John Sikkema

Non-Executive Chairman

During his 30 years in the Financial Services Industry, John gained extensive experience in strategic planning, vision, leadership and expertise in people management. John has also built a successful distribution network. At the age of 49, John was the CEO and largest shareholder of Garrisons Financial Planning Group (later called Genesys) and Funds Management Company, Synergy Capital Management Ltd. He had transformed the small company he started in Tasmania into a thriving franchise business with 65 offices across Australia. This business was then successfully sold to Packer-backed listed company, Challenger. From 2007 to 2014 John was appointed independent Non-Executive Director for Sterihealth Limited, an ASX listed company. During this time, he was Chairman of their Audit Committee and member of the Remuneration and Compliance Committee. John sits on various boards, including Not-For-Profit organization Empart Empower, an overseas aid organisation where he is actively involved. In addition John has privately completed several property developments including planning and building a retirement village. For the last 8 years he has been CEO and more recently Chairman of Halftime Australia, a values-based executive coaching organization. John is the author of the book Enriched re-defining wealth.

Edwin Chia

Non-Executive Director

Edwin is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and is founder and director Corpfin Consulting specialising in mergers and acquisitions.  He has led and advised on transactions in the mid-market, with deal values ranging from $10m to $100m. Over the years he has been involved in transactions with a cumulative value of $1 bil across sectors of technology, food and beverage, manufacturing, and financial services.

Prior to founding Corpfin, he was a Director at Grant Thornton, as well as having held roles at KPMG, Kidder Williams and private equity firm NorthEdge Capital in the UK. He continues to be involved as a non-executive director across a number of not-for-profit and commercial organisations, and in an executive capacity as an outsourced CFO for technology start-ups.  He has lived and worked across Asia, Europe and now Australia bringing diversity of thought and understanding of cultural subtleties.

Yak Yong Quek

CEO and Executive Director

Yong co-founded Prime Value in early 1998. As CEO and director, Yong has responsibility for overall business strategy and investment outcomes. Yong is also Managing Director & CIO of Shakespeare Property Group, managing a portfolio of commercial properties. Prior to founding Prime Value and Shakespeare Property Group, Yong was the Assistant Treasurer of Western Mining Corporation (WMC) Limited and a director of the WMC Superannuation Fund. Yong has held various senior finance and treasury positions with Shell Australia Limited and the Australian Wheat Board. Yong is a director of a number of private companies. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Australian Society of Certified Practicing Accountants. Yong has more than 25 years of investment and risk management experience.

Catherine Law

Executive Director and Company Secretary

Catherine is the Executive Director and Company Secretary of Prime Value, and assists in legal matters and business development. Prior to joining Prime Value in 2002, she was an associate of a legal firm in Melbourne. She is a director of Shakespeare Property Group and a number of private companies. Catherine has more than 20 years of investment experience.

Yak Yong Quek

CEO and Executive Director

Yong co-founded Prime Value in early 1998. As CEO and director, Yong has responsibility for overall business strategy and investment outcomes. Yong is also Managing Director & CIO of Shakespeare Property Group, managing a portfolio of commercial properties. Prior to founding Prime Value and Shakespeare Property Group, Yong was the Assistant Treasurer of Western Mining Corporation (WMC) Limited and a director of the WMC Superannuation Fund. Yong has held various senior finance and treasury positions with Shell Australia Limited and the Australian Wheat Board. Yong is a director of a number of private companies. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Australian Society of Certified Practicing Accountants. Yong has more than 25 years of investment and risk management experience.

Chris Papas

General Manager – Risk & Compliance

Chris is the General Manager of Risk & Compliance at Prime Value, with over a decade of experience leading risk and compliance functions across highly regulated sectors. He brings diverse and extensive expertise across financial services—including funds management, banking, general and life insurance, and superannuation—as well as the energy industry.

CP is known for his strategic, solutions-focused approach, delivering practical and forward-thinking risk, compliance, and governance outcomes. He holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts and is legally qualified.

Amanda Walker

General Manager – Accounting and Operations

Amanda joined Prime Value in 2021 as Manager of Accounting and Tax for the Prime Value Asset Management Limited and Shakespeare Property Group. She was recently appointed General Manager – Accounting and Operations. In this role, she leads a team responsible for fund and corporate accounting, including unit pricing, general ledger maintenance, distribution and tax calculations, statutory reporting and analytical

support. Prior to joining Prime Value, Amanda spent over fifteen years with Australian Unity Limited in various roles, including fund accountant, portfolio analyst and investment accounting manager.

Amanda holds a Bachelor of Science (Chemistry), Masters in Management, Masters in Professional Accounting, and is a member of CPA Australia.

Matthew Lemke

Portfolio Manager – Income Securities

Matthew has over 15 years of experience working in portfolio management and over 30 years in global investment markets in London, New York, Singapore Hong Kong and Australia. He is the Portfolio Manager for the Prime Value Enhanced Income Fund. Matthew previously has worked for JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank. He has a law degree, and his experience working for a law firm in the area of securities, provides insights necessary to understand the legal aspects of securities in the Fund portfolio. Matthew was instrumental in setting the Enhanced Income Fund up in 2014.

Lawrence Chin

Head of Banking Relationships and Mortgages

Lawrence Chin is the Head of Banking Relationships and Mortgages at Prime Value Asset Management, where he plays a pivotal role in managing and strengthening the firm’s relationships with key banking partners. He oversees mortgage strategies and works closely with financial institutions to support the firm’s diverse investment and property finance needs.

With an impressive 36-year career at Westpac, Lawrence has built a wealth of expertise in Real Estate and Property Finance, focusing on both investment and development funding. His extensive experience includes funding commercial office buildings, large shopping centres, industrial assets, major residential projects, hotels, and serviced apartments. His clientele has primarily been Melbourne-based private property developers and investors, where he has earned a reputation for his deep industry knowledge and the ability to secure complex funding solutions.

Lawrence’s comprehensive understanding of the property finance landscape and his long-standing relationships within the banking sector make him an integral part of Prime Value’s ability to deliver tailored financial solutions to clients and execute large-scale property investments.

Shih Thin Wong

CIO and Portfolio Manager – Equities

Shih Thin is the CIO and Portfolio Manager, responsible for the formulation of investment policy and process development, portfolio strategy and construction, and fundamental research. Shih Thin’s most recent experience includes Head of Investments at Xantias Financial Management, a boutique wealth management firm. Prior to this, he was Equity Fund Manager at AIG Investments/American International Group and was responsible for a broad range of sectors. Shih Thin was also Senior Research Analyst at Daiwa Securities and has also held senior analyst positions with RHB Research Institute and BZW. He has almost 25 years of experience years of investment experience.

Richard Ivers

Portfolio Manager – Equities

Richard is a Portfolio Manager in the Australian Equities team. He has over 16 years experience covering Australian equities in both portfolio management and research analyst roles. Most recently he was at Contango for two years and portfolio manager of the small companies fund which registered top quartile performance over all periods up to two years. He also worked as a portfolio manager at River Capital where the fund outperformed and senior research analyst at Ord Minnett where he was highly ranked.

Richard has also gained an understanding of business strategy and finance through his roles in industry where he worked for a number of companies in the IT and finance sectors in Europe.

Mike Younger

Portfolio Manager – Equities

Mike is a Portfolio Manager in the Australian Equities team. Mike has over 20 years of Australian equity market experience at Rest, Goldman Sachs and Citi.

Leanne Pan

Portfolio Manager – Equities

Leanne is a Portfolio Manager in the Australian Equities team. She is responsible for the formulation of investment policy and process development, portfolio strategy and construction, and fundamental company research. She has over 25 years’ experience in the investment industry, with a successful track record. Prior to joining Prime Value in 2004, Leanne was Portfolio Manager for the Orica Superannuation Fund, responsible for the active management of the $400 million Australian equity portfolio. Previously she was Portfolio Manager for the Shell Australia Superannuation Fund and managed the successful and sizeable Australian equity component of this fund in the 1990s.

Benjamin Mellody

Equities Analyst

Benjamin joined Prime Value in 2020 as an equities analyst and is responsible for providing analytical support and fundamental research to the equities investment team.

Prior to Prime Value, Benjamin was a Manager in KPMG’s Corporate Finance team, specialising in business and asset valuations. Benjamin has over 6 years of corporate advisory experience across corporate finance, financial modelling, valuations, legal and tax.

Benjamin graduated in 2014 with double degrees, being Bachelors of Commerce (majoring in Finance) and Law (Hons.) from Monash University.

Benjamin is a CFA charterholder and has been admitted as an Australian lawyer by the Victoria Supreme Court.

Simon Hu

Manager – Investments and Risk Management

Simon joined Prime Value in 2015, graduating with First Class Honours in Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from The University of Melbourne.

As a Manager of Investments and Risk Management, Simon is responsible for analytical, quantitative analysis of financial models, risk monitoring, equity research and fundamental research of various investment projects across the group, predominantly for Equities and Alternative Assets. He is also involved with attribution analysis and equity research. Simon also supports the CEO in identifying, quantifying and managing the risk for each of the investments across the asset classes under management.

Simon also manages the Diversified High Income Plus since its inception.

Prior to this, Simon supported the operations team for unit pricing and performance reporting.

Simon was a former academic tutor at The University of Melbourne and is currently a mentor at the University of Melbourne and other Non-for-profit organisations.

During his honours year he researched on the relation between IPO under-pricing and media coverage for his thesis and had also analysed indexes and commodity prices using numerical techniques.

Linda Quek

Manager – Investments & Risk Management

Linda leads analysis and due diligence for investment opportunities across the group and supports risk management across various asset classes. With nearly 10 years of experience in law and finance, she has worked as a corporate M&A lawyer at Gilbert + Tobin and as an investment banker at Luminis Partners and Staton Road Partners. Linda has advised a wide range of clients on public and private transactions, including Next Capital, Livingbridge, Quadrant, Seven West Media, and Alinta Energy. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) / Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales.

Elizabeth Blackhurst

Portfolio Manager – Alternative Assets

Elizabeth is one of Prime Value’s joint Portfolio Managers for Alternative Assets. She is responsible for investment strategy, portfolio construction, analysis and research. Elizabeth’s career has spanned 25 years in financial markets across banking, commodities, corporate advisory, private debt and private wealth portfolio management. She has worked both domestically and internationally and has held senior roles within the commodity divisions of the Commonwealth Bank, Mitsui, Bank of Nova Scotia and Dresdner. Elizabeth brings extensive commodity risk management, analysis, structuring and advisory experience to the team as well as a strong focus on environmental and social responsibility. Elizabeth is based in Sydney.

Harrison Stewart

Portfolio Manager – Agriculture

Harrison Stewart is the Senior Investment Analyst for Alternative Assets at Prime Value Asset Management, bringing a unique blend of agricultural expertise and financial acumen to his role. With a family background deeply rooted in farming, Harrison has a natural understanding of the agricultural sector, which he complements with his academic experience, having studied science at the University of Melbourne.

Harrison spent six years at NAB, where he worked in both the Corporate Agribusiness and Institutional Retailers teams. During his tenure, he gained significant experience managing large-scale agribusiness portfolios and providing strategic financial advice, all while building strong relationships with clients in the agribusiness and retail sectors.

At Prime Value, Harrison’s role centers on analyzing alternative asset opportunities, particularly in sectors like agriculture, where his experience proves invaluable. His ability to bridge the gap between hands-on agricultural knowledge and institutional finance enables him to contribute effectively to Prime Value’s investment strategies, positioning the firm for continued growth in alternative assets.

Michael Yan

Associate - Investment and Investor Relations, China

Michael joined Prime Value in 2019, after working as a tax accountant. As a Marketing and Investment Executive, Michael supports both the marketing and business development team and the product team, particularly in developing the Private Equity Fund. He graduated with Bachelor of Commerce from University of Melbourne and Master of Professional Accounting with distinction from RMIT.

Cheow Pheng Chan

General Manager – Asset and Developments

Chan oversees asset management, calculation, feasibility studies and lease negotiations within the Shakespeare Property Group. He has over 30 years experience in development of office, retail, industrial and residential projects. Prior to working for the Group, Chan held a senior position at Davis Langdon for 16 years operating within Australian and abroad.

Andrew Russell

Director – Investor Relations, Australia

Andrew manages our key client relationships and marketing activities throughout Australia. He is responsible for communicating the various investment characteristics of the Prime Value investment options and working with our retail, wholesale and institutional clients to provide tailored investment solutions to meet their needs. Andrew has over 25 years of experience in client services, sales and marketing – both in business and not for profit organisations. Andrew also spent 10 years working in Financial Services for one of Australia’s leading wealth creation companies. Andrew holds a Bachelor of Business in Management from the University of Queensland and is currently completing a Masters in Leadership.

Daniel Leong

Director – Investor Relations, Southeast Asia

Daniel is responsible for our growing Asian investor relations. Daniel’s experience spans 35 years in financial services working both domestically and offshore in private banking, portfolio management, and lending and mortgages. Since immigrating 20 years ago from Malaysia, he has worked in ANZ Bank as a Senior Private Banker where he managed and serviced both local and international high net worth clients providing tailored financial and investment solutions, including financing for commercial and residential properties.

He has vast and considerable experience in retail & private banking, lending, investments and portfolio management. He also understands multi-shore and international jurisdiction of banking, equities, property, lending and investment markets. His focus is in helping migrants transition into Australia and also guiding investors on investment solutions, including those seeking Significant Investor Visa (SIV).

Daniel previously held senior positions as Executive Director of two largest stockbroking companies in Malaysia, which are wholly-owned subsidiaries of listed companies on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.

Mei Wang

Director – Investments & Investor Relations, China

Mei has over 20 years’ experience in wealth management, banking and accounting & taxation practice both in Australia and China. She is responsible for our growing China investor relations, serving Chinese high net worth individuals, family offices, SMSFs investment solutions and wealth creation, as well as extensive experience in the SIV program. Mei previously worked with Bank of Beijing, Ernst & Young and KPMG.

Winny Wu

Director – Investor Relations

Winny has over 20 years experience in the financial services industry. She has accumulated 15 years of knowledge and experience in providing complex financial solutions to High Net Worth clients and family offices.

Winny is passionate about discovering and providing unique solutions tailored to individuals and generational family groups. Her previous role as Director of Asian Liaison for one of Australia’s largest banks, Winny has a thorough understanding of complexities of cross border investing.

Daphne Chang

Director – Investments & Investor Relations

Daphne Chang is Director, Investor Relations at Prime Value, bringing more than 15 years of experience in financial services and funds management across Asia and Australia. She began her career in New York with First Hudson Financial Group and Seidel & Shaw on Wall Street, where she specialised in identifying and developing new markets and building institutional client relationships across Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and the Philippines.

Her career has since taken her across Asia, including time in China, before relocating to Melbourne. Daphne has held Investment Director roles focused on private credit and commercial real estate debt strategies.

At Prime Value, Daphne leverages her global expertise and deep knowledge of credit markets to strengthen investor relationships and support the firm’s growth objectives.