ASIF - Key Persons

Craig Watson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ASIF Group Team
  • Executive Director of Kinsmen Securities Limited
  • Finance Executive and Company Director
  • Financial and Investment Consultant
Craig is an experienced finance executive and company director with over 30 years' experience. Craig is currently an executive director of Kinsmen Securities Limited, non-executive director of Refueler Pty Ltd, Responsible Manager for three Australian Financial Services Licensees and is an officer of Cartridge World Australia and New Zealand. He has held numerous executive roles on

David Hirst - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Member of the ASIF Group Team

John Hirst

Job Titles:
  • Head of Administration and Logistics Team

Michael English

Job Titles:
  • Head of Research and Innovation Team
Michael was a sheep farmer in Western Australia before joining the Royal Australian Air Force as an intelligence officer in 2005. He has served in tactical and operational-level roles, mainly in the joint (all-service) environment. He deployed to the Australian joint HQ as staff intelligence analyst (J22) in 2009-10. Becoming a very active reservist in 2011, he served on extensive deployments to Coalition operational headquarters in the Middle East in 2012 and again in 2013, and was J2 (Joint HQ intelligence officer) in Kabul in 2016. Outside of defence work Michael focused increasingly on finance and the monetary system. For several years he has been developing the ‘Global Reserve System', a solution for monetary problems such as currency and interest rate risk. He is currently a consulting intelligence analyst in Perth, WA. Michael has diverse interests and a broad educational background. From the University of Western Australia, he has a Bachelor of Economics degree majoring in Economic History and Finance, Bachelor of Arts (Politics & Philosophy), and Bachelor of Letters (French, German, and honours in History); from the University of Sydney, Master of International Law; and from the Australian National University, Master of Archaeological Science.

Paul Massey

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ASIF Group Team
  • Director and Head of Financial Team