Shane has been a senior partner and director of several leading international corporate advisory and corporate strategy firms prior to being a founder of Mainsheet Capital.  He has broad experience in working with the management teams and boards of top 200 companies around high value transactional and strategic decisions.

His corporate advisory and corporate strategy philosophy is centred around measuring success in terms of client outcomes and their improved shareholder value creation performance.

Shane has a proven track record in relation to mergers, acquisitions, business divestments, privatisations, capital raising, corporate portfolio strategy, growth strategy as well as business restructuring and turnaround.

His industry experience includes mining, energy, engineering and construction, utilities, infrastructure services, defence, health, transport, communications, manufacturing and processing.

Shane has extensive senior advisory experience as well as many years as managing director and Board member of several international firms and prior to that operational management experience in the mining and oil & gas industry.

Prior to co-founding Mainsheet Capital, Shane was a Partner at PwC where he was the National Head Mining and Oil & Gas Corporate Advisory practice. Shane also spend 10 years as joint MD of Mainsheet Corporate (which was acquired by PwC in 2009), 5 years as a Partner at LEK Consulting (Regional Manager S.E. Asia), 6 years at Marakon Associates and 4 years with Schlumberger in the Middle East.

Shane holds a MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management and Diploma Mechanical Engineering (Adelaide), MBA (AGSM)

Maurice has been a Partner and Senior Executive of several global and Australian professional services firms, as well as an Executive in multinational companies.

Prior to joining Mainsheet Capital, Maurice was an Advisory Partner at BDO, an Executive Director Corporate Finance of Euroz Securities Ltd, Partner with PwC and Andersen consulting. In 2000 he founded Mainsheet Corporate and was its Managing Director with Shane McEwen until the business was sold to PwC in 2009.

Maurice has also been a Board member of a number of companies assisting them through their early stages of growth, and on the Board of a number of not for profit institutions.

Prior to returning to Australia in 1995, Maurice worked with Mobil in the European Strategy and Planning team, and with a Swedish chemical group, where he was responsible for Finance for Italy, France and Austria.

Maurice’s advisory philosophy is to bring his practical experience to work with clients to manage complex transactions and/or change situations that have a large impact on value creation for shareholders and other stakeholders.

He has worked in Australia, Europe and the Middle East on projects for clients such as Mining and Oil & Gas services, Water and Power utilities, Financial, Technology and Professional Services and Transport & Logistics. He has also been involved with a number of technology start ups, assisting them to commercialise and eventually to IPO.

Maurice is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, holds a Post Graduate Diploma from Curtin University in Accounting and Finance, and graduated from the University of Western Australia with First Class Honours.

Stephen is an experienced corporate advisor with a blend of M&A, strategy and engineering skills. His experience includes over 10 years in corporate advisory and management consultancy and over 10 years in the commercial property industry in a variety of roles.

Stephen’s advisory experience includes M&A, divestments, capital raisings, business unit strategy, commercial due diligence and design & implementation of performance improvement initiatives.

His industry experience includes mining, oil & gas, ports, transport & logistics, equipment hire, utilities, defence, construction, FMCG, financial services, technology and manufacturing.

Prior to joining Mainsheet Capital, Stephen worked as an independent advisor for several years and before that he held senior positions in PwC Advisory and Mainsheet Corporate.

Before becoming an advisor and management consultant, Stephen worked within AMP Capital Investor’s Commercial & Industrial Property Division as a Regional Operations Manager and was responsible for the operational management and business planning for over $2 billion of property assets in QLD and NSW. Stephen was also the Development Engineer on a $250 million retail property development and began his career as an electrical engineer.

Stephen holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) from the University of Sydney and an MBA (Executive) from the Australian Graduate School of Management.

Bill has over 20 years industry and consulting experience working in Australia, Brazil, UK and South Africa.

Bill’s recent experience (last 5 years) has been as Managing Director of Chalice Gold and Chief Development Officer at Mirabela Nickel.  His experience includes capital raising (debt and equity), investor relations, business development (M&A and exploration), operations, managing key technical projects (e.g. plant expansions, throughput/recovery optimisation, equipment rebuilds, tailings dams, technical report), and turnaround / performance improvement.

Bill has also spent over 10 years in Corporate Advisory as a Director at PwC’s consulting practice, an Associate Director at Mainsheet Corporate and a Senior Consultant at Corven Group (UK).  Bill has strong experience in providing M&A, strategy, capital raising, divestments, performance improvement and corporate finance advice primarily focusing on the mining, mining services, oil & gas services, industrials and utilities sectors.

Bill also spent several years as a process engineer with Genesis Oil & Gas (UK) focusing on oil & gas feasibility studies for Oil & Gas Operators after starting his career as metallurgist at Anglo Gold in South Africa.

Stuart has almost 20 years strategy experience, and is formerly a Principal at PwC and the No.2 in Corporate Strategy at Woolworths Limited.

Stuart is known for his ability to solve complex challenges and then pragmatically implement the solution. He has a proven track record on:

• Corporate transformations: Stuart has successfully transformed numerous businesses, such the transformation of Australia Post’s Parcels business
• M&A: has led due diligence on over 25 transactions, up to A$4 billion in value, in both Australia, Europe and the Americas. He has also led acquisition searches, growth strategy and post merger synergy capture projects for some of the world’s largest multinationals
• Performance improvement: Stuart has led whole of business, cost reduction and procurement projects, for example saving NBN Co A$330m (written to budget)
• Strategy: In addition to strategy development in the above areas, Stuart has led or played a key role in strategy development and planning for over 20 clients

He has worked in over 20 countries in Australasia, Europe, the Americas and the Middle East. Stuart has extensive FMCG & retail, logistics, manufacturing, resources, services, professional services and online/digital experience.

Stuart holds an MBA from Bath Business School in the UK and a Honours Degree in Chemical Engineering from UNSW. He also practised as an engineer for five years and remains a Chartered Engineer.

Gerard is an experienced consultant and executive with 30 years management, consulting, leadership and advisory experience.

His consulting expertise spans corporate strategy, M&A, operation reviews and implementation of large change projects. He has led and completed significant change programs including numerous business integrations, post-contract/transaction implementation projects, client service and account programs, cost restructures and responsibility of digital strategy to align with business 3-5 year goals.

Prior to joining Mainsheet Capital Gerard held four CEO and executive roles in private businesses and ASX companies across professional services, construction, inspection and maintenance industries. Roles included National Chief Operating Officer, two CEO roles and General Manager BD, Contracts and Estimating. In his most recent National COO role he worked with more than 6 operating divisions and support functions across nine offices of more than 1200 staff. He was responsible for projects such as business integration, strategy and digital strategy. He was involved in large change programs, planning and budgeting as well as the National Executive and National Risk Committee. Gerard held a role as a Director for a number of years in the national entity. These management roles bring significant practice experience to Gerard’s consulting expertise.

Gerard’s consulting career included roles as a Director in Mainsheet Corporate for 6 years and prior to that consulting roles in Arthur Andersen and Arthur D Little in their Sydney offices.

Gerard commenced his career as an Officer in the Australian Infantry Regiment culminating as an officer in the Australian SAS.

Studies include a full time MBA from AGSM, UNSW and graduation with an Officers Commission in the Australian Regular Army from The Royal Military College, Duntroon.

Gerard has been a Director of a number of businesses and is currently an Advisory Board member of a risk business and a technology services company.

Ian’s recent experience has been as a transformational leader at Bankwest (a subsidiary of the Commonwealth Bank) including Head of Transformation for HR, Head of Strategy & Operations for IT and CFO for IT.

His experience includes leading large transformation projects across national and divisional teams, delivering extensive cost efficiency programs and managing project portfolios.

In addition, during his time at Bankwest he has had accountability for HR operations & projects, Vendor Management, the Portfolio Management Office and Finance for IT where he had a track record of improving the operational effectiveness and efficiencies of teams.

Prior to Bankwest, Ian was the CFO for Support Areas at HBOS Australia and a senior finance executive at HBOS in the UK. Ian spent 4 years at Ernst & Young in Aberdeen focussed on the Oil & Gas sector before this.

Ian qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1999.

Steve has been involved in management and valuation consulting for over 25 years.  His primary interest and consulting focus is around assisting firms create value.   

His assignments have included development of corporate and business unit strategic and implementation plans, business valuations, capital expenditure appraisal and approval systems, cost of capital estimation and merger and acquisition advice.  In addition, he has conducted numerous business valuations for infrastructure assets for funds managers and super funds, for taxation purposes (for the ATO and corporates) as an expert witness for court cases and for Independent Expert Reports.  Steve has also been involved in the regulatory price setting process for Utilities since the process began in the late 1990s.

Steve’s experience in consulting since 1988 covers a range of industries, including Aquaculture, Chemical, Defence, Electricity (Distribution, Retail and Transmission), Financial Services (Banking and Insurance), Food Processing, Gas, Golf, Health, Minerals, Paper Manufacture, Postal Services, Property, Rail, Retailing, Shipping and Transportation, Telecommunications, Water and Wastewater.

Steve co-founded a business specialising in business valuations (Value Adviser Associates), has been a partner in Mainsheet Corporate and LEK Consulting.  Prior to these positions he was a Senior Manager for Marakon Associates (an international value based management consulting firm) and Andersen Consulting (now Accenture).

In addition Steve has strong academic experience from his 13 years as a full time Corporate Finance academic and a continuing role in teaching in the Macquarie Masters of Corporate Finance program.

Steve holds a PhD from AGSM, UNSW, a M Com (Hons) from UNSW, a B Ec from Monash University and is a FCPA.

Initially working as a Journalist on the Australian Financial Review Peter left to establish his own production company which he successfully operated for 18 years before offering it for sale. Peter’s operational experience has given him significant insight into the practical business challenges in working in business today.

Since then, and before joining Mainsheet, Peter worked in sustainable food production, having developed from inception to completion a number of projects in the aquaculture and hydroponic space both in Australia and overseas.

Leveraging his business experience Peter was invited to teach a post graduate unit in the Master of Commerce Degree at Sydney University – Critical Thinking in Business. The unit is central to effective data interpretation, problem-solving and other key aspects of business practice.

He was also appointed to a NSW Government Regional Development Board – the Central Coast Economic Development Board Inc. – which was formed to assist economic growth in regional NSW by providing support to small to medium sized businesses in NSW.

Peter has a Master of Business Administration Degree, a Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management, and studied Politics at Macquarie University.

Anant has 10 years of Corporate Finance and Transaction Advisory experience. Anant developed his strong expertise advising on buy-side and sell-side mandates, valuations and capital raisings for clients ranging from top-tier institutional banks, leading private equity houses, large multinationals, ASX listed companies to small privately held businesses in Australia.

Anant’s professional services experience includes financial due diligence for M&A transactions and acquisition lending and lead advisory on M&A transactions. Within commerce & industry, he has worked closely with Executive Management teams on strategic projects which add value to the business and achieve targeted shareholder outcomes, including mergers & acquisitions, business restructuring, capital expenditure growth, capital structuring and strategic growth options.

His industry experience includes fashion retail, property development, equipment hire, media & advertising, manufacturing and distribution, property funds, building and construction and mining services.

Prior to joining Mainsheet Capital in 2016, Anant spent two years in London, UK, working at Lend Lease and Long Tall Sally, a privately-owned fashion retail house. Prior to London, Anant held Managerial roles at Grant Thornton and Ernst & Young, working in the Transaction Advisory and Mergers & Acquisitions divisions, respectively.

Anant holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Macquarie University in Sydney and is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

Prior to entering into the corporate advisory field, Thomas gained his professional experience over a combined five years in accounting and equity research, while obtaining his Master of Applied Finance degree with a specialisation in corporate finance.

Thomas is a very experienced research and advisory consultant who has lead large-scale research efforts and who has made primary contributions to published research reports in the following sectors:

• Waste Management
• Mining Services
• Fashion Retail
• Furniture Retail
• LEDs
• Geospatial Services
• Packaging

Additionally, during his time as an accountant he gain considerable experience in the FMCG sector and dealt with a number of the larger companies in that sectors. Thomas also has experience in conducting financial due diligence in the ports and property sectors.

At Mainsheet Thomas has worked on these projects:

• Assessment of the long term trade prospects through the Port of Townsville in support of a potential acquisition in the logistics sector
• Research and selection of potential acquisition targets in the mobile mechanic and vehicle inspections market
• Assessment of market size and growth of several construction and maintenance sectors in support of the strategic planning of a major mining services provider

Reece began his career at BT Financial Group, working in the Private Bank Wealth Operations team. During this time, Reece gained exposure to a wide range of complex and exotic financial products including foreign managed funds, fixed income assets and hybrid convertible notes, as well as banking products available to UHNW investors. Reece was an Operations Manager in his last year at BT Financial Group, overseeing day to day workflow and implementing initiatives that enhanced the bank’s service offering.

Reece then worked at Schroders Asset Management (Sydney office), in Investment Support. He gained experience in Equity, Fixed Income and Multi Asset Portfolio Management, and worked alongside all departments including Investment, Distribution, Sales and Product.

Reece holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney and is currently a candidate in the CFA program.

Edoardo graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance and Economics Degree) in 2016 and has been an Analyst at Mainsheet Capital since graduation. During this time, Edoardo has completed a strategic review of a medical institute and has worked on transactions in the Agriculture, Defence and Mining Services industries.

Keren has over 20 years’ experience in operations management, corporate transactions, investments, consulting and as a board member.

Keren’s industry experience lies deeply in the resources sector where she was the founding Managing Director and CEO of an international ASX listed resources company, the Corporate Development Manager at a copper mining company where she led the acquisition of a London listed company to establish an international diversified resources business, an Investment Analyst at Resource Capital Funds and the Mine Manager of the Frog’s Leg Gold Mine.  Her experience includes IPOs, capital raising (equity and debt), investor relations, M&A, project and company due diligence, strategy development using the Argenti System of Strategic Planning, feasibility studies and operations management.

Keren is a Mining Engineer from the WA School of Mines, holds an MBA from Deakin University, an Advanced Diploma of Corporate Governance and a Western Australia First Class Mine Managers’ Certificate.  Keren is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Tim is an experienced senior executive and internet entrepreneur with CEO, Chief Strategy Officer, Non Executive Director experience with large and smaller, high growth service and technology companies.

He has held senior executive roles in service companies such Contiki Holidays, Charter Cruise Air and Force Access. Tim has also grown his own IT companies to successful exits and was an investor and executive with MYOB (bought by Archer Capital for $432m and sold to Bain Capital for $1.2b)

He has a strong M&A and capital-raising background combined with an operational focus.

Following the tech down turn in the early nineties, Tim teamed up with another Kiwi to buy and continue to build Exonet Business Software.  With offices in Sydney, Auckland and Singapore, Exonet became a leading provider of ERP business solutions for growing mid-sized companies.  The business was sold to MYOB in January 2007 and is now the basis for MYOB EXO Solutions – a leading edge range of products for growing mid-sized companies.

Tim brings a wealth of hands on experience in growing businesses, strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, sales execution, capital raising, operational management and creating shareholder value through divestment and exit planning. Tim is a graduate of the Institute of Company Directors

Jeremy is a seasoned corporate finance executive, having had over 20 years’ experience in strategy, M&A and capital raisings spanning a broad range of industries both domestically and internationally.

Jeremy has advised numerous Australian and international clients on acquisitions, divestments, valuations and debt and equity raisings. In addition to advising clients, Jeremy has undertaken several in-house strategy and M&A roles for both ASX-listed and private companies. 

Jeremy was co-founder of a high intervention investment business that has invested in businesses in the technology, financial services and food sector.

Previously, Jeremy was an Executive Director of iSoft Limited (then known as IBA Health), a large global health IT company listed on the ASX. Being responsible for the company’s corporate activity, Jeremy evaluated and managed the acquisition of businesses and the establishment of corporate alliances in Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, India and the Middle East.

Prior to joining iSoft, Jeremy spent 11 years in investment banking, specialising in local and cross border M&A and structured finance transactions.

Jeremy spent a number of years working in Hong Kong and Malaysia.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts/Law Degree and practiced as a solicitor with Baker & McKenzie, an international law firm, in the early part of his career.