Stephen Darke

Mr Darke was previously a Managing Director at Macquarie Group Limited, where he worked for 24 years in its global Asset Management and Investment Banking Groups until July 2022, when he established Arch Advisors, an independent investment management consultancy focused on advising boutique asset managers. He brings experience in the alternative asset management sector, having established, managed and facilitated capital events for emerging and established investment managers and venture backed businesses globally. Having worked in New York, London and Sydney, he returned to Australia in 2018 after 12 years in the US, where he co-managed the Sass-Macquarie Financial Strategies fund, a New York-based private equity fund which established eleven alternative asset management firms globally. Mr Darke began his career as a lawyer at Allens in Sydney.