Matthew Stubbs
Managing Director
Matt has over twenty years experience in investment banking. During his career Matt has worked on a broad range of mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings, restructurings and strategic reviews. His experience includes extensive public market transactions (hostile and recommended takeover offers, takeover responses and schemes of arrangement). Prior to founding Allier Capital, Matt was a director in the investment banking division of Citi and head of its consumer, retail and healthcare investment banking practice. He has also managed major transactions in the resources, industrials and financial services sectors. Matt holds an MBA from the AGSM and Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Queensland.
Trent Roberts
Managing Director
Trent has over fourteen years experience managing mergers, acquisitions, divestments, capital raisings, restructurings, and strategic reviews. Trent’s experience includes ASX-listed and private company transactions in both Australia and the United States. Prior to joining Allier Capital, Trent served as a private transactions and investments advisor to a number of successful organisations and high net wealth families with particular focus on the online technology, media, healthcare, and real estate sectors. Trent holds a B.Inf.Tech degree with Distinction and University Medal, graduating at the top of his class, from UTS and an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business in California, USA.
Sidney Chan
Managing Director
Sidney has over fourteen years experience in corporate advisory. Prior to joining Allier Capital, Sidney was an investment banker with Citi and Merrill Lynch. Sidney’s experience includes a broad range of assignments involving large multi-national corporates in industries such as consumer products, retail, teleco, media, building materials, transport and mining. He has worked on some of Australia’s largest mergers and acquisitions transactions and privatisations, and has experience in IPOs and equity issuance markets, bank and debt capital market raisings and capital advisory. Sidney holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Queensland
Sean Slater
Director
Sean has over ten years’ experience in corporate finance providing advice to multinational corporations, private equity clients, family-owned businesses and entrepreneurs. Throughout his career, Sean has had a strong focus on middle market transactions having spent six years at Stamford Partners, a London-based consumer-focused, middle market M&A boutique. He has significant cross-border experience having worked on transactions throughout Europe. Prior to his time at Stamford Partners, Sean was with Deloitte’s corporate finance team. Sean holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Applied Finance from Macquarie University, and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.
Emmanuel Syrrou
Director
Emmanuel has more than a decade of experience in advisory and corporate finance in Australia, Europe and the broader Asia Pacific region, working with domestic and international private equity and the full spectrum of institutional clients (large multinationals, publicly listed groups, entrepreneurs and private companies). Emmanuel has served on the advisory board of an Australian family office, and prior to joining Allier Capital was an Investment Director within Eli Global's direct private investment team. Emmanuel holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney, and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.
Martin Chau
Vice President
Prior to joining Allier Capital, Martin worked at Marsh, where he was a senior actuarial analyst. He has provided consulting advice to public and private clients on risk finance optimisation and other risk management matters across various sectors, including financial services, property and construction and not-for-profit organisations. Martin holds a Bachelor of Applied Finance and Actuarial Studies from Macquarie University.
Daniel Luke
Associate
Prior to joining Allier Capital, Daniel worked as a Consultant in the PwC Deals, Corporate Value Advisory team where he valued a range of businesses and assets for transactions, capital raisings and tax purposes. He also gained experience in the PwC Deals, Debt Capital Advisory team, designing custom securitisation structures and arranging debt financing for government and institutional clients. Daniel holds a Bachelor of Commerce with First Class Honours from the University of Sydney.
Kasey Marenco
Associate
Kasey joins us from the consumer and retail division of our partner firm William Blair in Chicago. There she performed comprehensive financial modeling and valuation analyses and executed sell-side M&A for global companies. Kasey holds a Bachelor of Science from Miami University where she studied finance and economics and graduated cum laude.
Mark Lavender
Associate
Mark previously worked at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia in the client advisory services team where he was involved in debt profile analysis and ratings advisory for institutional clients. Mark holds a Bachelor of Commerce (International) with distinction, first class Honours in Actuarial Studies and the University Medal from the University of New South Wales.
Andrew He
Analyst
Andrew graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Economics with majors in Finance, Accounting and Financial Econometrics. During his studies, Andrew interned at Allier Capital for over a year and also completed an overseas exchange program at the London School of Economics.
