BURNVOIR - Key Persons


Andrew Bray

Job Titles:
  • Manager
Prior to joining BurnVoir Andrew worked in technical, corporate and financial roles across a broad range of

Anna Tsihlis

Job Titles:
  • Director

Archit Chanana

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate
Since joining BurnVoir, Archit has provided financial and commercial advice to companies and government organisations in the resources, energy and infrastructure space across a wide range of services, including project and corporate finance, debt advisory and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to BurnVoir, Archit was a Manager in EY's Infrastructure Advisory Team where he specialised in Australian public-private partnership projects across energy, utilities and transport, including the North-East Link Project and augmentation of a large Australian brownfield toll road. He has also had experience in foreign investment policy working at the Australian Federal Treasury. Archit holds a Bachelor of Commerce (with a major in Finance) & Master of International Business from the University of Melbourne. He is fluent in Hindi and has passed Levels 1 and 2 of the CFA Program.

Ariel Walters

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
Ariel began his career at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, across Risk Management and Institutional Banking, where he was focused on providing project, corporate and acquisition finance to mining and services to mining clients in Western Australia. Ariel joined MUFG Bank 2012, where he was appointed Executive Director, Global Corporate & Investment Banking. At MUFG, Ariel managed the Bank's corporate and investment banking business in Perth and was the lead industry specialist for metals & mining, oil & gas across Oceania. Since joining BurnVoir, Ariel has advised and arranged over $1 billion in debt facilities and over $100m in equity capital for junior and mid-cap mining companies. Importantly, this funding has also been to support the development or acquisition of projects containing critical minerals for the transition to EV batteries. Ariel has over 20 years of corporate, project, acquisition finance and investment banking experience, with extensive commercial and financial experience across a range of different clients, commodities and jurisdictions. Ariel's expertise extends across project and corporate finance, M&A, debt capital markets, equity capital markets, commodity hedging and trade finance. Ariel holds a Masters of Applied Finance, majoring in Advisory & Corporate Finance and has a Bachelor of Commerce degree, majoring in Banking and Finance from Curtin University of Technology.

Chun Hoe Tan

Job Titles:
  • Associate
Prior to joining BurnVoir, Chun Hoe previously worked in the BDO model assurance team, where he was involved in over $10billion in public-private partnership infrastructure projects across Australia and Asia Pacific, including the $5billion Melbourne metro tunnel PPP project.

Foo Kang Wei

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director
Foo has more than 10 years of experience as corporate finance adviser, specialising in debt and project financing, mergers and acquisitions, IPO, valuation, takeovers, capital restructuring and other fund raising corporate transactions in both Australian and Malaysian Market. Prior to joining BurnVoir, Foo was a corporate finance adviser in AmInvestment Bank Berhad providing financial and commercial advice to companies listed on the Malaysian stock exchange and has worked on over A$10 billion of transaction including mergers, M&A and ECM. Prior to this, Foo was an auditor in KPMG Malaysia primarily focusing on financial services, banking, oil and gas and palm oil refineries sector. As an Associate Director in BurnVoir, Foo has advised on over A$3 billion debt financing including both bank and non-bank project financing, export credit financing, corporate debt, acquisition debt financing, convertible note issuance, debt refinancing, working capital facilities, hedging facilities and other senior and non-senior debt funding. Foo is fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese and Malay and is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Jaideep Singh

Job Titles:
  • Associate
Since joining the firm, Jaideep has provided financial and commercial advice to project sponsors and financiers in the resources industry. Jaideep provides transaction execution, commercial negotiation, due diligence and analytical support including complex financial modelling on advisory mandates. Jaideep has passed all three (3) levels of the CFA Program and holds a Masters in Applied Finance. Jaideep has a breadth of previous experience, including development and execution of real estate projects.

Jimmy Sharma

Job Titles:
  • Analyst
Jimmy started his career as a Graduate at Pinnacle Investment Management, working with Fund Managers and hedge Funds in an analytical and sales role. During university, Jimmy interned in M&A at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Allier Capital. Jimmy holds a Bachelor of Commerce & Bachelor of Economics from the University of New South Wales. He is fluent in Hindi and has passed Level 1 of the CFA Program.

John Tsihlis

Job Titles:
  • Manager ( Europe )
Located in Stockholm, John brings local presence and knowledge of the financial markets in Europe, where there is a strong momentum to develop local projects supplying energy and critical resources.

Marianne McPherson

Job Titles:
  • Office Accountant

Meeghan Mason

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Patrick Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Analyst
Patrick has recent corporate advisory experience in the mineral resources industry. Prior to joining BurnVoir, Patrick worked in AMP's Group Treasury function where he specialised in liquidity and balance sheet management. Patrick has passed levels 1 and 2 of the CFA program.

Reuben Dwyer

Job Titles:
  • Manager
He has joined the firm to provide technical insight into the risk and value of commercial projects leading to

Samer Audeh

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate
  • Member of Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society
Since joining the firm, Samer has provided financial and commercial advice to companies and government organisations in the resources, energy and infrastructure space across a wide range of services including advising on over A$5 billion in project and corporate financings, debt and equity capital raisings, mergers and acquisitions, offtaker funding, asset sales and purchases. Samer provides transaction execution, commercial negotiation, documentation, due diligence and analytical Samer is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society, the highest recognition a student can receive in a university business program accredited by AACSB International.

Theo Tsihlis

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
Theo began his career as a corporate and commercial lawyer with Ashurst before moving to Macquarie Bank as