Cosmas Kapsanis

Cosmas is a co-founder and managing director of Ivest. He is an experienced investment banker who has been providing financial advice and raising capital for clients in Asia, the Middle East and Australia for over 20 years.

Cosmas has covered a broad range of client needs from the transportation, infrastructure, extractive resources and energy industries with a comprehensive range of wholesale banking, capital and financial markets solutions.

Prior to co-founding Ivest, Cosmas was a Managing Director and Global Head of Transportation and Infrastructure at Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore. His previous roles have included Head of Specialised Finance at Investec Bank in Sydney, Executive Director and Head of Finance Asia Pacific at CMS Energy in Singapore, Executive Director and Head of Oil & Gas Asia Pacific at CIBC World Markets in Singapore and Vice President Project Finance at Banque Indosuez in Singapore and Sydney. Prior to investment banking, Cosmas was a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group and a petroleum drilling engineer with Schlumberger.

Cosmas holds a MBA from London Business School and the Wharton Graduate School International Exchange Program and a BSc (Hons) in Marine Engineering from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Cosmas is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Society of Petroleum Engineers.