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Christiana Capital was
originally founded in New Jersey USA in 1954 by Edward R. Stavitsky, Michael A. Stavitsky and Thomas W. McMahon, Jr.
Peter R. Aynsley joined Christiana in
1992 and took a principal role together with Ed Stavitsky from 1993
onwards – working in the USA, UK and Europe. Christiana Capital
extended its operations to Australia in 1995, with the Australian
operation managed by Peter Aynsley in parallel with his work
overseas.
Christiana Capital’s
primary activities have historically centered on real estate
development and financing, as well as providing business advisory
and support services for a number of diverse industries – including
the film industry, manufacturing, telecommunications and the
Internet.
In the
film industry, Christiana Capital worked hand in hand with Chase
Manhattan Bank for a period of some 25
years to provide a substantial
component of the total financing for 20th Century, Universal and
United Artists over that period (Mr Tom McMahon, a Director and owner of
Christiana Capital, also concurrently held the position of Senior
Vice President, then Executive Vice President at Chase Manhattan
Bank and Head of the Credit Policy Committee).
Christiana is now a
100%-owned subsidiary of Prime Property Corporation Pty
Ltd. Peter Aynsley
and
Neil Macdonald are Directors of both
Christiana and Prime.
Christiana’s day-to-day
operations are managed by Peter Aynsley with a support team
in North Sydney and consultants that
are primarily Sydney-based. Christiana maintains a presence in both
Los
Angeles USA and London UK - and provides services to
projects in a number of industries in the Pacific, Europe,
MENA and South Africa.
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