About
Mick Wright-Smith is a Founding Partner of Epsilon Direct Lending and sits on its Investment Committee, where he handles origination, execution and management of growth and event-driven middle market corporate financings across Australia and New Zealand, including leveraged buyouts, acquisition financing, growth capex, recapitalisations and refinancings. He has 27 years of capital markets experience in corporate lending across Australia, the UK and Europe, most recently serving as Executive Director and National Head of Middle Market Leveraged Finance at CBA, with prior roles at CIT Leveraged Finance, Barclays Leveraged Finance and Balmain NB. He holds an MBA from the University of Edinburgh, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance & Investment, and an honours BA from the University of Melbourne.
Experience
- Epsilon Direct LendingFounding Partnercurrent2019 — presentGreater Melbourne Area
- Commonwealth Bank of AustraliaExecutive Director, Head of Mid Market Leveraged Finance2018 — 2020Melbourne
- Commonwealth BankExecutive Director, Head of Corporate Finance VIC2013 — 2017Greater Melbourne Area
- Commonwealth BankDirector, Acquisition Finance & Advisory2009 — 2012Greater Sydney Area
- CITDirector Leveraged Finance2006 — 2009London & Sydney
- BarclaysManager Leveraged Finance2004 — 2006London
- Balmain CorporationSenior Associate1999 — 2003
- GreenaCleanBusiness Owner1991 — 1999Greater Melbourne Area
Skills & more
Corporate Finance30Business Strategy5Banking16
From Mick's professional profile.
Colleagues at Epsilon Direct Lending
Brendan Foley
Non-Executive Director at Epsilon Direct Lending
Cameron Harris
Head of Wholesale Investor Distribution at Epsilon Direct Lending
David Elms
Director at Epsilon Direct Lending
Duncan Hodnett
Head of Investor Relations and Distribution at Epsilon Direct Lending
Jitesh Menon
Associate at Epsilon Direct Lending
Joe Millward
Founding Partner at Epsilon Direct Lending
Paul Nagy
Founding Partner at Epsilon Direct Lending
Samuel Smith
Senior Associate at Epsilon Direct Lending
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Mick Wright-Smith?
- Mick Wright-Smith is a Founding Partner of Epsilon Direct Lending and sits on its Investment Committee, where he handles origination, execution and management of growth and event-driven middle market corporate financings across Australia and New Zealand, including leveraged buyouts, acquisition financing, growth capex, recapitalisations and refinancings. He has 27 years of capital markets experience in corporate lending across Australia, the UK and Europe, most recently serving as Executive Director and National Head of Middle Market Leveraged Finance at CBA, with prior roles at CIT Leveraged Finance, Barclays Leveraged Finance and Balmain NB. He holds an MBA from the University of Edinburgh, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance & Investment, and an honours BA from the University of Melbourne.
- Where does Mick Wright-Smith work?
- Mick Wright-Smith is Founding Partner at Epsilon Direct Lending.
- Where did Mick Wright-Smith go to school?
- Mick Wright-Smith studied at The University of Edinburgh (Master of Business Administration (MBA)); FINSIA - Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Graduate Diploma Applied Finance & Investment); University of Melbourne (Bachelor of Arts (BA) Hons.).
Same school
Also attended The University of Edinburgh306
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Also attended FINSIA - Financial Services Institute of Australasia15
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Also attended University of Melbourne307
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Shared employers
Also worked at Commonwealth Bank of Australia72
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Also worked at CIT20
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Also worked at Barclays280
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