Our Team
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​Datt Capital's team have extensive real world experience in a range of industries and geographies. Our team are from a range of culturally diverse backgrounds by design. ​ ​These factors allow us to critically and accurately assess the real prospects of a business whilst enabling creativity and independent thought in our investment process.

Emanuel Ajay Datt
Principal

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Emanuel Datt is the founder of Datt Capital and holds ultimate responsibility for the Fund’s performance. He has 16 years of investment management experience. Prior to this he worked in a range of private family businesses involved in the Commercial Real Estate, Tourism and Medical fields. Emanuel considers his practical experience in private businesses to be an invaluable and differentiating factor in the funds management landscape. He has an interest in early stage innovation companies, and has successfully provided seed capital and commercialisation advice for a number of companies in his own right and as a past member of an angel investor group.

​Emanuel has obtained a Bachelor of Commerce (International Business) from Deakin University, a Master in Applied Finance (Corporate Finance) from Macquarie University and is a graduate and current member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He attended Melbourne Grammar School. ​ Emanuel is a director of the Datt Family Foundation, a charitable trust focused on the alleviation of childhood homelessness, poverty and care for disabled and orphaned children. Emanuel and his family are the Fund's largest investors on equal footing with co-investors, providing sound alignment of interests.

Emanuel was recently interviewed on the Australian Investor's Podcast which can be found on the following link: Australian Investor's Podcast

Emanuel is a regular and popular contributor to many Australian media outlets including: The Australian Financial Review (AFR), The Australian, LiveWire Markets, AusBiz, The Motley Fool, Morningstar amongst others.

​Tony Yi Gu 
Partner​

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At Datt Capital, Tony leads the firm’s research function. Tony is responsible for performing due diligence on all investment opportunities, as well as performing research on various investment strategies.

​Prior to joining Datt Capital, Tony had an entrepreneurial background co-founding several startups in Shanghai, China as well as acting as an angel investor. During this period, Tony had dealings with a number of well known venture capital funds and other private capital sources.
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Prior to this Tony acted as the Chief Operating Officer for Wealth Electronics; a substantial private family business and a leading automotive component supplier in China. During this period, Tony was responsible for the smooth delivery and provision of services to a number of Fortune 500, multinational automotive manufacturer end users. ​

Tony has obtained a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance & Accounting) from Melbourne University, and a Master of Applied Finance from Monash University. He attended Melbourne Grammar School.

Analyst Team

The senior members of the team are supported by a team of four analysts.

Daniel Liptak
Distribution

Daniel is responsible for distribution and investor relations at Datt Capital.

Daniel has held a variety of senior leadership roles and significant experience in funds management at major financial services firms including; Goldman Sachs, UBS and Deloitte.
 
Daniel has published research and articles published reports and quoted in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, The Australian, The Australian Financial Review, online newsletters and keynote speaker at alternative investment conferences.

Daniel has a BSc from Adelaide University and BA(Accounting) from the University of SA, Graduate diploma in finance. In addition Daniel is CPA, Series 7 qualified.

Emma Rushen
Administration & Operations

Emma is responsible for operations and administration at Datt Capital.

​Prior to joining Datt Capital, Emma held roles within the broking, insurance and asset management industries