Rob founded Chester Asset Management in 2017 after seven years at SG Hiscock, where he managed Australian equity portfolios including the SGH Australia Plus product and SGH20 unit trust. Prior to that, Rob spent nine years with Halbis Capital Management (formerly HSBC Asset Management), in Australia from 2001 to 2005 and Hong Kong from 2005 to 2010. His roles included the Portfolio Manager of the Australian Country Fund, which outperformed by 4.3% per annum during his five-year tenure, Head of Research for Asia Pacific, and Portfolio Manager of the Asian Freestyle Fund. Rob began his career as an equities analyst, covering a broad range of sectors, and started his finance career at Merrill Lynch.

Luke Dalgleish joined Chester Asset Management in March 2024. Prior to joining Chester, Luke spent 3 years as an Equity Research Associate at J.P. Morgan, specialising in the Telecommunications, Energy, and Utilities sectors. Before his role at J.P. Morgan, Luke spent 3 years at Telstra Corporation as Retail, Commercial & Strategy Analyst, where he optimised distribution strategies, conducted financial modelling and scenario analyses, and managed capital expenditure for store modernisation programs.

Anthony co-founded Chester Asset Management in 2017 after departing SG Hiscock where he was the senior analyst for the SGH Australia Plus and SGH20 team. Anthony performed detailed company research and industry analysis, portfolio management assistance, client reporting, ESG analyses, proxy voting, quant filtering and database management. Anthony was also the primary dealer of the team. At SG Hiscock Anthony led a material enhancement in the company analysis capabilities of the team including: research, modelling, stock selection and idea generation. During that time Anthony’s research coverage expanded from Energy and Utilities to include: Infrastructure/ Transport, Agriculture/ Consumer Staples, Resources (base metals, precious metals and bulks), Building Materials, Financials, Construction and REITS, Chemicals, Paper and Packaging and Gaming. Prior to this role Anthony was an Associate Director at Core Energy Group, providing consulting services (in depth research and insights) to over 10 of Australia’s largest fund managers on ASX listed energy and utility companies and energy market dynamics. During that time Anthony also completed a number of client engagements for industry participants including assistance with M&A projects. Anthony has also previously worked as an Assistant Manager in Audit and Advisory at KPMG.

Tom Beard joined Chester Asset Management in February 2024. Prior to joining Chester, Tom served as an Equity Analyst at Taylor Collison for 3 years, covering investment opportunities within the ASX listed small and micro caps space with a particular focus on the Industrials sector. Tom played a key role constructing comprehensive financial models and actively engaging with company management teams.

Luke joined Chester Asset Management in February 2018 having spent the previous 6+ years working at SG Hiscock & Company. As an investment analyst Luke worked on the SGH Australia Plus and SGH20 funds at SG Hiscock and assumed primary company research coverage across the consumer, industrials, telecommunications, media and IT sectors during his tenure. In addition to his work on ASX listed companies Luke worked closely with Rob Tucker researching listed Asian companies in support of the SGH Australia Plus strategy that selectively invested across the region. ​ Prior to joining SG Hiscock in 2011 Luke spent 5 years working in Melbourne with Perennial Investment Partners supporting the various Perennial investment boutiques. During his time with Perennial Luke successfully completed the CFA program and gained this accreditation. Luke joined Chester having previously enjoyed a successful working relationship with Rob Tucker and Anthony Kavanagh.

Katherine Holyoake joined Chester Asset Management in August 2026. Prior to joining Chester, Katherine spent seven years at Cooper Investors, working as an Investment Analyst focused on the Australian large and mid-cap universe. Earlier in her career, Katherine worked in strategy at The Walt Disney Company, helping to guide growth plans, evaluate new and existing projects, and analyse performance across its media, retail and entertainment businesses. She began her career in management consulting at KPMG, working with mid-market businesses to shape their strategy, improve operations, and solve complex commercial challenges—building her core foundation in business evaluation and financial analysis.