Corporate Investments
Wingate Corporate Investments structures and provides flexible debt solutions to businesses that exhibit a demonstrated track record, stable earnings and/or growth potential, which are led by strong management teams.
Our Approach
Structuring Flexibility – we work with our companies to structure bespoke and innovative capital solutions that meet underlying funding requirements. 
Funding Certainty – we’re backed by substantial debt funds with over $1 billion of committed, long-term capital, along with access to a deep co-investor base. 
Pace – we’re able to progress a transaction with pace and efficiency, resolving situational and strategic imperatives. 
Supportive Approach – we look to back management teams, investors and sponsors to pursue strategic and investment plans. Investment Focus
We explore a broad range of private debt opportunities, looking through to investment fundamentals, and adopting a commercial perspective to understand the specifics of the businesses and loan books.
Industry agnostic
High-quality management teams and sponsors
Track record of profitability and/or clear near-term potential for profitable growth 
Evidence of business resilience and competitive barriers
Targeted loan sizes are typically between $10m and $50m, with the ability to explore larger positions, leveraging our co-investor base and partnerships 
Preference for senior secured positions, but able to consider mezzanine financing in some lending situations, such as a warehouse facility for financial services lending businesses, or large cap leveraged sponsor finance We provide debt solutions to Australian & New Zealand businesses for the purposes of
Growth capital 
Acquisition finance 
Management and leveraged buyouts
Bridging finance 
Loan books / wholesale funding to other lenders
Refinancing
Working capital
Dividend recapitalisations Example Transactions
Craft Beer Manufacturer
Wingate provided a senior debt facility to fund a large craft beer manufacturer’s investment in equipment, along with working capital to support future growth for the company.
Waste-management Operator
Following an acquisition, our client needed to reset its capital structure to better suit the capital needs of the business going forward. Wingate provided a flexible funding solution that allowed our client’s existing facilities to remain in place and delivered long-term funding certainty.
Mining Company
Our client owns and operates a brownfield mine and sought funding in advance of a major capital raise. Wingate’s senior secured loan refinanced existing debt and funded a mine rehabilitation reserve, among other works.
Data-centre Operator
Wingate provided senior secured growth financing to an Australian specialised data-centre developer/operator, enabling the company to accelerate its business plan. Wingate funded the purchase and installation of computer processing equipment to connect into the company’s existing proprietary data centre infrastructure.
Consumer Finance Provider
Wingate provided mezzanine warehouse funding to support a growing personal and auto loan portfolio underpinned by organic expansion of product offerings, increased origination channels, and new partnership opportunities.
Agricultural Manufacturer
The company specialises in the manufacture, packaging, and supply of value-added products for garden care, animal feed and animal bedding. A senior secured loan was used to refinance existing debt and support working capital to expand manufacturing capacity for its animal feed and animal bedding product lines.
Corporate Co-Investment Opportunities are available through:
Meet our team
Selwyn Schroeder
Managing Director, Corporate Investments
Selwyn has over 20 years’ experience in property and corporate finance in Australia and internationally.
His extensive experience includes credit risk approval, credit portfolio management, and the management of distressed corporate and property debt and equity portfolios.
Selwyn has experience driving performance and corporate turnarounds at board level in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.
Daniel Shap
Executive Director, Corporate Investments
Daniel brings over a decade of expertise in corporate finance, specialising in mid-market direct lending and structured credit.
Since joining Wingate in 2018, he has progressed to Executive Director at Wingate Corporate Investments, based in Melbourne. In this position, Daniel oversees borrower relations, origination, structuring, and execution of a wide array of debt transactions across the capital stack.
His career began as a corporate advisor in Deloitte’s M&A Transaction Services team, where he earned his Chartered Accounting qualification.
He also holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance) from the University of Melbourne.
Corey Dawson
Executive Director, Corporate Investments
Corey has over 25 years of experience in corporate credit, private equity and capital markets across Australia and the UK.
Prior to Wingate, Corey was a founding member of Pacific Equity Partners’ Capital Solutions Credit platform, was ANZ Head of Leveraged and Acquisition Finance for Morgan Stanley and Westpac, as well as Head of Corporate Transactions for the Royal Bank of Scotland Group in London.
He has an MBA from CASS City of London Business School and a Bachelor of Business and International Finance from Griffith University.
Daniel Max
Director, Corporate Investments
Daniel has over 20 years’ experience working in corporate credit, with varied focuses, including investment banking, investing and trading, and advisory.
Beginning his career in New York, Daniel held roles at Merrill Lynch and Lazard Capital Markets. Since relocating to Melbourne in 2015, and before joining Wingate, Daniel worked in Deloitte Australia’s Financial Restructuring Group. He assisted Victoria’s Department of the Treasury in managing their state-sponsored insurers.
Sam Cohen
Associate Director, Corporate Investments
Sam has 8 years of finance experience, primarily focused on mid-market private debt and equity transactions.
Sam is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Monash University (Accounting and Finance).
Katrina Wu
Associate, WCI
Katrina has over 5 years of experience in private credit, project finance, and credit risk management.
Prior to joining Wingate, Katrina worked in the Diversified Credit team at IFM Investors, where she was responsible for underwriting and executing debt financings across a diverse range of industries, capital structures, and risk. Katrina holds a Bachelor of Commerce with Honours from the University of Melbourne.
Asif Ahmed
Associate, Corporate Investments
Asif has over 10 years of experience across the credit spectrum including: special situations and opportunistic credit investment, event driven financing, and performing corporate loans.
Asif holds a Master of Applied Finance degree from Macquarie University.
Justin Hau
Associate, Corporate Investments
Justin brings over 8 years of financial services experience across Investment Banking, M&A and Private Credit.
Prior to joining Wingate, Justin worked as an Investment Manager within Archibald Capital’s private credit team.