Vaughan holds a BSc honours degree in Mathematics from Bath University (1996-1999) and a MSc in Mathematical Finance from Oxford University (2003-2006). Vaughan joined Bennelong in early 2005 as Head of Quantitative Research and is Chairman of the Risk Management Committee. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Grant Thornton having spent four years working in Audit, Corporation Tax and Corporate Finance (1999-2003). Two years experience working in the Financial Risk Measurement department at Standard Bank along with the founding principals of Bennelong Asset Management where he gained experience of Emerging Market Equity and Credit Derivatives the final three months being spent in a line management role (2003-2005).