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Board of Directors

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Board of Directors

Brae Sokolski

Executive Director & Founder

Brae is responsible for driving new business activity across both debt and equity transactions, corporate strategy, and he supports capital raising activities.

Wayne Lasky

Executive Chairman & Founder

Wayne is the Founder & Executive Chairman of MaxCap Group, responsible for business strategy, execution, key stakeholder relations and capital raising.

Christine Christian, AO

Non-Executive Director

Christine has significant experience with financial services businesses including being the MD/Chairman of Dun & Bradstreet Consumer Credit Services.

Mike Roche

Non-Executive Director

Mike is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (London) and a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia.

Ian Cohen

Non-executive Director

Apollo Partner, Real Estate, based in Hong Kong.

Executive Team

Robert Hattersley

Group Head of Capital

Rob is responsible for raising capital for MaxCap’s existing funds and mandates and working closely with the Investment team to raise capital for new products across both debt and equity investments.

Bill leads the National Investment team for MaxCap in Australia and is responsible for developing an investment strategy, relationship management framework, and oversight of deal origination, structuring, and negotiation.

Mark Heaven

Chief Operating Officer

Mark is responsible for the corporate and investment operational platform, corporate governance and the corporate financial management function.

Simon Hulett

Head of Direct Investment

Simon is primarily responsible for the development and execution of MaxCap’s direct investment strategy.

Jason Hill

Chief Risk Officer

Jason is a credit professional with over 20 years of experience working across a broad suite of businesses in the finance industry.

Tom Crapp

Human Resources Director

Tom is responsible for the ongoing development of our high-performance workplace culture.

Directors

Nick Bullick

Chief Investment Officer, New Zealand

Nick’s primary responsibility is leading all facets of the MaxCap New Zealand business, focusing on delivering an aggressive growth agenda in the New Zealand market.

Bruce Wan

Head of Research

Bruce Wan is the Head of Research for MaxCap Group, responsible for the platform’s market research and analysis.

Ben Wollan

Deputy Chief Investment Officer

Ben is responsible for transaction origination and management, as well as leading the development of new investment products and strategies.

Fidelma Ryan

Marketing Director

Fidelma is responsible for the development and implementation of the marketing and brand strategy to drive client engagement.

Ben Klein

Head of Private Capital

Ben is responsible for private capital raising, business development and relationship management for our valued private investor base.

David Oudshoorn

State Director, NSW

David is primarily responsible for the origination and execution of structured real estate finance deals and developing relationships with borrowers, in addition to supporting capital raising activity with both private and institutional investor clients.

Johnny Woodhouse

State Director, VIC

Johnny has more than 15 years of industry experience in investment and development finance.

Justin Pearce

State Director, WA

Justin is responsible for the development and growth of MaxCap’s business in WA and he will be responsible for senior relationship management of borrowers, investors and key market participants.

Michael Nitschke

State Director, QLD

Michael is responsible for the business development and growth of MaxCap’s business in QLD, as well as senior relationship management of Borrowers and Corporate, Private and Institutional Investor clients.

Adam Cook

Director, Direct Investment

Adam is responsible for origination, deal execution and team leadership within Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia for the Direct Investment business.

Joe Vincent

Director, Direct Investment

Joe is responsible for originating new investment opportunities for our Direct Investment business. He is a Global property development executive with over 20 years of international real estate experience in Australia, America and Europe.

ESG Advisory Committee

Chris Newton

Independent

Chris is a leading practitioner in Responsible Investment and brings technical skillsets and insights to the design and delivery of ESG and Responsible Investment strategy. He has led the Global ESG strategy for IFM one of Australia’s largest fund managers, and has worked across multiple asset classes – including listed entities, real assets, fixed income, and private equity.

Board of Directors

Brae Sokolski