Peter Hall (financier)
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Peter Hall | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 October 1960 Bangkok, Thailand |
| Education | Bedales School |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney |
| Occupation | Financier |
| Children | 1 |
Peter Hall is a London-based Australian financier, media proprietor and philanthropist. He is the Founder, Executive chairman and former Chief Investment Officer at investment firm, Hunter Hall Investment Management. He formerly owned stakes in Prospect and Monocle, two London based magazines.
Hall was born in 1960 in Bangkok, Thailand.[1] His father was a journalist and diplomat from New Zealand.[2][3] As a result, he lived in Pakistan with his family when he was five years old.[2] He also lived in Canada, France and England.[2] His uncle Edwin Arnold Earnshaw worked for News Corporation from 1964.[3]
He was educated at Bedales School, a boarding school in Hampshire, England.[2] He graduated from the University of Sydney, where he received an Arts degree.[2]
Career
Hall started his career as a journalist for Fairfax Media.[4]
He embarked upon a career in finance, and served as Investment Manager at HGL Limited, Portfolio Manager and Analyst at Mercantile Mutual, Industrial Analyst at Pembroke Securitie, Investment Analyst at New Zealand South British Insurance.[4] He credits Warren Buffett's writings as an inspiration for his career path.[2]
In 1993, he founded Hunter Hall Investment Management, an investment firm which focuses on "ethical investing", with just AUS$1 million.[2] It now has from AUS$1.1 billion, and employs 30 people.[5] Hall previously served as its Executive chairman and Chief Investment Officer,[6] and owns 47% of the firm.[2] In December 2016, Hall abruptly resigned his role as CIO (no mention was made of his role as CEO or COO).[2]
In 2008, with fellow financier George Robinson, he acquired 26% of Prospect, a British magazine of political affairs, from Derek Coombs.[3] As a result, both Hall and Robinson had a controlling stake in the magazine.[3] Moreover, Hall was a founding shareholder of Monocle, a global affairs and lifestyle magazine, but has since sold his stake.[3]
In 2005, Hall, along with James Gurnsey and Cameron McClure, founded Flat White café in Berwick Street, Soho, which was the first of the third wave independent cafes to introduce Antipodean-style coffee, and especially the eponymous Flat White, to London and Europe. He also owns Milk Bar in Bateman Street, Soho.[2]