About me

I’m an investment professional with over 10 years of experience in private equity, venture capital, and listed markets.

My skills include:

  • Identifying opportunities;
  • Structuring and executing transactions;
  • Due diligence;
  • Financial & operational modelling; and
  • Providing insights to investment committees, executives, and business unit leaders.

My academic qualifications include:

  • MBA with Excellence
  • B. Bus (Accounting) with Distinction and LLB (Hons)
  • The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter

I also play the piano and write as hobbies.

Selected Projects

  • Private equity: Executed and onboarded 3 bolt-on acquisitions as part of a buy-and-build strategy in professional education & training.
  • Venture capital: Created a model term sheet for a medtech investor, drawing on best practices from the AIC (Australia) and NVCA (US).
  • Listed market (A-REIT) research: Published the Australian Property Funds Industry Survey, Australia’s most comprehensive sector database, incorporating data from 70+ fund managers with ~$285B AUD.

Other Projects

Gaming Analysis & Commentary:

  • Matchsticks for my Eyes, a site about games (especially PC strategy games), stories, and soundtracks established since 2010

Fiction & Poetry:

  • “Seasons on an Alien World”, haiku published in issue 86 of Andromeda Spaceways Magazine, 2022
  • “The First Sacrifice”, short story, 2011. An early experiment in self-publishing that taught me a lot about the process.

Articles

  • The Australian edtech investors list: October 2020
    If you are an Australian edtech company, where should you look for investment, and what requirements do you need to meet? I decided to crowd-source the answers from the investors themselves.
  • Coursera: the edtech company I’d love to own
    The news that Coursera has raised a US$130M Series F round, valuing the company at a reported US$2.5B, caught my interest. If I could invest in one late-stage edtech company, Coursera would be it. There is a global need for lifelong learning; and the company is well-placed to meet it.