Daniel Droga
Chairman
Daniel is the Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of BlueLake Partners, a privately funded alternative asset management firm he founded over 20 years ago.
BlueLake has consistently outperformed the market across multiple cycles through diversified and disciplined investment strategies.
Dane Roberts
Chief Investment Officer
Dane is the Chief Investment Officer at Fifth Estate Asset Management. Dane brings with him over 20 years of financial markets experience, most recently as Joint Portfolio Manager of the award winning Regal Small Companies Fund, which returned over 30% pa during his tenure.
Prior to Regal, Dane was an analyst at PM Capital and Australian Ethical Investments. Preceding Australian Ethical, Dane was an analyst at independent research house Aegis Equities.
Dane holds a Masters of Applied Finance and Investments from Kaplan.
Ben Bushby
Deputy Portfolio Manager
Ben is the Deputy Portfolio Manager at Fifth Estate Asset Management and has been with the firm since its inception. He brings over a decade of financial markets experience, including at Bell Potter Securities, where he was an adviser to High Net Worth and Institutional investors.
Ben holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Arts (History) from Macquarie University.
Will Clarke
Investment Analyst
Will is an Investment Analyst at Fifth Estate Asset Management. He joined Fifth Estate from PwC Australia. During his tenure at PwC, Will worked on financial and commercial due diligence engagements, managing complex valuations, financial modelling workstreams, and the preparation of completion documentation.
Will holds a Masters of Finance from UTS and Bachelor of Arts (History) from the University of Sydney.
Richard Preedy
Chief Financial and Operating Officer
Richard is the Chief Financial and Operating Officer at Fifth Estate Asset Management. He brings over 19 years’ experience across funds management and financial services.
Prior to joining Fifth Estate, Richard was Chief Financial and Operating Officer at NAOS Asset Management, a small-cap Australian equities manager, and subsequently was Chief Financial Officer at private credit manager Keyview Financial Group. He previously worked at Deloitte & Touche in Sydney and London.
Richard holds a BA (Hons) in Business Management from the University of Sheffield and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.
