At amicaa, we’re passionate about providing both investors and organisations with the expertise they need to reach their goals. As an experienced, independent and agile partner, we’re able to provide best-in-class investment and corporate solutions.
Our Mission
To partner with clients to deliver superior investment outcomes, underpinned by rigorous analysis, disciplined execution, and a deep understanding of market dynamics.
Our Vision
To be recognised as a leading investment and advisory group, trusted for our expertise, integrity, and ability to unlock value across multiple asset classes.
We are driven by our guiding principles
Trust Drives Us
We act reliably, responsibly, and transparently, building a strong and enduring reputation
Client Solutions Focused
Expertise and innovation delivering exceptional client results and exceeding expectations.
Continual Improvement
With energy and ownership, we challenge ourselves to reach new heights and build long-term success.
We Collaborate
We will share your milestones and triumphs as we build towards mutual success.
What Drives Our Business
amicaa was founded to address the evolving needs of investors seeking access to differentiated opportunities and tailored solutions.
Our investment philosophy is underpinned by a disciplined approach to risk management, a focus on long-term value creation, and a commitment to delivering superior risk-adjusted returns.
We combine deep sector expertise with agile decision-making to enable us to capitalise on market dislocations and emerging trends.
Our expertise
Investment Management
With extensive hands-on experience in corporate lending, amicaa’s team is well positioned to capture the growing opportunities in the evolving market for privately negotiated corporate loans — a $1 trillion market across Australia and New Zealand previously dominated by banks.
As a new asset class for many investors, Australian & New Zealand corporate credit can provide a stable foundation for a diversified investment portfolio — paying regular income while preserving capital, and delivering stronger total returns than many other ‘defensive’ investments.
The key is to invest with a team with the experience to not only identify high quality corporate borrowers, but to deeply understand and manage investment risks. It’s these two skills that make amicaa’s strategies a compelling choice.
Corporate Advisory
Our independent Corporate Advisory team helps our clients make important strategic decisions about the future of their business by providing practical, innovative and solution-focused advice.
This includes specialist advice and transaction support to companies facing strategic initiatives such as mergers and acquisitions, business restructuring, and equity or debt refinancing.
We believe it’s the quality of our expertise and relationships that makes the difference for our clients, enabling them to act on transformational corporate initiatives.
Firm Leadership
Mark Dorney
Non-Executive Chairman
Mark Dorney is the Non-Executive Chairman of amicaa Pty Ltd, the holding company of the amicaa Group. With over 30 years’ experience across investment banking and financial services, Mark brings deep expertise in M&A, capital raising (public and private) and strategic advisory across healthcare, technology, media, telecommunications and private equity.
Mark was made a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors in 2013. He is past Chair of the Asset Management Committee of Aruma, Vice Chair of Australia Taiwan Business Council, Non-Executive Director of PRP Diagnostic Imaging, Hunter Ferdinand Property Group, University of New South Wales Foundation and Calvary Healthcare’s LCM Investment Committee. His previous executive leadership roles include as Australian Corporate Finance Head of CITIC CLSA, Executive Director Macquarie Group, CEO Southern Cross Austereo (then Macquarie Media Group) and Managing Director and Head of ECM for A&NZ for Rothschild & Co.
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David Wood
Founder & Chief Executive Officer David Wood is the founder and group Chief Executive Officer of amicaa. David is also Chairman of amicaa’s Investment Committee for Private credit. Prior to founding amicaa in 2019, David was Head of Investment Banking, Co-head of corporate lending and Vice Chairman, at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA) based in Sydney, Australia. David has over 28 years’ experience in advising corporates, undertaking risk analysis, lending, underwriting across debt and equity as well as managing performing and non-performing loans. During his time at BofA he helped complete several major financings, M&A transactions, capital raising and provided strategic advice to some of the largest companies in Australia. Read more
Our Investments management team
Our team are experts at analysing credit investment opportunities, including the selection of borrowers and the design of each and every transaction.
David Hoskins
Senior Managing Director & Head Of Private Debt David brings over 25 years industry experience in both Australian and European credit markets. Prior to joining amicaa, David was Head of Acquisition Finance for CIP Asset Management (CIPAM), a division of the Challenger Group. As part of this role, David was also Co-Portfolio Manager for the CIPAM Multi-Sector Private Lending Fund and the CIPAM Private Lending Opportunities Fund. Prior to CIPAM, David spent nine years at National Australia Bank. Read more
Antoine Pfirsh
Managing Director, Private Debt Antoine brings to amicaa over 14 years' credit and special situations investing across capital structures in the Asia Pacific. Prior to joining amicaa, Antoine was Managing Director at Realside Capital, a private credit manager focused on special situations and opportunistic financings in Australasia. This followed more than 9 years with Anchorage Capital Group, where Antoine was responsible for managing special situations credit and equity investments in the Asia Pacific region. Read more
Marino Reginold
Head Of Distribution Marino brings over 12 years industry experience across investment banking, investing and capital raising. Prior to joining amicaa, Marino was Head of Capital Markets at Fidante. He established the Capital Markets distribution business that was responsible for capital raising for Fidante's closed-end fund raising across the real estate, infrastructure, private equity and venture capital asset classes. Marino has overseen and raised over $1bn of private capital from private wealth and institutional investor channels. Marino previously held roles in real estate investment banking at J.P. Morgan and Macquarie where he was involved in over $30bn of M&A and capital markets transactions. Read more
Liz Bennett
Head Of Business Services, Private Debt Liz brings more than 30 years’ experience in professional accounting and business partnership roles for listed companies both in Australia and Europe. Liz was Senior Manager and Business Partner at Colonial First State, responsible for supporting strategic initiatives and provided finance support to the business. Read more
David Cerveny
Senior Manager, Risk and Compliance David is a risk management professional and brings over 12 years' experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining amicaa, David was Risk & Compliance Business Partner with responsibility for providing support and advise to the Perpetual Asset Management business on how to develop implement and optimise risk and compliance frameworks. David also acted on the investment forum committee in his capacity as a member. Prior to this, David was a Derivatives Trader at Epoch Capital. David started his career at the department of statistics at APRA. Read more
Berkely Liu
Director, Private Debt Berkeley has seven years experience in corporate finance and asset finance. Prior to starting with amicaa Berkeley was Portfolio Manager, High Yield & Acquisition at Challenger Investment Management where he structured and deployed high yield credit investments. He has also held roles at Moody’s Investors Service and at Macquarie Group Limited. Read more
Amandes Luther
Associate Director Amandes brings five years' experience as a credit analyst, working within corporate, asset and leveraged finance teams. Prior to joining amicaa, Amandes was Associate Manager, Corporate and Leveraged Finance at Macquarie Bank, following three years working as an Analyst in the Credit Risk team at Challenger. Read more
Clare O'Donnell
Analyst, Private Debt Clare has three years of experience in corporate lending. Prior to joining amicaa, Clare was an Analyst in the Client Acquisition team at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, where she specialised in mid-market lending origination across a diverse range of industries. Read more
Our corporate advisory team
Working with companies right across the Australian corporate landscape has provided us with valuable insights and seasoned techniques to help companies navigate important strategic events. Mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt refinancing, and charting a strategic course for businesses are core skills of our team.
Robert Bailey
Managing Director and Head Of Metals & Mining Rob has over 25-years experience in corporate finance and senior management roles within the natural resources and investment banking sectors. His previous roles include Senior Advisor at EMR Capital and Head of Natural Resources at Nomura, as well as positions at Macquarie Bank and the Royal Bank of Canada. Read more
David Holmes
Managing Director and Head Of Perth OfficeDavid has over 17 years’ experience in investment banking, corporate advisory, strategy, and capital markets. David is based in Perth and his addition extends amicaa’s business to the region. David previously worked with Macquarie Capital Advisors in Sydney, Hong Kong and London in M&A and ECM. Read more
Josh Flanagan
Associate Director Josh specialises in founder & sponsor M&A with experience advising private & founder-led businesses, private equity, venture capital & ASX companies across a range of sectors, including: veterinary, childcare, healthcare, SaaS, manufacturing, consumer products and managed services. Prior to joining amicaa, Josh worked within KPMG Transaction Services, specialising in mid-market financial due diligence. . Read more
Peter Nicholson
Senior Advisor, Metals and Mining Peter is an experienced mining executive with 20-years in mining Private Equity, including time as Senior Advisor to Appian Capital Advisory and Managing Director Australia of RCF.Peter has also been Managing Director an ASX listed gold producer and previously held a number of operational mining roles with LionOre and WMC Resources. Read more
Sebastian Evans
Analyst Sebastian has two years of experience in corporate financial services. Before joining amicaa, he worked as an Analyst in the Mergers and Acquisitions team at KPMG, where he specialised in mid-market transactions across a broad range of industries. Read more
Jacob Carger
Analyst Jacob has four years of experience in deal advisory services. Prior to joining amicaa, he worked within the Mergers and Acquisitions team at KPMG, advising on mid-market transactions across the mining, mining services, and broader industrial sectors. Read more
Jack Salom
Analyst Jack is a qualified Chartered Accountant with three years of experience in deal advisory services. Prior to joining amicaa, he worked within the Mergers & Acquisitions and Transaction Services team at BDO, advising on transactions across the mining, mining services, and broader industrial sectors. Read more
Greg Sang
Analyst Greg has four years of experience across corporate advisory and investment management in the metals and mining sector. Greg previously worked within Moelis Australia’s investment banking team and prior to this worked in boutique investment management in Melbourne and Perth. Read more
Commitment to Quality and Client Satisfaction
Client outcomes are at the heart of everything we do.
We are committed to delivering the highest levels of service, transparency, and accountability, ensuring that our clients’ interests are always aligned with our own.
Through a combination of disciplined investment management and personalised advisory, we aim to exceed expectations and build lasting relationships based on trust and performance.