Chris Cuffe
Chris Cuffe has been actively involved in the investment and non-profit sectors for many years and currently maintains a portfolio of roles across both industries. Since 2009, his activities have included serving as a Non-Executive Director of listed investment companies Staude Capital Global Value Fund Limited and Hearts and Minds Investments Limited, where he is also Chairman. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Keyview Partners, a private markets asset manager, and a member of the investment committees of several ultra-high-net-worth families and Scarcity Partners, which provides capital and sector expertise to investment management businesses with significant growth potential. Chris is the portfolio manager of the $420 million Australian Philanthropic Services Foundation General Portfolio, a public ancillary fund, and is the founder, director and portfolio manager of the Third Link Growth Fund, a public Australian equities fund where all management fees received are donated to charity.
Earlier in his career, Chris served as a director of UniSuper from 2007 to 2011 and as Chairman from 2011 to 2017, while also sitting on its investment committee from 2009 to 2025. He also founded Australian Philanthropic Services, a not-for-profit organisation that inspires, facilitates and educates Australia’s high-net-worth community and the professional advisers who support them about effective philanthropy, and served as Chairman from 2012 to 2025.
David Wright
David Wright is the portfolio manager of the Australian Philanthropic Services (APS) Foundation Focused Portfolio. He is the co-founder and former CEO and Investment Director of Zenith Investment Partners, a leading provider of independent investment research and portfolio construction advice. He has a wealth of investment industry experience acquired over his extensive career including senior positions at IWL Ltd as Head of Research and Associate Director and Head of Managed Funds research at Lonsdale Limited.
David is also a Director and Chairman of the Investment Committee for ASX-listed Hearts & Minds Investments, a member of the Qantas Superannuation Investment Committee and the Deakin University Financial Planning Advisory Board.
Jason Coggins
Jason has over 20 years of experience in financial services, spanning banking, private wealth, and asset consultancy. Until 2023, he spent nearly a decade at Koda Capital as Head of Funds Research, playing a key role in shaping the firm’s investment strategy from its inception. His responsibilities included supporting asset allocation, portfolio construction, and strategy selection. During his tenure, the Investment Strategy Group (ISG) gained recognition for introducing and seeding innovative strategies in the Australian market. The team also played a pivotal role in securing some of the country’s largest non-profit organisations and high-net-worth family offices. Prior to Koda Capital, Jason co-led the research team at ANZ Global Wealth, overseeing ANZ’s centralised advice research function. Earlier in his career, he worked at CPG/Grove Financial Services, an institutional asset consultancy firm.
Jason holds a number of consulting and advisory roles across the investment industry, including Head of Investment Strategy at Ellerston Capital, and also serves on the Investment Committee of Lipman Burgon, the Advisory Board of Aura Group, and the investment committees of several family offices.
Jason holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Business Management from the University of Queensland.
