David Belcher AFInstD
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
David was elected a member of the Auckland Stock Exchange in 1981, initially as a partner of Bidwill Wakeman and Paine which became Paine Belcher Limited in 1984. On 4 June 2003 David became a foundation NZX broker after the corporatisation of the New Zealand Stock Exchange.
David is widely experienced in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, sharemarket listing and corporate restructuring, both in New Zealand and overseas markets, having led transactions from approx. $10 million to over $750 million dollars. He has also acted as lead manager in over 25 IPOs on the New Zealand Stock Exchange.
David has also had experience in monitoring both listed and unlisted companies and was Executive Chairman of The New Zealand Wine Fund Limited and Vavasour Wines Limited from formation in 2002 until 2007. He is currently Chairman of RocPac Limited and a Director of Parents Inc. David has been a Director of numerous other listed and private companies. He is an Accredited Fellow of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand.
david@clavellcapital.com
John Brabazon BCom, AFInstD, FFin, ACA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
John’s professional qualifications include: a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of Auckland; an Accredited Fellow of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand; a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia; and an Associate Chartered Accountant of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants.
His background includes investment banking at Banque Indosuez, Brierley Investments and Bancorp. Currently he is a director of Auckland International Airport Limited (New Zealand’s fourth largest listed public company) and Chairman of Kern River Oil Corporation in the United States. He has been a director of numerous private and listed companies.
He has had involvement in all aspects of mergers, acquisitions, capital raisings and Due Diligence over a broad range of industries, leading Due Diligence assignments in New Zealand and internationally for over 25 years.
john@clavellcapital.com
Charles Belcher BCom, BProp
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Charles joined Clavell in late 2007 after graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Property from The University of Auckland. In 2008 he completed an internship at the Maxim Institute’s Centre for Tomorrow’s Leaders.
Charles has worked on numerous transactions undertaking analyst and support roles as well as more recently co-leading transactions.
charles@clavellcapital.com
Trevor Kerr B Com, ACA, ACIS, AFInstD
CONSULTANT / SENIOR ASSOCIATE
Trevor was an Executive Director of Clavell Capital Limited from 1994 to 2007. Trevor has significant transactional, operational, restructuring and corporate monitoring experience.
Prior to joining Clavell Trevor had wide executive experience, including a period as an operations executive with Brierley Investments Limited and as Managing Director and CEO of Skellerup Industries Limited.
Trevor was formerly a director of Ngāi Tahu Holdings and Taylors Dry Cleaning and Lane Walker Industries and maintains strong links to his South Island heritage.
Trevor is currently Chairman of Cerebos Australia Pty Limited, Cerebos-Gregg’s New Zealand Limited and Dominion Salt Limited. Trevor is also a director of AMI Insurance Limited and a number of other New Zealand companies.
trevor@clavellcapital.com
Joanne Davidson
OPERATIONS MANAGER
Prior to joining Clavell Capital in 1996 Joanne had previously worked with the New Zealand Development Finance Corporation and PricewaterhouseCoopers in New Zealand and Citicorp Investment in the USA, in both administration and analytical/research roles.
Joanne undertakes a project management and analytical role for Clavell Capital mandates as well as overseeing the administration and corporate compliance/governance of the company.
jo@clavellcapital.com