Meet Our Team

Michael Vardanega

Head of Private Capital

Michael has over 20 years of asset management, banking and finance experience gained in large global and domestic financial institutions.
Before joining Barrenjoey, Michael was Chief Executive of Group Strategy at Challenger where he spent over 16 years. During his time at Challenger, Michael was instrumental to the build out of Challenger’s asset management capabilities.
Michael has a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Law (First Class Honours) from the Australian National University.