The Corporate Finance Team has strong technical skills and significant experience across a diverse range of industries and disciplines including mining, geology, oil and gas, law, accounting, finance and management.

Brian Beresford, Corporate Finance Director
+61 8 9488 1493 | bberesford@eurozhartleys.com

Brian is a Director of Corporate Finance. Prior to joining Euroz Hartleys in 2011, Brian was a Partner at PwC where he led the Corporate Finance and M&A practice in Western Australia. He has provided corporate advice to clients across the resources, mining services, engineering and technology sectors for over 20 years. Brian holds a Masters in Finance from London Business School, a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws from UWA.

Bethany Brosnan, Corporate Finance Executive
+61 8 9488 1464 | bbrosnan@eurozhartleys.com

Prior to joining Euroz Hartleys in 2023, Bethany spent over two years working in Corporate Finance across Valuations and Mergers & Acquisitions.

Bethany holds a Master of Applied Finance and a Bachelor of Commerce (majoring in Finance and Economics) from the University of Western Australia.

Michael Brown, Corporate Finance Associate Director
+61 8 92682822 | mbrown@eurozhartleys.com

Michael Brown joined Euroz Hartleys in 2018, during which time he has provided strategic corporate advice on equity capital market transactions, mergers and acquisitions to a number of ASX companies, predominantly in the resources and industrial sectors.

Michael is a qualified Chartered Accountant who holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Graduate Certificate in Minerals and Energy Management from the University of Western Australia.

Prior to joining Euroz Hartleys, Michael worked at EY with clients from a broad range of industries, focussed predominantly in resources, construction, oil & gas and diversified industrials.

Dale Bryan, Corporate Finance Director
+61 8 9268 2829 | dbryan@eurozhartleys.com

Dale is a Director of Corporate Finance and has been a member of the Corporate Finance team since 2004. During this time, Dale has provided strategic corporate advice to a number of Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) listed resource, energy and industrial clients, including originating and executing most types of corporate finance transactions. Dale holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance, Accounting and Applied Statistics). Dale is a member of the Euroz Hartleys Remuneration Committee. Prior to the merger of Euroz and Hartleys, Dale was a Board member of Hartleys Limited, Chairman of the Risk Committee and a member of the Operating Committee.

Marayka Cath, Executive Assistant
+61 8 9268 2815 | mcath@eurozhartleys.com

Marayka has worked in the financial services industry for 16 years. She has spent 11 years as an Executive Assistant in Euroz Hartleys’ Corporate Finance department and previously worked as an Executive Secretary at Patersons Securities Limited. Marayka has also provided bookkeeping and secretarial support across accounting, engineering and construction industries.

Greg Chessell, Corporate Finance Director
+61 8 9488 1409 | gchessell@eurozhartleys.com

Greg is a member of our Corporate Finance Team, a role he has performed for three years. Greg was previously Head of Research at Euroz Hartleys, a position he held since Euroz Hartleys Securities commenced operations in 2000. Greg worked as geologist in WA for 10 years prior to entering the stockbroking industry in 1995. Greg is formerly an Executive Director of Euroz Hartleys Limited and Euroz Limited. Greg holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Geology from the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) and a Graduate Diploma in Business from Curtin University.

Ben Crossing, Head Corporate Finance
+61 8 9268 3047 | bcrossing@eurozhartleys.com

Ben is Head of Corporate Finance and has been a member of the Hartleys Corporate Finance team since 2010. During this time, Ben has provided strategic corporate advice in relation to equity capital market transactions, mergers, takeovers and acquisitions for a number of Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) listed resource, energy and industrial companies.

Ben has broad corporate advisory experience, having originated and executed a wide range of corporate transactions focussed predominantly in the mid-large cap resources and mining services sectors.

Ben holds a Masters in Applied Finance and a Bachelor of Science.

Chelsey Kidner, Corporate Finance Executive
+61 8 9488 1421 | ckidner@eurozhartleys.com

Chelsey graduated from the University of Western Australia in 2018 and holds a double major in Finance and Business Law.

Since completing her degree she has had experience as a Commercial Analyst at Woodside Energy, and as a Sales and Trading intern at a boutique broking firm in New York

Kyle Moss, Corporate Finance Associate Director
+61 8 9488 1484 | kmoss@eurozhartleys.com

Immediately prior to joining Euroz Hartleys Kyle worked at a small boutique corporate advisory firm where he was responsible for facilitating and structuring equity related transactions. Before that, he was a corporate lawyer at a large national Australian law firm, where he specialised in mergers and acquisitions (both public and private) and equity capital market transactions. Kyle holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce (major in Finance) from The University of Notre Dame Australia.

David Riley, Corporate Finance Director
+61 8 9488 1437 | driley@eurozhartleys.com

David has worked in the Euroz Hartleys Corporate Finance team since 2012. Prior to joining Euroz Hartleys, David was a senior consultant at Ernst & Young. David is a member of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA) and holds a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance through Kaplan Professional Education. David has also completed a Graduate Diploma of Mineral Exploration Geoscience from the Curtin University School of Mines and also holds a Bachelor of Commerce/Science from the University of Western Australia.

Rhys Simpson, Corporate Finance Associate Director
+61 8 9268 2851 | rhyssimpson@eurozhartleys.com

Rhys has wide-ranging experience in providing corporate advice on equity capital markets transactions and mergers & acquisitions with a particular focus on resources, energy and industrials companies. Prior to joining Euroz Hartleys Rhys worked at an ASX 200 energy company and in the Freehills (now Herbert Smith Freehills) corporate (ECM/M&A) team. Rhys graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons).

Richard Simpson, Corporate Finance Director
+61 8 9268 2824 | rsimpson@eurozhartleys.com

Richard holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) and an MBA from the University of Western Australia. Richard began his career as a petroleum engineer prior to joining NM Rothschild & Sons in London working in corporate finance and specialising in natural resources and privatisations. Richard returned to Australia to join the US Investment Bank, Salomon Brothers Inc based in both Sydney and Melbourne, specialising in M&A and corporate advisory transactions in the resource and infrastructure sectors.

In 1995 Richard returned to Perth to join Hartleys Corporate Finance. Richard served as Head of Corporate Finance from February 2002 to 2009 and was an Executive Chairman and Managing Director of Hartleys Limited from the successful management buyout in 2003 until – August 2008. In addition to his role as a Director in Corporate Finance, Richard is a Director of Euroz Hartleys Limited.

Scott Stephens, Corporate Finance Associate Director
+61 8 92682819 | sstephens@eurozhartleys.com

Scott has over 20 years of experience advising companies on a wide range of corporate activities, including ASX equity capital market transactions, mergers, acquisitions and divestments, predominantly in the resources, resource services and industrial sectors.

Prior to joining Euroz Hartleys in 2017, Scott was a Director in PwC’s Transactions team, working in both Perth and London.

Scott is a qualified Chartered Accountant who holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia, and has also obtained his Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment from Finsia.

Ben Wale, Corporate Finance Director
+61 8 9268 3055 | bwale@eurozhartleys.com

Ben joined Euroz Hartleys Corporate Finance team in 2006, and since this time has provided corporate advice on mergers and acquisitions, equity capital raisings, and corporate restructuring with a focus on the small to mid-cap resources and energy sectors. Ben has been involved in the marketing and raising of well in excess of $5.0 billion for exploration, development and mining operations.

Ben holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Murdoch University in Western Australia, majoring in Accounting and Corporate Finance, and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICCA).

Scott Weir, Corporate Finance Director
+61 8 9268 2812 | sweir@eurozhartleys.com

Scott has over 12 years of experience advising companies on a wide range of corporate activities, primarily providing strategic corporate advice in relation to equity capital market transactions, mergers, acquisitions and divestments for ASX listed resource, energy, industrial and technology companies.

Prior to joining Euroz Hartleys in 2009, Scott worked with HBK Capital Management in Hong Kong and Credit Suisse in London.

Scott holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia, has completed language studies at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China and is a Level III candidate in the CFA Program.