<p>Matthew is a co-founder of the Hearts and Minds Investment Conference.</p> <p>He is currently the Co-Executive Chairman of Barrenjoey Capital.</p> <p>Prior to Barrenjoey, Matthew held a number of local and global senior leadership roles at UBS over a 25 year period, including Joint Global Head of the Investment Banking business, Head of Capital Markets, Head of the Corporate Advisory business and, most recently, Chief Executive Officer and Country Head of UBS Australasia from 2008 to 2019 when he retired.</p> <p>In these roles Matthew has advised on many of the largest and most complex equity capital markets and corporate transactions completed in Australia.</p> <p>Matthew is also Chairman of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, a member of the University of New South Wales Council, an Advisory Board Member of JDRF, a Director of the Financial Markets for Children Foundation, a Panel Member of Adara Partners and Chairman of NSW Govt. Cardiovascular Research Advisory Group.</p> <p>Matthew holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance major) from the University of New South Wales and a&nbsp;Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales.</p> 6 Matthew Grounds AM Director 4 Matthew_Grounds_BW.jpg https://www.heartsandmindsinvestments.com.au/site/irmbiographyfile/6/Matthew_Grounds_BW.jpg https://www.heartsandmindsinvestments.com.au/site/irmbiographyfile/6/thumbnail/Matthew_Grounds_BW.jpg ShowBiographyDetailsXml https://www.heartsandmindsinvestments.com.au/site/showbiographylistxml.aspx?CategoryID=528&MasterPage=3&Page=1 false