Our people represent a stimulating mix of youth and experience. Many have backgrounds outside of the financial sector while others are seasoned securities and equities professionals whose expertise has been honed through several market cycles. All are unique individuals who share the energy and creativity that defines the Blue Ocean Equities culture.
Brent Potts
Executive Chairman
Former Vice Chairman of the Sydney Stock Exchange and board member of the Australian Stock Exchange. He was senior partner of the stockbroking firm Potts West Trumbull…
Scott Calcraft
Institutional Dealer
Scott has over 35 years in the finance industry, Scott’s has extensive experience across a range of services including relationship management and institutional and high net worth…
Doc Cromme
Senior institutional sales
Doc brings with him almost 30 years of financial market experience. Starting in his native South Africa Doc was a partner of Simpson McKie a large stockbroking…
Allen Chan
Institutional Sales
Allen has over 18 year’s experience in investment markets. Prior to joining Blue Ocean, Allen worked at Colonial First State Global Asset Management as an equities dealer…
Michael Gerges
Investment Analyst
Michael joined Blue Ocean Equities in 2017 as an Investment Analyst. Michael has primary care and commercial experience across the healthcare sector extending from pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and…
Richard Granger
Executive Director
Richard has been involved in stockbroking for over 35 years. He has worked in institutional dealing and corporate advisory, specialising in asset sales and acquisitions as well…
Peter Gray
Executive Director
Peter Gray has gained extensive experience over the past 35 years in various equity capital and debt markets. He previously worked in various senior corporate positions at…
Janelle Manchee
Institutional Dealer
Janelle has over 20 years’ experience in both broking and funds management in the Australian equities market. Before joining Blue Ocean, Janelle was a Senior Equities Dealer…
Steuart McIntyre
Senior Resources Analyst
Steuart joined Blue Ocean Equities in June 2014 after working as a sell-side mining analyst for Royal Bank of Canada for over 5 years. Prior to that…
Emily Mohan
Corporate Analyst
Emily joined Blue Ocean Equities in August 2013. She previously held the role of Investment analyst as part of Blue Ocean’s Research department, with a focus on…
Josie Nicol
Dealing Associate
Josie joined Blue Ocean Equities in 2014 as the assistant to the Institutional Dealing team and Research. She previously worked at Southern Cross Equities and Morgan Stanley…
Andrew Nickson
Senior Designated Trading Representative
Andrew joined Blue Ocean in 2016, bringing with him over 20 years of market experience. Andrew has worked as an operator in the equity markets since 1995…
David O’Halloran
Executive Director
David was an Executive Director of County NatWest Securities and then a founding director of Southern Cross Equities. David comes to Blue Ocean Equities with more than…
Philip Pepe
Senior Analyst
Philip began his professional career in Melbourne in 1995. After spending six years in investment Consulting and nearly 10 years in funds management, Philip moved to stockbroking,…
Justin Pezzano
Investment Analyst
Justin joined Blue Ocean Equities as an Investment Analyst in 2017. Prior to joining the firm, Justin was a manager at Chapman Eastway, a boutique business consulting and tax…
Tim Potts
Institutional & Quant sales
Tim has over 15 years experience in the stockbroking industry, and has been involved in a number of roles including: arbitrage and institutional dealing, and research. Tim…
Ben Shanahan
Infrastructure & Technology
Ben has worked in the IT industry for over 20 years, across the UK and Australia. He joined Blue Ocean Equities in early 2018, bringing experience within ASX…
Mathan Somasundaram
Market Portfolio Strategy
Mathan has over 20 years’ experience in the finance industry. Mathan has worked extensively in all parts of the finance sector at County NatWest, Citi, LIM, Southern…
Adam Stratton
Senior Institutional & HNW sales
Adam has over 25 years of equity market experience with a range of operational and management roles in trading, hedge fund sales and risk management. He was…
Stuart Turner
Senior Analyst
Stuart is an Equities Analyst with over twenty years experience in equities markets. In previous roles, Stuart was Head of Research at ANZ LINWAR Securities and a…
Melissa Waller
Operations Executive
Melissa has worked in the stockbroking industry for over 20 years. She has extensive experience in client account management and operational administration. Prior to working with Blue…
Sebastian Weitmann
Corporate Analyst
Sebastian has experience in finance , corporate advisory and international business. Prior to joining Blue Ocean Equities, Sebastian was previously an investment banking graduate at BKK Partners.…
Steve Williams
Corporate Executive
Steve has worked in the finance industry for over 32 years, initially as an Executive Director at County Natwest leading the Dealing/Trading Desks. Subsequent to this, Steve…