Our team

Justin joined Ellerston in December 2017. His role in the Private Assets team includes deal sourcing, due diligence, investment analysis and corporate strategy across portfolio companies. He has over 26 years’ experience in investments and financial markets. Prior to joining Ellerston, Justin gained valuable experience inside an early-stage business as Chief Financial Officer of Cover Genius, a disruptive global insurance tech platform. During this period Justin completed a capital raising and US market entry for the company.

Prior to joining Cover Genius, Justin was a Director at Citigroup for six years, where he was the head of equity research covering the Telecommunications, Media and Technology sectors in Australia and New Zealand, where he focused on thematic and company specific investment research, including coverage of IPOs and corporate transactions. Before joining Citigroup, Justin spent four years as an Equity Research Analyst at RBS/ABN Amro bank in London where he covered Media and Entertainment companies throughout Europe. Justin commenced his career as an accountant at EY. Justin holds Non-Executive Director positions at Azupay Ltd and Prospecta Software Pty Ltd.

Justin holds a Bachelor of Commerce, (Finance and Accounting) from the University of Sydney and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants.