Committees

AGS Investment Committee

David Albert

Chris Cuffe AO

Tracey Duff

Christopher Pidcock

Andrew Rothery

David Albert

Member, AGS, AIV, and The Tony Foundation Investment Committees

Member, The Tony Foundation Grants Committee

Executive Director, AGS & AIP Boards

Director, The Tony Foundation and Alberts Music Education Boards

Group Chief Executive Officer

David is part of the fifth generation to work in the Albert family business. He joined Alberts in 2004 after a career working across the globe in marketing roles with companies including Coca-Cola, Eastman Kodak and Kelloggs and back home with telecommunications companies Optus and Telstra. In 2016, David oversaw the sale of the music business J. Albert & Son to BMG and has been instrumental in not only consolidating and growing the Alberts business but helping to expand its philanthropic focus. David holds an MBA from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management and a Masters from the University of Massachusetts, has recently completed the Australian Institute of Company Directors course and holds several not-for-profit director roles.

Chris Cuffe AO

Member, AGS Investment Committee

Following a five-year period with chartered accountants Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co (now KPMG), Chris Cuffe entered the funds management industry in 1985. He joined Colonial First State in 1988 and served as CEO from 1990 to 2003, leading its growth from start-up to Australia’s largest investment manager. He later became CEO of Challenger Financial Services Group and, in 2006, joined Social Ventures Australia as Executive Director. Since 2009, Chris has combined investment and philanthropic leadership. He serves as Chairman of Hearts and Minds Investments Limited, a listed investment company supporting medical research, and as a non-executive director of Staude Capital Global Value Fund and Keyview Partners. He also manages the $420m Australian Philanthropic Services Foundation portfolio and founded Third Link Growth Fund, which donates all management fees to charity. He holds a BCom (UNSW), is a Fellow of CA ANZ, and is an Officer of the Order of Australia.

Tracey Duff

Member, AGS and The Tony Foundation Investment Committees

Tracey brings 40 years of Fixed Income, Credit and Cash investment experience to Alberts. She also brings many years of curiosity and connection, strategic thinking, respected leadership, a commitment to advancing Responsible Investment in Fixed Income and promoting diversity in teams. She is an experienced senior investor, has deep not for profit and profit to member experience, is a collaborative consensus builder, and an acknowledged cross team contributor and cultural leader. Prior to working with Alberts, Tracey was Head of Fixed Income, Credit and Cash at Rest and was responsible for Asset Class and portfolio construction, people leadership, and the aggregate investment outcomes of the Rest Fixed Income, Credit and Cash asset classes. Central to this role has been her view that investment beliefs that are shared across the wider team, grounded in theory, executed with trust, and fully aligned in contributing to the best financial outcome to the member creates a great working environment and allows purpose in your work to shine. Tracey joined Rest in 2005. Prior to joining Rest Tracey worked for the Treasury Corporation of Victoria (TCV) managing their Treasury Client Services. Before working at TCV Tracey held various portfolio management and investment positions at ANZ Funds Management including Senior Money Market Manager. Tracey has a Bachelor of Arts degree from La Trobe University and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Christopher Pidcock

Member, AGS and The Tony Foundation Investment Committees

Chris Pidcock has over 35 years’ experience in Australian and International investment markets across investing, research and advisory roles. He is currently a Senior Advisor to Australian Super and a Director of The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation. Chris sits on a number of Investment Committees at not-for-profit organisations and is the Chair of the Province Finance Advisory Committee for the Loreto Sisters in Australia and Southeast Asia. Previous roles include successfully establishing the in-house Australian Equity operations of REST, a Partner of JBWere, Managing Director at Goldman Sachs Australia and Chief Equity Strategist in Australia. Chris holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical), Graduate Diploma in Accounting, Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment, and is a Fellow of FINSIA.

Andrew Rothery

Member, AGS and AIV Investment Committees

Non-executive Director, AGS Board

Andrew is passionate about helping people do their best, in whatever field they might be pursuing. He started his working life as a corporate lawyer with Freehills before honing his commercial and consulting skills with McKinsey & Company. He then began a long career in private market investing, with his original focus being on later stage deals (LBOs and MBOs). In recent years his focus has been on impact investing and early stage investing. With roles in businesses spanning wealth management, private equity and venture capital investing, incubation of deep technology businesses and the operation of wholesale nurseries, Andrew still works hard to make time for his family and his passion pursuits of listening to music, keeping fit, wine appreciation and contemporary art.

The Tony Foundation Investment Committee

Kylie Charlton

Chris Cuffe AO

Tracey Duff

David Albert

Emily Albert

Ingrid Albert

Kirsty Albert

Kylie Charlton

Advisor, AIV and The Tony Foundation Investment Committees

Kylie Charlton co-founded Australian Impact Investments in 2014 to help pioneer Australia’s impact investing sector. With more than 20 years’ experience working at the intersection of impact and finance, she has played a key role in shaping the impact investing industry nationally and globally. Kylie was instrumental in launching Australia’s first social impact bonds, the Social Enterprise Development and Investment Funds, and Giant Leap Fund I. She also serves on investment committees for Betashares Ethical Series, Australian Development Investments and more. In 2008, she also co-founded Unitus Capital to support impact ventures in India. Kylie has been recognised among AFR’s 100 Women of Influence (2018) and received multiple Australian Impact Investing Awards for her contribution to the sector.

Chris Cuffe AO

Member, AGS Investment Committee

Tracey Duff

Member, AGS and The Tony Foundation Investment Committees

David Albert

Member, AGS, AIV, and The Tony Foundation Investment Committees

Member, The Tony Foundation Grants Committee

Executive Director, AGS & AIP Boards

Director, The Tony Foundation and Alberts Music Education Boards

Group Chief Executive Officer

Emily Albert

Member, The Tony Foundation Investment and Grants Committees

Executive Director, AGS & AIP Boards

Director, The Tony Foundation Boards and Alberts Music Education Boards

Executive Director – Impact and Music Education: Right from the Start, Alberts

Emily is executive director and member of the fifth generation at Alberts. Emily is passionate about leaving the world in better shape for future generations. Whether this is through grant funding to amplify the impact of non-profits, or investing in for-purpose businesses as a force for good. She sees a great opportunity to mobilise capital, resources and everyday actions to create the world we want to live in. Emily’s career has focused on helping not-for-profit, corporate and government organisations implement, track and improve their social impact and sustainability strategies, both in Australia and the UK. She has spent much of this time measuring the intangible and articulating its value so that it can be understood by multiple stakeholders. At Alberts, Emily leads our impact approach, ensuring achieving a positive impact is at the heart of what we do. She also heads Music Education: Right from the Start – a national collaborative initiative led by Alberts to ensure all Australian primary school children have access to a quality, ongoing, sequential music education and the benefits this brings. Emily likes to collect degrees, but was most challenged during her MBA at INSEAD surrounded by 75 nationalities and multiple perspectives which helped open her eyes to the opportunities and challenges in this interconnected world we live in with global problems requiring global solutions.

Ingrid Albert

Member, The Tony Foundation Investment and Grants Committees

Executive Director, AGS & AIP Boards

Director, The Tony Foundation Board

Executive Director - Marketing and Philanthropy, Alberts

Ingrid is executive director and member of the fifth generation at Alberts. Ingrid leads marketing across the business, and is head of The Tony Foundation, which partners with pioneers harnessing the transformative power of music to improve life outcomes of young Australians. The Foundation embraces a responsible investment approach across its corpus through multiple strategies, including positive and negative screens, stewardship, impact investing, and catalytic investing. Ingrid is also involved with Alberts Impact Ventures, investing in early-stage start-ups addressing equality, healthy minds, sustainable environment, and vibrant culture – four impact themes incorporated across Alberts' operations. Prior to Alberts, she built her strategy and marketing career working locally and internationally in Switzerland and Dubai for FMCG company CPW (a joint venture between Nestle and General Mills). An Alberts board director and Foundation investment committee member, Ingrid is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), committee member of Philanthropy Australia's Foundations Group for Impact Investing, and is a member for Creative Australia’s Impact Investing Advisory Committee.

Kirsty Albert

Member, The Tony Foundation Investment and Grants Committees

Executive Director, AGS & AIP Boards

Director, The Tony Foundation and Alberts Music Education Boards

Executive Director - Legal, Governance and People, Alberts

Kirsty is an executive director and member of the 5th generation at Alberts. She is passionate about the capacity of business to make a positive impact, with a particular focus on people, diversity and inclusion. With a career spanning two decades in corporate law, HR, governance and corporate strategy, Kirsty has a wealth of experience advising companies and helping them navigate the challenges that come with growth. Her career includes businesses from small fast-paced startups through to large multi-nationals across a number of industries, including life sciences, transport and logistics, professional services, education and property development. Kirsty has created and led legal and HR functions both domestically and internationally and has helped guide companies through successful exits and post-acquisition integration. Kirsty joined Alberts in 2018. She leads the legal, governance and people and culture functions and is actively involved in Alberts Impact Ventures investing in and supporting early stage impact start-ups. Kirsty serves on a number of boards and is a Graduate of AICD and a fellow of Governance Institute of Australia.

The Tony Foundation Grants Committee

Anna Albert

David Albert

Emily Albert

Ingrid Albert

Jane Albert

Kirsty Albert

Anna Albert

Member, The Tony Foundation Grants Committee

Non-executive Director, AIP Board

Violinist

Anna is a Non-Executive Director and fifth-generation member of the Albert family. She also serves on the Tony Foundation Grants Committee. A professional violinist, Anna has been a freelance member of the Opera Australia Orchestra since 2005. In 2016, she joined the Sydney Art Quartet as Second Violinist and, in 2023, took on the additional role of Co-Artistic Director. Deeply committed to the creative arts, Anna values the unique intersection of classical music and rock ’n’ roll – a space that reflects the dynamic overlap between Alberts’ contemporary music legacy and her life in the orchestral world.

David Albert

Member, The Tony Foundation Grants Committee

Member, AGS, AIV, and The Tony Foundation Investment Committees

Executive Director, AGS & AIP Boards

Director, The Tony Foundation and Alberts Music Education Boards

Group Chief Executive Officer

Emily Albert

Member, The Tony Foundation Investment and Grants Committees

Executive Director, AGS & AIP Boards

Director, The Tony Foundation Boards and Alberts Music Education Boards

Executive Director – Impact and Music Education: Right from the Start, Alberts

Ingrid Albert

Member, The Tony Foundation Investment and Grants Committees

Executive Director, AGS & AIP Boards

Director, The Tony Foundation Board

Executive Director - Marketing and Philanthropy, Alberts

Jane Albert

Member, The Tony Foundation Grants Committee

Non-executive Director, AIP Board

Journalist

Jane is a journalist, Non-Executive Director of the AIP Board, and fifth-generation member of the Albert family. Her work with Alberts involves sharing the stories and impact of our inspiring AIV founders and their businesses as well as the organisations we partner with through Alberts philanthropic arm, the Tony Foundation. Jane has two decades of experience in the media writing for the major Australian newspapers and magazines with a focus on the arts, culture and social impact. She is driven to share stories of Australia’s cultural champions and changemakers highlighting the powerful work they do in contributing to a vibrant culture. Jane is a regular contributor to the Weekend Australian, the Sydney Morning Herald, Broadsheet (Sydney), Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue Australia, Limelight and Wish magazine. In 2010 Jane’s first book House of Hits was published by Hardie Grant. The book explored 125 years of Alberts business history and the significant role it played in the evolution of popular culture and entertainment in Sydney.

Kirsty Albert

Member, The Tony Foundation Investment and Grants Committees

Executive Director, AGS & AIP Boards

Director, The Tony Foundation and Alberts Music Education Boards

Executive Director - Legal, Governance and People, Alberts