Meet our team
Darren Brind (Chief Executive Officer, Director)
Darren has over 25 years of financial services experience across corporate banking, financial planning, stockbroking and funds management. This experience has been gained through both large institutions and smaller boutique businesses in roles varying from sales, compliance, product creation and management through varied financial environments.
In addition to his role as a Portfolio Manager on PCM's Investment Team, Darren provides leadership across all facets of the PCM Business and its development.
Daniel Want (Chief Investment Officer, Director)
Some 18 years ago Daniel chose to take 'the road less travelled'; being disillusioned with what he was being taught at the University he was attending, he fired the University and decided to aggressively pursue a multi-decade journey of self-education whilst seeking out world-class mentors in diverse ranging fields such as investment management, complex systems analysis/problem-solving, leadership, psychology and business. During this process he also held positions that included being the Investment Strategist for an award-winning Australian Hedge Fund and also a Portfolio Manager & Financial Analyst for an Australian ASX-listed financial services company. Prior to co-founding PCM in 2013, Daniel also acted in a consulting capacity to investment managers and company boards on global macroeconomics and financial markets.
Daniel heads up the Investment Team and is primarily responsible for the research, consulting and investment management activities of PCM.
Andrew Want (Director of Research)
As a CPA, Andrew's background consists of progressively more senior roles at Ernst & Young (Australia), BDO Australia, Lloyds Banking Group (UK) and Standard Life (UK).
After returning to Australia from the UK, Andrew accepted a role as an investment analyst with an Institutional Investment Fund. Shortly after commencement, and as a result of the unexpected retirement of the Fund's CFO, at the age of 28 Andrew became one of the youngest CFOs to manage A$200m FUM in Australia. Andrew's responsibilities included the institutionalisation of back-office processes in preparation for investor due diligence, financial management of the Fund and its investment vehicles, while maintaining relationships with its institutional investor base located in New York, London, Zurich, and around the world. Success of his tenure attributed to the growth of committed FUM from A$200m to A$500m.
PCM draws upon Andrew's expertise & experience to ensure future readiness of operational, reporting and compliance based processes. Andrew also is a valuable member of PCM's investment team.
Ben Parker (Financial Adviser)
Ben has over 14 years of financial services experience across financial planning. This experience has been gained through smaller boutique businesses in roles varying from sales, paraplanning and management through varied financial environments. Ben came directly to PCM after running his own boutique financial practice for the last 6 years.