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Key People

Bamford Partners is made up of some great individuals who combine together to offer the best possible service to our clients through a mix of experience and capability. Below is a snapshot of the backgrounds of the management team as well as profiles of some of our consultants.

 

 

 

Martin Priestley

 

Martin Priestley - Managing Director

BSc (Hons), ACIB, MAICD

 

With more than 20 years experience in domestic and international financial services throughout Australia, the UK, the US, Canada, New Zealand, Europe and Asia, Martin Priestley is well qualified to lead the Bamford Partners team as its Managing Director.

In his previous role as CEO of Ashe Morgan Winthrop, Martin worked across a range of disciplines, including origination/distribution; senior debt; and mezzanine, equity and funds management. Martin also offers domestic and international banking experience in business finance, property finance, and project finance from mining, oil and gas, and infrastructure environments from his previous experience with Natwest Bank and as head of BankWest’s east coast operations.

Martin has built valuable corporate, commercial, retail finance and funds management businesses, as well as served as board member for several companies, held lending delegations, and responsibilities for credit, audit, compliance and remuneration committees.

With skills in transaction structuring and strategy execution, Martin is a passionate believer in creating great business culture. Martin is the Chairman of a private software company and a non-executive director of other private companies involved in software and property development.

 

 

Tony Kelly

 

Tony Kelly - Consultant

B. Juris, LLB (UNSW),

Master of Business Administration (Columbia Graduate School of Business)

 

With over 30 years of investment banking, corporate strategy, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance experience in Australia and international markets, Tony offers the group exceptional knowledge and experience.

 

Tony has extensive global contacts and provides valuable business development and capital markets transaction experience. He has helped raise more than $300 billion in debt and equity capital in Australia, the US, Asia, and the European markets. He has advised on multi-billion dollar sales and acquisitions of companies and has acted as a financial and/or strategic advisor to many of the world’s largest companies.


Prior to Bamford Partners, Tony spent over 20 years abroad working in senior positions for an impressive list of companies, including roles as Managing Director of MAST Global, Credit Suisse First Boston and BZW (where he was head of Global M&A). He was also a Partner of the Monitor Group, a major global strategy consulting firm for four years. Tony began his investment banking career at Morgan Stanley in New York. Before going to business school, Tony worked at Potter Partners (now UBS) as a securities analyst.

 

Tony is a non-executive director of several private companies, involved in software, metals exploration, oil and gas, and is a non-executive member of the investment committee of one of Australia’s largest infrastructure funds.

 

 

Blake McNaughton

 

Blake McNaughton - Associate

B.Comm (Hons) UNSW Co-op Scholar

 

Blake heads up our team of financial analysts where he specialises in spreadsheet based financial modelling. He has advanced Microsoft Excel skills and expertise in developing detailed 3-way (P&L, Balance Sheet & Cash Flow) financial statement models for an impressive list of blue chip clients. He has expertise in scenario and sensitivity analysis as well as automating spreadsheets using VBA macros.

 

Blake's financial modelling capabilities span across many of Bamford Partners' advisory services including financial & strategic consulting, valuation, mergers and acquisitions, capital raising assistance, management reporting and cash flow forecasting.

 

Prior to joining Bamford Partners, Blake worked within KPMG's advisory division, as a Senior Adviser within their specialist financial modelling team. He has also gained experience in the Information Technology sector, developed web based businesses and has published specialist financial modelling software.

 

Blake is responsible for tracking, enhancing and adding value to private equity and debt investments made by the firm and holds the position of Chief Financial Officer for an international metals exploration company.

 

 

Hugh Stackpool

 

Hugh Stackpool - Analyst

B.Comm (USYD)

Hugh provides financial analysis and strategic support for many of our ongoing client engagements and one-off advisory projects. He has strong financial modelling skills and supports the team through development, audit, and ongoing management of financial models and spreadsheet based systems.

 

Hugh regularly conducts equities and market research for strategic consulting, valuation, and M&A advisory engagements.

 

Having joined Bamford Partners back in 2006, Hugh has supported senior management on a number of transactions involving both private and listed entities.