Meet Our Team
Board Member
Bill Sun
CHAIRMAN
Founder and Chairman of Austar. He has more than 40 years of experience in large-scale corporate management and real estate investment, and has participated in the development of real estate projects in Australia and New Zealand. Under his leadership Austar has partnered with many large overseas financial institutions and helped many high net worth investors to allocate overseas assets. Bill has experienced numerous market cycles across several countries and understands the fundamental nature of property markets.
Edward Sun
CEO
The CEO of Austar has over 20 years of experience in management and asset investment and has been engaged in real estate investment and project development in both Australian and international markets for over 15 years. As a major driver of the success of Austar's overseas businesses Edward has deep experience in lending and investment markets. He is a member of the Australia Institute of Company Directors (MAICD) and holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in finance from Massey University in New Zealand.
Paul Zahara
DIRECTOR
Paul has spent the last 40 years in Property and Finance, previously holding positions as CEO and Managing Director of funds management and property development companies. He has deep experience in property risk, management. He is a graduate of the Australia Institute of Company Directors (GAICD) and for 13 years Paul taught in the Masters of Property Development programme at University of Technology Sydney where he holds an appointment as an adjunct Associate Professor.
Quentin Amos
NON -EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Quentin Amos is Managing Director of Q&A Amos Pty Ltd and a senior finance industry professional. He has worked in mining (10 years), stockbroking, mineral valuation, project and corporate finance (35 years) and has held the role of Director and Country Head for certain of those finance businesses which include NM Rothschild and Sons (Australia) Ltd, HSBC Precious Metals and HVB/UniCredit. He is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia, and as a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, he sits on their Ethics Committee.
Tom Pascarella
NON -EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Tom has over 30 years experience in Corporate and Investment Banking in Australia, the US and Singapore. Most recently CEO of Bank of America Australia. He is currently a Partner with Allen Partners Australia and a NED with Kimbriki Environmental Enterprises and past Chair and NED roles with listed and unlisted companies. He is a longstanding member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors; CFTP with the Finance & Treasury Assoc of Australia (FTA); and Fellow with FINSIA. Tom is a graduate of Princeton University.
Bill Sun
CHAIRMAN
Founder and Chairman of Austar. He has more than 40 years of experience in large-scale corporate management and real estate investment, and has participated in the development of real estate projects in Australia and New Zealand. Under his leadership Austar has partnered with many large overseas financial institutions and helped many high net worth investors to allocate overseas assets. Bill has experienced numerous market cycles across several countries and understands the fundamental nature of property markets.
Edward Sun
CEO
The CEO of Austar has over 20 years of experience in management and asset investment and has been engaged in real estate investment and project development in both Australian and international markets for over 15 years. As a major driver of the success of Austar's overseas businesses Edward has deep experience in lending and investment markets. He holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in finance from Massey University in New Zealand.
Paul Zahara
DIRECTOR
Paul has spent the last 40 years in Property and Finance, previously holding positions as CEO and Managing Director of funds management and property development companies. He has deep experience in property risk, management. For 13 years Paul taught in the Masters of Property Development programme at University of Technology Sydney where he holds an appointment as an adjunct Associate Professor.
Quentin Amos
NON -EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Quentin Amos is Managing Director of Q&A Amos Pty Ltd and a senior finance industry professional. He has worked in mining (10 years), stockbroking, mineral valuation, project and corporate finance (35 years) and has held the role of Director and Country Head for certain of those finance businesses which include NM Rothschild and Sons (Australia) Ltd, HSBC Precious Metals and HVB/UniCredit. He is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia and a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy on which Ethics Committee he also sits in a voluntary capacity.
Tom Pascarella
NON -EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Tom has over 30 years experience in Corporate and Investment Banking in Australia, the US and Singapore. Most recently CEO of Bank of America Australia. He is currently a Partner with Allen Partners Australia and a NED with Kimbriki Environmental Enterprises and past Chair and NED roles with listed and unlisted companies. He is a longstanding member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors; CFTP with the Finance & Treasury Assoc of Australia (FTA); and Fellow with FINSIA. Tom is a graduate of Princeton University.
Our Team
Ronny Abram
CFO
ronnyabram@austarfinance.com.au
Sydney Office
Brendan Howell
CHAIR -COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE
Jenny Sun
FINANCIAL MANAGER
jennysun@austarfinance.com.au
+61 452 207 877
Sydney Office
Vahe Hovagimian
PORTFOLIO MANAGER
vahe@austarfinance.com.au
+61 411 022 040
Sydney Office
Antony Serventi
PORTFOLIO MANAGER
antony@austarfinance.com.au
+61 410 483 467
Sydney Office
Nathan Yang
PORTFOLIO MANAGER
nathanyang@austarfinance.com.au
+61 411 787 706
Brisbane Office
Steven Li
PORTFOLIO MANAGER
stevenli@austarfinance.com.au
+61 423 277 508
Melbourne Office
Anthony De Zilwa
PORTFOLIO MANAGER
anthonydezilwa@austarfinance.com.au
+61 466 585 568
Melbourne Office