After hundreds of transactions, contested campaigns, governance crises, and market-defining events, the belief is straight forward: restoring, protecting and growing enterprise value requires every relevant discipline to be working from the same collective intelligence, toward a defined outcome, simultaneously
Diagnose the gap
Where market perception
diverges from management intent.
Refresh the narrative
A disciplined message
spine and proof base.
Upgrade disclosure
To support a resilient
investment case.
Senior practitioners lead every engagement directly – the team that wins the business delivers the outcome, bringing judgement that comes from having navigated these situations throughout their careers.
Our AI-native infrastructure empowers our team to deliver quality advice at the speed the market demands.
Your board structure, disclosure rigour, remuneration discipline, and ESG credibility handled with the precision that institutional investors expect.
Your organisation’s strategy and performance communicated clearly and consistently to build trust and confidence with every audience that shapes valuation – pre, during and post each critical event.
Delivering your organisation’s investment story, to the right investor audience at the right time.
Your standing with markets, media and stakeholders protected before it is tested – and restored with precision when it is.
Visually amplifying strategy to enhance your investment brand, activated across the financial calendar and significant transactions.
We support organisations across all corporate life stages. From preparing to enter the market through to managing major transactions and complex situations.
Situation:
The equity story that secured private-round capital is rarely sufficient for IPO pricing. Governance structures are still being built, ESG frameworks are often underdeveloped, and the timeline to achieve market readiness across narrative, governance, and institutional positioning is far shorter than most companies anticipate.
Client outcome:
You enter the public market with an equity story institutional investors understand and value, governance that withstands proxy adviser scrutiny from day one, and a management team prepared to perform under institutional pressure. The gap between private-market expectations and IPO pricing is narrowed.
Situation:
The lead manager’s support has wound down. IR and disclosure responsibility has transferred to infrastructure that is still being built while the first results cycle, first AGM, and first governance disclosures are already arriving. The market is forming its first view – and that judgement, once formed, is difficult to reverse.
Client outcome:
A credible and consistent public market presence established from the outset. First-year disclosure milestones are managed without reputational damage. Your equity story understood by the right institutional investors.
Situation:
Enterprise value is built or eroded in the accumulation of every disclosure, every shareholder interaction, every governance decision. Governance gaps, a drifting register, equity story fatigue, and ESG obligations compound when managed through disconnected inputs. No single adviser holds the full picture.
Client outcome:
Your enterprise value is being actively managed. The equity story is reaching the right investors through a coherent narrative. Governance and remuneration risks addressed before they become proxy adviser flashpoints. The register is monitored continuously. When a critical event arrives, you are prepared to act with clarity, alignment and speed.
Situation:
A transaction is live. A hostile approach has arrived. A vote must be won. An activist has taken a position. A governance failure has surfaced. A crisis requires immediate response. These are the critical events that expose every gap in preparation – and where outcomes are shaped by the quality and speed of the integrated response as much as the underlying situation.
Client outcome:
The full weight of our integrated capabilities mobilised around a single outcome. Intelligence already in place. Narrative coherent across every stakeholder channel. Your response is coordinated from day one.
We support boards and management teams across every stage of a campaign – from strategy formulation to audience mapping, message development and last-mile vote conversion.
We advise directors and executives across the full spectrum of governance needs, strengthening oversight, transparency and long-term value creation.
We help companies shape narratives that financial markets believe, anticipate expectations, and communicate performance in ways that strengthen valuation, credibility and corporate reputation.
We support organisations in building trust, strengthening reputation and navigating complex corporate environments with clarity, discipline, and strategic foresight.
Our research and intelligence function provides the analytical backbone for every advisory decision, distilling complex data into clear insights that guide strategy, engagement, reputation building and value creation.
We create capital markets–focused brand systems and design-led financial communications that strengthen credibility, support valuation, and ensure every investor touchpoint reinforces the company’s equity story.
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Maria Leftakis
As a seasoned non-executive director, Maria has an entrepreneurial background with more than 30 years’ experience in corporate governance and shareholder engagement in Australia and overseas.
Maria specialises in the strategic advice and execution of mergers and acquisitions, cross border deals, contests, proxy fights and other extraordinary transactions. She has also advised many ASX100 boards on a range of sensitive governance matters including activism and investor dissent, board composition, annual meetings, capital raisings and proxy advisor engagement.
Maria is recognised as pioneering shareholder engagement and research in Australia and creating and innovating the architecture and technology now adopted across the market.
Maria has a Bachelor of Economics Degree from the University of Sydney and an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management, UNSW. She is currently a Non-Executive Director of NEXTDC (ASX: NXT), and a member of the AICD.
Rebecca Wilson
Rebecca is a non-executive board director and strategic adviser with more than 25 years’ experience advising boards, CEOs and executive teams on investor relations, corporate affairs, stakeholder engagement, transactions and issues management across healthcare, financial services, aviation, aged care, technology, consumer and professional services.
She brings a rare combination of governance insight and hands-on advisory experience, shaped by senior board roles and a long career leading complex, high-stakes assignments including M&A, IPOs, crisis response and reputation-critical stakeholder matters. Rebecca has advised ASX- and NASDAQ-listed companies, multinationals and government bodies, and is known for combining commercial judgement with governance rigour and practical execution.
Rebecca is currently Non-Executive Chair of Alcidion Limited (ASX: ALC) and Clever Culture Systems (ASX: CCS), and a Non-Executive Director of Hansen Technologies (ASX: HSN) and Vitura Limited (ASX: VIT). She is also an Independent Director of NFP organisations the Tomisich Foundation and Veski.
Vas Kolesnikoff
Vas has over 35 years’ experience in the Australian market. Most recently he was Managing Director and Head of Australian and New Zealand Research at ISS STOXX, a leading provider of corporate governance research, proxy advisory, and voting solutions to institutional investors.
He has been recognised as a leader in corporate governance in the local market, covering ASX300 and NZX-listed entities. He has extensive experience in engaging with directors and executives when analysing and reporting on general and extraordinary meeting resolutions, including director elections, remuneration resolutions, capital raisings, and mergers & acquisitions. He has also advised on some of the market’s most recent corporate governance controversies.
Vas began his career as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG. He earned a Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Sydney and a Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University.
Luisa Megale
Luisa is a senior corporate affairs, government relations and reputation adviser with more than two decades’ experience advising CEOs, Chairs and Boards through complex commercial, regulatory and stakeholder environments.
She has held senior regional and global leadership roles with Lendlease and American Express, leading corporate affairs, public policy, communications, brand, stakeholder engagement and sustainability-related agendas across Australia, Asia, the UK and other international markets.
Luisa advises organisations on licence-to-operate issues, government and regulator engagement, strategic narrative, issues management and business-critical change. Known for her calm judgement, commercial lens and ability to build trust across complex organisations, she brings practical senior counsel to clients operating in high-scrutiny environments.
She is a board member of CPRA and teaches postgraduate communications and journalism courses at the University of New South Wales.
Christian Sealey
Christian is Chief Executive Officer of Alleato, where he leads day-to-day operations with a focus on exceptional client service and high-stakes strategic advice to public company boards and management teams.
With more than 25 years of experience, Christian brings deep expertise across contested situations, M&A transactions, activism defence, crisis and special situations, equity and debt tender offers, and other complex transactions. His career spans senior executive roles in Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs across a range of ASX-listed companies in the Resources, Construction, Infrastructure, Property and Telecommunications sectors.
Christian is widely regarded for his understanding of global capital markets and his ability to advise boards and management through their most consequential moments. He is a regular presenter on industry panels and a member of Alleato's Executive Committee, where he oversees company strategy, business development and client matters.
Christian holds degrees from Charles Sturt University and the Macquarie Graduate School of Management.
Sean Langdon
Sean is Chief Operating Officer at Alleato, responsible for building the operational foundation from which the firm grows.
Early in his career he founded and scaled an investment branding business, selling it into the IPO of a global marketing services firm before expanding the business across offices in Sydney, Melbourne and New York, giving him firsthand experience of the commercial, operational and reputational disciplines required across all stages of a company’s corporate journey.
Over his career Sean has worked on more than 100 transactions across IPOs and M&A, partnering with leading global and local investment banks and law firms.
Sean has advised C-suite leaders on asset management expansion strategy, including the launch of one of Australia's largest asset managers into the UK and across Asian markets. Most recently, he served as Senior Managing Director at a global communications advisory firm. That breadth of experience, from founder to global firm, informs everything he brings to Alleato clients.
Scott Jenson
Scott is Chief Growth Officer of Alleato, where he leads and contributes to market engagement, business development and company strategy. He also supports Alleato’s client service teams across a broad range of industries.
With more than 20 years of experience spanning media, entertainment, professional services and agency environments, Scott brings a broad commercial perspective to client work and Alleato’s operations. His career has taken him across organisations of varying scale and complexity, from multinational media owners and market-leading broadcasters to privately held ventures and one of Australia's most respected strategic communications consultancies. That range of experience underpins a practical understanding of how businesses grow, compete and connect with their audiences.
Scott's technical grounding spans sales, marketing and strategy, giving him a working fluency across the disciplines that shape commercial performance. He is valued for his judgement and commercial instincts, earning a reputation for the kind of integrity and optimism that clients return to.
Scott is a member of Alleato's Executive Committee and holds a Bachelor of Business (majors in Marketing and International Business) from Monash University.
Ross Henry
Ross is a commercial executive and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience driving operational excellence, strategic growth, and financial performance across the industrial sector. With a unique dual background, he has successfully scaled and exited private enterprises while also leading large-scale commercial portfolios for major corporations. His diverse industry expertise spans oil & gas, mining, construction, manufacturing, and telecommunications across domestic and international markets.
Throughout his corporate career, he directed expansive commercial portfolios, financial functions, and large-scale operations for market leaders such as BHP Billiton, Leighton Contractors, and Optus.
A defining strength of Ross’s career has been his ability to bridge cultural and geographic divides to establish robust international networks. He possesses a deep understanding of foreign market dynamics and a proven capacity to navigate complex international regulatory and stakeholder landscapes.
Delphine Cassidy
Delphine is Senior Managing Director in the Investor Relations practice, bringing three decades of C‑suite corporate affairs and IR leadership across ASX‑listed environments.
She has led market‑critical communications, capital events and complex stakeholder engagement through transformation, activism and CEO transitions. Most recently Chief Communications Officer and Vice President Investor Relations at Orica, Delphine was instrumental in regaining market credibility, strengthening shareholder alignment and expanding global ownership. She has led IR and corporate affairs across multiple industry sectors including industrials, resources, services and agriculture, and for companies ranging from founder‑led small-caps to mid‑caps and global blue‑chips. Previous roles include SKILLED Group, Orient Capital, St Barbara and AWB.
Delphine is the Chair of the Australasian Investor Relations Association (AIRA).
Wassim Kisirwani
Wassim is a CFA Charterholder with over two decades of experience in Australian equities, spanning fundamental research, emerging companies coverage, and proprietary trading.
He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (majors in Economics and Finance) from the University of Sydney. Wassim built his career across some of Australia's most respected financial institutions. He began as an equities analyst at Morningstar, developing a foundation in sector research and IPO analysis. He went on to lead research teams at Veritas Securities and CBA Institutional Equities, before joining Deutsche Bank as Head of Emerging Companies Research. At Deutsche Bank, Wassim developed deep expertise in ASX-listed small and mid-cap industrials, covering retail, healthcare, financial services, and consumer sectors.
Most recently at Jarden, Wassim served as both an Equities Analyst and as Director of Proprietary Trading. In the trading role, he applied a high-conviction, special-situations approach – managing long/short portfolios across the ASX and NZX.
Katie Mackenzie
Katie is the Principal and Director of Belleview Investor Relations, with more than 20 years of experience across capital markets, equities analysis, investor relations consulting and financial communications.
Katie works closely with ASX microcap Boards, Chairs, CEOs and management teams to shape clear, credible and compelling investor narratives.
Her expertise sits at the intersection of financial analysis, strategic judgement and storytelling.
In an AI-enabled world, this human layer matters more than ever: the ability to interpret nuance, understand investor expectations, build trusted relationships and communicate a company’s story with credibility.
Katie has advised a wide range of pre-IPO and ASX-listed companies and has served as a judge in the Australian Technologies Competition.
Martin Cole
Martin is independently recognised and acknowledged as one of Australia’s leading corporate affairs and investor relations practitioners with over 20 years’ experience at a senior level.
He has significant Australian/NZ and international experience encompassing corporate repositioning, initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, restructurings, and capital raisings throughout a wide range of industries (FMCG, agriculture, financial services, transport, property, building materials, resources).
Martin also has exceptional senior media relationship and crisis management skills to support high level organisational positioning and provision of strategic communication counsel at CEO and Board level of major corporations.
Chris Gordon
Chris is an internationally experienced C-suite executive with responsibility for corporate and public affairs, corporate development, strategy, government relations, investor relations and sustainability.
Chris' extensive experience encompasses: listed (ASX and NASDAQ) and unlisted environments; non-executive board roles; developing and implementing international growth strategies; M&A and integration; driving sustainability strategy, reporting and performance; operating in highly regulated operating environments; issues and crisis management in issues-rich environments; leading indigenous engagement initiatives; advocacy at a state and federal level; leading innovation initiatives.
Chris has worked across a wide range of industries including: construction and infrastructure; mining; essential services; telecommunications; property; recycling and waste management in Australia, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and USA.
Luke Starr
Luke is a highly experienced corporate communications practitioner, specialising in crisis preparedness and response, and corporate reputation resilience and growth.
As a trusted advisor to business leaders, Boards and communications teams, Luke has supported clients through periods of both opportunity and upheaval.
Luke's broad sector experience includes finance and banking, technology including AI, professional services, pharmaceuticals and health, and aviation. In addition to helping clients build robust internal corporate affairs and crisis response capabilities, he has assisted businesses in these sectors through major issues including cyber crime, insolvency, legal actions and governance-related reputational issues.
Sarah King
Sarah brings diverse corporate communications experience to the Alleato team, specialising in issues management, narrative development, media relations and essential research in crisis scenarios.
Accompanying communication responses, Sarah brings strong technical knowledge and production capabilities across live and high-pressure broadcast environments. She has supported both ASX-listed and private clients with their preparation and response to mergers and acquisitions, voluntary administrations, leadership transitions, governance crises and internal communications in investment banking, professional services, finance and aviation.
Ben Walsh
Ben works across strategy, operations, talent, and business development at Alleato, supporting the firm’s growth, market positioning, and organisational development.
He works closely with senior leadership on a range of strategic, operational, and client initiatives. Ben’s experience spans investor relations, corporate affairs, executive messaging, reputation management, and organisational growth across both advisory and in-house environments. Over the course of his career, he has advised listed and private companies on strategic communications, shareholder matters, media relations, crisis preparedness, and broader reputation issues across a range of sectors and situations. His background also includes operational expansion, recruitment, leadership support, and helping build teams, processes, and communications programs to support business growth.
Ben holds a Master of Commerce from The University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University.
Sean Burrell
Sean leads the Rifle Media team that drives the brand and design practice within the Alleato group.
Sean founded Rifle Media over 15 years ago and built it into a trusted partner for the Australian corporate sector, specialising in branding, graphic design, corporate and sustainability reporting, and digital design.
Sean is widely respected for his ability to manage complex, time-critical projects from the initial brief through to final delivery. He has overseen major projects for some of Australia’s most prominent organisations, including both the Federal and NSW Government, Pepper Money, Virgin Australia, Downer Group, Nuix, nib health, Adairs, and Temple & Webster.
A true believer in the power of relationships, Sean is as well-known for the trust he builds with clients as he is for the successful outcomes he delivers for them.
Vev Armonio
Vev works at the intersection of design, narrative and market perception, with over 20 years’ experience across corporate reporting, IPOs and investor communications.
Vev is creative-led but grounded in how stakeholders interpret information, he combines strong concept thinking with executional depth to deliver work that communicates with clarity under pressure.
Vev has played a central role across major transactions including Telstra T3, Medibank and Nine Entertainment Co, and continues to partner with organisations such as nib Group, Pepper Money, Commonwealth Bank, Downer and Virgin Australia.
Corrina Paton
Corrina is a multidisciplinary designer bringing over 25 years' experience across graphic design, presentation design and development plus studio operations.
With extensive experience spanning graphic design, strategic presentation development and studio operations, Corrina specialises in translating complex information into clear, purposeful communication and design that enables audiences to quickly engage, understand key messages and take action.
Known for strong organisational skills and effective stakeholder collaboration, she takes end-to-end ownership of projects, presentations and studio workflows, bringing structure and creative engagement to challenging workstreams, ensuring the process is smooth and delivery is accurate throughout the design journey. This combination of design, communication and operational experience makes Corrina a versatile and highly adaptable designer.
Jo Patane
Jo brings over 35 years' of experience in the graphic design industry, with a career spanning corporate environments, design agencies, music, advertising, and publishing sectors. Her depth of knowledge and attention to detail ensure every project is delivered to an exceptionally high standard.
Known for her calm, efficient approach and reliability, Jo plays a key role in keeping projects on track – delivering high-quality work on time and within budget. She is highly adaptable, with expertise in both long- and short-form documents, including annual reports, prospectuses, trade books, newsletters, and brochures.
With a strong understanding of pre-press requirements and the technical aspects of print production, Jo ensures work is prepared and delivered seamlessly. Always up to date with the latest tools and technologies, she brings confidence and clarity to every stage of the process – turning concepts into polished, print-ready results.
Friendly, focused, and detail-driven, Jo is dedicated to getting every job done right.
Andrew Stevenson
Andrew is a globally recognised governance professional having worked in the financial services industry for over 35 years.
He has an extensive network of relationships with senior governance professionals, both at institutional investors as well those in the regulatory environment.
Andrew is experienced in many facets of the financial services industry having come from a stockbroking background working for firms such as Deutsche bank, JP Morgan Chase in Australia and Gilbert Elliot, Killik & Co and Merchant Securities in the UK. His deep knowledge of a range of corporate governance issues has enabled the facilitation of numerous successful engagement roadshows supporting some of the world's most prominent companies.
He is an expert in investor relations and proxy solicitation which enable companies to effectively communicate strategic and operational imperatives to help ensure successful M&A and AGM campaigns.
Stacey Finley
Stacey is an accomplished Executive Assistant with several years' experience providing high-level C-suite support to CEO, CFO, CMO and Senior Executives in various industries, including Media, Real Estate, and Entertainment.
In addition to executive support, Stacey brings extensive experience as an Office Manager — overseeing daily office operations, managing facilities, coordinating vendors, onboarding staff, and creating a productive and positive workplace culture. Stacey prides herself on running a well-organised, efficient and welcoming office environment that allows the broader team to thrive.
Stacey has a proven record of strong administrative and communication skills. She is highly adaptable and versatile in challenging environments and is results driven. Stacey has a strong ability to streamline processes, maximise efficiency, and foster professional relationships within organisations. She maintains commitment, confidentiality, demonstrates initiative and is a team player.
Jordy Langdon
Jordy is an AI Developer who builds software systems that change how organisations operate. Jordy specialises in applying emerging AI development practises to solve complex, real-world problems across internal operations and external offerings. He has led significant technology builds for a U.S-based capital markets infrastructure firm and brings a sharp builder's instinct to everything he works on.
Prior to this, Jordy held roles at Block, Inc. and Conga, where he gained deep exposure to enterprise SaaS and fintech at scale. That grounding in high-growth, high-stakes technology environments now shapes how he thinks about architecture, execution, and the real-world impact of the systems he designs.