The Driving Force Behind Jarden
Our team is made up of talented individuals with diverse backgrounds and expertise. They are the driving force behind our daily operations and the key to delivering exceptional results for our clients.
Our Executive Committee

Aidan Allen
Aidan joined Jarden as a foundation member of our Australian business and is now Executive Chair of Jarden Group.
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Sarah Rennie
Sarah is a foundation leader of Jarden in Australia and one of Australia’s most senior capital markets advisors, having led some of the country’s most significant transactions during a career spanning more than 20 years.

Ben Gilbert
Ben leads Jarden’s Australian research team and consumer sector coverage, developing independent and thought provoking insights to inform investor strategy.

Tim Keegan
Tim has over 25 years of leadership experience in financial services across stockbroking, wealth and asset management with a focus on building new businesses.
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Brigid Meagher
Brigid is Jarden’s Chief People Officer, leading the firm’s people strategy to support its purpose of connecting people, insights and capital.

Phil Playle
Phil joined Jarden as Group Chief Financial Officer in January 2025. He is responsible for leading the firm's finance strategy, incorporating financial planning, reporting, tax, capital management and treasury operations.

Sam Prentice
Sam Prentice is a senior Managing Director in our Corporate Finance team, based in Melbourne.

Sam Ricketts
Sam has extensive experience advising clients across a broad range of strategic advisory, cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions, and equity capital market transactions.

Mitchell Schauer
Mitchell is the Head of Real Estate Corporate Finance at Jarden, based in Australia. He has spent 18 years covering the Australasian real estate sector, including 11 years at UBS.

John Spencer
John Spencer leads Jarden’s Equities business and sits on the Executive Committee. The Australian equities business was established in 2020 and the platform is now a market-leading advisory and execution institutional stockbroker.

SooJin Yoon
SooJin manages the Jarden Group's Legal and Compliance functions in Australia and New Zealand and is the General Counsel.
New Zealand Leadership

Adrian Allbon
Adrian has a research focus across a range of sectors, as well as overall responsibility for linking team idea generation for clients.

Henry Chung
Henry is a Managing Director at Jarden and specialises in capital markets transactions, including securities offerings and takeovers.

Dwane Clark
Dwane is responsible for research sales coverage of NZ and Australian products to domestic and international institutional clients.

Graham dos Santos
Graham advises on a diverse array of mergers and acquisitions, and equity capital market transactions. His specialities includefinancial institutions, retirement, industrials and technology.

Tristan Joll
Tristan is responsible for sales coverage of NZ and Australian products.

Logan MacLeod
Logan is a Managing Director and Head of New Zealand Commodities at Jarden. He joined in 2016 and is responsible for leading client engagement and trading activity across New Zealand carbon, dairy, and the broader commodities complex.

Andrew McAlpine
Andrew is responsible for Jarden's proprietary trading desk and market making.

Mike McIntyre
Mike provides specialist advice regarding the derivative and commodity markets, with a focus on dairy derivatives including NZX-listed contracts.
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Ross Mitchell
Ross has broad experience across M&A, capital raising transactions and broader strategic advisory assignments, with a particular focus on the NZ real assets sector (energy & infrastructure, real estate and forestry).

Andrew Parsonage
Andrew is Jarden's Head of Debt Capital Markets and Debt Advisory, and also covers the forestry, energy and infrastructure sectors.

Sam Ricketts
Sam has extensive experience advising clients across a broad range of strategic advisory, cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions, and equity capital market transactions.

James Snell
James has been with Jarden and its predecessors since January 1993, including time spent in Auckland, Wellington and London.

Grant Swanepoel
Grant co-leads Jarden's research team and covers New Zealand's electricity, oil, and building sectors for clients. He has 25 years of experience analysing a range of companies and industries.
Our Board

Aidan Allen
Aidan joined Jarden as a foundation member of our Australian business and is now Executive Chair of Jarden Group.
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Sarah Rennie
Sarah is a foundation leader of Jarden in Australia and one of Australia’s most senior capital markets advisors, having led some of the country’s most significant transactions during a career spanning more than 20 years.

Murray Graham
Murray is a wealth financial adviser and asset manager for families, trusts and financial intermediaries. He also plays a role in Jarden’s governance, both as Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee and as a board member since 2002.

Sam Ricketts
Sam has extensive experience advising clients across a broad range of strategic advisory, cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions, and equity capital market transactions.
