John is a Principal Consultant and Director of JANA. He is currently assisting Steven Carew as a Generalist overseeing JANA’s research effort, in particular listed markets. John is JANA’s longest-serving employee, having joined the firm in 1988.

Prior to joining JANA, his experience included 10 years at the State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), where he worked in the superannuation, treasury and accounting areas. At the SECV Superannuation Fund, John was involved in the internal management of Australian equities and bonds.

John holds a Diploma of Business Studies from Footscray Institute of Technology and is a qualified accountant.

Nathan specialises in advising major wealth management institutions, superannuation funds and financial planning businesses across all areas of financial services law. Nathan has extensive expertise advising on investment management arrangements for listed assets and unlisted assets, investment structures, private equity and infrastructure investments and transition management arrangements. In 2017 Nathan was named Lawyer’s Weekly Financial Services - Partner of the Year.

Fiona Galbraith is Director of Policy at ASFA and a lawyer with over 25 years’ experience of advising on policy, governance, risk and regulatory compliance within superannuation.

Fiona has held a variety of senior management roles within the private sector, heading regulatory compliance; legal; audit and risk; and technical advice functions at National Mutual Life/Buck Consultants (1994 to 1997); Colonial/Jacques Martin Industry/JMIFA/Superpartners (1997 to 2005); AAS Superannuation Services (2005 to 2006) and CitiStreet/Precision Administration/Sunsuper (2006 to 2010).

Fiona has also had experience in the public sector – as Assistant Director, Advisings Section with the Insurance and Superannuation Commission in 1993/1994 and as Acting Legal Counsel with the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal in 2010/11.

Fiona has an economics degree, majoring in economics and accounting, and a law degree from the University of Sydney and has been admitted to practice in NSW.

Julian is the Director of External Affairs and Strategy having joined ASFA in 2015.

In previous roles Julian was a Senior Policy Manager at the Financial Services Council, leading the FSC’s agenda on financial advice policy, and an Executive Manager Advocacy for the Commonwealth Bank’s Wealth Management Division.

Julian has over 20 years’ experience in superannuation and wealth management with professional experience across a range of disciplines including policy, regulatory affairs, investment & regulatory compliance, training & development, and client services.

Julian holds a Bachelor of Commerce with Merit from the University of New South Wales.

Jacqui Maddock is ASFA’s Manager of Content, Campaigns and Media.

Formerly Head of Media at BlueChip Communication, Jacqui brings financial services public relations and integrated marketing expertise to the ASFA team, along with fifteen years of international business journalism experience.

Jacqui has worked in China and the U.S.A for some of the world’s largest media outlets including Fox News Business, The Huffington Post and China Central Television, and in Australia for ABC, Network Ten and the Finance News Network.

Jacqui holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication (Broadcast Journalism) from Charles Sturt University.