Our next guest is David Evans - Executive Chairman & Founder of Evans & Partners, a specialist equity investment firm that offers extensive investment solutions to private high-net worth individuals & institutional clients. Founded in 2007, Evans & Partners provides private wealth, capital markets, asset management, research & execution capabilities across Australian equities, fixed interest and global equities. The business has over 140 staff across it's offices in Melbourne & Sydney, services some 9,000 clients throughout Australia and has funds under advice of over $21b. David graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Economics before commencing his stockbroking career with leading independent Australian firm, JB Were & Son where he rose to become it's head of retail business and member of the Board. Following the merger of JB Were with Goldman Sachs in 2003, David ran the Private Wealth & Institutional Equities businesses before rising to Managing Director and Chief of Staff. Outside of his involvement in Evans & Partners, David is also a Non-Executive Director of Seven West Media, a member of the Victorian Police's Corporate Advisory Group & Chairman of Cricket Australia's Investment Committee.