Investment Committee
Guiding the Ellerfield Private Credit Fund with Experience and Integrity
Our Investment Committee brings decades of real-world experience in private credit, real estate finance, and institutional investment management. Together, they ensure disciplined oversight, strong governance, and informed decision-making for our investors.
Michael Walker
Executive Chairman / Member
Michael is a seasoned Investment Manager and Head Trader at Nexis Advisory, with over 20 years of experience in financial services, investment management, and business strategy. Renowned for his strategic foresight and disciplined execution, Michael is dedicated to driving sustainable growth and delivering customized financial solutions tailored to client needs.
As a key leader at Ellerfield, Michael is responsible for:
- Overseeing investment strategies to maximize returns while managing risk
- Ensuring regulatory compliance and adherence to industry best practices
- Spearheading business development and fostering strategic partnerships
- Optimizing portfolio performance through active trading and market analysis
With a leadership style built on integrity, innovation, and client-first principles, Michael continues to shape Ellerfields success by delivering measurable financial outcomes and long-term value for clients.
Alex Bragilevsky
Member
Alex began his career as a CPA and has held executive roles as financial controller with Swiss-Swedish multinational corporation ABB as well as Nordic Capital, which focuses primarily on private equity fund investments in northern Europe. This extensive experience feeds into his approach with his clients at Berkshire Luxe, giving him the ability to evaluate and approach the needs of his clients with a singularly strategic standpoint.
Regularly working on the development, procurement and sale of high-end projects spanning $5–50 million, Alex utilises the broad local and international network of contacts he has developed over 20 years as well as his own expertise and experience to find solutions for Private Lending
William Young
Head of Private Credit / Member
Prior to Ellerfield, William was the Fund Manager – Mortgages at Australian Unity where his responsibilities included loan origination, execution and management as well as funds establishment, funds management and new capital relationships. During his time at Australian Unity, William originated over $700m of loans.
Prior to Australian Unity, William was the Executive Director – Head of Australia for COS Capital, a global real estate investment manager. William has over 23 years’ experience including over 17 years in real estate working for large, listed corporations as well as private equity real estate funds, which include organisations such as Lend Lease and MGPA (now Blackrock), and has developed extensive experience in underwriting, investment, management and disposition activities of direct real estate both from an equity and debt perspective.
William started his career as an accountant and tax advisor having worked for firms such as Deloitte and Grant Thornton.
William is a fellow member of the CPA Australia (FCPA) and was the Chair of the SME Committee. In addition, William is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors with a GAICD designation.
Steven Lim
Independent Member
Steven is a proven investment management professional with over 20 years’ experience in real estate investing having led local and global organisations, from both a principal and third-party capital perspective, in several Asia Pacific markets over several market cycles.
Steven is a Partner at Stanton Hillier Parker where he leads the Debt Placement business.
Prior to that, Steven was a Senior Director at Nuveen, a global investment manager with over A$1.8trn in AUM. Within the real estate team (~A$220bn in AUM), Steven was responsible for Nuveen’s real estate debt investing business in Australia and New Zealand with a focus on origination, execution, and portfolio management of a loan book
of just under A$1bn. Prior to that Steven worked with other real estate organisations such as CBRE, Whitehelm Capital (now Patrizia) and Macquarie Bank. Steven started his career in real estate audit and transaction services with Ernst & Young.
Steven holds a Bachelor of Commerce (with Merit) from the University of New South Wales and a Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University. Steven is also a Chartered Accountant (CA), a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors with a GAICD designation.
Sanjesh Narayan
Head of Lending / Member
Sanjesh is an experienced and dedicated Senior Leader with proven ability to generate sales and income from both new and existing clients.
Throughout his career, Sanjesh has demonstrated consistently his ability to build and nurture mutually beneficial relationships both internally with stakeholders and colleagues and externally with customers and vendors.
Sanjesh is fast to grasp complex situations, understand the requirements of the parties and find solutions that benefit all involved.
An exceptionally capable, intrinsically motivated leader of teams, Sanjesh has a demonstrable track record of developing highly effective people dedicated to the team’s success as their contribution to the overall success of the business. Sanjesh’s people don’t simply work in pursuit of KPI’s, they actively seek to go beyond them.