Epsilon Direct Lending
Mick Wright-Smith is a seasoned finance professional with extensive experience in the lending and investment sectors. As a Founding Partner at Epsilon Direct Lending since November 2019, Mick focuses on building a prominent Australian-based non-bank lender that provides finance to high-quality, credit-worthy companies. Prior to this, Mick served as Executive Director and Head of Mid Market Leveraged Finance at Commonwealth Bank of Australia from 2018 to 2020, overseeing mid-market financing for private equity funds. Experience also includes leadership roles at Commonwealth Bank from 2009 to 2017, where Mick expanded the Corporate Finance team's services and cofounded teams dedicated to acquisition finance. Previous positions include Director at CIT and Manager at Barclays, where Mick led leveraged finance initiatives in both London and Sydney, along with early career experience as a Senior Associate at Balmain Corporation and as a business owner at GreenaClean. Academic qualifications include an MBA from The University of Edinburgh and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance & Investment from FINSIA.
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Epsilon Direct Lending
Epsilon Direct Lending is a founder-led, Australian investment boutique established in 2019. Our focus is solely on lending to support the growth of performing middle market companies. We directly originate, structure and manage private market loans. We provide institutional and wholesale investors with access to these hard-to-replicate, privately negotiated financings. Epsilon was established for two primary reasons: 1. To capitalise on the demand/supply imbalance resulting from traditional bank lenders being challenged in providing bespoke financing solutions to growing middle market companies; and 2. To address the desire of our long-standing borrower customers to achieve certainty and efficiency of financing.