Expert Investment Committee Oversight
Jim Simpson
Chair, Investment Committee
Director, IAM
Jim has over 35 years of active fund management experience, including as a founding member of Platinum Asset Management and more recently, management of his own family office. Jim has a foundation in equities and has broadened that focus in the past decade towards the bond markets and private credit.
As Investment Committee Chair, Jim combines deep knowledge of investment products and financial markets with an investor’s lens on credit selection and risk management.
As an IAM director and member of the IAM MDA Investment Committee, through his investment company (Quinta Pty Ltd), Jim invested $5M in the IAM MDA on 26th of August 2025. At times IAM staff and other officers may have an interest in the MDA.
Watch the interview with Jim where he discusses his philosophy on investment.
Danielle Press
Director, IAM
Danielle has extensive experience in capital markets, asset management and financial services regulation. She was a Commissioner of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission from 2018-2023. She currently chairs the Superannuation Trustee Boards of Insignia Financial.
Her leadership experience includes holding the CEO role at the Myer Family Company and Equip Super. Prior to that, Danielle spent 17 years at UBS, in a range of roles focusing on investment, risk management and client solutions in Australia, Singapore and Chicago.
She began her career at the Reserve Bank of Australia in the International Department. Danielle holds a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) from the University of Western Australia.
Active Portfolio Management
Matthew Macreadie
Executive Director, Credit Strategy and Portfolio Management
Matthew provides credit commentary/views on the bond market and specific credit issuers with the aim of aiding investors to make better risk-return decisions. He has executed 1, 3, and 5-year credit-strategies that have been consistently above benchmark.
Prior to IAM, Matthew spent eight years as a Senior Credit Portfolio Manager at Aberdeen Standard, where he was responsible for the credit portfolio construction and security selection across a wide range of investment-grade/high-yield, financial and non-financial sectors.
Matthew began his career at KPMG and then spent six years at Colonial First State Global Asset Management as a Fixed Income Credit Analyst. He holds a Masters of Applied Finance degree from Macquarie University and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from UNSW.
