Chris brings over 25 years’ experience in capital markets and investment banking, including 17 years at Goldman Sachs, where he was a Board Member of Goldman Sachs Australia, Managing Director and Head of the Financing Group for Goldman Sachs Australia and New Zealand and a member of Goldman’s ANZ Executive Management and Asia-Pacific Capital Committees. Chris is currently Chief Executive Officer of the Christian Beck Family Office.

Chris will join Regal’s existing credit investment committee members Jacob Poke (Portfolio Manager, Private Credit), Gavin George (Portfolio Manager, Private Credit) and Brendan O’Connor (CEO & Managing Director, Regal Partners).

The appointment of Chris to Regal’s credit investment committee follows a period of accelerated growth for Regal into the private credit sector, with the firm’s inaugural credit strategy, the Regal Private Credit Opportunities Fund, launching in October 2022. Managed by portfolio managers Jacob Poke and Gavin George, the Fund focuses on providing senior and mezzanine loans public and private companies in Australia and New Zealand, as well as asset backed loans and other opportunistic credit investments.

Commenting on Chris’s appointment, Brendan O’Connor, CEO & Managing Director of Regal Partners, said: “We’re delighted to announce the appointment of Chris to the investment committee for Regal’s private credit strategy. Chris brings an extensive amount of senior experience across capital raising, structuring, valuation and governance and will be an  invaluable resource to the Regal team. We’re very much looking forward to leveraging his insights and knowledge base, developed over 25 years within the investment banking industry.

“We are continuing to see meaningful interest from our family office, high net worth and institutional investor networks in accessing the attractive risk-adjusted returns that Australian private credit can provide to investment portfolios. As one of Australia’s largest providers of capital to both private and public companies, Regal remains uniquely placed to be a significant provider of flexible capital solutions to the Australian market, covering opportunities across both debt and equity.

“We continue to believe there remains a substantial growth opportunity within Australian and New Zealand private credit and we look forward to being a major participant in these markets as they continue to evolve.”

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