Justin Negrin is Head of M&A at Origin Energy. Mr Negrin has over 20 years of mergers & acquisitions experience. Prior to joining Origin in 2020, he was Managing Director and Head of M&A at Deutsche Bank Australia & NZ, where he worked in M&A for approximately 13 years. Earlier in his career he worked as a valuation specialist at PwC and in the Corporate Strategy / M&A team at Mattel, Inc. Mr Negrin holds a Bachelor of Business and a Bachelor of Laws from UTS, Sydney, an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA, and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).

Maggie is Mergermarket’s APAC Associate Editor and Australia/New Zealand Bureau Chief. She joined Mergermarket Australia in 2017 and has since been covering corporate strategy, M&A, and private equity activities as a journalist and an editor. She manages the Australian bureau, supports Mergermarket’s APAC editorial team, and facilitates cross-platform collaboration under ION Analytics between Mergermarket and sister publications including Debtwire and Infralogic. She previously worked at The Australian and Reuters, starting her Australian journalism career at the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery in Canberra. Maggie has been based in Sydney since 2013.

Robert is a leading United States capital markets and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) lawyer in Australia. He specialises in US debt and equity offerings, including initial public offerings, and cross-border M&A. He recently retired from Sidley Austin, where he was a Global Co-Leader of Sidley’s capital markets practice from 2010 until 2023 and the Managing Partner of the Sydney office from 2007 until 2020.Prior to this, he was partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. He began his career as a litigation lawyer at Skadden in New York and then Sydney. He also served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Roger J. Miner on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Romina has 25 years of experience working in M&A and investments. She is a member of the Australian Equities team at AustralianSuper, where her role includes managing capital market activity and engaging on M&A and other issues which impact long term value creation. Romina was previously the Head of Investments Legal at AustralianSuper and has also held board roles for the fund. Prior to joining AustralianSuper, Romina worked at BHP in M&A and legal roles, and in the M&A group at Herbert Smith Freehills. Romina holds a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Melbourne, an MBA from the University of Oxford, and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Tats Kato is Executive Head of M&A & Project Origination | Managing Director Department at Sojitz Australia, which is one of Japan’s seven largest strategic investment and trading companies listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange. With a history of over 160 years, Sojitz has a presence in more than 50 countries through a worldwide network of over 530 subsidiaries and affiliates, employing approximately 26,000 people. 

Based in Sydney, Tats leads M&As and greenfield business developments across sectors inlcuding essential infrastructure, transport, energy, natural resources / critical minerals, industirals, food / agriculture throughout Australia.   

He is also an AJBCC-JABCC Future Leader, actively promoting business cooperation and sustainable growth between Australia and Japan. 

Tats has a Bachelor of Commerce from the Australian National University.

Teresa is a professional non-executive director and chair of audit & risk committees with a portfolio of directorships that includes current and former roles with Seven West Media Ltd, Genex Power Limited, Shine Justice Ltd, Brighter Super, Energy Queensland, Gold Coast Hospital and Health Board Housing Australia. Teresa is a member of the Takeovers Panel and a Fellow of the AICD. Teresa is a former Non-executive Director of UN Women National Committee Australia Ltd and Opera Queensland, a former Chair of each of the Board of Taxation and the Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia and a former member of the Foreign Investment Review Board. Teresa is also a former partner of each of Ashurst and Deloitte.

Tim is a founder of Pacific Equity Partners and is a member of the firm’s Operating Committee. Prior to founding PEP, Tim was the Chairman and Managing Director of Bain & Company’s Australasian and African operations and a member of Bain & Company’s Global Executive Committee. Tim has also served on a number of government committees and led national strategy projects. Tim received a BA/MA from Oxford University where he was a Mitsui European Scholar and an MPA from Harvard where he was a Kennedy Scholar. In 2019, Tim was made a member in the general division of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to the community through philanthropic initiatives.