Our Team

Our team currently has three founding members: Michiel Swaak, Joe Cole and Tim Sharp.

Michiel Swaak CFA - Managing Director

Michiel is Managing Director of QIC Quantitative Management and is responsible for the QIC Asia Pacific Market Neutral Fund.

Before joining QIC, Michiel was a Founding Member and Associate Director of Macquarie Bank's MQ Asset Management. Prior to this, he held a variety of positions in Quantitative Research and Portfolio Management at Aegis Equities Research, AEGON Asset Management, SPF Investment Management and ABN AMRO.

Michiel is a CFA Charter holder and earned a MSc in Financial Econometrics from Erasmus University, Rotterdam.

Joe Cole CFA - Portfolio Manager

Joe is responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the QIC Asia Pacific Market Neutral Fund.

As well as assisting in the development of the investment process, Joe Cole has been heavily involved in the operational aspects of the Asia Pacific Market Neutral Fund investment process, including fund structuring, establishing broker/supplier relationships and creating portfolio management and risk management methodologies and procedures.

Tim Sharp CFA - Portfolio Manager

Tim is responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the QIC Asia Pacific Market Neutral Fund, as well as ongoing research. He has been intimately involved in the development of the investment process, including researching and back-testing the majority of the stock-selection screens and building the database and back-testing platform.

Contact Us

For more information about QIC's quantitativement management solutions, please contact:

Michiel Swaak
Managing Director, Quantitative Management
p: +61 7 3360 3882
e: m.swaak@qic.com