Lazard leaver; Jarden hires

Trevor Gerber is also chairman of Sydney Airport Holdings and Vicinity Centres and a director of Tassal Group. Picture: Hollie Adams/The Australian

Australian-based banker Daniel Kleijn has left Lazard Australia.

Mr Kleijn is understood to have made a departure in recent months after being hired in 2014 by the advisory firm, which has its operations based in New York.

Before joining Lazard, where he was the head of mergers and acquisitions for Australia, Mr Kleijn was a UBS managing director, working as the co-head of utilities and infrastructure and the co-head of mergers and acquisitions in Australia.

He started in investment banking in 1999 at JPMorgan in the area of mergers and acquisitions, before joining UBS in 2004.

He then returned to JPMorgan in 2008, where he worked for almost two years before heading back to his former employer at UBS.

It is understood that Mr Kleijn had plans to travel overseas before assessing his next career move.

However, the COVID-19 related disruptions have placed his plans on hold.

Jarden hires Trevor Gerber

Meanwhile, New Zealand based advisory firm Jarden has hired Trevor Gerber as the chairman of the advisory board it is establishing as part of its assault on the Australian investment banking market.

Mr Gerber is also chairman of Sydney Airport Holdings and Vicinity Centres and a director of Tassal Group.

He has been a professional director since 2000, and has experience in property, funds management, hotels and tourism, infrastructure and aquaculture.

Jarden announced its expansion into the Australian market in May with the appointments of chief executive Robbie Vanderzeil, Sarah Rennie, Dane FitzGibbon, John Spencer and Aidan Allen, all former UBS operatives, to lead the growth in the local market.