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Mar
Lessons learnt: 20 years of PE and VC in Australasia
The AVCJ Australia & New Zealand Forum has tracked and reflected the evolution of the industry over the past two decades. History is often episodic: the trials and triumphs of buyout pioneers, the arrival of global GPs, dotcom boom and bust, the global financial crisis, a record-breaking streak of economic growth, the rise technology-enabled business models, and a global pandemic. But the overriding story is one of an asset class that has become a cornerstone of the economy – and generated attractive returns for LPs along the way. A panel of industry veterans revisits the past and looks to the future.
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SpeakersMarcus Simpson Founder PMGS GLOBAL
Peter Wiggs Founding Partner ARCHER CAPITAL
Simon Pillar Founder PACIFIC EQUITY PARTNERS
Michael Lukin Managing Partner ROC PARTNERS
Steve Byrom Founding Partner POTENTUM PARTNERS
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Marcus advises super funds, private equity managers, and industry consultants. He originates and works on individual private equity transactions. He teaches for the Australian Investment Council, mentors future industry leaders, and runs presentation training and peak performance workshops.
From 2005-2020 he founded, built, and managed QIC’s Global Private Capital business of A$7.0 billion invested in directs, co-investments, and primary and secondary fund interests.
He’s at the forefront of new private equity models as reflected in a paper co-authored with Josh Lerner of Harvard and Hugh MacArthur of Bain & Co, and his past Chairing of the Institutional Investors Roundtable, an international community of large, long-term institutional investors seeking to collaborate on private market investments.
Mr. Simpson holds a MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Virginia and a BSc (Architecture) from the University of Virginia.
Peter Wiggs founded Archer Capital in 1997 and led the firm until 2018. For 21 years he oversaw the investment program, fundraising and LP relationships.
Prior to Archer Capital Peter was a director of Rothschild and Co and before that a management consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton.
Peter is currently a director of Autopact Group, Aspire2 and Odyssey House. He also owns and operates the boutique wine company Eden Road Wines.
Mr. Wiggs has a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) from the University of Sydney.
Simon is a founder of Pacific Equity Partners and chairs the firm's Operating Committee. Prior to founding PEP, Simon was a Partner with Bain & Company and worked as a strategy consultant in the US, Singapore and Sydney. He started his working life as an engineer with The Royal Dutch/Shell Group in The Netherlands. Simon received a first class degree (BSc (Eng) in Civil Engineering) from the University of Bristol where he received the Institution of Civil Engineers Award, and an MBA from the Wharton School where he was a Thouron Scholar.
Mike is the Group Managing Partner of Roc Partners where he is responsible for leading client relationships and investment activities in several markets. Mike was one of the founding partners of Roc Partners following the management buy-out of Macquarie Group’s private markets business unit (“MIMPM”) by its senior executives in June 2014. He currently serves a director of Roc Partners investee companies StoneAxe, Australia’s Oyster Coast, Hirepool, National Dental Care, Infrastructure Advisory Group and Pacific Metals Group.
Mike holds a Bachelor of Science Honours, Applied Mathematics, is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Associate of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia.
Steve is a Founding Partner of Potentum Partners. Formed in 2019 by senior members of Future Fund’s private equity team, Potentum Partners offers a new way for institutional investors to access and build world-class private equity programs.
Prior to Potentum Partners, Steve spent 11 years as Head of Private Equity and Investment Committee member at Future Fund, Australia’s sovereign wealth fund. He led the team that created Future Fund’s private equity strategy, building a A$27.5bn investment program that returned over 17% p.a. (hedged, in Australian Dollars) over 10 years. As an Investment Committee member, he was involved in the whole of portfolio strategic and tactical decision making.
Steve has over 30 years of private equity and corporate finance experience across Europe, Australia and New Zealand. His previous experience includes establishing a private equity program at the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, Co-Head of ANZ Private Equity, financial sponsors with SG Hambros in London and corporate finance at Ernst & Young in London and Auckland.
Steve is a graduate of the University of Auckland and holds a Masters of Commerce in Finance.