About us
Our Vision
At BFA we are committed to bringing exceptional global opportunities to the Australian and Asian investment community to empower significantly better investment outcomes for generations to come.
Founding Team
Our core team share aligned values, proven track record, and a drive to deliver impact and outcomes
Jonathan is the Co-Founder of BFA. His experience over the past 15 years covers investment banking, capital markets, private equity and family offices, spanning New York, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Australia.
Jonathan Belz
CO-FOUNDER
Gavin is the Co-Founder of BFA, Gavin has over 25 years’ experience in global investment banking and capital markets across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Gavin Ezekowitz
CO-FOUNDER
John is the Investment Manager at BFA. With over a decade of experience in corporate finance teams, across Australia and the UK, John’s previous roles have been with Victor Smorgon Group and EY.
John Hatzigrigoriou
DIRECTOR, INVESTMENTS
Lucy is the Head of Community at BFA. Her 13+ year career has spanned both Australia and China, previously working at Westpac Banking Corporation, DFAT, and various departments in Canberra.
Lucy Du
DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY & IR
Our Philosophy
We believe strong relationships lead to great opportunities. We connect guardians of family wealth to improve returns for every generation.
Our Community is our Brand
We have built highly engaged Australian and Asian investor community via a combination of our trusted research and vetting process, platform tools, and both online and offline engagement.
Our Platform
From the onboarding of a manager through to transaction data access to AML/KYC, subscription and reporting, we make the process efficient for the investor.
Investment Quality & Access
We focus on bringing truly differentiated and exceptionally unique global investment opportunities across P/E, VC and SPVs.
Investment Expertise
Our investors trust us to generate differentiated returns that are thoroughly vetted and researched.
Our Story
Inspired by our own family journey we have come together to activate the opportunities across Australia, Asia and globally.
First Asian immigrant family arrives in Australia.
Oskar Belz (Jonathan's grandfather) escapes Nazi Germany and lives in the Shanghai 'Ghetto' for 5 years before moving to Sydney.
Jonathan completes HSK 6 (the highest level of Chinese language fluency) within one year. This is an achievement so rare it is recognised in the media.
Jonathan and Gavin co-found BFA with initial partners and investors.
BFA enters JV with Yaru Ventures to help bring premium Australian brands to the Asian marketplace.
BFA Community launches and are the first investment firm in Australia to create unique NFT digital assets.
BFA awarded the Best VC & PE Investment Manager 2022 – Australia by Wealth and Finance International.
BFA Global Investors exceeds $150M AUM and 200 subscribers, and is the exclusive portal into exceptional global investment opportunities across VC, P/E, HF and SPVs.