Platinum Capital Limited

Margaret Towers CA, GAICD

Ms Margaret Towers was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 31 March 2018. Ms Towers is the Board Chair and also serves as member of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee.
Ms Towers has over 35 years’ experience operating at board and senior management levels, within the wealth management and investment banking sectors of the Australian financial services industry.
Ms Towers is a Non-Executive Director and Chair of Platinum Asia Investments Limited.
Ms Towers is a Non-Executive Director of Platinum Asia Investments Limited. Ms Towers was previously a Non-Executive Director of Platinum Asset Management Limited, serving on its Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee and Nomination & Remuneration Committee and IMB Limited, serving as Chair and member of IMB’s Risk Committee, Audit Committee and Financial Planning Committee.

Richard Morath BA, FIAA

Mr Richard Morath was appointed as an Independent, Non-Executive Director on 27 March 2009 and is Chair of the Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee.
Mr Morath has over 40 years’ experience in life insurance, funds management, banking and financial planning.
Mr Morath is a Non-Executive Director of Platinum Asia Investments Limited.

Ian Hunter BA, LLB, MBA

Mr Ian Hunter was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 9 September 2021 and serves as a member of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee.
Mr Hunter has over 40 years’ experience in finance and the investment industry having held several roles in Corporate Finance and Equity Capital Markets at international banks.
Mr Hunter is a Non-Executive Director of Platinum Asia Investments Limited and Supentian Pty Limited and was previously a Non-Executive Director of several listed companies.

Joanne Jefferies BCom, LLB (University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa), MAICD

Joanne joined Platinum in 2016 and heads up Platinum’s legal, compliance, risk and corporate governance functions. Joanne also serves as the Company Secretary for Platinum and its subsidiary entities including the ASX listed investment companies, Platinum Asia Investments Limited and Platinum Capital Limited. She is an English qualified solicitor with over 27 years of experience working for listed global asset management and banking institutions, across Asia Pacific and the UK.

Prior to joining Platinum, Joanne spent six years at BNP Paribas in the role of Head of Legal Affairs, Asia Pacific where she covered asset servicing, corporate trustee, global markets, and custody and clearing business lines, across seven countries. Joanne was previously Senior Legal Counsel at Russell Investments in Australia and prior to that was based in the UK where she held senior legal and compliance roles with Aviva Investors, Lord Abbett and Morgan Grenfell. She also served as the General Counsel for the Investment Association, the UK industry body for asset management.