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Board of Directors

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Board of Directors

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Anthony Hermann

Non-Executive Director

Anthony Hermann is Head of APAC at ATLAS SP. Anthony is responsible for the leadership and management of the ATLAS SP APAC business.

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Samuel Green

Non-Executive Director

Samuel Green is a Principal at Apollo Global Management, based in Sydney. Prior to joining Apollo, Samuel was a Vice President at Macquarie Capital focused on principal investing.

Executive Team

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Bill McWilliams

Chief Investment Officer

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.

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Kylie Robb

Chief Financial Officer

Kylie is the Chief Financial Officer for MaxCap Group leading the finance, operations, and technology teams. She is responsible for financial performance and developing and executing strategy to drive sustainable business growth.

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Philip Hope

Chief Operating Officer

Philip is the Chief Operating Officer of MaxCap Group, responsible for operations, finance and technology. He has over 30 years of investment, wealth management and asset servicing experience in C-suite roles in global organisations.

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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.

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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.

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Simon Hulett

Head of Direct Investment

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

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Tom Crapp

Head of Human Resources

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

Directors

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Ben Klein

Head of Private Capital

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

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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.

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Bruce Wan

Head of Research

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

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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.

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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.

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Justin Pearce

State Director, WA

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

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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.

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Adam Matkovich

Director - Investment

Adam is a Director in the Investment team based in Sydney with a focus on growth of the business.

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Haley Devine

Director - Wealth Management

Haley is responsible for increasing discretionary funds under management by executing product and relationship management strategies with a focus on wealth managers and distribution platforms.

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Jin Hwang

Director - Investment

Jin is an Associate Director in the Victorian Investment team and is responsible for deal origination, deal execution, and people management.

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Leyla Sacks

Director - Private Capital

Leyla is primarily responsible for private capital raising, relationship management and growing the investor base across New South Wales.

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Fidelma Ryan

Marketing Director

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

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Josh Pereira

Director – Investment

Josh is a Director in the Victorian Investment team and is responsible for deal origination, deal execution, and management of key referral partner relationships.

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Marcelo Castaneda

Director - Portfolio Management

Marcelo is responsible for providing the CIO, Deputy CIO and Fund Managers with timely and accurate portfolio management information, analysis and recommendations to facilitate optimal deal allocation and investment decision making.

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Penny Tao

Director - Private Capital

Penny is responsible for capital raising strategies across the Asian investor community including ultra-high net worth, inter-generational family wealth, and distribution networks.

ESG Advisory Committee

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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.

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Samuel Green

Non-Executive Director

Samuel Green is a Principal at Apollo Global Management, based in Sydney. Prior to joining Apollo, Samuel was a Vice President at Macquarie Capital focused on principal investing.

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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.

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Sarah Barker

Independent

Sarah is a managing Director at Pollination Law, part of the Pollination Group of climate change and nature investment and advisory specialists. 

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Romy Grace

Director - Capital & ESG Committee Secretary

Romy is responsible for developing and executing product and private client strategies to support the Distribution Team in its business development activities.