Our People

George Bishay

Head of Credit & Sustainable Strategies - Portfolio Manager, Regnan Credit Impact Trust
Income & Fixed Interest

About George

George’s investment management career spans over 30 years with Pendal and its predecessor firms. He is responsible for management of credit, fixed interest and short term income portfolios, including Pendal’s highly regarded Sustainable Australian Fixed Interest Fund, Short Term Income Securities Fund and Credit Impact Trust.

George holds a wealth of experience in portfolio management and credit analysis. He has also worked across numerous fixed income, credit and money market portfolios in portfolio management, credit analysis and dealing roles for 27 years. Prior to this George worked in an accounting role for three years.

In 2019 George was awarded the Alpha Manager status by Money Management’s parent, FE fundinfo, in recognition of his career-long performance in the asset management industry. George was one out of 11 Australia-based investment professionals included in this list of esteemed professionals across multiple asset classes, after being assessed on his ability to create risk-adjusted alpha (outperformance) over his entire track record.

George obtained a Master’s degree in Business (Finance), a Bachelor’s degree in Business (Accounting & Finance) and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment.

Income & Fixed Interest Team

About James

James has nearly 24 years’ experience leading emerging markets funds, and throughout his career has been responsible for over 14 mandates with peak FUM of over $4bn. He previously headed the emerging market investment teams at SG Asset Management and most recently Baring Asset Management, where he managed numerous strategies with his colleague Paul Wimborne. He has also worked with Henderson Investors as a portfolio manager and with H Clarkson as an analyst. James is a CFA Charterholder and obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Geography) with honours from the University of Cambridge.

Emerging Markets Team

Recent articles by James

James Syme

Senior Fund Manager, JOHCM
Emerging Markets

About Jim

Drawing on over 24 years’ experience investing in top-performing Australian companies and a background in accounting, Jim manages our Long/ Short Fund and manages our Imputation Fund. He previously managed a number of funds for Colonial First State. Prior to this he worked at Arthur Andersen in a variety of audit, advisory and corporate finance roles. Jim holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics (Accounting and Finance). He is a Chartered Accountant with membership of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Australian Equities Team

Recent articles by Jim

Jim Taylor

Portfolio Manager
Australian Equities

About Julia

With over 25 years’ experience spanning equities research and advisory, initial public offerings and capital raisings, Julia has managed our property trust portfolios for over a decade. Before joining the company, she worked for the Attorney General’s Department and on the sell side for 10 years at broking houses now known as Citigroup and Merrill Lynch, where she was a highly rated analyst. Julia holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney and a Diploma of Law from the Solicitor and Barristers Admission Board, specialising in property and insolvency law.

Australian Equities Team

Julia Forrest

Portfolio Manager
Australian Equities

About Julia

Julia is responsible for the development of risk, optimisation and portfolio management tools for equity. She has over 19 years’ industry experience, previously holding analyst positions with JP Morgan and Macquarie. Julia is a CFA Charter holder and obtained a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney.

Australian Equities Team

Recent articles by Julia

Julia Maksymow

Quantitative Analyst
Australian Equities

Australian Equities Team

Lee Ma

Investment Analyst
Australian Equities

About Lewis

As Portfolio Manager, Lewis co-manages our Australian smaller companies and micro-cap funds and conducts fundamental analysis on a range of smaller companies. Lewis joined the Pendal Smaller Companies team in 2013 as a small cap analyst, before being promoted to the role of Portfolio Manager in 2018. Lewis brings 20 years of industry experience with previous roles spanning equities research at boutique stockbroking firm, Taylor Collison, as well as commercial and investment banking roles at Westpac Bank and Commonwealth Bank. Lewis holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Corporate Finance) from the University of Adelaide.

Australian Equities Team

Lewis Edgley

Portfolio Manager
Australian Equities

About Patrick

As Portfolio Manager, Patrick co-manages our Australian smaller companies and micro-cap funds and conducts fundamental analysis on a range of smaller companies. Patrick has been part of the Smaller Companies team for a collective period of eleven years. Patrick initially joined the company in 2005 and developed his career as a highly regarded small cap analyst. Patrick worked at a small cap boutique as a portfolio manager for 3 years before re-joining Pendal’s Smaller Companies team in January 2018. Patrick holds a Bachelor of Commerce (1st class Honours) from the University of Queensland and is a CFA Charterholder.

Australian Equities Team

Patrick Teodorowski

Portfolio Manager
Australian Equities

About Oliver

Oliver works on developing and running key quantitative investment models, and acting as trading support for the Income & Fixed Interest team. Prior to joining the team, Oliver spent three years in the Pendal Group (formerly BT Investment Management) Investment Products team. Oliver previously spent three years at Perpetual Investments where he worked closely with both the portfolio management and distribution teams, providing quantitative support, portfolio positioning and commentary to the business and clients. Oliver received his Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) from the University of Sydney and is also a CFA Charterholder.

Income & Fixed Interest Team

Oliver Ge

Portfolio Manager
Income & Fixed Interest

About Oliver

With over 14 years’ industry experience, Oliver is an analyst focused on the Health Care and Utilities sectors. Starting his career with the business in 2004, Oliver has also worked with the Quantitative Services, Product and Performance and Attribution teams. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance and Financial Economics) from the University of New South Wales, where he was awarded the Australian Institute of Banking and Finance Award in his penultimate year, and is a CFA Charterholder.

Australian Equities Team

Oliver Renton

Investment Analyst and Portfolio Manager
Australian Equities