Carl Blanchard

About Carl

Carl Blanchard is a highly experienced corporate finance and capital markets adviser with more than 30 years’ experience advising corporates, investors, local authorities and the Crown. He has deep expertise across infrastructure, energy, transport and property, and has led some of New Zealand’s most significant equity capital markets transactions, including major IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic asset sales.

Carl has advised Crown related organisations on numerous infrastructure projects, with his infrastructure expertise spanning public sector and private sector organisations.  He has expertise in debt capital markets and debt refinancing.

Prior to joining Forsyth Barr, Carl was a partner at PwC, lead the Accident Compensation Corporation direct investment team and spent 16 years at Jarden in senior leadership roles. He started his career at the NZ Treasury. He was Chair of the New Zealand Takeovers Panel and formally a member of the Australian Takeovers Panel.  He is a Fellow Chartered Accountant and a former member of the NZ Universities hockey team.