Dave Hodgson
David Hodgson is the CEO and Managing Director of the Paladin Group and is a Financial Engineer who has speicalised in designing, commissioning, and managing boutique investment products for wholesale and retail Funds and for Investors in Australia and around the world for the last 16 years.
In 2001 David incorporated a finance origination company. Since that date he has been responsible for the origination of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of commercial and residential finance for Paladin Corporation and its clients. In 2003 David advanced into the more specialised field of financial engineering with the assembly of investment syndicates into property development trusts. As these grew into a pool of over $50 million in gross realisation worth of property development projects, David oversaw the incorporation of the Paladin Group of companies which included the two public companies Paladin Acquisition Fund and Paladin Property Fund. By the end of 2006 the Paladin Group consisted of 23 companies and trusts with over $100 million worth of business acquisitions and property development under its control, and by 2011 the Group had doubled to over $200 million. By mid-2017 the gross value of the Paladin Croup was in excess of $800 million.
Since the incorporation of Paladin, David has remained as the CEO and Managing Director and has developed the sophisticated and lucrative investment products which Paladin is well known for. David has been directly responsible for the tightly held Paladin Acquisition Fund Shares which have paid investors an uninterrupted return of 1.46% per month since 2005.
David's ability to innovate and pioneer risk management strategies, his solid management techniques, intimate customer service levels, and absolute integrity have been the driving forces behind his success.
Dave is a sought after speaker at business conferences and economic summits around Australia, Overseas, and on the media, and has lectured at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, and CHC College in Brisbane. During 2017 David completed 78 lectures internationally and within Australia.
In 2001 David incorporated a finance origination company. Since that date he has been responsible for the origination of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of commercial and residential finance for Paladin Corporation and its clients. In 2003 David advanced into the more specialised field of financial engineering with the assembly of investment syndicates into property development trusts. As these grew into a pool of over $50 million in gross realisation worth of property development projects, David oversaw the incorporation of the Paladin Group of companies which included the two public companies Paladin Acquisition Fund and Paladin Property Fund. By the end of 2006 the Paladin Group consisted of 23 companies and trusts with over $100 million worth of business acquisitions and property development under its control, and by 2011 the Group had doubled to over $200 million. By mid-2017 the gross value of the Paladin Croup was in excess of $800 million.
Since the incorporation of Paladin, David has remained as the CEO and Managing Director and has developed the sophisticated and lucrative investment products which Paladin is well known for. David has been directly responsible for the tightly held Paladin Acquisition Fund Shares which have paid investors an uninterrupted return of 1.46% per month since 2005.
David's ability to innovate and pioneer risk management strategies, his solid management techniques, intimate customer service levels, and absolute integrity have been the driving forces behind his success.
Dave is a sought after speaker at business conferences and economic summits around Australia, Overseas, and on the media, and has lectured at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, and CHC College in Brisbane. During 2017 David completed 78 lectures internationally and within Australia.