Meet the Team

Calvin Ng, Managing Director

Calvin is a co-founder and Managing Director of Aura Group.

Calvin is the co-founder and Managing Director of Aura Group, where he utilises his extensive global experience as an entrepreneur, board member, investment banker, and fund manager across both private and public markets.

Calvin is also co-founder of the Finsure Group ("Finsure") one of Australia's largest mortgage aggregation groups. In 2018 Finsure completed a reverse merger with APRA regulated authorized deposit taking institution Goldfields Money Limited to form BNK Banking Corporation (ASX:BBC) a fully operational Australian bank. Finsure was sold to MA Financial in Feb 2022 for A$152m.

Calvin's board experience includes current and prior roles as Non-Executive Director of Aura FAT Projects Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ:AFAR), BNK Banking Corporation (ASX:BBC), Catapult Group International Limited (ASX:CAT) Integrated Portfolio Solutions Pty Ltd and B1G1 Pte Ltd.

Before founding Aura Group, Calvin was part of the Direct Investment Team at Everest Babcock & Brown (EBB), one of Australia’s largest absolute return investment managers. At EBB, he focused on high yield debt, listed equities and private equity investments and was involved in over AUD$1B in public and private market transactions in Australia, Europe and the USA.

At EBB, Calvin was part of the Direct Investment Team focusing on high yield debt, listed equities and private equity investments. In this role he gained exposure to a wide range of industries, geographies and asset classes through the provision and investment of over AUD$1 billion in public and private market transactions in Australia, Europe and the USA.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (with Distinction) and Bachelor of Laws (with Merit) from the University of New South Wales. Calvin has also completed the Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice and has been admitted to practice as a Lawyer in the Supreme Court of New South Wales.