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Robbie Vanderzeil

Robbie Vanderzeil

Chief Executive Officer.

Robbie Vanderzeil leads Jarden’s Australian business. He is renowned for his ability to assess and price underwriting risk as well as deep investor and industry relationships.

Aidan Allen

Aidan Allen

Head of Investment Banking.

Aidan Allen joined Jarden as a foundation member of our Australian business and as Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking Australia.

Ben Gilbert

Ben Gilbert

Head of Australian Research.

Ben leads Jarden’s Australian research team and consumer sector coverage, developing independent and thought provoking insights to inform investor strategy.

Sarah Rennie

Sarah Rennie

Head of Equity Capital Markets.

Sarah Rennie is a foundation leader of Jarden in Australia and one of Australia’s most senior capital markets bankers, having led some of the country’s most significant transactions during a career spanning more than 20 years.

John Spencer

John Spencer

Head of Institutional Equities.

John Spencer joined Jarden as a foundation leader in Australia after 22 years in markets across equity research, sales, equity capital markets and investment banking. He was most recently a Managing Director at UBS Australia heading ECM syndicate for ANZ where he syndicated more than 150 transactions representing $55bn over the last 5 years.

Suzanne Storrie

Suzanne Storrie

Advisory Board.

Suzanne is a non-executive director, executive coach and mentor. She serves on the Jarden Australia Advisory Board, the Board of Surf Life Saving Australia and is chair of Surf Sports Australia and a member of the Finance, Audit and Compliance Committee and Information, Communications and Technology governance group.

SooJin Yoon

SooJin Yoon

Head of Legal & Compliance and General Counsel.

SooJin Yoon manages Jarden's Australian Legal and Compliance functions and is its General Counsel in Australia. SooJin is a skilled investment banking lawyer with particular expertise in capital raisings and corporate advisory, regulatory management, risk management and compliance.

Dane FitzGibbon

Dane FitzGibbon

Managing Director, Investment Banking.

A foundation leader of Jarden in Australia, Dane FitzGibbon has enjoyed a diverse 20-year career in investment banking and finance including 13 years at UBS in Australia and Asia, where he was co-head of capital markets, and prior to that co-head of emerging companies and domestic financial sponsors coverage.

Mark Himpoo

Mark Himpoo

Chief Commercial Officer.

Mark joins Jarden bringing with him over 30 years experience in equity markets, mostly in senior positions with leading asset management institutions in Australia.

Timothy Keegan

Timothy Keegan

Managing Director, COO.

Tim has over 25 years of leadership experience in financial services across stockbroking, wealth and asset management with a focus on building new businesses.

Michael Peters

Michael Peters

Head of Institutional Commodities.

Michael formulates and implements Jarden’s Australian commodities strategy. He oversees the clearing and execution of listed products and OTC solutions in the Australian commodity markets, with a particular focus on energy, environmental and agricultural markets.

Carlos Cacho

Carlos Cacho

Chief Economist, Equity Research.

Carlos Cacho is Chief Economist for Jarden in Australia. Prior to joining Jarden, Carlos spent three years as Australian Economist at UBS Australia, and previously five years at Colonial First State Global Asset Management.

Anderson Chow

Anderson Chow

Head of Industrials, Equity Research.

Anderson has worked in the financial industry for 23 years. Most recently he was the Global Head of Industrials Research for HSBC based in Hong Kong for about 10 years, coordinating a team of 22 analysts in Asia and Europe.

Kieren Chidgey

Kieren Chidgey

Head of Financials, Equity Research.

Kieren is Head of Financials Research at Jarden in Australia. He has more than 15 years’ equity research experience covering the Australian Insurance and Diversified Financial sectors and has been consistently recognised as a top-rated analyst by leading institutional surveys.

Lou Pirenc

Lou Pirenc

Head of Property and REITs, Equity Research.

Lou has enjoyed a 20-year career in Research and Finance across 3 continents including 18 years at Morgan Stanley, where he was most recently Global Head of Data for the global Research department, based in New York. Prior to this, he was Head of Research for Australia as well as leading coverage for the REITs sector in Sydney.

Steven Wheen

Steven Wheen

Head of Healthcare, Equity Research.

Steve leads Jarden's healthcare team in Australia. Steve commenced his career in financial services at Arthur Anderson, and after completing his Professional Year with the Institute of Chartered Accountants he relocated to London where he worked in fixed income and equities at Salomon Brothers.

Catherine McCormack

Catherine McCormack

Managing Director, Investment Banking.

Catherine McCormack leads Jarden Natural Resources and Utilities investment banking team in Australia. Throughout her career Cath has served as a trusted advisor to corporates and financial sponsors across a number of Natural Resources and Industrial sectors, and a broad range of corporate advisory and financing transactions.

Julien Dyon

Julien Dyon

Managing Director, Investment Banking.

Julien Dyon is Head of Financial Services in Corporate Advisory. Over the past 15 years, Julien has accumulated a broad range of M&A and financing experience having worked and advised on more than 50 transactions representing over $100bn in total transaction volumes. 

Mitchell Schauer

Mitchell Schauer

Managing Director, Investment Banking.

Mitchell Schauer heads Jarden’s real estate investment banking team in Australia. He has spent over 13 years covering the Australian real estate sector, including 11 years at UBS.

Nizar Torlakovic

Nizar Torlakovic

Head of Data Strategy, Equity Research.

Nizar joins Jarden with a long career in Research and Data, including 15 years of equities research experience in the Australian market.

Reeny Paraskeva

Reeny Paraskeva

Managing Director, Investment Banking.

Reeny has joined Jarden from UBS, where she was previously a Managing Director based in New York. She started her investment banking career in Australia in 2005 with UBS and Goldman Sachs.

Annabelle Cottee

Annabelle Cottee

Head of Communications and Brand.

Annabelle is responsible for Jarden’s communications, PR, marketing, brand, and community partnerships in Australia.

Alex Farmer

Alex Farmer

Director, Investment Banking.

Alex Farmer joined Jarden’s Investment Banking team in 2021.

Andrew MacFarlane

Andrew MacFarlane

Vice President, Equity Research.

Andy has over 10 years experience in Real Estate & Finance industries spanning equity research, private equity, and capital transactions.

Ben Brownette

Ben Brownette

Vice President, Equity Research.

Ben has over 10 years experience in equities research, most recently at CLSA and Deutsche Bank and seven years at CBA Institutional Equities.

Bryce Thompson

Bryce Thompson

Managing Director, Investment Banking.

Bryce Thompson joined Jarden as Head of our Technology Investment Banking team after a 16 year career in Australian investment banking.

Chris Tolj

Chris Tolj

Managing Director, Institutional Equities .

Chris joined Jarden from Credit Suisse, where he was a director on the equity sales team for five years, building deep relationships with a number of key institutional clients and a reputation as a thought leader in the market.

Daniel Rosenberg

Daniel Rosenberg

Director, Investment Banking.

Daniel Rosenberg joined Jarden as a Director in the Financial Institutions team in the Investment Banking division.

Ed Wilson

Ed Wilson

Director, Institutional Equities.

Ed is part of the Equity Sales team at Jarden, covering both domestic and offshore investors.

Elise Kennedy

Elise Kennedy

Vice President, Equity Research.

Elise Kennedy leads the Australian Research team covering Technology and Internet.

Elizabeth Miliatis

Elizabeth Miliatis

Vice President, Equity Research.

Elizabeth provides industry-leading and thought provoking equity research and insights.

Enrico Musso

Enrico Musso

Managing Director, Investment Banking.

Enrico has more than 11 years’ experience in the capital markets. He has expertise in international and domestic corporate bonds, acquisition financing, corporate hybrids, regulatory capital structuring for banks and insurance companies, and risk hedging programmes.

Frank Sarks

Frank Sarks

Managing Director, Institutional Equities.

Frank has over 20 years financial markets experience, with the past 18 years at Macquarie Equities on the institutional equities desk where he was instrumental in building out the domestic institutional coverage as a sales trader.

Jackson Ross

Jackson Ross

Director, Investment Banking.

Jackson Ross joins Jarden as a Director in the Natural Resources & Infrastructure team in the Investment Banking division.

Jakob Cakarnis

Jakob Cakarnis

Director, Equity Research.

Jakob Cakarnis has 10 years experience in the Finance Industry working initially as a Graduate within Macquarie Bank and as an Equity Research Analyst with Citi.

James McDougall

James McDougall

Head of Client Facilitation.

James joined Jarden in 2021 as Head of Client Facilitation. James has over 12 years experience in Financial markets, specialising in Equities Facilitation and Principal Trading.

Jeff Cai

Jeff Cai

Vice President, Equity Research.

Jeff has over 10 years experience in equity and credit research, mainly focusing on Banks and Diversified Financials.

Joe Pardea

Joe Pardea

Director, Equity Research.

Joe is a Supervisory Analyst at Jarden Australia. He has more than 20 years’ experience across equity research, including in Supervisory Analyst, Business Manager and stock coverage roles.

John Ogle

John Ogle

Director, Institutional Equities.

John has over 20 years financial markets experience, with the majority of that at Macquarie Group on the Institutional Equities desk where he was instrumental in building out the domestic small cap coverage as a Sales Trader.

Joseph Hamer

Joseph Hamer

Dealer, Institutional Commodities.

Joseph brings a strong knowledge of Australian financial markets and solid relationship management skills to his role. He enjoys working in the dynamic Australian energy and carbon markets, expanding his knowledge of futures and options and being part of a great team.

Keegan Booysen

Keegan Booysen

Vice President, Equity Research.

Keegan produces research across the retail, food & beverage industries. Keegan's role is analysing the consumer sector and identifying key thematics that define the longer term prospects within his coverage.

Lauren Moran

Lauren Moran

Director, Institutional Equities.

Lauren is the lead relationship manager for Jarden’s small-cap institutional clients, with more than 15 years of financial markets experience across Sydney, Hong Kong, and New York.

Matthew Moffatt

Matthew Moffatt

Director, Institutional Equities.

Matt has more than 15 years experience in equity sales and trading across Melbourne, Sydney and Hong Kong.

Matthew Johnston

Matthew Johnston

Vice President, Equity Research.

Matthew specialises in analysing emerging ASX companies to identify attractive investment opportunities for clients.

Michael Konya

Michael Konya

Dealer, Institutional Commodities.

Michael specialises in the Australian energy markets, offering market analysis and strategic advice to help clients hedge their energy portfolios. He brings a wealth of experience to his role, from the spot market and the ASX to the environmental markets.

Michaela Jamison

Michaela Jamison

Head of ESG Research, Equity Research.

Michaela joins Jarden from Westpac Institutional Bank where she has spent the past 5.5 years working in roles as Portfolio Manager and Senior Credit Analyst across both the corporate sector and real estate.

Millie Horton

Millie Horton

Director, Investment Banking.

Millie has had a wide range of transaction experience across capital markets and M&A.

Nathan Taylor

Nathan Taylor

Director, Investment Banking.

Nathan has more than 15 years’ experience within Australia’s capital markets. He has been involved in a diverse range of equity and debt capital market offerings for both large and small cap issuers.

Nicholas Duke

Nicholas Duke

Director, Investment Banking.

Nick has 10 years investment banking experience advising companies and financial sponsors in Australia across M&A, equity and debt.

Nicholas McGeoch

Nicholas McGeoch

Director, Institutional Equities.

Nick joined Jarden from JP Morgan where he spent more than 11 years working across a number of business lines.

Nihat Engel

Nihat Engel

Director, Investment Banking.

Nihat has advised middle-market and publicly listed clients throughout Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, and Japan for over a decade, working on a broad range of strategic reviews, capital raisings and mergers and acquisitions.

Nik Burns

Nik Burns

Director, Equity Research.

Nik brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to his role as Head of Energy, including 10 years as a sell side research analyst and 18 years in the Australian upstream oil and gas sector.

Olivia Salmon

Olivia Salmon

Vice President, Equity Research.

Olivia has over a decade’s experience in institutional equities, having previously worked in sales and trading, equities research and funds management.

Samantha Molina

Samantha Molina

Director, Institutional Equities.

Samantha brings over 25 years sales trading experience covering domestic and international investors.

Stuart Archibald

Stuart Archibald

Director, Institutional Equities.

Stuart Archibald joined Jarden in 2020 with over 20 years experience in investment banking and financial markets.

Tara Foord

Tara Foord

Director, Institutional Equities .

Tara joined Jarden from UBS where she spent 9 years across their Sydney and Hong Kong offices, primarily in equities electronic trading. 

Tim Elliott

Tim Elliott

Director, Institutional Equities.

Tim joins Jarden from Macquarie Group’s institutional trading desk and brings over 15 years of equities trading experience across execution, facilitation and inventory management.

Wassim Kisirwani

Wassim Kisirwani

Director, Equity Research.

Wassim is responsible for researching listed companies on the NZX and ASX, and helping clients identify attractive investment opportunities.

Yan Hui Tan

Yan Hui Tan

Director, Investment Banking.

Yan Hui advises on a broad range of corporate advisory transactions, including both buy and sell side roles for both public and private mergers and acquisitions, as well as debt and equity raisings.