Experience

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  Baza Capital

  • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  • Founder & Chief Investment Officer

    • Feb 2020 - Present
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Baza Capital is a responsible fund manager focusing on ASX-listed equities that I founded in 2019 with business partner Brayden McCormack.Baza Capital looks to provide unitholders with exposure to the significant opportunity for heightened long-term returns through investing in future facing industries such as healthcare, education and electrification (including mining for relevant commodities).Baza Capital's sustainable approach to investing involves avoiding owning companies that generate social or environmental harm, while optimising for risk and return.

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  Danakali Limited

  • Melbourne

  • Head Of Corporate Development

    • Oct 2017 - Feb 2020
    • Melbourne

    Part of the executive team leading the development of the world class Colluli Sulphate of Potash Project in Eritrea, East Africa.Key workstreams included funding, equity capital markets management, stakeholder relations and communications (including investor relations), corporate social responsibility, strategy, and market and financial analysis.Led the dual-listing of Danakali on the London Stock Exchange Main Market and a US$50 million strategic equity investment by Africa Finance Corporation.Supported a US$200 million senior debt process and binding take or pay offtake agreement for 100% of Colluli Module I production.

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  Vesparum Capital

  • Melbourne

  • Executive Director

    • Nov 2013 - Oct 2017
    • Melbourne

    Vesparum Capital provides independent capital markets advisory services to public and private companies to optimise their capital markets outcomes. Their approach is derived from the paradigm shift towards data-driven decision making, leveraging databases, which include details and analysis of capital markets transactions. As an Executive Director, I was responsible for leading equity raising transactions and other client work streams, origination, and business development, with a focus on nano- to mid-cap companies in the metals & mining, clean technology, financial services and industrials spaces.

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  UBS Investment Bank

  • Melbourne

  • Associate Director

    • Jul 2011 - Aug 2013
    • Melbourne

    Over two years spent in UBS’s Australian metals & mining and energy advisory teams working across various commodities for clients ranging from major global miners through to small ASX-listed explorers. Wide range of services delivered to clients including transaction management, analysis, valuation, strategic advice and preparation of investor materials.

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  Macquarie Group

  • Sydney and Melbourne

  • Executive

    • Feb 2008 - Jun 2011
    • Sydney and Melbourne

    Started as a graduate in the Equity Capital Markets team within Macquarie Capital (the investment banking division of Macquarie). Significant experience across a number of successful Equity Capital Market and Hybrid Capital Market transactions in a volatile and often difficult – but highly active – period for domestic and global equity markets.Seconded internally on multiple occasions to assist on major transactions in investment banking sector teams (including Property and Telecommunications).