Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance

50 Ord Street
West Perth WA 6005
PO Box 1507
West Perth WA 6872
Tel: +61 8 9226 5511
Fax: +61 8 9226 5048

Darien Jagger

Darien Jagger

Head of Corporate Finance

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Darien is a co-founder and Director of Cygnet Capital.

Prior to establishing the firm, Darien was a member of the Montagu Stockbroking management team, where he was primarily responsible for formulating investment strategy for high net worth clients and a range of other corporate activity, including capital raisings, reverse takeovers and asset farm ins. Darien’s time with Montagu saw him also hold the position of Senior Investment Adviser. Prior to Montagu, Darien worked with Porter Western (now Macquarie Bank) where he was responsible for company analysis and portfolio construction. Darien has over twelve years experience in both equity markets and corporate finance, where he has become a specialist in the micro to mid cap space.

Darien’s focus is on clients in the resources and biotechnology sectors. His experience in corporate finance has allowed the successful structuring and listing of numerous companies involved in oil & gas, gold, nickel, iron-ore, medical advancement and health care. Darien holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Western Australia and is a Responsible Executive of the ASX.

Darien manages the Perth Office and is Head of Corporate Finance.

Eric de Mori

Eric de Mori

Associate Director of Corporate Finance
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Eric is the Associate Director of Corporate Finance for Cygnet Capital and is based in the Perth office. Eric has over 5 years investment banking and analyst experience covering a wide range of sectors (specialising in resources and biotechnology), working with international and Australian based opportunities.

Eric is focused on the microcap capital markets and has specialist skills in mergers and acquisitions, valuations, capital raisings, Initial Public Offerings, backdoor listings, project screening, due diligence investigations, early stage project management and extensive knowledge of Corporations law and ASX listing rules. Eric is currently a Non Executive Director of Newera Resources Ltd (ASX code “NRU”).

Eric graduated from Murdoch University with a Bachelor of Marketing and the Media and holds a Diploma of Financial Services (PS 146 compliance) with FINSIA.

Dan Fraser

Daniel Fraser

Corporate Finance
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Dan has been a member of the Corporate Finance team at Cygnet Capital since July 2008. Prior to joining Cygnet, Dan worked for Great Southern Maritime Limited, setting up the shipping hedge fund. Prior to his involvement with Great Southern Maritime he was a sales and marketing coordinator at Fortescue Metals Group Limited in Perth. In the sales and marketing capacity Dan gained experience in large scale capital raising, sales and marketing strategies, customer relations management and project management with Asia’s largest steel mills. He assisted in developing the shipping strategy at Fortescue in 2006 which transpired into converting free on board iron ore off take agreements to cost and freight iron ore off take agreements minimise risk and maximise returns for Fortescues customers and shareholders.

Ross Cotton

Corporate Executive
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Ross is a member of the Corporate Finance team at Cygnet Capital and has a number of years experience in the stockbroking and investment banking industry. Ross has worked with a wide range of corporate clients in the successful execution of Equity Capital Market transactions and in the provision and implementation of strategic advice.

Ross’ experience includes valuations, capital raisings, Initial Public Offerings, backdoor listings, offshore listings (HKSE/GEM and LSE/AIM), project acquisitions and divestments, due diligence investigations, and knowledge of Corporations law and ASX listing rules.

Additionally, Ross maintains strong relationships with many international institutional clients, corporates and a number of financial intermediaries for the effective distribution of selected debt and equity placements.

James Doyle

Corporate Finance Associate
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James joined the Corporate Finance team at Cygnet Capital in May 2010 and has over eight years experience in the financial services and resources sectors. Prior to joining Cygnet Capital, James worked as an analyst at Iluka Resources Limited. His previous experience includes over two years consulting to investment banks in UK and USA including UBS, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley.

James has worked on a broad variety of corporate finance assignments and has extensive experience in ECM transaction management, mergers and acquisitions advice, project valuations and equity research. He has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Australia and has also completed a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance with the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA).

Sherri Kramer

Sherri Kramer

Executive Assistant
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Sherri joined the Corporate Finance team in May 2006. Sherri is the Executive Assistant to Darien Jagger and the Perth Office Manager.

Sarah Lyons

Corporate Finance Assistant
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Sarah is the Corporate Finance Assistant and joined Cygnet Capital in May 2010. Sarah has worked on a large variety of corporate transactions and has experience with IPOs, Reverse Take Over’s, Share Placements and transaction management.

Sarah provides assistance to the Corporate Finance Executives with corporate transactions. Sarah is currently completing a Graduate Diploma of Applied Corporate Governance through Chartered Secretaries Australia.

Dannika Warburton

Personal Assistant

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Dannika is the Personal Assistant to Eric De Mori and Daniel Fraser and provides support to the Perth Team.