Group leadership team

Our leadership team, comprising experienced executives and independent directors from Affinda Group (the parent company of Vesparum), provides strategic oversight and governance, ensuring Vesparum continues to deliver outstanding capital raising advisory services to our clients.

Timothy Toner

Co-founder and CEO

Timothy has 20+ years of experience as both a founder/operator and an advisor which provies him with a unique ability to deliver both insightful and actionable advice that solves for a client's needs, whether short, medium or long-term.

Tom Edwards

CFO

Tom has 14+ years of experience across equity capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, independent advisory and consulting. Prior to his role as CFO, Tom spent 5+ years with Vesparum helping founder-led private companies raise growth capital.

Peter Halstead

Independent Chair

Peter has 35+ years of capital markets experience across Australia and Europe. He is currently Chief Investment Officer at Little Group (Paul Little’s family office). Previously, Peter was Head of Equity Capital Markets at Lazard and Head of Institutional Sales at Citi for Australia & New Zealand.

Christine Christian

Non-Executive Director

Christine has 35+ years of experience as a company director, investor and entrepreneur. She is currently President of the State Library of Victoria, Chair of Auctus Investment Group and a Non-Executive Director of Lonsec. Christine was previously CEO of Dun & Bradstreet’s Australia and New Zealand business from 1997 to 2011.

Senior advisory team

Our advisory team brings deep investment banking expertise and specialised sector experience, working closely with founders of growth-stage companies to optimise capital raising outcomes and achieve exceptional transaction results.