Sebastien is a Managing Director and founded the Gresham Debt Advisory in 2016. He is currently Co-Head of Gresham Debt Advisory.

Sebastien has more than 20 years of banking and finance experience. He has led an extensive number of advisory engagements for a range of Australian and international companies across a wide range of industries including agriculture, general industrials, energy and infrastructure, property, resources, retail, and technology. These engagements have included advice on capital structure, credit ratings, debt and equity raisings, and restructurings.

Sebastien has advisory and arranging experience on transactions with a cumulative value of more than $100 billion, with experience in both domestic and international markets, advising on and arranging capital in: the bank market in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and United States; capital markets including the AMTN, EMTN, Reg.S, US144A (investment grade and high yield), Retail Note (senior and subordinated), Convertible Notes and Hybrids, and US Term Loan; and structured funding markets including project and asset financing.

Sebastien’s recent major capital advisory transactions include:

• Brickworks on its capital structure review and $1.2bn optimisation of its banking arrangements and borrowing platform
• Coles on its capital structure, credit ratings, and inaugural ~$4bn debt financing;
• Computershare on multiple financings in the bank and capital markets, domestically and internationally, in excess of US$5bn;
• ElectraNet on capital structure review and ~$1.0bn refinancing;
• Kelsian on its capital structure and multiple bank and acquisition financings, domestically and internationally, in excess of $4bn;
• Lendlease on the capital structure, credit ratings, and ~$1.4bn refinancing of the Australian Prime Property Fund Retail;
• Perenti on its capital structure, multiple financings in the bank and capital markets;
• Perth Airport on its capital structure and multiple financings in the bank and capital markets;
• QIC on multiple financings for its portfolio companies including bank financings, capital markets issuances, and ratings advisory, as well as bid financings for proposed asset acquisitions;
• Qube on its capital structure, including most recently its inaugural credit ratings and Australian MTN issuance, as well as multiple bank and capital markets financings;
• Wesfarmers on its ~$3.5bn bank refinancing.

Prior to Gresham, Sebastien was at Grant Samuel where he was a Director and key member of the Capital Advisory team based in Sydney, and prior was with Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

Louise is Managing Director and Co-Head of Debt Advisory.

Louise has 18 years' experience developing and executing complex debt financing solutions for corporate and private equity clients across a wide range of industries. She has led transactions in Australia, New Zealand and Europe for investment grade and high yield borrowers and has a deep understanding of the full spectrum of domestic and international funding markets including the global bank market, asset based loan market and capital markets including AMTN, EMTN, US 144A, US Private Placement and hybrids.

Louise has completed significant debt advisory mandates for clients such as Dexus, GIC, Kelsian, Ampol, Stockland, Invocare, HT&E, ALE Property, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, LOGOS Property, AVID Property Group, NZME, Macquarie University, The University of New South Wales, Navitas, Cardno, Billabong, Fairfax, Whitehaven, Ausdrill and Kelly Partners.

Prior to joining Gresham in 2021, Louise spent 10 years at Grant Samuel where she was a Managing Director in their Capital Advisory team based in Sydney. Prior to joining Grant Samuel, Louise worked for 7 years at Rothschild in London, where she joined their Debt Advisory team as a graduate.

Louise holds a BSc Economics from The University of Nottingham and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Stuart joined Gresham in 2018 and is an Executive Director in the Gresham Debt Advisory team in Sydney.

With more than 13 years of banking experience, Stuart has worked on a range of debt financings covering domestic and international funding markets including the global bank markets, and capital markets including AMTN, EMTN, US 144A, USPP. Stuart’s industry focus is equally diversified having advised public and private clients across infrastructure and transport, real estate, mining services, industrials, retail, and the leisure and entertainment sectors.

Prior to joining Gresham, Stuart gained over 8 years banking experience in the corporate and institutional segments with HSBC and ANZ, working on a variety of transactions across a range of sectors.

Stuart holds an extended Major in International Business from the Queensland University of Technology.

Cole has over 10 years’ combined advisory, banking and engineering experience having previously worked at Westpac Institutional Bank and Whitehaven Coal.

Prior to joining Gresham, Cole was part of the Energy & Resources team at Westpac with a focus on Mining & Metals, Oil & Gas and Renewable Energy.

Cole holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Honours I) from the University of Sydney.

Kristen joined Gresham in 2021, bringing 8 years of banking experience across multiple asset classes, industries and financing instruments.

Prior to joining Gresham, Kristen worked at Metrics Credit Partners, originating a broad range of corporate and leveraged acquisition transactions to borrowers across the full risk spectrum.

Kristen holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Western Australia.