User:Darren Lelliott

Darren Lelliott MBA MFP BCom

Managing Partner Elcano Capital

Since leaving the Army (Artillery corp, 4th Field Regiment 86 – 91) Darren has managed and owned businesses with national coverage. He has negotiated with foreign governments and represented industry in its political and regulatory negotiations.

Darren entered financial services with the National Australia Bank, when they recruited him from university onto their graduate program. This gave him accelerated learning and experience in all facets of business and corporate lending before he went on to establish the CPT Group of companies and as the CEO grew it to include many businesses including a network of 50 financial planners (Investment Product Advice Associates – IPAA), a corporate advisory business (CPT Corporate Advisory), a managed investments administration arm and several managed public investment companies and an agribusiness venture.

He has been the Responsible Officer licensee of six Australian Financial Services Licenses (including financial advice and financial product Responsible Entity licenses), along with being a Responsible Officer for a Nominated Adviser (NOMAD) to the National Stock Exchange of Australia and a director to six public companies. He has acted as the principal adviser to many companies through his corporate advisory activities worked with clients in the due diligence, negotiation and completion of mergers and acquisitions. Completing client capital raising projects of almost $1 billion.

Darren has had extensive legal and regulatory dealings within Australia and abroad and been a committee member of the financial adviser industry liaison committee with the Australian Securities and Investments Committee (ASIC), however he also knows what it means to be improperly persecuted by regulators and journalists.

In late 2012 he enrolled for a PhD in corporate finance (SME funding focus) at Bond University and is hopeful of one day completing this study.

Qualifications - Bachelor of Commerce degree; Masters of Business Administration; Masters of Financial Planning; Company Directors Diploma; Diploma of Finance and Mortgage Broking Management;

Awards - Commissioner of Declarations