Jordan Cvetanovski

Chairman, CIO & Portfolio Manager

Jordan has more than 20-years of international investing experience and has held numerous senior portfolio management positions in Europe and Australia.

Prior to establishing Pella Funds Management, he was the CIO and Portfolio Manager for the Pengana International Equities and International Ethical strategies.

Before his role at Pengana, Jordan was a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Carmignac Gestion (Paris), one of the largest boutique fund managers in Europe where he managed several strategies. These funds strongly outperformed and were amongst the highest-ranking European Funds. Prior to his role in Paris, Jordan was a co-Portfolio Manager at Robecco (Netherlands), and an Investment Analyst at Platinum AM and BT (Sydney).

Jordan holds a B.Engin(Hons) and B.Econ from the Australian National University.

Steven Glass, CFA

Managing Director & Investment Analyst

Steven has more than 20-years of investment experience. He co-founded the Pengana International Equities and Pengana International Equities – Ethical strategies. Prior to that Steven was a Portfolio Manager at Hunter Hall International.

Steven holds a B.Comm (Acct/Fin) and a M.Comm (Adv. Fin) from the University of New South Wales and is a CFA charterholder.

Joy Yacoub

Head of Distribution

Joy has built her career in funds management over the last 15 years. Prior to joining Pella, Joy was the Executive Director of Pengana’s International Equities division. She has held roles as a relationship manager for Allan Gray, investment analyst for State Street Bank and at Dimensional Fund Advisers where she worked with the institutional distribution team.

Joy holds a B.Econ and a B.Comm from the University of New South Wales specialising in Econometrics, Finance and Business Law.

Ryan Fisher

Investment Analyst

Ryan has more than 25-years of investment experience. Prior to joining Pella he was an Investment Analyst in the Pengana International Equities strategies and before that Ryan spent 16-years at Goldman Sachs where he was a top rated sell-side diversified financials analyst.

Ryan holds a B.Econ (Actuarial Studies) and a M.Econ (Actuarial Studies) from Macquarie University.

Ronald Yu, CFA

Investment Analyst

Ronald has more than 10-years of international equities investment experience. Prior to joining Pella he was an Investment Analyst in the Pengana International Equities strategies and before that he worked as an Investment Analyst at Morphic Asset Management.

Ronald holds a B.Comm/B.Law from the University of New South Wales and is a CFA charterholder.

Ryan Jiang, CFA

Investment Analyst & Trader

Ryan is a recent university graduate. During university Ryan gained work experience at Goldman Sachs, where he worked in the Global Markets Division, Reminiscent Capital, where he worked as an Analyst, and was an Academic Tutor at the University of New South Wales School of Banking and Finance.

Ryan holds a Master of Finance and a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance from the University of New South Wales, where he was awarded the Dean’s List Award for Academic Excellence (2022). Ryan is a CFA charterholder.

Joshua Smith

Relationship & Research Associate

Josh has built his career in sales and business development over the last several years. Prior to joining Pella, Josh was an Associate Vice President of Business Development at the expert network provider Guidepoint, where he played a key role in launching the Australia office.

Josh holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Auckland, double-majoring in Mathematics and Geophysics.