Meet the Corval Avenue Team

Laurence is the CEO of Corval Avenue, a leading real estate fund manager with both retail debt a retail debt fund and institutional mandates.

Laurence has an extensive 25 year career across both real estate lending and equity investments. During an 11-year tenure with Macquarie Group, he held roles including the Australian Head of Real Estate Credit and, subsequently he co-founded the Commercial Property Finance business, growing it to a $7bn loan book.

Prior to Macquarie, Laurence spent almost a decade working in London for the Bank of Scotland, Lloyds and Mizuho across roles in real estate private equity, restructuring and European leverage finance.

Laurence received a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of New South Wales and completed the Chartered Financial Analyst qualification. He was also previously a Divisional Councilor for the Property Council of Australia’s Capital Markets Division and the Chair of it’s Debt Market Committee.

Belinda Bible joined Corval Avenue in June 2023 as Chief Operating Officer. Belinda is an experienced COO, being COO for Credit Suisse’s Australian investment banking business since 2015. Prior to that role, Belinda worked in the Equity Capital Markets team at Credit Suisse.

Belinda has extensive operational, risk management and governance experience in regulated financial services built over a 17-year career. Her focus is on optimising business processes, developing talent and building robust controls frameworks and cultures to stay ahead of regulatory expectations. In addition to her operational responsibilities, Belinda also leads Corval Avenue’s compliance function.

Belinda holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance and Economics) and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney, has been admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and has completed a Graduate Diploma in Applied Corporate Governance.

Simon Davies joined Corval Avenue in October 2023 as Head of Credit. He has over 20 years of experience across a broad range of lending products and industry sectors, with a significant focus on commercial real estate, including development financing. Simon combines extensive credit and risk management expertise with experience in restructuring and managing stressed and defaulting loans.

Most recently, Simon held the position of Senior Manager at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, leading the NSW and ACT property credit risk team for the Major Client Group and Corporate Banking, where he held a delegated authority for loans up to $250m. He has previously worked in the Institutional Bank at Commonwealth Bank, asset structuring and mid-market property at Westpac, and in Corporate Finance for GE Capital. During the Global Financial Crisis, Simon specialised in real estate restructuring at Lloyds International. There, he managed a real estate loan portfolio of $650m of performing and non-performing loans across the eastern seaboard of Australia.

Simon holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

Tristan initially joined Corval Avenue in 2002 when it was known as Eclipse Prudent Mortgage Corporation. Tristan focused on loan and client management before joining an external legal firm providing mortgage, default management and recovery services. Tristan rejoined Corval Avenue in 2017 as legal counsel and Company Secretary.

Tristan is a qualified practising lawyer in New South Wales who has worked in property and mortgage law since 2004.

Vinay Chand joined Corval Avenue in April 2024 as Chief Financial Officer.  He has over twenty-five years of experience in senior executive roles across Finance, Fin-Tech and Technology businesses having worked in CFO, COO and MD roles.

Previously Vinay has held the role of CFO with AMP Bank managing the bank finances including capital management, regulatory compliance and leading the turnaround and growth of the business.  He has previously worked in the Institutional Bank at Commonwealth Bank, the fast-growing Fintech, IP Payments and global software business Civica.

Vinay holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Auckland and Post Grad Diploma in Applied Finance and Investments from the Securities Institute of Australia and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.