Marcus’s career started in 1989 as a solicitor at Corrs Chambers Westgarth. He joined Metallgesellschaft AG in 1992 as in house counsel in Frankfurt and New York. In 1996, Marcus joined Centaurus Corporate Finance, the pre-eminent boutique corporate advisory firm in Australia at the time. This firm specialised in takeovers, mergers, acquisitions and divestments and corporate and investment/strategic market advice to major Australian listed companies.

After Merrill Lynch acquired Centaurus Corporate Finance in 1997, Marcus was a Vice President in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group. In 2004, he established Helfen Corporate Advisory, a Melbourne-based boutique corporate advisory firm.

Over a nineteen year period at Centaurus Corporate Finance, Merrill Lynch and Helfen Corporate Advisory, Marcus was the lead adviser on a number of major takeovers, sales, acquisitions and restructures and capital markets transactions (initial public offers, primary issues, secondary sell downs, buy-backs and capital reductions) in a variety of industry sectors.

He is also non-executive director of LEAP Legal Software Pty Limited, InfoTrack Pty Limited and iCareHealth (UK) Limited.

Marcus’s transaction experience includes:

• mergers and acquisitions: MYOB Limited’s takeover of Solution 6 Holdings Limited, MYOB Limited’s takeover by Archer Capital and HarbourVest Partners, TABCORP Holdings Limited’s takeover of Star City Holdings Limited, the merger between Westralian Sands Limited and RGC Limited to create Iluka Resources Limited and Country Road Limited’s takeover by Woolworths Holdings Limited, the sale of iCareHealth Australia to Telstra Limited, Givia Pty Limited’s acquisition of a 22% interest in Xero Limited;
• initial public offers: as advisor to the vendor, Austereo Group Limited.

Over an extensive corporate advisory and investment banking career, Marcus has advised major Australian listed and family-owned companies in various industry sectors on significant corporate and capital markets transactions. This experience at both a global investment bank and a boutique corporate advisory firm means that Marcus is highly qualified to provide independent strategic corporate advice.

Marcus joined Stratford Advisory Group in 2016 and lives in Melbourne.