Our team

Andrew has over 26 years experience in the structured finance and funds management sector, working for 7 years in the trustee industry overseeing the corporate trust division as Executive Manager dealing both in the mortgage industry as well as dealing with major infrastructure projects. In his role as Treasurer at Firstmac over 7 years, he was instrumental in the set up of the Firstmac program managing in excess of $5.6 billion assets under management in the RMBS sector.

Ilias has over 28 years experience in both public and private sectors. Prior to co-founding Columbus Capital he was the Executive Business Strategy & Product Development, Consumer Finance RBS at Commonwealth Bank. Key responsibilities included credit card P&L portfolio management, new product technology and end-to-end processing. Prior to CBA, he held several senior executive management positions in the public sector and in marketing agencies.

Esther Morley has 30 years experience in financial services, providing strategic solutions to banks, lenders and other financial institutions and has a breadth of experience across Product Development, Sales, Marketing, Credit Risk, Operations and Post Completions Servicing including Collections. Esther has spearheaded the launch of two residential lending business with Secure Trust Bank in 2018 and more recently LendInvest in 2022. Esther has held Executive and Non-Executive Board Director roles in a number of organisations including Kensington Mortgages, LendInvest Loans Ltd. and Beverley Building Society.

With an MBA, BSc, and GAICD, Nick brings nearly 30 years of strategy, transformation, and development expertise across financial services, healthcare, hospitality, retail, and entertainment in Australia, Asia, and the UK. His career includes senior roles at Accenture, MBF, Jupiters, and David Jones, with transaction highlights like the Pacific Legend IPO, MPFs proposed IPO, and Jupiter's Tabcorp acquisition. Nick now serves as a Director, Advisor, and Board member guiding mid-cap organisations and startups across APAC.

Nigel spent over 33 years at HSBC, beginning on their graduate program after earning his Pharmacy degree and working briefly for Boots. Rising to Global Head of Structured Finance, he built out a $45Bn structured financing business and led 70+ staffers across all HSBC regions and risk functions. Nigel held senior EMEA and global leadership roles, chaired key oversight committees, and was an executive member of the Global Banking committee. Since 2021, he has leveraged his expertise running a thriving structured finance consultancy.

Esther spearheaded two UK residential lending launches with Secure Trust Bank and LendInvest and has 30 years of strategic financial services expertise across product development, sales, marketing, risk, operations and servicing. She has held key Executive and Non-Executive Board roles with Kensington Mortgages, LendInvest Loans Ltd. and Beverley Building Society.

Paolo brings over 20 years of banking and finance expertise to his Director role at ColCap. He previously served for 12 years as Westpac’s Director of Structured Finance in Sydney, overseeing domestic and international client portfolios. Paolo also held past risk and treasury roles at RCI Bank in Paris and Rome.