Charbel Nader is an Australian

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who was the architect of a number of innovative Film Financing transactions in the 1990s the most notable being a series of

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off balance sheet film financings which funded Films such as ''

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'' series and ''

Ocean's Eleven ''Ocean's Eleven'' is a 2001 heist comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Ted Griffin. A remake of the 1960 film of the same name, it serves as the first installment in the ''Ocean's'' franchise. The film features an ense ...

'' in conjunction with

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. After a successful stint in

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with

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vehicle e-Ventures and PBL/

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where he was responsible for the Macquarie Nine Film raising; a joint endeavour between the Nine Network and

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he returned to

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as managing director of McHudson Corporate. In June 2007 he was recruited by Pitt Capital Partners. to head up and establish a Melbourne office of the Investment Bank which is a wholly owned subsidiary of one of Australia's oldest publicly listed corporations

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which also owns 61% of

New Hope Group New Hope Group is an Australian thermal coal-mining company. New Hope's operations include New Acland Mine, Bengalla Mine and Queensland Bulk Handling. It is headquartered in Brisbane, Queensland. History New Hope was established in 1952 in Ip ...

. He is credited with leading the Pitt Capital Partners team that successfully completed the $236m debt and equity recapitalisation of Living and Leisure Australia (ASX: LLA) (originally managed by MFS/

Octaviar Octaviar Limited (formerly MFS Limited) was an Australian diversified investment company in the funds management and financial services sectors. The company, once valued at $2.4 billion was forced to sell its main asset, the Stella Group, in Fe ...

), the only successful mid cap recapitalisation completed in 2008, at the height of the global credit crisis. He is a Founder and Executive Vice-President of Australia Acquisition Corp., He is also (founding) Chairman of Metro Media Holdings, publisher of ''The Weekly Review'', and was instrumental in its merger with Fairfax Community News Network in December 2011. In 2015 he oversaw and managed the sale of the remaining 50% interest in Metro Media Holdings for $72m. In August 2014 he helped lead a consortium to acquire

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from troubled toy wholesaler Funtastic Ltd (whose major shareholders include

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Gerry Harvey Gerry Harvey (born 18 September 1939) is an Australian entrepreneur best known for being the executive chairman of Harvey Norman Holdings, a company which runs Australian retail chain Harvey Norman. He co-founded it with Ian Norman in 1982. ...

and Craig Mathieson.

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