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Our business model is based around a senior team, delivering the level of quality advice and service expected from larger firms.

Greg Anderson

Managing Director

Location: Christchurch & Auckland
Phone: +64 3 378 2100
Mobile: +64 27 457 6780
Email: greg.anderson@northington.co.nz

Greg Anderson

Managing Director

Greg has been a principal of Northington Partners for over 15 years and is now the Managing Director of the business. In that time, he has managed M&A and capital raising processes across a range of sectors including technology, construction and agri-business. Greg has also been retained by publicly listed companies, large scale private companies, and State Owned Enterprises to provide advice in relation to strategy, capital structure, valuation and general corporate finance issues.

Recent Experience

  • Adviser in relation to a pre-IPO capital raise for Straker Translations Limited, a New Zealand based global leader in technology based translation services.
  • Appointed to manage the implementation of a settlement agreement between ANZ Bank and the Commerce Commission in relation to the sale of interest rate swaps to rural customers.
  • Adviser to University of Canterbury in relation to its post-earthquake financial position and the subsequent $260m capital injection from the Crown.
  • Provision of Independent Adviser’s reports for Scott Technology (scheme of arrangement), Lyttelton Port Company (full takeover offer), EBOS Group (acquisition of Symbion Pty).
  • Promotor and financial adviser in relation to a new $200m irrigation and hydro development.
  • Buy-side adviser to Ngāi Tahu Holdings in relation to a range of potential investment opportunities.
  • Provision of strategic and analytical advice to Fulton Hogan in relation to long-term investment and capital structure planning.

Qualifications

  • BCom Ag (VFM), Lincoln College
  • MCom (Hons), Lincoln University, Major in Finance
  • PhD, Syracuse University (USA), Major in Finance
  • Member of the International Association of Financial Engineers
  • Member of the Financial Management Association International
  • Member of New Zealand Institute of Directors

Greg Anderson

Managing Director

Christchurch & Auckland

Mark Cahill

Director

Location: Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 378 2105
Mobile: +64 21 244 1999
Email: mark.cahill@northington.co.nz

Mark Cahill

Director

Mark has over 15 years’ experience in the finance and investment banking industry, working in analysis and transaction execution roles. He joined Northington Partners after working for Macquarie Group in Sydney for nine years, where he was responsible for leading transaction teams in the merger and acquisition of proprietary businesses for the Banking and Securitisation Group. As a Director within this group, he was responsible for originating, negotiating, structuring and executing financial transactions, typically involving cross-border parties. Since joining Northington Partners, Mark has been involved in the execution of a wide range of advisory mandates, M&A deals and capital raising transactions.

Recent Experience

  • Valuation advice to the Värde, KKR and Deutsche Consortium in relation to its $7.4b acquisition of GE Finance.
  • On-going advice to a Christchurch based technology business in relation to its capital raising options, including potential IPO on the NZX.
  • Advice to the ANZ Bank in relation to the negotiated settlement with the Commerce Commission regarding structured debt securities funds.
  • Provision of valuation and structuring advice to a large New Zealand financial services provider in relation a potential joint venture with an ASX-listed bank.
  • On-going advice to a US based technology business in relation to its capital raising options, including potential IPO on the NZX.
  • Adviser to the University of Canterbury in relation to its post-earthquake strategy and the $260m capital injection secured from the Crown.
  • Adviser to Propertyfinance Securities in respect of the early liquidation of its $70m reverse mortgage securitisation and the sale of the underlying portfolio.
  • Lead arranger of the sale and leaseback of property assets owned by the University of Canterbury.
  • Buyside advice to Christchurch International Airport in relation to its acquisition of the International Antarctic Centre.
  • Buyside advice in respect of Pioneer’s acquisition of Energy for Industry.
  • Adviser to the ANZ Bank in relation to the negotiated settlement with the Commerce Commission regarding structured debt securities funds.
  • Provision of valuation and structuring advice to a large New Zealand financial services provider in relation a potential joint venture with an ASX-listed bank.

Qualifications

  • BSc (Psychology, Economics), University of Canterbury
  • MCom (Advanced Finance), University of New South Wales

Mark Cahill

Director

Christchurch

Jonathan Burke

Director

Location: Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 378 2105
Mobile: +64 21 270 0631
Email: jonathan.burke@northington.co.nz

Jonathan Burke

Director

Jonathan joined Northington Partners in January 2016, after more than 10 years in investment banking with Forsyth Barr in Auckland and a year in the UK. Jonathan has worked on a wide range of advisory and capital market roles, including a number of recent IPO’s and complex M&A transactions (buy-side and sell-side) with experience in sectors including health and aged care, technology and software, mining, oil and gas, agriculture and industrials. He has been involved in all aspects of deal origination, structuring and execution.

Recent Experience

  • Arranger and Sole Lead Manager on the $329m M&A transaction of 17 retirement villages to create Arvida Group and subsequent NZ$80m IPO.
  • Joint Arranger on the Acquisition of Symbion by EBOS Group for NZ$1,095m and Joint Arranger and Underwriter to the associated NZ$239m placement & rights issue by EBOS Group.
  • Adviser and lead manager to Arvida Group on the $62m acquisition of 3 Auckland retirement villages and associated $35m placement and share purchase plan.
  • Lead manager on the $27m IPO of SLI Systems.
  • Adviser to Ports of Auckland on various transactions including a $500m bank tender, the takeover by Auckland Regional Holdings and the sale of the western reclamation tank farm to Auckland Council.
  • Arranger to Mighty River Power for its $300m capital bond offer.
  • Lead manager to Hellaby Holdings on it $28m rights offer.
  • Financial adviser to Evergreen Forests on its $120m forest asset sale.
  • Lead manager on the $60m Kermadec Property IPO (now Augusta Funds Management).

Qualifications

  • BCM (Computer Science and Finance), Lincoln University
  • BCom Hons (Finance), Lincoln University
  • NZX Diploma, NZX

Jonathan Burke

Director

Christchurch

Ricky Meyers

Director

Location: Auckland
Mobile: +64 21 866 294
Email: ricky.meyers@northington.co.nz

Ricky Meyers

Director

Ricky Meyers is a director in the Debt Advisory team. Ricky has more than 25 years of senior leadership and deal experience across the Corporate, Institutional & Property banking sectors through his time with ASB and Westpac in New Zealand. He has extensive knowledge of these markets, strong credit risk skills and technical product knowledge to satisfy complex banking requirements.

Recent Experience

  • Led the ASB Corporate relationship team, increasing market share from 8% to 16% over a 5 year period while maintaining customer satisfaction and risk metrics.
  • Originated, structured, negotiated and, where relevant, syndicated Westpac Institutional Bank corporate, leveraged and project-finance debt opportunities.
  • Led the Westpac NZ Property Finance team through the Global Financial Crisis, a time that particularly impacted the property development sector.

Qualifications

  • BCom, University of Canterbury

Ricky Meyers

Director

Auckland

Marcus Henderson

Director

Location: Auckland
Mobile: +64 21 320-587
Email: marcus.henderson@northington.co.nz

Marcus Henderson

Director

Marcus Henderson is a director in the Auckland office and has 8 years’ experience successfully leading all aspects of venture capital and private equity investments into disruptive and scalable businesses operating in the UK, European, North American and APAC markets. Prior to this, Marcus began his career working in consultancy and corporate finance with Deloitte UK, where he worked on several large projects and complex M&A transactions involving several multinational corporations and private equity firms including Hellman & Friedman, Montagu Private Equity, Lloyds Development Capital, Bridgepoint Private Equity, Remy Cointreau Group, Chanel, Wood Mackenzie, Aviva Insurance, Siemens, and Menzies Aviation. His investment and advisory experience spans many sectors including software and technology, property and construction, primary industries, light manufacturing, logistics and transportation, consumer goods, education, and financial services.

Recent Experience

  • Led fundraising and investment into Current Health for Par Equity (Acquired by Best Buy Inc in Oct-21).
  • Led fundraising and investment into DeltaDNA for Par Equity (Acquired by Unity Software in Sep-19).
  • Led the initial external investment and spin-out of Snappy Shopper from MTC Media for Mercia Asset Management Plc (now valued at over $100m).
  • Supported and participated in Par Equity’s investment into Symphonic Software (Acquired by Ping Identity in Nov-20).

Qualifications

  • B AppSc (1st class honors), University of Otago
  • B Com, University of Otago
  • Chartered Accountant (Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland)

Marcus Henderson

Director

Auckland

Pedro Monteiro

Associate Director

Location: Christchurch
Mobile: +64 21 655 206
Email: Pedro.Monteiro@northington.co.nz

Pedro Monteiro

Associate Director

Pedro has over 15 years’ corporate finance experience providing advice to a diverse range of businesses on mergers and acquisitions, valuation, and financial modelling. Prior to joining Northington Partners, Pedro held roles in the Corporate Finance teams at Deloitte and Moore in Portugal and in a boutique corporate advisory firm in Australia. Pedro has experience across multiple industries with a particular focus on consumer products, retail, manufacturing, technology and business services, as well as cross border transactions.

Recent Experience

  • Valuation and takeover defense advisory to Tandou Ltd (ASX:TAN) in the context of an off-market takeover by Webster Ltd (ASX:WBA).
  • Sell-side advisory to United Technologies Corporation on the sale of Australia’s Chubb Security Services to Spain’s Prosegur.
  • Buy-side advisory to the pan-European exchange group Euronext on the acquisition of the Norwegian company Hugin (Europe’s leading distributor of corporate communications).
  • Valuation of a Euronext-listed company operating in the beverage industry, in the context of a going private transaction.
  • Sale of the Portuguese leader in the workplace health & safety industry to Spain’s Quironprevención, part of the global Fresenius healthcare group.
  • Sale of a bulk liquid logistics operator to Hillebrand, part of the global DHL group.

Qualifications

  • BCom (Strategy & Finance), Nova School of Business & Economics, University of Lisbon
  • MBA, AGSM – University of New South Wales
  • Chartered Accountant (Institute of Chartered Accountants of Portugal)

Pedro Monteiro

Associate Director

Christchurch

Toby Martin, CFA

Associate Director

Location: Auckland
Mobile: +64 27 333-1121
Email: toby.martin@northington.co.nz

Toby Martin, CFA

Associate Director

Toby joined Northington Partners in 2021 after more than five years at Genesis Energy in energy trading, treasury, and corporate finance. He was responsible for the valuation and strategic analysis of acquisitions and divestments, derivative valuations, and general treasury analysis. Toby is experienced in financial modelling, asset valuation, derivative valuation, energy pricing and modelling, and strategy analysis.

Recent Experience

  • Valuation and execution of Genesis’ acquisition of Erotricity.
  • Valuation and strategic analysis for Genesis’ potential divestment of Kupe JV.
  • General treasury analysis and support including debt issuance and financial derivative valuations.
  • Buy-side adviser for a New Zealand property management business.

Qualifications

  • BAppSc (Mathematics, Economics), University of Otago
  • BSci (Geology), University of Otago
  • CFA Charterholder

Toby Martin, CFA

Associate Director

Auckland

Sunen Bopitiya

Associate Director

Location: Christchurch
Phone: +64 3 378 2105
Mobile: +64 22 583 5074
Email: sunen.bopitiya@northington.co.nz

Sunen Bopitiya

Associate Director

Sunen joined Northington Partners in 2018 after working in sell-side equity research and corporate finance overseas. Prior to Northington, he was part of David Pieris Holdings’ New Initiatives team and was tasked with analysing various M&A opportunities. Previously, Sunen has held positions at Capital Alliance Securities (Colombo) and Century City Developments in Wellington. Sunen holds a Master’s degree in Applied Finance from Victoria University of Wellington and a Bachelor of Commerce from Canterbury University.

Recent Experience

  • Financial analysis and modelling across a wide range of industries including automotive, aviation, tourism and agriculture; in both buy-side and sell-side roles.
  • Involved in several equity transactions in the technology sector in New Zealand and overseas.

Qualifications

  • BCom (Accountancy, Finance & Information Systems), University of Canterbury
  • MCom (Applied Finance), Victoria University of Wellington

Sunen Bopitiya

Associate Director

Christchurch

Mathew Rooza, CPA

Associate

Location: Auckland
Mobile: +64 21 138 9200
Email: mathew.rooza@northington.co.nz

Mathew Rooza, CPA

Associate

Mathew joined Northington Partners in September 2019 after more than 4 years experience with the KPMG NZ Financial Services Audit & Assurance team. He was responsible for leading multiple engagement teams, predominantly engagements within the leasing and wealth management industry, through their statutory reporting assurance requirements. Mathew holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Auckland.

Recent Experience

  • Adviser to NZ Automotive Investments, completing a $3.5m pre-listing capital raise ahead of its Direct Listing.
  • Adviser to Reefton Distilling Co. in relation to its $4m equity capital raise.
  • Adviser to RFL, in relation to its $32m acquisition / recapitalisation.
  • Adviser to King Country Trust in relation to its 5-year strategic ownership review.
  • Evaluation of corporate remediation processes.

Qualifications

  • BCom (Accounting and Finance), University of Auckland
  • Member of Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) Australia

Mathew Rooza, CPA

Associate

Auckland

Joshua Russell, CA

Associate

Location: Auckland
Mobile: +64 20 4562135
Email: Josh.Russell@northington.co.nz

Joshua Russell, CA

Associate

Josh joined Northington Partners in January 2026, having previously spent three years in the Corporate Development and Investment team at IWG Plc in London. At IWG, he supported global expansion initiatives, investment committee decision-making, and live M&A transactions across multiple jurisdictions. Prior to this, Josh held strategy and finance roles at T&G Global and Delegat Group, advising on transactions, valuation, and long-term strategic planning initiatives. He began his career at KPMG New Zealand, where he spent over five years in the audit and assurance team and developed strong technical expertise across financial reporting, valuation, and complex analysis. Josh is a Chartered Accountant and has passed Level II of the CFA Program.

Recent Experience

  • Financial and strategic analysis across multiple industries, including property, agriculture, and FMCG.
  • Development and execution of long-term strategic initiatives, supporting growth and investment decision-making.
  • Supported the execution of the sale of T&G’s Riwaka orchard to the New Zealand Superannuation Fund’s rural investment manager, Farmright, leading key aspects of valuation and financial analysis.

Qualifications

  • BCom (Finance & Accounting), The University of Auckland
  • Chartered Accountant – Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
  • CFA Program – Passed Level II

Joshua Russell, CA

Associate

Auckland

Sheryl Tan

Analyst

Location: Auckland
Mobile: +64 21 0232 5700
Email: Sheryl.Tan@northington.co.nz

Sheryl Tan

Analyst

Sheryl joined Northington Partners in February 2026, where she supports the firm’s advisory and investment activities through research, analysis, and execution support. Prior to joining Northington, Sheryl was a Senior Investment and Operations Associate at Pacific Channel, a venture capital firm focused on deep technology investments across the health, food, and climate sectors. In this role, she conducted scientific, technical, and financial due diligence on prospective investments, supported transaction execution, and worked closely with portfolio companies as they progressed through de-risking research, product development, and commercialisation. She also contributed to capital raising initiatives, investor relations, and broader fund operations. Earlier in her career, Sheryl held research fellowships at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Germany and then at the University of Auckland, where her work spanned neurodegeneration, neurotrauma, and implantable medical devices.

Recent Experience

  • Supported the pre-clinical testing programme for the development of Kitea Health’s pressure sensing device
  • Board observer for Luminoma Diagnostics and Mars Bioimaging
  • Led the diligence process for Pacific Channel’s investments into: Luminoma Diagnostics, Headsafe, Baymatob, and Wellumio

Qualifications

  • BSc (Biomedical Science) (Hons 1st class)
  • PhD (Biomedical Science) (Deans List)

Sheryl Tan

Analyst

Auckland

Tom Rance, CFA

Analyst

Location: Auckland
Mobile: +64 21 165 1605
Email: Tom.Rance@northington.co.nz

Tom Rance, CFA

Analyst

Tom joined Northington Partners in 2026, having previously spent three years at ASB Bank across the asset management and corporate banking teams, most recently as a Senior Analyst. Tom has experience in financial modelling, company valuation, and credit and investment analysis, and has worked on transactions and portfolios across a range of industries including horticultural, manufacturing and infrastructure.

Recent Experience

  • Analytical and transaction support across asset management and corporate banking, including financial modelling, valuation, and credit analysis.
  • Experience working with management teams and investors on capital allocation, performance analysis, and strategic decision-making.

Qualifications

  • BCom (Finance), University of Otago
  • BSc (Mathematics), University of Otago
  • CFA Charterholder

Tom Rance, CFA

Analyst

Auckland

Maia Trevelyan

Analyst

Location: Auckland
Mobile: +64 27 362 0243
Email: Maia.Trevelyan@northington.co.nz

Maia Trevelyan

Analyst

Maia joined Northington Partners as an Analyst in February 2026. Prior to this, she completed internships with Murray & Co as an Investment Banking Intern and with Deloitte as a Consulting Intern. She brings experience in equity research, financial modelling, and financial econometrics. Maia holds a Bachelor of Business (Economics and Strategic Management) and a Master of Applied Finance from the University of Waikato. She also completed a one year exchange at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), ranked #12 globally, fully funded by a Prime Minister’s Scholarship.

Recent Experience

  • Conducting investment analysis and providing ongoing support for Cultivate Ventures.
  • Supporting Northington’s capital markets and corporate advisory engagements across the horticultural sector.

Qualifications

  • BBus (Economics, Strategic Management), University of Waikato
  • MAppFin (Finance), University of Waikato

Maia Trevelyan

Analyst

Auckland

Caleb Manson

Analyst

Location: Christchurch
Mobile: +64 21 266 5516
Email: caleb.manson@northington.co.nz

Caleb Manson

Analyst

Caleb joined Northington in January 2026, having previously interned with the firm over the past two years. Caleb has experience in equity research, financial modelling, investment analysis and investor scoping. He has worked on engagements across a variety of sectors including technology and software, agriculture, financial services, hospitality and FMCG

Recent Experience

  • Buy-side acquisition scoping for acquirers in the technology sector, including target identification, commercial analysis, and valuation support.
  • Investment analysis and support for Cultivate Ventures.
  • Capital raising support in the agricultural sector, including identification of suitable investors and preparation of investment materials.

Qualifications

  • BCom (Finance, Economics), University of Auckland
  • BSc (Computer Science), University of Auckland

Caleb Manson

Analyst

Christchurch

Ariel Bing

Intern Analyst

Location: Auckland
Mobile: –
Email: Ariel.Bing@northington.co.nz

Ariel Bing

Intern Analyst

Ariel joined Northington Partners in November 2025 as an intern, working across Northington’s investment banking and private capital divisions. He has prior experience in venture due diligence and transactions, and is currently completing conjoint degrees in Law and Finance at the University of Auckland. 

Recent Experience

  • Managed due diligence and execution of Cultivate Ventures’ recent investments, including the December 2025 investment into Scentian Bio.
  • Supported Northington’s recent capital markets and corporate advisory engagements.

Qualifications

  • LLB, University of Auckland (in progress)
  • BCom (Finance), University of Auckland (in progress)

Ariel Bing

Intern Analyst

Auckland

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    48 Shortland St
    Auckland 1010

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  • +64 3 378 2105
  • Level 4, White Fox & Jones
    70 Gloucester St
    Christchurch 8011

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