’ experience in the financial services industry. Between 2005-2011 Gavin was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs where he was responsible for managing an Australian equities long/short portfolio using Proprietary Capital. From 2004 to 2005 Gavin was an Executive Director assisting the Chief Operating Officer at Goldman Sachs. Prior to this Gavin was a Research Analyst at JB Were (now Goldman Sachs) and an Actuarial Analyst at Towers Perrin (now part of Russell Investments). Gavin is a CFA charterholder, a qualified actuary and has both a Bachelor of Commerce and a Master of Teaching (Secondary) from the University of Melbourne. Since 2011, Gavin has been managing personal capital and teaching/tutoring secondary school mathematics.

William Mumford

Investment Analyst

William has 7 years’ experience in the financial services industry. From 2016 to 2018 William was an Investment Banking Analyst at Macquarie Capital. William has a Bachelor of Commerce (Co-op) from the University of New South Wales, majoring in Accounting and Finance.

Lauren Murphy

Head of Distribution

Lauren has 17 years’ experience in the financial services industry. From 2012 to 2014 Lauren was Vice President at CIMB Securities Australia (previously RBS) responsible for Institutional Sales to equity markets clients. Between 2009 and 2012 Lauren was at Merrill Lynch as an Associate in the Research team covering Consumer stocks and then Corporate Access covering key ASX listed corporate and institutional clients. Prior to this Lauren worked as a Senior Equity Analyst at the Royal Bank of Scotland (previously ABN AMRO) covering Banks & Diversified Financials. Lauren has a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Queensland.

Sarah Lappan

Chief Operating Officer

Sarah has over 18 years’ experience in the financial services industry. From 2007 to 2018, Sarah worked at Link Fund Solutions (previously White Outsourcing Pty Ltd), initially as a Portfolio Analyst and from 2011 as Investment Operations Manager, where she was responsible for middle and back office administration for a range of fund managers. Prior to this, Sarah gained experience working at J.P. Morgan as a Senior Reconciliations Specialist, Ord Minnett as a Desk Assistant and Bell Potter as a Trainee Advisor. Sarah has international experience having been based in London working for Schroder Investment Management as a Reconciliation Officer and in Dublin at Invesco as a Project and Test Analyst covering a broad range of financial services functions. Sarah has a Masters of Applied Finance from Kaplan Professional and a Bachelor of Business from Charles Sturt University.

Edward Bangs

General Counsel

Edward has over 11 years’ experience as a lawyer. Edward was previously Head of Legal & Compliance, APAC, at Iress Limited, where he worked from 2015 to 2021. This included two years based in Iress’ London office (2017 to 2019). Between 2012 and 2015, Edward was an Associate at Allens, working in both the Corporate (M&A) and Litigation teams. Edward has a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology, Sydney.

Valentina Dimovski

Finance Manager

Valentina has 16 years’ experience as a fund accountant. From 2011 to 2012 Valentina was a Senior Fund Accountant at Deutsche Bank responsible for overseeing the external administration of a variety of funds. Between 2007 and 2011 Valentina was an Assistant Manager and Financial Accountant at JP Morgan. Between 2004 and 2006 Valentina worked as a Fund Accountant at Colonial First State. Valentina is a qualified CPA and has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney.

Tory Lane

Executive Assistant

Tory has over 11 years’ experience as an Executive Assistant (EA), including EA to CEO, Saatchi & Saatchi and EA to Global Founder, Naked Communications. She has a Diploma in Business majoring in Events Management. In addition, she is an experienced yoga teacher and Founder/Host of a travel and wellness business.