Angus Geddes
Angus Geddes is the founder and CEO of Fat Prophets.
He has a wealth of experience acquired over more than two decades in both domestic and international financial markets. Aside from running the Fat Prophets group. Angus has broad investment responsibilities within the Funds Management division, which manages close to $100 million.
Angus's investment track record began in 1982 at the young age of 13. In 1986 he received a "highly commended" award from the New Zealand Chamber of Commerce for increasing an initial investment of $200 to $35,000 on the world stock markets.
During his career, Angus has worked as a money market dealer in New Zealand, a financial consultant in the United Kingdom and the United States. Moving to Australia in 1996, Angus worked for five years as a stockbroker at Bankers Trust and JB Were before co-founding Fat Prophets in June 2000.
Majoring in Economics, Angus completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree at Otago University, New Zealand in1990. He is also a member of the Securities Institute of Australia having qualified for a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment in 1999.
Angus is also a non executive director of Pie-face Holdings, one of Australia's fastest growing food franchises and Fitch Metals Engineering, a rapidly expanding industrial engineering and manufacturing company. Angus is also a director of the Australasian Investment Review, a fast growing online magazine with more than 35,000 subscribers.
Greg Canavan
Greg is Head of Australasian Research at Fat Prophets. He brings to Fat Prophets a deep interest in financial markets and economics. He previously worked in economic research and securities analysis with National Australia Bank's wealth management arm, MLC. Greg has a strong believer in the long term benefits of value investing and has honed his skills by studying the techniques of investment gurus such as Warren Buffett and Ben Graham.
Greg graduated from Wollongong University in 1994, completing a double major in Business Systems and Management. He returned to postgraduate study at the University of Sydney in 2003, beginning a Master of International Business. Having successfully completed a number of subjects including finance, trade, economics and international relations, Greg has decided to utilise his knowledge and focus his energies on the Fat Prophets business.
Gavin Wendt
Gavin is Head of Mining & Resources Research. He brings with him more than 15 years experience in the Australian financial industry, involving mainly resource company research and analysis, as well as roles in international trade finance, foreign exchange and the money market.
Gavin's last role was with Intersuisse in Sydney, where he spent 10 years as the firm's resources analyst. Here he established an enviable track record and market reputation for his coverage of the resources scene, particularly with regard to identifying emerging resource opportunities. Gavin is a specialist in analysing junior resource situations and has been involved in numerous corporate deals.
For the second year running he was voted as one of the top three resources analysts in Australia at the recent 2006 Excellence in Exploration & Mining Conference held in Sydney, reflecting his hard work and ongoing commitment to coverage of the Australian exploration scene.
He has a Bachelor of Business degree majoring in Finance & Economics and is completing a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Geology.
Alex Douglas
Alex is Chief Technical Analyst at Fat Prophets. He drew his first chart by hand in 1983, opening the door to a career in the financial markets that has focused heavily on technical analysis. In the early 1990s he worked as a foreign exchange broker with M.W. Marshall & Co and later as a trader on the floor of the Sydney Futures Exchange with BZW Futures. Finally he moved into a full-time analytical role.
In 1998 Alex joined MMS International, a division of Standard & Poor's. A year later he was transferred to Singapore to head up the technical analysis division for the Asia-Pacific region. By the time he left Singapore in 2003 Alex had taken on the additional role of Global Head of FX Technical Analysis.
While living in Singapore Alex co-founded and became the inaugural President of the Technical Analysts Society of Singapore. More recently, he held the position of President of the Australian Professional Technical Analysts and currently a board member and committee chair of the International Federation of Technical Analysts.
In addition to his role with Fat Prophets, Alex is a frequent guest speaker at seminars and conferences around the world. He has appeared frequently in the media, is a co-author of the book, "FX Trading", and is a director of Capital Markets Group (Australia).
Alex holds a Bachelor of Business degree, a Diploma in Technical Analysis and is a Certified Financial Technician (CFTe).
Colin Whitehead
Colin joined Fat Prophets as an Equity Analyst in January 2007. Brought up on a diet of Teletext (the UK's pre-internet stock price service) Colin established a keen interest in financial markets from an early age. The Black Monday meltdown of October 1987 only served to spark this interest further. At this point, he had an inkling that price and value may be entirely different things - the seed was sown.
Taking an early interest in financial markets saw Colin eventually graduate from the University of the West of England with a degree in Accounting and Finance. From here, he set his sights on London, gaining experience with NatWest investments.
He then transferred to Sydney with State Street Bank and Trust Company, also gaining analytical experience through a stint with BNP Paribas.
Colin's commitment to furthering his knowledge continued in Australia where he spent 3 years dedicating himself to the Chartered Financial Analyst program. The early mornings and lost weekends spent studying paid off in 2005 with the award of the designation.
Colin subsequently joined the team at Fat Prophets, where he is able to continue studying the techniques of value investing legends, in addition to indulging his passion for the wider markets.