Ironstate Capital Partners

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About Ironstate

Ironstate Team

Rohan Barraclough

Director

Rohan Barraclough

Director

Rohan is the founding Director of Ironstate Capital Partners and is an experienced Australian commercial real estate private credit investment manager. Rohan led the real estate debt strategy at family office and private investment group, Marshall Investments, and was later an Investment Director at non-bank lender, PrivateInvest. Prior to this, Rohan worked in investment banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Rohan holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Juris Doctor from The University of Melbourne.

Gerrit Vorster

Chief Financial Officer

Gerrit Vorster

Chief Financial Officer

Gerrit is a Partner at Findex, where he has worked for over 15 years. Gerrit is a highly experienced adviser who works closely with business owners to develop tailored practical solutions to reduce their business risk and improve business performance. Gerrit is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA).

Harry Cormack

Advisory Board

Harry Cormack

Advisory Board

Harry is the State Practice Group Head (NSW) of Banking & Finance at HWL Ebsworth Lawyers. Since 1979, Harry has been advising clients on banking and financial services issues. He has provided advice to a number of Australia’s leading banks and other financial institutions. His experience in advising on commercial lending transactions extends from the SME level through to the institutional level with a particular emphasis on the corporate, commercial, agribusiness and business banking spaces. Harry’s experience has seen him advise on financing across a number of industry sectors, including agribusiness, hotels & leisure, aged care & retirement villages, pharmacies & health care, education, property & construction, franchising and professional services. Harry has an extensive knowledge of commercial securities relating to both real and personal property, lending for particular industry specialisations, agribusiness and property financing. Harry’s pragmatic, commercial, innovative and solution based approach coupled with his strong client service focus is highly valued by his clients.

Astrid Raetze

Advisory Board

Astrid Raetze

Advisory Board

Astrid is a financial services lawyer with more than 25 years experience in the financial services industry. At Baker McKenzie, a global law firm, she was a Partner in financial services law for over 15 years, as well as serving as Global Head of FinTech, and on the Global Innovation Group (mandated with innovating the practice of law at Baker McKenzie). Astrid then moved to KPMG, where she headed the financial services law division and served as the Australian Head of FinTech. Astrid also led KPMG’s response to the Banking Royal Commission. Astrid has deep expertise in FinTech, financial services, financial products, including funds, structured financial products, and regulatory advice. Her clients include FinTechs, venture capital and PE funds who invest in FinTech, product issuers, funds, fund managers, ETF issuers, responsible entities and trustees. Astrid is a Director at ABML Legal and the CEO of 62 Consulting.

David Grauaug

Investment Committee

David Grauaug

Investment Committee

David is an experienced commercial banking executive and debt advisor with a successful track record of over 20 years. Most of David’s career has been in leadership positions with St George Bank, most recently as Head of Property Finance NSW (2012-2017). David has held roles in lending distribution and credit. After leaving St George, David was Head of Property Debt for an ASX listed fund manager before joining a commercial mortgage broking firm as Head of Property Advisory. In early 2021, David established Gamla Finance, a holistic financial consultancy firm spanning mortgage broking, debt advisory, risk solutions and business growth services. David is experienced with complex lending transactions. He has worked on a large variety of lending transactions spanning property and non- property industry sectors.

George Lucas

Investment Committee

George Lucas

Investment Committee

George is the co-founder of 62 Consulting and Managing Director of Instreet Investment Australia, a leading provider of structured product solutions in Australia. Prior to this, George was the Founder and Managing Director of Raiz Invest, an ASX listed, multi-award-winning, fintech platform for retail customers. George has more than 30 years’ experience in start-ups, technology, financial services, and banking in Sydney, London, New York, Indonesia and Malaysia and is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Business Mission

Our mission is to deliver for investors by supporting real estate investment that builds a stronger and more prosperous Australia

  • Build financial security
  • Build strong businesses
  • Build partnerships and people
  • Build Australia
Business Principles

At Ironstate, we rely on our business principles to guide how we interact with each other, our clients, the community, and all our other stakeholders

We work together collaboratively, with each other and with all of our stakeholders to achieve the best possible results

We are a fiduciary to our clients and adhere to the highest standard of integrity, maintaining and deepening our clients’ trust

We are accountable to each other and our stakeholders. We aspire to the highest standards of transparency, communication, alignment, and responsibility to deliver for our stakeholders

We work together collaboratively, with each other and with all of our stakeholders to achieve the best possible results

We seek to outperform through innovation and finding solutions for our clients. We are merit based and work against organisational politics and bureaucracy
We are committed to acting responsibly with our stakeholders and society at large
Business Strategy

Our business strategy assists us to achieve our business mission of delivering for investors

In addition to delivering for our investors, we must deliver for our borrower partners, lender partners, team, and community
We adopt best governance practices so our investors can focus on investment risks, not operational risks
  • We are committed to building and sustaining long term partnerships of trust and transparency
  • We leverage our connectivity to seek informational advantage and drive outperformance
  • Our network assists us to access and structure the most attractive opportunities in the market
  • We focus our time and energy on originating, executing and managing Australian commercial real estate private credit investments
  • We engage expert third parties to assist with business operations so that our team can remain lean and focused
Team

Rohan Barraclough - Director

Ironstate Capital Partners was established by Rohan Barraclough with the objective of building a best-in-class investment manager for Australian commercial real estate private credit. Rohan has a decade of relevant experience, having previously worked in commercial real estate private credit and investment banking. Rohan holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Juris Doctor from The University of Melbourne.