A Fiduciary Approach to Private Capital
Emerging Funds Management Pty Ltd (EFM) is a licensed investment fund manager based in Australia. We provide structured capital solutions to developers and private enterprises through regulated, investor-aligned offers. As a Corporate Authorised Representative operating under AFS Licensee agreements, we ensure every transaction is disciplined, transparent, and governed with a fiduciary mindset. Our focus is on building long-term value for both project sponsors and investors across the real estate and SME sectors.
OUR MISSION
To provide structured, compliant capital that enables sustainable growth for projects and private enterprises.
OUR VALUES
Integrity, transparency, investor alignment, and disciplined governance in every transaction.
OUR PROMISE
Trusted capital solutions delivered with professionalism, regulatory rigor, and long-term value creation.
SURENDRA PATHER
FOUNDING PARTNER
Surendra Pather is founding partner of Emerging Funds Management Pty Ltd. Suren has a particular focus on property funds. He is the founder of the SUMO Group of Companies and is very active in business development of property and business services projects in Australia and overseas. Suren has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. He was the chairman of SUMO SIV Pty Ltd, the responsible manager of two SUMO SIV-managed funds. Over a career of more than 25 years as a financial adviser, Suren has managed and advised clients on a range of asset classes for projects exceeding A$5 billion. He previously established a full multi-disciplinary practice of lawyers, chartered accountants, and financial planners. Prior to this, he worked as a corporate tax consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Suren holds bachelor’s degrees in Law and a triple major in Economics (with Honours) from Sydney University. He is also a certified financial planner and is a Fellow of the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA). He has served as an independent board member of numerous entities including Asteron Life and the Australian Society of Anaesthetists. His involvement with the Financial Planning Association of Australia includes Chairman of CFP 4 Education Program and Examiner for the CFP Program.
DR ROGER BUCKERIDGE
FOUNDING PARTNER
Dr Roger Buckeridge is a founding partner of Emerging Funds Management Pty Ltd. Roger has been a leading unlisted equity funds manager in the Asia Pacific region for 39 years and has been a partner & director and Responsible Manager under various Australian Financial Services Licences since 2004. One of these fund managers and responsible entities invested $280 million of institutional venture capital funds in some 60 early-stage technology-based growth businesses, between 1997 and 2013. During his career as an investment fund manager, Roger has served on listed company boards (ASX and TSX) and provided extensive consulting services to enterprises and government. Earlier, he served 6 years as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, in the US, Asia and Australia. He holds a PhD degree in Chemistry. In addition to EFM, Roger currently serves as a director of Aurora Solar Technologies Inc (ACU: TSX-V, at North Vancouver, Canada) and its subsidiary BT Imaging Pty Ltd (at Sydney, NSW and Jiaxing, PRC); a director of IRT Resources Technology Pty Ltd (at Sydney, NSW); a director of Sapien Capital Partners Limited (at Sydney, NSW); and a director of Triumph Capital International Pte. Ltd. (a funds management company in Singapore).