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About us

Achieving Excellence Together and Fulfilling Potential.

We founded Monad Capital to be the expression of a business that is grounded in integrity, performance and values the spirit of collaboration.

The leadership team at Monad Capital recognizes the impact of culture in driving performance and fosters an environment of partnership, accountability and continuous improvement on behalf of our investors.

Each member of the Monad Capital team thinks and acts like a long-term business owner, holding ourselves and one another accountable for decisions, large and small. From compliance to our social and environmental impact projects to our evolving industry leading technological strategies, we hold ourselves to the highest standard of execution. Each member values and acknowledges the importance of quality relationships and our ability to have a positive impact on our clients lives and society in general. Since our founding, Monad Capital has operated with a deep commitment to the highest ethical and legal standards. We take our leadership role seriously, acting in the best long-term interest of our clients, our firm and the industry as a whole.

Our Team

Jake Williams - co-founding partner - Monad Capital
Co-founding Partner

Jake Williams

Jake is an instrumental part of all the businesses he develops, utilising his drive and determination to provide a successful outcome for all stakeholders, especially his clients.

All Jakes valuable attributes of integrity, building and developing relationships, holistic societal conscience provide confidence to everyone he works with and ensures the long- term future of Monad Capital.

Advisory Board

Luke Mcfarlane - Strategic Advisor - Monad Capital
Strategic Advisor

Luke Mcfarlane

  • Portfolio manager at Balyasny Asset Management and Millennium Management
  • Investment analyst at Platinum Asset Management
  • Experience with Macquarie Capital and BDO in equity research and corporate finance
  • Founder of Vikara Capital and Mountain Ash Investment Management
  • BS Finance from La Trobe University
Daniel Johnson - Business Development & Human Performance - Monad Capital
Business Development & Human Performance

Daniel Johnson

Dan rounds out our team of directors as the head of client relations and new business expansion. He has extensive experience in human behaviour and performance and has in depth understanding around the psychology and ethical implementation of holistic strategic development. His main focus is on the human element of the business and heading up the social and environmental impact development touch points of Monad Capital.

Capital Development Advisor

Manny PAPAS

Manny leads our Capital Development strategy with more than 15 years experience in capital markets transactions. He is the current managing director of Cambridge Wilkinson Investment Bank in Australia.
Having amassed experience across various sectors, ranging from sports to real estate and beyond, Manny possesses an understanding of multiple industries. Over the past 5 years, he has played a pivotal role in generating over $10 billion worth of high-quality deal flow, spanning both domestic and international markets.

Nicholas Cork

Nicholas Cork is a dynamic results-driven FX professional with extensive experience across diverse clients from small retail to Top 100 and large private companies, handling dealing structures from 100k to 1 billion AUD in Face Value. He demonstrates an extensive understanding of FX markets and their technical and fundamental drivers, adept at identifying and converting opportunities into successful outcomes.

Chris Routledge

Chris Routledge has had an extended career within the Foreign Exchange markets which has spanned across the global market with stints in most financial centres over the past 30+ years.

He has been a key figure across these markets during his time at The Royal Bank of Canada, Westpac and Deutsche Bank, focusing on risk management and compliance.
Cody Burgat - Co-founding partner - Chief investment Officer - Monad Capital
Co-founding Partner & Chief Investment Officer

Cody Burgat

Cody is a key contributor to the strategic development of all algorithmic strategies. He has over 20 years in financial market experience including swing-trading equities, futures, commodities and currency. Combined with his extensive skill, understanding and integration of software development and programming, Cody has created the perfect foundation to expand his algorithmic trading platform.

OUR MISSION

Driven by innovation, longevity, and evolution, sustained by discipline.

Integrity

We operate with clarity of purpose, striving to maintain alignment with our investors and working with the expectation that our people will conduct themselves with professionalism and respect for our core values.

Discipline

Managing risk is at the core of what we do. We take a measured and thorough approach in both our investment and operational activities, using our team’s ability to develop and execute our evolving strategies allowing us to pursue new opportunities in the market rigorously, pragmatically, and with an eye towards maintaining a standard of excellence.

Excellence in innovation

We believe in constantly improving how we operate, striving to develop leading talent, resources, and processes. We are market leaders in developing quant algorithmic strategies that are pressure tested using methodical and extensive programming.