Adara Partners crosses competitive boundaries and brings together some of the most senior leaders in the corporate advisory industry who jointly lead engagements as Adara Panel Members. Undiluted access to these individuals working collaboratively on a mandate is not otherwise available in the market.
Collectively our Panel Members have advised over 90% of the ASX 100 and have worked on many of the largest and most transformative transactions in Australia’s corporate history. They work for Adara without recompense to support our work with communities living in poverty in some of the world’s remotest places.
The Panel Members are supported by an experienced team of corporate advisory professionals.
David Gonski AC
Founding Panel Member
David is one of Australia’s most respected business leaders and company directors. He is Chancellor of the University of New South Wales and President of the Art Gallery of NSW Trust. He is also Non-Executive Chairman of Barrenjoey Capital Partners, Chairman of Sydney Airport, Chairman of Levande Living, and Chairman of the UNSW Foundation.
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Ilana Atlas AO
Founding Panel Member
Ilana has extensive financial services and legal experience and has held executive and non-executive roles across many sectors. She is the Chair of Scentre Group, a non-executive director of Origin Energy, and a Member of the Council of the National Gallery of Australia. Ilana is also Chair of Jawun, on the Board of the Paul Ramsay Foundation, and a former director of ANZ Group Holdings Limited.
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Guy Fowler OAM
Founding Panel Member
Guy has been involved in financial markets for over 30 years. He is currently Co-Executive Chairman of Barrenjoey Capital Partners. Prior to that, he spent 27 years at UBS Australia in various roles including Head of Corporate Finance and Head of Equity Capital Markets. He was instrumental in building and running the most successful investment banking franchise in Australia for over three decades.
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Catherine Brenner
Founding Panel Member
Catherine has extensive financial services and business experience and has held executive and non-executive roles across many sectors. In addition to being Chair of Australian Payments Plus, she is a non-executive director of the Scentre Group, Emmi, The George Institute for Global Health and Schools Plus.
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Matthew Grounds AM
Founding Panel Member
Matthew has been involved in investment banking for over 30 years. He is one of Australia’s most experienced corporate advisers and has been responsible for a number of landmark transactions. Matthew is the Co-Executive Chairman of Barrenjoey Capital Partners. Prior to this, Matthew held several local and global senior leadership roles at UBS over a 25-year period, including Chief Executive Officer and Country Head of UBS Australasia.
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Panel Members
Ilana Atlas AO
Senior NED, Former Executive and Law Firm Partner
Andrew Best
Senior NED, Former Head of Investment Banking at J.P. Morgan
Catherine Brenner
Senior NED, Former Managing Director at ABN AMRO
Tim Burroughs
Senior NED, Former Chair of Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs
David Cohen
Former Deputy CEO of Commonwealth Bank
Guy Fowler OAM
Co-Executive Chair of Barrenjoey
David Friedlander
Chair of King & Wood Mallesons, Australia
Graham Goldsmith AO
Senior NED, Former Vice Chair of Goldman Sachs
David Gonski AC
Non-Executive Chair of Barrenjoey, Senior NED
Peter Graf
Partner and Head of Financial Sponsor Lending Asia at Ares Management Corporation
Matthew Grounds AM
Co-Executive Chair of Barrenjoey
Christian Johnston
Former Chair of
Goldman Sachs
Jim McKnight
Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey
Robert Meyers
Former Global Co-Leader of Sidley Austin capital markets practice
Tony Osmond
Chair of Banking, Capital Markets and Advisory at Citigroup
Dr Nora Scheinkestel
Senior NED, Former
Head of Project Finance at Deutsche
Cynthia Scott
Group CEO of Zip Co, Former CEO of Barclays
Philippa Stone
Joint Global Head of Capital Markets at Herbert Smith Freehills
corporate advisory leadership Team
Audette Exel AO
CEO, Adara Advisors & Adara Partners
Andrea McCormick
Director & Senior Advisor
Kristi Cashman
Director, Corporate Advisory
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