Charbel Nader Explained

Charbel Nader is an Australian investment banker who was the architect of a number of innovative Film Financing transactions in the 1990s the most notable being a series of Village Roadshow off balance sheet film financings which funded Films such as The Matrix series and Ocean's Eleven in conjunction with Warner Bros.^[1]

After a successful stint in Sydney with News Corp's Venture capital vehicle e-Ventures and PBL/Nine Network where he was responsible for the Macquarie Nine Film raising; a joint endeavour between the Nine Network and Macquarie bank he returned to Melbourne as managing director of McHudson Corporate.

In June 2007 he was recruited by Pitt Capital Partners.^{[2] [3] [4]} to head up and establish a Melbourne office of the Investment Bank^[5] which is a wholly owned subsidiary of one of Australia's oldest publicly listed corporations Washington H. Soul Pattinson which also owns 61% of New Hope Coal Limited.^[6]

He is credited with leading the Pitt Capital Partners Limited team that successfully completed the $236m debt and equity recapitalisation of Living and Leisure Australia (ASX: LLA) (originally managed by MFS/Octaviar), the only successful mid cap recapitalisation completed in 2008, at the height of the global credit crisis.^{[7] [8] [9]}

He is a Founder and Executive Vice-President of Australia Acquisition Corp.,^[10] He is also (founding) Chairman of Metro Media Holdings Pty Ltd, publisher of The Weekly Review, and was instrumental in its merger with Fairfax Community News Network in December 2011.^{[11] [12]} In 2015 he oversaw and managed the sale of the remaining 50% interest in Metro Media Holdings for $72m.^{[13] [14] [15]}

In August 2014 he helped lead a consortium to acquire Madman Entertainment from troubled toy wholesaler Funtastic Ltd (whose major shareholders include Lachlan Murdoch, Gerry Harvey and Craig Mathieson .^{[16] [17] [18] [19] [20]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: LLA rescue has a Roadshow sub-plot. Australian Financial Review. 28 May 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110706104027/http://www.eloan.com.au/LLAROADSHOWSUBPLOTafr.pdf. 6 July 2011.
2. Web site: Australian Leverage Finance Forum. Finance Forum. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071017001128/http://eloan.com.au/Forum%20Speakers.htm. 17 October 2007.
3. Web site: advisers-revel-in-origin-largesse. Crikey.com.au. 21 August 2009 .
4. Web site: Packer Underwrites LLA Rescue. Australian Financial Review. 6 June 2008.
5. Web site: Packer's playtime. The Australian-Spectator. 20 May 2008.
6. News: BHP, Mitsubishi in $2.5b coal deal . The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 July 2008.
7. Web site: Packer Underwrites LLA rescue. Australian Financial Review(reproduced).
8. Web site: Lifeline out to battling LLA. Australian Financial Review (reproduced).
9. Web site: Packer steps up for LLA. Australian Financial Review(reproduced).
10. News: Australia Acquisition Corp. ("AAC"); and Harbinger Capital Partners LLC ("HCP") announced today. Marketwire. 11 July 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120510161320/http://www.aacorp.com.au/. 10 May 2012.
11. News: Fairfax to merge community papers with rival . The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 December 2011.
12. News: Board Members. Metro Media Publishing. 9 October 2013. 9 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002002522/http://www.mmpgroup.com.au/52-our-team#. 2 October 2013. dead. dmy-all.
13. News: Fairfax Media pays $72 million to buy back its Melbourne real estate ad revenues . Property Observer . 13 January 2015.
14. News: Metro Media agents back the Domain Group . 13 January 2015.
15. News: Bloomberg . Bloomberg . 13 January 2015.
16. News: Madman Sale Closed . Inside Film. 1 August 2014.
17. News: Madman: gets the keys to its own asylum . Screen Arts Hub. 1 August 2014.
18. News: IMG Global . IMG Global. 1 August 2016.
19. News: BIO . bio. 12 September 2016.
20. News: Hubify Directors BIO. 12 June 2021.