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Claudia Kwan

Claudia Kwan

Managing Partner

Claudia has over 19 years of experience as a business and investment professional with extensive experience in stock research. Claudia started her career at Morgan Stanley in equities. Prior to joining NorthStar Impact, she was a Senior Investment Analyst with Morphic Asset Management, L/S ESG Global Fund.

She is on the investment committee of the Sydney University Impact Investing Society (SUIIS) and is a strong advocate for female representation in financial services.

Claudia has a Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Arts in International Studies (Accounting, Finance, Mandarin) from University of Technology, Sydney.

She is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and has held Board positions on both listed and unlisted companies.

Claudia is a certified ski instructor and yoga instructor.

Kerry Series

Kerry Series

Managing Partner

Kerry is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of NorthStar Impact and is responsible for overseeing the portfolio management and research into impact stocks. Kerry has advised or invested in equities since 1992, and his investment experience includes several senior roles. In 1999 he co-founded Perennial Investment Partners, which achieved strong investment performance and reached $20 billion in assets under management within eight years. The equity funds managed by Kerry at Perennial were consistently highly ranked.

He was Head of Asia Pacific Equities at AMP capital where he was responsible for three investment teams that managed approximately $5 billion of assets. Kerry also spent time in Hong Kong where he was an Investment Director for HSBC Asset Management.

Kerry is a major shareholder of Northstar Impact. He has a Bachelor of Science (Economics) from Birkbeck College, University of London; is a Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA); and holds a UK Securities Industry Diploma. In 2018, he completed the Impact Measurement program at Oxford University.

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