About Us

Selection

We concentrate on security over property located in areas that have observably strong demand fundamentals, are near amenities and infrastructure, and profit from changed circumstances.

Strong

In addition to personal guarantees from the borrowing entity's directors, our loans are backed by First Mortgages, and if feasible, cross-collateralized against other assets.

Conservative

All of our investments are backed by professional independent current valuations that are all secured against high-quality Australian real estate at conservative LVRs, below 65%.

Liquidity Events

Every loan begins with the identification of several distinct liquidity strategies as part of our due diligence. These are rigorously tracked until maturity.

Reputation

We give equal weight to the borrower's qualifications, experience and reputation as we do to the security. They undergo a thorough due diligence procedure in every scenario.

Co-Investment

The Manager is also invested in the Fund.  Our co-investment ensures that our focus is on not only making good returns but also minimising downside risk.

Peter Benson

CEO

Peter Benson is the CEO of Credit Connect Group and has over 25 years of investment and lending experience – involving numerous private financing transactions. In 2006, prior to establishing Credit Connect Group, Peter founded and incorporated the highly successful private lending firm, which evolved into Credit Connect, which Peter still guides as one of Australia’s most respected private lending and finance facilitation firms today. The longstanding performance of Credit Connect speaks highly of Peter’s expertise and experience. Peter holds a Diploma of Financial Planning, is RG146 compliant and is very well respected in the business community throughout Australia.

Chris Bristow

Director

Christopher Bristow is a nonexecutive director of Credit Connect Capital and has many years’ experience in the Financial and Real Estate sector. Christopher has gained extensive financial experience previously working with the ANZ Bank as an Assistant Fund Manager whereby he was employed as an Authorized Representative and Compliance Officer. Prior to this, Christopher was employed as an investigator with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Christopher has degrees in Arts and Economics.  

Andrew Howard

Head of Risk & Liquidity

Andrew has more than 35 years of experience in investment management and capital markets.  He initially studied law before embarking on a career in capital markets. Andrew has a strong financial engineering background with global investment banks including Transcity (Bank of New York), Schroders, NatWest, IBJ (Mizuho) and finally founding a funds management group which included establishing and running a fund for fund of funds and other institutional investors.  During his time in the markets he restructured NatWest’s balance sheet and was responsible for managing the assets and liabilities of the bank. Prior to NatWest, Andrew was an executive with Schroders, working in capital markets creating and managing the interest rate swap book, which he managed from inception and grew to in excess of $25 billion.  

Cameron Ly

Director

Cam Ly is a non-executive director of Credit Connect Capital and has for many years been involved in the Property and Finance industry in his role as a solicitor. Cam is principal solicitor of Cam Ly & Co Solicitors. Some of the areas his firm specialises in is mortgage lending and immigration law. Cam speaks several languages including Mandarin, Cantonese and Vietnamese. Cam’s qualifications include a Bachelor of Law & Bachelor of Science. Cam is also a registered Immigration Agent.

Marcus Blake

Head of Funds Management

A senior executive and sales professional with over 30 years’ experience delivering high-touch, quality solutions delivering value to client (Corporate, Institutional, Private Wealth, NFP/PFP, Family Office), sustainable returns and franchise loyalty. A proven track record of developing and managing multi-asset, cross- border operations.  Having worked with renowned investment banks over the last 30 years including FIIG Securities as Head of Investment Management, Commerzbank SG, Dresdner Bank (Commerzbank SG) - Director Cross Asset Sales, BNP Paribas (Aust) - Head of Rates & Credit, Commonwealth Bank - Director Fixed Interest, Merrill Lynch (Aust) - Director, Fixed Income and Macquarie Bank -Director Fixed Interest.

Penelope Eleuterio

Head of Marketing

Penelope is a senior marketing executive with over 20 years of experience driving brand growth and innovation in the finance and media industries. As the head of Marketing at CCC, Penelope has spearheaded transformative digital marketing campaigns and strategic partnerships that have significantly increased market share and revenue. Penelope’s expertise lies in leveraging data-driven insights to develop targeted marketing strategies that resonate with commercial clients. A recognized thought leader in the marketing community, Penelope’s commitment to excellence and forward-thinking approach make her a key asset to the leadership team.

Paul McGregor

Credit/Compliance Committee

Paul has extensive experience in wholesale financial markets over the last 35 years.  Paul has held senior management roles with Domestic and International Investment banks including, Goldman Sachs JB Were as Executive Director - Head of Futures,  Newedge Australia (a Société Générale and Crédit Agricole joint venture) as Head of Institutional Sales, and HSBC as Manager Bond Futures. He has provided strategic trading advice to bank balance sheets, market price makers and fund managers. Paul has been responsible for clearing and settlement operations and the risk management of trade settlements and client positions.  He has liaised with the Australian Securities Exchange on capital requirements and position margining and has been a member of the SFE Market Practice Committee.  Paul has been responsible for the development and implementation of compliance policies, staff training, as well as financial and management risk strategies to compliment and support those businesses.