Mr David Petrie is an accomplished M&A executive with over 30 years of advisory experience in public and private mergers and acquisitions, capital management and debt and equity raisings. He is currently Principal at Stratford Advisory Group, an independent corporate and financial advisory firm. Previously, he spent 23 years at Merrill Lynch/Bank of America including Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking Melbourne. He has worked on more than 100 transactions across a range of market sectors including healthcare. Mr Petrie has a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) and Bachelor of Law (Honours) from the University of Melbourne. He has been a CPA for 30 years and is admitted as Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria.