Advice shaped by your strategy and risk appetite—not by a balance sheet, product inventory or placement agenda.
Independent corporate finance advisory
Better capital
decisions.
Independent advice. Institutional execution. Senior accountability from first decision to final implementation.
Explore our capabilities ↘01 Our approach
The transaction is not the strategy.
We connect today’s funding decision to tomorrow’s business plan.
JERSA Consulting is a boutique strategic capital advisory firm. We help Boards, CFOs, Treasurers and capital-intensive organisations make better decisions across the full capital lifecycle—from capital structure and funding strategy through execution, governance and ongoing capital management.
Our advice is independent and product-agnostic. We test each financing against future growth, refinancing risk, covenant resilience, liquidity needs and long-term market access—then remain accountable through market engagement, negotiation and implementation.
The people presenting the advice remain accountable for the analysis, negotiation and execution.
Funding, liquidity, ratings, hedging, covenants and governance treated as one connected capital problem.
Clear choices, quantified trade-offs and decision materials built for Boards and executive teams.
02 What we do
One capital problem.
Four connected capabilities.
Capital strategy
Align capital structure, funding capacity and liquidity with the business plan, risk appetite and stakeholder expectations.
Funding roadmaps · Debt capacity · Capital allocation · Ratings strategy · Scenario analysisDebt advisory & capital markets
Structure, position, negotiate and execute financing across bank, private credit and institutional markets.
Refinancing · Acquisition finance · DCM · Private placements · Liability managementCorporate treasury advisory
Build practical treasury frameworks that strengthen funding, liquidity, financial risk and governance.
Policy & governance · Liquidity · Hedging · Covenants · Systems & transformationEmbedded treasury leadership
Add experienced, hands-on leadership during transitions, major transactions or periods of constrained capacity.
Interim Treasurer · Fractional leadership · Project office · Capability uplift03 Execution discipline
From diagnosis to close
Competitive tension.
Certainty of execution.
We challenge the brief before taking it to market, negotiate the full economic and structural package—not pricing alone—and stay involved through approvals, documentation, funding and handover.
- 01DiagnoseObjectives, constraints and market readiness
- 02StructureMarket, leverage, tenor, covenants and hedging
- 03PositionCredit narrative and lender-ready materials
- 04CompeteTargeted engagement and genuine tension
- 05NegotiateEconomics, flexibility and documentation
- 06CloseApprovals, signing, funding and handover
04 When to engage
At moments that materially shape the balance sheet
Senior judgement, exactly when it matters.
A refinancing, covenant pressure point or maturity concentration is approaching.
An acquisition, development or major capital programme requires funding.
Existing asset-level debt is no longer scalable for the platform.
Private credit or institutional capital markets are being considered for the first time.
Treasury governance, financial risk, systems or reporting require uplift.
A Treasurer has departed, internal capacity is constrained or the Board needs an independent view.
05 Experience
Institutional experience. Independent judgement.
Senior perspective, earned on both sides of the table.
Founder and Managing Principal John Arentz brings more than 25 years of global treasury, corporate finance, financial planning and risk leadership across ASX-listed and multinational organisations.
Founder & Managing Principal
John Arentz
John combines the commercial perspective of a CFO, the discipline of a Treasurer and the execution experience of a capital-markets practitioner. His career spans funding, liquidity, financial risk, investor relations, capital allocation, FP&A and finance transformation.
QualificationsMaster of Applied Finance (with Merit)
Graduate Certificate in Applied Finance (with Merit)
Graduate Certificate in Applied Finance (with Merit)
AffiliationsAustralian Corporate Treasurer’s Association
Australian Institute of Company Directors
Former Chair and member of ALCO, Risk and Investment Committees
Australian Institute of Company Directors
Former Chair and member of ALCO, Risk and Investment Committees
Selected executive experience
Experience shown reflects John Arentz’s prior executive roles.
Majid Al Futtaim Holding
Vice President – Group Treasurer
Directed global treasury for a multinational real estate, retail and leisure group; managed an $8B+ debt portfolio, sustained a BBB rating through COVID-19 and led landmark sustainable finance.
Stockland Property Group
General Manager – Treasury & Planning / Group Treasurer
Led funding and capital strategy for an ASX Top 30 company, including Australia’s first corporate Green Bond, a major equity raising and capital allocation support.
Australand Property Group
Treasurer
Restructured the debt platform, executed capital raisings and accessed US Private Placement and EMTN markets through the global financial crisis.
JERSA Consulting
Capabilities statement
A concise overview of our approach, services, engagement triggers and experience.
06 Who we work with
For organisations where capital decisions have lasting consequences.
01Real estate
02Infrastructure & utilities
03Capital-intensive corporates
04Private capital
05Boards & management teams
Your next capital decision
Let’s make it
a better one.
Speak directly with JERSA Consulting about your funding strategy, transaction, treasury challenge or leadership need.