(Perth Office)
Subsequent to joining Gresham Partners in 1998, Jenny has worked on a variety of mergers, acquisitions and capital structuring advisory transactions. These have included the sales of Wesfarmers' Pulpwood Operations and its interest in the Australian Railroad Group, HSBC's Australian online broking business and margin lending book and Hartley Poynton's margin loan book; the structuring of the buy back rights for West Australian Newspapers; the restructuring of ownership interests in the Heytesbury Group; being a member of the advisory team for the successful takeovers of Central Norseman and Howard Smith, and acting on the defences of Universal Resources, Tethyan Copper and JDV Limited.
Jenny is also currently deputy chair of Western Power, and a member of the Takeovers Panel, the Finsia's Markets Policy Group, and a non-executive director of West Australian Newspapers Holdings Limited. Before joining Gresham Partners, Jenny worked with Hartley Poynton, HSBC Group and Touche Ross on a range of transactions which gave her exposure to capital markets, debt markets and valuation issues.
Jenny holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia and is a chartered accountant, a Fellow of the Institute of Company Directors, a Senior Fellow of Finsia and is on the External Advisory Panel for ASIC.
Email: jseabrook@gresham.com.au