Our Team


Daniel Droga

Daniel is Chairman of Fifth Estate Asset Management and Chief Investment Officer of BlueLake Partners a privately-funded, alternate asset management company, which he established 20 years ago. Over that time, BlueLake has consistently outperformed the market across all cycles.


Dane Roberts

Dane Roberts is Chief Investment Officer at Fifth Estate Asset Management. Dane brings with him over 15 years of financial markets experience, most recently as joint portfolio manager of the award winning Regal Small Companies Fund, which returned over 30% pa during his tenure. Prior to Regal, Dane was an analyst at PM Capital and Australian Ethical Investments. Preceding Australian Ethical, Dane was an analyst at independent research house Aegis Equities. 


Dane holds a Masters of Applied Finance and Investment from Kaplan.


Ben Bushby

Ben Bushby is Deputy Portfolio Manager at Fifth Estate Asset Management. Ben has joined from Bell Potter Securities, bringing with him over 6 years of experience as an advisor and broker to High Net Worth and Institutional investors.


Ben holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Arts (History) from Macquarie University.


Will Clarke

Will is an Investment Analyst at Fifth Estate Asset Management. Will joined Fifth Estate from PwC Australia bringing nearly seven years of professional experience that began in Assurance before transitioning into the firm’s Transactions practice.


Will holds a Masters of Finance from the University of Sydney and B.A. from the University of Sydney.