Mr Lazzoppina will join recent senior Investec hires Christopher Stefanovski and Uyi Ighodaro as Investec positions itself as a leading specialist in advisory, debt and merchant banking expertise. He will work alongside Ben Smith who heads up the Corporate Advisory team.

Mr Lazzoppina was previously Co-Head of Industrials at Credit Suisse, and prior to that he held the roles of Head of M&A and Head of Industrials for Barclays Capital Investment Banking team.

Mr Lazzoppina recently advised Air New Zealand in relation to its 19.98% Virgin Australia stake sale, and previously acted for Recall on its demerger from Brambles as well as a number of agricultural transactions for Archer Daniels Midland, Ridley and Agrium.

Prior to this, Mr Lazzoppina worked at ABN AMRO Investment Banking and PWC.

Investec Australia CEO Milton Samios said the appointment demonstrated Investec’s appetite to grow its presence in the Australian market.

“We are delighted to welcome Anthony to further strengthen our origination capabilities in our Corporate Advisory business.

“The appointments of Chris, Uyi and now Anthony reflect our long-standing commitment to deliver bespoke finance and advisory solutions to emerging growth and innovative mid-cap companies,” said Mr Samios.

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