About Community Capital

Community Capital

Community Capital is a portfolio management firm founded by Barrenjoey Capital Partners and Portfolio Manager Laurence Marshbaum OAM. The firm seeks to generate strong investment returns for investors alongside meaningful community based social impact.

About Barrenjoey

Barrenjoey is a proudly Australian financial services firm. We’re uniquely majority staff owned and locally managed with global reach through our strategic partnership with Barclays. Entrepreneurial and partnership focused, we aim to deliver great ideas and opportunities to help clients succeed. We’re also passionate about driving positive social outcomes for communities that rely on corporate support.

Our Management Team

  • Laurence Marshbaum OAM

    Executive Portfolio Manager | Community Capital

    Laurence has over 18 years’ experience in asset management, having managed Fund of Fund portfolios across a range of global investment firms in Sydney, London and New York. Laurence was most recently for 10 years a Senior Portfolio Manager – Private Debt & Alternatives at Australian Retirement Trust overseeing the firm’s $4 billion Private Debt & Alternatives and Co-Investment programs. Laurence is the Founder & Chairman of 10x10 Philanthropy, which has distributed over $5 million to early-stage Social Purpose Organisations globally and engaged over 15,000 donors in giving. In 2022 Laurence was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for “service to the community through philanthropic initiatives”.

  • Navodit Narain

    Co-head Debt Capital Markets & Financing | Barrenjoey

    Navodit has over 30 years of experience in the financial services sector having held senior advisory, capital market and corporate finance roles with Macquarie Group, HBOS and ANZ in Australia, India and the UK. Prior to joining Barrenjoey, Navodit spent 3 years as Chief Financial Officer of Endeavour Energy. He previously spent 10 years at Macquarie Group focusing on infrastructure and utilities transactions for large infrastructure sponsors in Australia and New Zealand. Navodit is Co-Head of Debt Capital Markets and Financing at Barrenjoey.

  • Michael Vardanega

    Head of Private Capital | Barrenjoey

    Michael has over 20 years experience in the asset management, banking and finance industries. Prior to joining Barrenjoey, Michael acted as Chief Executive, Group Strategy at Challenger where he spent over 16 years. This included a decade as General Counsel and Group Company Secretary. During his time at Challenger, Michael was instrumental to the buildout of Challenger’s asset management and banking capabilities. Michael previously worked at Ashurst and UBS. He is an admitted solicitor in NSW and member of the Law Council of Australia.

  • Bella Monaghan

    Fixed Income | Barrenjoey

    Bella has 4 years of experience across financial markets, mostly in Funds Management. She joined Barrenjoey in 2022, coming from QIC where she spent 4 years working across various different Fund strategies. Most recently, she acted as a Portfolio Analyst covering Fixed Income Funds and Sustainable Strategy, and prior to this, covered QIC's Global Real Estate Funds.

  • Ellie Wyllie

    Corporate Finance | Barrenjoey

    Ellie has 6 years of experience across capital markets structuring, origination, advisory and principal investment. She has worked across structured credit and securitised products, debt and hybrid capital solutions, capital structure advice, capital management and hedging strategy and M&A financing for a range of corporate and financials clients. Prior to joining Barrenjoey, Ellie spent four years in Macquarie’s Fixed Income team.