// Senior team
Peter Brownie
Managing Director
Peter founded Stanton Road Partners in April 2019 and brings over 30 years experience of leading advisory roles in investment banking and corporate advisory. Prior to Stanton Road, Peter was Australian head of Industrials and Sponsors at Morgan Stanley, Managing Director at Luminis Partners and BZW/ABN AMRO. Peter also worked at LEK Consulting and PwC.
Peter’s recent advisory roles include: advising Livingbridge Private Equity on its sale of Habit Health to Five V Capital, advising Fortitude Investment Partners and Galvanic on its growth investment partnership with Quadrant Private Equity in Birch & Waite, advising Quadrant Private Equity on its sale of Superior Foods to Metcash Limited, advising Atom on its sale to Pacific Equity Partners, advising Pacific Equity Partners on the sale of Evolution Healthcare, advising Seven West Media on the acquisition of the assets of Prime Media Group, advising Anchorage Capital Partners on the sale of Affinity Education, advising Lynch Group on its IPO, advising Quadrant Private Equity on the sale of Qscan Radiology, advising Pacific Equity Partners on the sale of Manuka Health, The Growth Fund on the sale of Laser Clinics Australia and Archer Capital on the sale of Healthe Care, advising Metcash on its acquisition of HTHG and defence adviser to Affinity Education Group.
Other selected transactions include: advising The Coca Cola Company on its acquisition of a shareholding in Coca Cola Indonesia, advising Bain Capital on its acquisition of MYOB, advising San Miguel on the sale of National Foods and defence.
Equity capital roles include being the Joint Lead Manager on the IPOs of Virtus, Bapcor, Nine, Monash, APNO and Estia.
Peter has a Bachelor of Economics from University of Sydney.
Dr Maximilian Keisers
Managing Director
Max brings over 20 years of experience in investment banking and corporate advisory in Australia and Europe. Prior to joining Stanton Road Partners, Max worked at Morgan Stanley in Sydney, London and Frankfurt and at Luminis Partners in Sydney.
Max’s recent advisory roles include: advising Livingbridge Private Equity on its sale of Habit Health to Five V Capital, advising Fortitude Investment Partners and Galvanic on its growth investment partnership with Quadrant Private Equity in Birch & Waite and advising Quadrant Private Equity on its sale of Superior Foods to Metcash Limited, advising Pacific Equity Partners on the sale of Evolution Healthcare, advising Lynch Group on its IPO, the founders of an e-commerce platform on raising growth capital, Quadrant Private Equity on the sale of Qscan Radiology to Infratil and Morrison & Co, ERM Power on its unsolicited takeover offer from Shell, Adamantem Capital on the take-private of Legend, Beach Energy on the acquisition of Lattice Energy, Southern Cross Austereo on various strategic options and capital management, Ausenco on its unsolicited takeover proposal from RCF and Bain Capital on its acquisition of MYOB.
Other selected transactions include: advising the NSW government on the privatization of Port Botany and Port Kembla, APA on the equity and debt funding of the acquisition of the QCLNG pipeline, Asciano on the debut bond issue into the 144A market, APA and AGL on the joint development and financing of the Diamantina gas-fired power station and Lufthansa on the sale of Thomas Cook and concurrent sale/purchase of holdings in airlines Condor and SunExpress.
Max has a PhD in finance and an MBA from European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel, Germany.
Mark Lewkovitz
Managing Director
Mark joined Stanton Road Partners in 2021 and brings twenty years’ investment banking and corporate advisory experience with Morgan Stanley, ABN AMRO and Grant Samuel. Mark has completed mergers and acquisitions with an aggregate value exceeding $20 billion and has led a wide range of engagements including sellside and buyside M&A, initial public offerings, strategic reviews and capital advice. Mark has worked across a diverse range of sectors with coverage areas including private equity, financials, industrials and technology.
Mark’s recent advisory roles include: advising Compare Club on its partnering transaction with Next Capital, advising Livingbridge on the acquisition of Waste Services Group, advising Mortgage Choice on its scheme of arrangement with REA, advising Pemba Capital Partners on the acquisition of Arteva insurance premium funding, advising Next Capital on the acquisition of SilverChef, advising WEX on the acquisition of eNett and Optal, advising Norske Skog on the sale of its Albury paper mill to Visy and its Tasmanian softwood plantation to New Forests and advising Cluey on its Series A and Series B capital raisings and IPO.
Other selected transactions include: advising GE Capital on the sale of Latitude and on the carve-up of its ANZ commercial finance portfolios, advising SG Fleet on its IPO and on the acquisition of NLC, advising Lennox International on the carve-out of Heatcraft Asia Pacific to Beijer Ref, Reece and Leda Holdings, advising SUEZ Environment on the acquisition of Waste Services NSW, advising FleetPlus on its sale to Eclipx, advising Retail Decisions on the sale of Motorpass to WEX, advising GMO Renewables and Forestry Tasmania on the sale of their Tasmanian softwood joint venture to New Forests and advising San Miguel on the sale of National Foods and James Boag.
Mark has a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws from The University of New South Wales.
Fernando Lulli
Executive Director
Fernando joined Stanton Road Partners in 2021 and has nearly 15 years’ experience in investment banking and corporate advisory. Fernando’s advisory experience includes public and private M&A transactions, strategic advisory and public/private capital raisings. Prior to joining Stanton Road Partners, Fernando worked at Goldman Sachs in Sydney and London and Grant Samuel.
Fernando’s recent advisory roles include: advising Atom on its sale to Pacific Equity Partners (PEP), advising Compare Club on its partnering transaction with Next Capital, advising Pacific Equity Partners on the sale of Evolution Healthcare, Mortgage Choice on its scheme of arrangement with REA, Adamantem Capital on its acquisition in the carbon credit sector, Pemba Capital Partners on the acquisition of Arteva Funding and Next Capital on the acquisition of SilverChef.
Other selected transactions include advising Greenstone on its partial sale to CDPQ, Commonwealth Bank of Australia on various equity and debt capital raisings, Amedeo on its equity capital raising from Pine Brook Capital, Goldman Sachs on its sale of Rothesay Life to Blackstone, GIC and Mass Mutual and Santander on the partial sale of its asset management business to Warburg Pincus and General Atlantic.
Fernando has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.S.E. in Operations Research & Financial Engineering from Princeton University. Fernando also served as an infantry officer in the United States Army prior to commencing his investment banking career.
Stephen Burns
SENIOR ADVISOR
Stephen is CEO of GDI Property Group.
Stephen was previously a Managing Director at Stanton Road Partners and has over 30 years of advisory and capital markets experience.
Stephen’s specialised focus is real estate with a long track record of advising a number of leading Australian corporates. Advisory roles include; various Westfield mergers, de-mergers and takeovers; take private of Tishman Speyer Office Fund; three of the largest secondary equity raisings for Australian real estate groups; Australia’s largest and first Exchangeable Notes for an Australian real estate group; participation in many of the early REIT industry formation deals with market leading clients and participation in some of the largest real estate acquisitions and joint ventures in Australia and offshore.
Stephen has a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney and a Securities Institute Diploma in Securities Analysis.