Stephen joined Ord Minnett in December 2009 as the Head of Research.

Stephen is responsible for running both the Investment Strategy team and Ord Minnett's team of specialist research Analysts covering Australian equities. Stephen has 14 years experience as an investment professional on both the buy and sell-side across a number of markets including Australia, London and New York.

Prior to joining Ord Minnett, Stephen was the Head of Research at LINWAR Securities, having joined LINWAR Securities from Deutsche Asset Management where he worked for eleven years in a variety of senior portfolio management roles.

Stephen has a Bachelor of Economics from Sydney University and a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance (FINSIA).

Simon joined Ord Minnett in October 2006 from Macquarie Bank, where he has worked for over 13 years, most recently establishing and running the Macquarie Financial Services Group private client research team for their 280 Advisers.Simon was an institutional equities analyst (healthcare / pharmaceutical) until 1997, when he moved over to the retail side of the business.  Simon was also the Chairman of Macquarie Financial Services Group’s Investment Committee.

In the role of Investment Strategist, Simon is responsible for investment strategy, portfolio construction, asset allocation, client seminars, presentations and road shows throughout the Ord Minnett branch network.

James Lennon is a Senior Analyst within Ord Minnett’s Research team, having spent in excess of six years analysing and reporting on the prospects of small industrial companies.

Prior to joining Ord Minnett, James held previous research positions at Taylor Collison and ABN AMRO, both of which focused on small industrials companies. James has also spent time on the research sales desk at JPMorgan, again with a focus on small companies.

Peter is a Resource Analyst with over 15 years experience in the Australian stock market, having been a rated institutional resource analyst for the large resource stocks. Peter is now focusing on mid cap resource companies for both institutional and private client investors.

Peter has over 10 years mining industry experience as a geologist with WMC at Olympic Dam and Kambalda and in senior roles in private and listed exploration and mining companies in the 1990s. He joined Ord Minnett as a Senior Research Analyst in 2007.

Luke Smith is a Senior Mining Analyst responsible for equity analysis of small and mid cap mining and energy companies. Luke has nine years experience as an investment professional both on the buy and sell side and as a mining engineer.

Prior to joining Ord Minnett, Luke was a Senior Resource Analyst at Stonebridge Group. Luke has also worked at Lion Selection as a Portfolio Manager, as an Analyst and in Investor Relations and Strategy roles.

Luke has experience as a mining engineer working on-site, conducting due diligence and economic modelling and evaluation in Australia and overseas.

Brad has more than 5 years experience in financial markets. He has held a variety of roles within Ord Minnett, most recently taking responsibility for small-to-mid-size institutional equity research in the telecommunications and legal services sectors. He also has responsibility for the research and analysis of fixed interest and hybrid securities for the Ord Minnett private client network.