Throughout his career, Brett has led or advised on some of the largest M&A and ECM activity in New Zealand, including advisor to Vodafone on the sale of its NZ business for $3.4bn, the acquisition of Waste Management NZ by Igneo Infrastructure Partners for $1.9bn, the acquisition of Pushpay by BGH Capital via Scheme of Arrangement for $1.7bn, the acquisition of 50% of Vector Metering by QIC for $1.3bn, the acquisition of Nuplex by Allnex for $1.2bn, the acquisition of Tegel Group by Bounty Fresh for $574m, JLM on the IPO’s of Ports of Napier and Oceania, Crown Advisor to NZ Government on the $4.5bn Mixed Ownership Model IPO Program, JLM on the $1.9bn IPO of Meridian Energy and Crown Advisor on the MRP IPO of $1.7bn.
Brett Shepherd also serves as a Director of Craigs Investment Partners, after joining Craigs Investment Partners in 2013. Prior to this Brett was CEO of Deutsche Bank New Zealand for 7 years.
Brett’s Iwi are Ngati Tamatera and Ngati Maru in the Hauraki rohe. Brett was named Outstanding Maori Business Leader in 2007.