Partners & Directors
Bob Press
Founding Partner Bob Press’s career spans over two decades in finance. He began his career in the Capital Markets Group of Chemical Bank and rose to become the head of global derivative products trading from 1986-1990. He has been a principal in asset management, brokerage and investment banking companies and has served on industry panels and as an officer and director of public and private companies. His diverse background includes years of experience in structured finance, asset-backed lending, securitizations and mergers and acquisitions both within the US, Europe and Asia. Prior to the formation of TCA, Bob was co-Founder and Portfolio Manager of Montgomery Equity Partners L.P., a sponsored fund. Bob has a BA in Economics with extensive coursework in computer science from Brandeis University, Massachusetts. Bob's philanthropic endeavors share equal importance with his day to day business activities. He is currently a member of the board of directors, executive committee and finance committee of The Make a Wish Foundation of Southern Florida as well as a significant long -term supporter.
Bruce Wookey
Mr. Bruce Wookey began his career in Chartered Accounting with PWC, and has continued to be involved professionally at the top level, as a founding member of the Urgent Issues Group, and continuing as a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. Bruce was a member of The Australian Stock Exchange, is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and The Financial Services Institute of Australia (FINSIA). Mr. Wookey was a lead lecturer covering Advanced Equity Analysis in FINSIA's Post Graduate Diploma. This post arose from a rating as one of Australia's top equity analysts for over 10 years, specialising in Diversified Conglomerates and Building Materials. This analytical role began at Potter Partners (antecedent of Warburgs and UBS in Australia) and expanded as Executive Director in Charge of Equity Research and then Equity Capital Markets, as a founder of County NatWest Securities (antecedent of Citibank in Australia). Mr. Wookey's expertise spans an involvement in global Corporate Finance, Advisory and Syndications and continued as Head of Corporate Finance of The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank in Australia. The HSBC team became the founding members of Cartesian Capital, which Mr. Wookey founded in 2001, and where he serves as CEO. Bruce has a Degree in Business Studies (Accounting) (FIT), a post graduate diploma in Banking & Finance (FINSIA), and an MBA from The University of Melbourne. Mr. Wookey has won international and national awards for Etchells one design sailing, and performance driving and concourse awards with Aston Martin. He is a winner of an Outstanding Service Award for Surf Life Saving, and was first awarded Visionary Status for the Guide Dogs Association of Victoria in 1999.
Matthew Luciano (Non-Executive Director)
Mr. Luciano’s career in the fund industry exceeds 15 years. He began his distinguished career working with D. Nolan Asset Management and Lonewolf Asset Management in research and trading. From there he entered into the fund of funds industry, where he utilized his considerable analytical skills, and was appointed Senior Analyst with Covenant Capital Management. His fund recommendations included timely investments in Stark, Millennium, Karsch, and the swap of Arbitex for Aristeia as well as his refusal to recommend an investment in Madoff. His specialty concentration included operational due diligence, which included analysis of risk management, operations and infrastructure, as well as internal fund developments, offering memorandums, annual audits and prime brokerage relationships. As an Assistant Portfolio Manager for Pergament Advisors, LLC, Mr. Luciano was responsible for the management decisions of the firm’s $400 million in leveraged and unleveraged fund of fund assets. Prior to his current management role at Dinosaur Securities, Mr. Luciano was the head of event driven and macro investing at Bank of America in their prestigious fund of funds division. Mr. Luciano has a BA in Psychology and Sociology from The Johns Hopkins University and an MBA with a concentration in finance from the Fordham Graduate School of Business. He currently holds his series 7 and 63 licenses and is a partner in www.EFMarkets.com. Matt brings his considerable experience on both the buy and sell side of the business as well as his in depth knowledge of fund operations and compliance to round out the board of directors of TCA. Matt's appointment makes the independent board members a majority of the board of directors in keeping with TCA's goal of providing best industry practices.