John O'Keeffe

Head of Strategy and Development, Funds Management, Challenger Funds Management

John is Head of Strategy & Development, Challenger Funds Management and is responsible for originating new affiliate relationships for Fidante, the wholly owned multi-affiliate platform as well as strategic initiatives for growing the funds management business.  Prior to Challenger, John worked in the Debt & Alternatives team at the Future Fund, Australia’s Sovereign Wealth Fund, that was responsible for third party manager selection and implementing the Future Fund’s fixed income, credit and hedge fund programs.  Prior to that John worked at a number of Fund of Hedge Fund businesses. John has a Masters of Applied Finance, is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst.