Michael Brown Email & Phone Number

- Provided direction and leadership as part of a management team that has built the Bank's Structured Asset Finance business (10x expansion during my tenure, highly profitable and well risk-managed business, now 80% global) - Origination, structuring, execution and management of big ticket, domestic and global, asset finance transactions- Technical leadership of the Structured Asset Finance business at CBA- Leader for complex, high value financing transactions, including many… Show more - Provided direction and leadership as part of a management team that has built the Bank's Structured Asset Finance business (10x expansion during my tenure, highly profitable and well risk-managed business, now 80% global) - Origination, structuring, execution and management of big ticket, domestic and global, asset finance transactions- Technical leadership of the Structured Asset Finance business at CBA- Leader for complex, high value financing transactions, including many landmark transactions in the Australian market- Built, developed and mentored small, specialist, high performing teams- Key player in the development of the Bank's highly profitable global aircraft leasing & lending businesses- Directorship positions for >20 Bank subsidiary companies- Experience includes structured and cross border leasing, PPPs, government bids, business acquisitions, secured finance, corporate lending, contingent finance, and selected capital markets and loan syndication activity- Increasing recent focus on ESG, particularly carbon emissions Show less

- Member of a small specialist team responsible for corporate finance advisory for mid-sized CBA clients

- Responsible for the team applying typical principal to principal structured finance trades for the benefit of CBA corporate clients

- Joined CBA to establish a specialist financial analysis team, primarily for tax-effective domestic leasing transactions but also broader securitisation and cross border leasing / structured finance business- Responsibilities included structuring, execution and management for complex leasing transactions- Australian clients included major entities in the rail, mining, shipping, manufacturing, airline, telecommunications, property, gas and state government sectors

- Focus on project finance advisory in the transport and energy industries- 3 months spent in Kuala Lumpur- Project financing for the acquisition, conversion & expansion of Mica Creek Power Station- Queensland energy generation industry advisory- High speed rail advisory (Sydney - Canberra)

- Focus on structured asset and property finance and government and government advisory mandates- Lease packaging & advisory for major Australian corporates

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Bec (Actuarial Studies) (1St In Course)