Bernard is the founder and group CEO of Catalyst Equity Partners Pty Ltd. He is also a founding member of the financial services firm AIX Capital Ltd. His background spans over 20+ years of consulting, executive search, headhunting and advisory globally within the US, Asia and Europe. Bernard comes from a consulting and advisory background deeply rooted within financial services and education. He has advised, consulted and built countless teams of professionals within the investment management, private equity, hedge funds, credit and capital markets space globally. Bernard has seen several cycles of volatility, dislocations and disruptions to properly advise executive groups across several industries in different markets around the world.

He has being directly involved in projects extending from business development, analytics, management buyouts, restructuring, capital raising and asset management throughout his career as he continues to invest into people and opportunities.