Over 28 years professional experience across corporate advisory, investment banking and chartered accounting working with private and public entrepreneurial businesses.

Scott has developed strong industry knowledge and transactional experience within the food & beverage and transportation & logistics sectors having advised on and completed a number of key transactions. Scott is the current country head for Oaklins.

Recent notable transactions include:

• Advised Glen Cameron Group on its 100% sale to DHL Supply Chain Australia
• Advised Converge International on its acquisition of HeadUp Labs and the associated investment from the Victorian Business Growth Fund (managed by ROC Partners)
• Advised Alcidion (ASX:ALC) on the acquisition of Silverlink PCS Software and ExtraMed

Prior to founding Henslow, Scott was the Director of Growth and Acquisition Finance for Investec Bank. Previous to his role at Investec, Scott was a Director of Transaction Services at Pitcher Partners (Melbourne) along with spending 5 years in the UK as an Associate Director at Smith and Williamson, one of the UK’s leading investment and accounting firms.

Scott was previously a Non-Exec Director of Techdrill Civil and Mining Services and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. Founding Member and past President (2007 and 2018) of the Irvine Club Inc, an association which operates business networking events and to date raising over $3m for under-funded and under-exposed charities.

Justin has over 25 years professional experience in investment banking and stockbroking across three continents, working with entrepreneurial and growing businesses.

Justin has broad experience having worked extensively in Australia and the UK as both a leader and adviser, in particular in the financial services and resources sectors.

Recent notable transactions include:

• Advised Alcidion (ASX:ALC) on multiple equity raises, including their $55m raise to fund the acquisition of Silverlink PCS Software Ltd, block trades and general corporate broking advice
• Advised Change Financial (ASX:CCA) on their $5.7m capital raise via a Placement and fully underwritten Entitlement Offer
• Advised Bigtincan Holdings (ASX:BTH) on their $136m capital raise to fund the acquisition of Brainshark Inc

Justin began his career in corporate finance in London and worked in both advisory and institutional broking roles, going onto become the Group Chief Executive of Blue Oar Securities PLC, a listed, integrated financial services firm with over 400 staff and offices across  the UK and Australia.  Justin has been a director of a number of listed and private companies, in the UK and Australia, including Chairman of Neo, a Henslow investee company.

With significant cross-border experience, Justin has held director positions at a number of listed and unlisted companies in both Australia and the UK. Outside of the office, Justin’s weekends are spent with his wife and 3 children, as well as enjoying both skiing and sailing when he gets the time.

Chris has over 25 years professional experience in investment banking, strategy, mergers and acquisitions (both sell-side and buy-side), private capital raises and transaction structuring.

Chris has broad experience having worked across Australia, the UK and the US, however he has particular knowledge and expertise in retail, travel & tourism, services and technology.

Recent notable transactions include:

• Advised The Card Network on its sale to InComm Payments
• Advised InternMatch on their $10m capital raise via private placement to fund growth strategy
• Advised Sportsnet Holidays on its significant investment from US-based QuintEvents

Before co-founding Henslow, Chris was the APAC CFO as well as head of Strategy and Acquisitions for WHSmith Plc, where he led the acquisitions of the Australian based Angus and Robertson and New Zealand based Whitcoulls, culminating in the divestment of the combined business to a large private equity firm. Before this, Chris was a director at Deloitte in the UK and New York.

Chris is the chairman of Henslow’s investee companies, the ASX listed Atomos and privately held, Credo. Weekends are spent with his wife and four children interspersed with the occasional over 45’s soccer match.

Stephen has over 30 years experience in Financial Services, providing advisory and execution services across equity capital markets, debt markets, mergers and acquisitions and capital management in both listed and unlisted markets.

From Stephen’s extensive experience within investment banking, he has developed strong transactional experience from a breadth of industries and holds particular expertise within the origination and execution of ECM transactions. Stephen has advised on over 300 transactions worth more than A$2.0bn across a range of markets, sectors and clients over the past 5 years. A trusted adviser to Boards, shareholders, CEOs and other senior management.

Notable transactions include:

• Advised Hansen Technologies (ASX:HSN) on their $40m Placement and subsequent $10m SPP.
• Assisted BigTinCan Holdings (ASX:BTH) with several capital raises, to the value of over $240.0m including their listing on the ASX
• Provided QMS Media (ASX:QMS) with investor relations support and extensive market education, while assisting with capital raises in excess of $180m.

Prior to joining Henslow, Stephen previously worked at EL&C Baillieu as Director, Head of Corporate Finance. Prior to this Stephen worked with ABN AMRO Morgans/ABN AMRO Rothschild in the equity capital markets for ten years from 2000.

Stephen has a Bachelor of Commerce and MBA from the University of Melbourne and Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment.

Grace has over 22 years professional experience within the investment banking and legal sectors and holds a wealth of administrative, secretarial and office management expertise.​

Before joining Henslow in 2011 as an Executive Assistant, Grace worked at a top tier law firm for 11 years as well as working for a leading investment bank in London. Grace is one of the longest serving employees at Henslow and currently supports the team in a corporate broking manager capacity.​

When Grace isn’t running the office, you’ll find her doing Bikram yoga or spending time with her two kids.

William has over 2 years of experience in Financial Services, specifically in Wealth Management.

William completed an internship at Macquarie where he was a part of the Financial Management Group. He then continued his career at Pitcher Partners in Melbourne, spending a year in their Investment Advisory division, working as a part of their Transaction team.

Recent notable transactions include:

• Advised Bigtincan Holdings (ASX:BTH) on multiple capital raises, including their $136m raise to fund the acquisition of Brainshark
• Advised InternMatch on their $10m capital raise via private placement
• Advised Racing Australia Consolidated Enterprise (RACE) on their recent debt and equity raise

William holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Arts with a major in finance and history from Monash University. Outside of Henslow, he is a keen waterpolo player and avid St Kilda fan.

Sebastian has over 6 years professional experience in investment banking and capital markets across Australia and the US.

Whilst at Henslow, Sebastian has worked on a broad range of transactions across both the private and public markets, however he has built particular expertise in technology, BNPL and financial services.

Notable recent transactions include:

• Advised Comms Group (ASX:CCG) on the acquisition of onPlatinum
• Advised Alcidion (ASX:ALC) on the acquisition of ExtraMed and Silverlink as well as multiple equity raises, block trades, general corporate broking advice
• Advised MyDeal.com.au (ASX:MYD) on its $260m IPO

Sebastian began his career in Los Angeles with New Century Capital Partners in corporate advisory where he primarily assisted on transactions in the medical device field. After moving back to Australia, he joined Henslow in 2015 working primarily within their corporate team advising on M&A and capital raisings.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, CA. Having an interest in the hospitality sector, Sebastian would one day like to open a hospitality venue and he is also a member of Royal South Yarra Tennis Club.

Steve has over 30 years’ experience of providing independent corporate advisory services including mergers & acquisitions, capital raising and strategic advice.

Steve has a depth of experience however particular expertise in consumer staples, financial services, bulk commodities, business services, media and general industrials.

Recent notable transactions include:

• Advised on JV of Northern Milling and Finasucre’s Bundaberg Sugar
• Advised on sale of Talent 2 to Morgan & Banks Investments and Allegis Group
• Advised on sale of Ross Human Directions to Chandler Macleod

Steve was previously an executive director of Morgan Grenfell, which merged with Deutsche Bank.

Steve was formerly an independent director of ANZ Wealth Group, a subsidiary of the ANZ Bank, former Chairman of Blackmores and former Deputy Chairman of Perpetual. Steve holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from UNSW and an MBA from the University of Adelaide. He is a Chartered Accountant and a Foundation Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Hannah is an analyst in the M&A team, having joined the firm in 2022. Hannah has worked on a range of transactions across a broad array of industries, providing valuation, transaction and M&A advisory services.

Recent notable transactions include:

• Advised Sentient Vision Systems on their divestment to global defence technology company Shield AI
• Advised Prestige Inhome Care on its growth capital investment from Yorkway Private

Hannah holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Diploma of Languages (Chinese-Mandarin) from The University of Melbourne.

Outside of work, Hannah is a keen member of the sailing community; she has competed for her university and sailing club in national and international competitions. Hannah holds a deep interest in art and loves to travel when she can.

Nick holds over 40 years experience across retail, commercial banking and investment banking.

Nick has deep industry knowledge within the insurance sector having spent 12 years as the lead insurance sector analyst at ABN AMRO Australia. Nick also holds particular expertise on small to mid cap companies within financials, tourism and leisure, gaming, healthcare and professional services sectors.

Recent notable transactions include:

• Co-lead manager for the demutualisation and listing of the AMP Group (ASX:AMP)
• Refinancing of Fosters Brewing Group
• Demutualisation of National Mutual to become AXA Australia

Before joining Henslow in 2021, Nick held senior roles at Westpac Bank, ABN AMRO and EL&C Baillieu. During his time at EL&C Baillieu, Nick served as the Head of Research acted as a main Board member of the firm.

During a career sabbatical, Nick was appointed by the Victorian Government to the Board of Greyhound Racing Victoria eventually serving as Chairman.

Ashleigh is an associate in the M&A team, having graduated from Flinders University with a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) and Bachelor of Arts for High Achievers (History). Ashleigh is also a registered Chartered Accountant.

Ashleigh commenced her journey with the Henslow team in 2024. Prior to joining Henslow, Ashleigh worked in the Deloitte M&A Advisory team for four years. During this period, Ashleigh gained experience across a diverse range of industries including the consumer & retail, healthcare, infrastructure and technology industries.

Outside of work, Ashleigh holds a profound appreciation for the arts with a particular passion for dance.

Karl has over six years of professional experience in capital markets, corporate advisory, and financial services, spanning both Australia and Europe.

He has a passion for partnering with founders and has built significant expertise in the building and construction, technology, and healthcare sectors.

Recent notable transactions include:

• Advised LAB Group on their private investment from Global Credit Investments
• Advised on the sale of Enware to Watts Water Technologies
• Advised on the sale of Deliverit Software to Pemba Capital Partners

Karl started on his career at Beyond Bank Australia, the nation’s first B Corp accredited financial institution. His journey then took him to Germany, where he worked at N26, one of Europe’s leading mobile banks. After spending two years in Europe, Karl returned to Canberra and commenced at Henslow’s Canberra office.

Karl is a Bachelor of Commerce graduate and a keen European Handball player.

Jonathan has over 25 years professional experience in corporate finance and public markets with a core expertise in ECM and M&A, primarily servicing small to mid-market companies.

Jonathan has broad experience with particularly strong sector expertise within FMCG, financial services and technology.

Jonathan has been involved in over 20 IPOs, ECM transactions that have collectively raised in excess of $2.5B, and M&A transactions with a combined enterprise value exceeding $2B. These included the Healthscope acquisition of Nova Health and ABC Learning Centres acquisition of Hutchison Child Care

Recent notable transactions include:

• Advised Sensera (ASX:SE1) on its pre-IPO raising and IPO. As a Director led the acquisition of nanotron Technolgies GMBH
• Advised Hemideina on three private capital raisings
• Advised Watermark on its divestment to Xenith IP Group (ASX:XIP)

Previously Jonathan was a Director and the Head of Corporate Finance at Austock Group, a role he held for over 10 years. Before this, Jonathan worked in the corporate departments of two other brokerage firms in Melbourne and Perth and with an international firm’s corporate planning and development arm.

Jonathan is currently Chairman of Sensera Ltd (ASX:SE1) and a Director of Hemideina. Jonathan is also a member of the Melbourne Angels, an early-stage investor group focused on high-growth Australian businesses. Jonathan is an avid ice hockey player and spends his weekends managing a small farm in country Victoria.

Adam has over 20 years of investment markets experience gained from roles in institutional stockbroking and funds management, including institutional research, sales trading and buy side equities dealing.​

Adam has established long term relationships with some of Australia’s leading fund managers and enjoys working with emerging listed micro and small cap companies across a range of industries. ​

Recent notable transaction include:​

• Facilitated a block trade selldown of Blue Sky’s 10% holding of Assisted with the Alcidion (ASX:ALC)​ and assisted ALC with a $16.0m placement.
• Assisted Atomos (ASX:AMS)​ with several capital raises, totalling $50.0m to fund organic growth and the acquisition of Time Code Systems.
• Provided CML Group (ASX:CGR)​ with investor relations support and assisted with capital raises totalling $13.0m.

Prior to joining Henslow, Adam previously worked at Contango Asset Management (ASX:CGA) as a senior dealer and analyst. Before this, he worked at Wilsons for over 16 years’ as an institutional advisor. ​

Adam has a Bachelor of International Business from Queensland University of Technology and Graduate Diploma of applied finance.

James is a chartered accountant with 10 years of experience across industry and professional services in both Australia and UK.

Commencing his career with KPMG’s Melbourne office, James worked within the consumer & industrial markets and energy & natural resource sectors, on various size clients which included BHP Billiton, Incitec Pivot, Toll Group, Rip Curl Group, BMW Australia and Hawthorn Football Club. After 5 years working in professional services, James moved across to commercial finance within Coles and became the Finance Business Partner of Coles Brand. After two successful years at Coles, James took the opportunity to move to London and work as both the Head of Finance at Browns the subsidiary of Farfetch, a private equity backed luxury fashion retailer and Financial Controller of Lipsy, a multi channel retailer which had been recently acquired by multinational retailer Next plc (FSTE 100).

Sebastian has 12 years professional experience in capital markets providing advisory and execution services across equity capital markets, debt markets and mergers and acquisitions in both listed and unlisted markets.

Sebastian has broad experience having worked on over 300 transactions –  worth more than A$2.0bn – across a range of sectors including industrials, technology, financial services and natural resources.

Recent notable transactions include:

• Advised Bigtincan Holdings (ASX:BTH) on their $136m capital raise to fund their acquisition of Brainshark Inc
• Advised Challenger Exploration (ASX:CEL) $20m capital raise to fund further exploration and development
• Advised Powerwrap (ASX:PWL) on pre-IPO, IPO and off-market takeover by Praemium (ASX:PPS)

Prior to joining Henslow, Sebastian was a Director and Associate Director of corporate finance at E.L. & C. Baillieu Limited from 2011 to 2020 and also worked in wholesale debt markets and sovereign debt management at the Australian Office of Financial Management. During this time he was involved in Government Bond Issuance, Treasury Note Issuance, Short Term Investments, RMBS Issuance and management of Australian Government balance sheet and cash flow.

Sebastian holds a Bachelor of Business (Economics Finance) Honours First Class from RMIT University.

Adam has over 3 years’ experience working as a financial analyst in the commercial broking industry. Now working in the Equity Markets research team, his interests align with the Financials and Medical sectors.

Prior to joining Henslow in 2021, Adam worked as a Financial Analyst for AllFin Financial, a commercial broker specialising in the healthcare industry where he completed business valuations and analysed business financials. Throughout this time, Adam developed strong financial analytical skills and a deep understanding of debt and equity structuring.

During and prior to Adam completing his Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance) degree at Monash University, he competed at a high level of swimming for over 10 years, in the Junior Australia team from the age of 14. Adam has re-directed the hard work and dedication that this level required into his professional career. Outside of Henslow, Adam enjoys surfing, golf and is an avid sports fan.

Tyson recently completed post-graduate studies in Finance through Victoria University and commenced his corporate finance career with an internship at Henslow. Tyson has since joined the Henslow team in a permanent capacity as an analyst in the Markets, Research team.

Previously, Tyson served in the Australian Defence Forces Special Operations Command with the 2nd Commando Regiment and still maintains linkages through his reserve service. During his career with the ADF, Tyson was deployed on operations overseas and within Australia where he gained experience in counterterrorism, geopolitics and defence. Tyson also has a background in civil engineering, having studied at RMIT.

Tyson plans to translate his military experiences and leadership qualities gained into a professional corporate finance career. Outside his passion for Defence, Tyson enjoys AFL, American sports and playing a round of golf.

Warren has over 35 years experience in funds management and stockbroking.

Warren’s primary focus is on the mining sector through the analysis of listed and unlisted Australian mining companies. He has extensive experience in the iron ore, coal and uranium commodity markets.

He is a geologist by profession and his interest in the economics of mine developments led him to pursue a career in stockbroking as an analyst and in fund management a resources portfolio manager.

Warren spent 8 years as Portfolio Manager for Colonial’s resource sector and went on to spend 16 years with RBS Australia (ABN AMRO Australia) analysing the global majors like BHP & RIO and a broad range of Australian gold and industrial mineral producers, developers and explorers. Warren also had the responsibility for RBS’s Global iron ore, coal and uranium commodity and industry analysis. Following the closure of the RBS business, he spent 5 years researching small cap miners for EL&C Baillieu.

Warren has a Bachelor of Applied Science (Geology) from RMIT, a Master of Science (Earth Sciences) from Monash University, He is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of the Company Directors company directors course and has lectured and was a member of the FINSIA/Kaplan Mining Investment Analysis taskforce. Warren is also a Member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (MAusIMM) and Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (MAIG).

George has over 4 years experience working in financial services, specifically within the Insurance Broking Industry. Prior to Henslow, George worked at Aon Risk Services where he managed a portfolio of private clients specialising in personal lines.

Recent notable transactions include:

• Advised InternMatch on their $10m capital raise via private placement
• Advised Step Communications on their management buyout

George holds a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of Melbourne where he majored in Finance and Management. Originally from England, George has called Melbourne home for over 10 years. Outside of work George enjoys playing Cricket and Golf as well as travelling and attending live music performances.

Valentin has over 10 years professional experience in investment banking, transaction services and taxation.

Valentin has worked on a range of transactions providing valuation, transaction and M&A advisory services to a variety of industries. He has been responsible for a diverse portfolio of clients at both Henslow and in his previous roles, including some of Australia’s largest private companies.

Recent notable transactions include:

• Advised Glen Cameron Group on its 100% sale to DHL Supply Chain Australia
• Advised The Card Network on its sale to InComm Payments
• Advised Geofabrics Australasia Pty Ltd on its acquisition of a fabrication business

Valentin worked in tax and business advisory services at Deloitte before moving to the M&A corporate advisory team at SW Australia where he became a Manager. He joined Henslow in 2021.

Valentin is a CFA^® charterholder and a qualified Chartered Accountant. Outside of work, Valentin enjoys running, travelling and snowboarding.

Peter has over 25 years professional experience in investment banking and corporate advisory across Australia and the UK.

Peter has extensive experience having advised clients in sectors including technology, recruitment, business services, agribusiness (sugar, grains, wine), waste management, oil & gas, minerals, facilities maintenance, media (outdoor advertising, newspapers, radio, television), engineering services and healthcare (imaging diagnostics, private hospitals).

Recent notable transactions include:

• Advised Maggie Beer Foods on its divestment to Longtable Group (ASX:MBH)
• Advised Hess Group on its acquisition of Peter Lehmann Wines
• Advised NTT Data Corporation on their acquisition of Extend Technologies
• Advised Byron Energy (ASX:BYE) on debt and equity raisings and joint venture arrangements in its path to becoming a Gulf of Mexico oil and gas producer

Peter previously held senior positions in the corporate advisory team of Hambros Australia, following on from advisory experience gained with boutique merchant bank Gresham Partners and audit and accounting roles with Deloitte in the UK and Australia.

Peter has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Strathclyde University and is a qualified chartered accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. He also successfully completed the membership qualifications for the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.

Nathan has 15 years commercial experience in a variety of markets in both Europe and Australia. His passion for understanding the customer and managing change align to create a continuous improvement attitude he brings to Credo and its offering to customers. Always keen for open discussion with his internal team and customers, through collaboration he is focussed on Credo and its people being the market leading retail services partner.

Anton Jovanovic has over 20 years’ experience working across various industries such as technology, retail, food and beverage, sport, health, mining services and automotive.

Commencing his career in finance, Anton then worked for Ford Motor Company before becoming a Director of a large retail automotive group. More recently he moved into management consulting helping a variety of companies in various industries. Prior to joining Henslow, Anton worked in technology with Catapult Sports helping them buy various companies and integrating them into the global business.

Notable recent transactions include:

• Advised OrderMate on its divestment to MSL Solutions (ASX:MSL)
• Advised on the divestment of a majority stake in geo-spatial analytics business Intelfuse to a minority shareholder

Anton’s experience has enabled him to develop a strong operational and strategic background with extensive experience in buying and integrating companies. His skills focus on strategic and operational advice which often includes execution, mergers and acquisitions, as well as private capital raises.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Melbourne University.

Ben has over 6 years of experience in private audit and M&A due diligence. Ben worked in various sectors, including retail, consumer goods, chemical manufacturing/distribution, logistics and technology. He began his career at Deloitte in Audit for 3 years, before moving to PwC in the M&A Transaction Services team for a further 3 years. Ben is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants ANZ.

Ben loves his sport, particularly AFL and the Essendon Football Club. He is also heavily involved in the Robert Connor Dawes Foundation, a charity set up after his close friend passed away from brain cancer.