David Pollard

Associate Director

David is an Associate Director with more than a decade of M&A and capital markets experience across investment banking and corporate development in Australia and the United States.

He joined InterFinancial from REA Group, where as Senior Manager, Corporate Development he led acquisitions, commercial partnerships and venture-style investments, and worked on REA’s A$12bn bid for Rightmove. Before that, David spent eight years with J.P. Morgan in Melbourne and New York. His transaction experience includes QIC’s A$2.3bn acquisition of a 50% stake in Vector Metering, the A$1.7bn sale of MessageMedia to Sinch, Imdex’s A$324m acquisition of Devico, Blackstone’s A$1.1bn sale of Ixom and the A$919m IPO of Reliance Worldwide.

Having worked on both the advisory and corporate sides of the deal table, David understands what buyers, sellers and boards need to reach a successful outcome. He brings that perspective to every mandate, pairing rigorous analysis with practical, commercially grounded advice.

Areas of expertise

• Industrials, technology and business services
• Public and private company transactions
• Buy-side and sell-side advisory
• Pre-transaction advisory
• Financial analysis and valuations

Qualifications and professional affiliations

• Bachelor of Commerce (Finance), Bond University
• Bachelor of Laws (Honours), Bond University