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Mar
Value creation on steroids: Rewriting the playbook
A two-year-old portfolio company transformation plan might be based on assumptions that no longer apply, given the scale of post-pandemic macroeconomic volatility. Inflation has gone up sharply, and then started to come down; capital has become more expensive; and supply chains have been shaken. PE investors responded by reassessing their approaches to value creation, from the management of cash and talent to the application of technology. Industry experts discuss how to generate alpha amid adversity.
- How do strategic priorities change in a longer-than-expected holding period?
- What can investors do to keep their value creation plans on track?
- In which functional areas is it worth developing in-house expertise?
- To what extent is artificial intelligence a tool for operational improvement?
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SpeakersJames Hindle Partner and Head of Private Equity KPMG AUSTRALIA
Amit Chand Partner POTENTIA CAPITAL
Marcus Darville Managing Partner QUADRANT PRIVATE EQUITY
Nicholas Macksey Partner EQT
Georgina Varley Managing Director ADAMANTEM CAPITAL
Mark Chudek Partner AFFINITY EQUITY PARTNERS
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James has over 25 years of experience providing Transaction Services advice to clients on a range of transactions, initially in the UK before transferring to Australia in 2004. He has been a Partner in KPMG’s Transaction Services team for 16 years and has been leading KPMG’s Private Equity sector coverage team for the last 2 years.
Amit has 20 years of experience across investment, operational and consulting roles. Amit is a Partner at Potentia Capital and a member of the Investment Committee.
Prior to joining Potentia, Amit was part of the private equity investment team at Crescent Capital, Pemba Capital and at Aware Super. He held operational roles at Whispir, Unilever and Telecom New Zealand. Amit was also a management consultant at McKinsey & Co.
Amit holds a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) and Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) degrees from the University of Auckland. He also has a Master of Public Administration from Columbia University.
Marcus joined Quadrant Private Equity in March 2006 and is a Managing Partner. Marcus has nearly 30 years of private equity experience starting in the UK with NatWest Ventures (now Bridgepoint). He joined AMP in 1994 as Joint Head of Private Equity where he completed several major buyouts including Tasman Building Products.
Marcus has been a member of the Quadrant Investment Committee for every fund from QPE I to QPE VII and QGF 1 and 11. He jointly heads Quadrant’s Growth Funds and is a Director of Quadrant investees Partnered Health, TDG Environmental, JAG, Cancer Care Associates, Prime 100 and Quadlock.
Nicholas Macksey is a Partner in the EQT Private Capital Asia team. Nicholas worked for BPEA from 2006 until 2022, when the company joined forces with EQT and was renamed BPEA EQT.
Nicholas leads the Mid-Market Growth fund across Asia-Pacific and is a member of the EQT Private Capital Asia investment committee and exit and liquidity committee.
Prior to joining BPEA, Nicholas was a Senior Associate at Westpac Institutional Bank and also worked as a Senior Associate at Deloitte.
Nicholas holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Queensland and is also a CFA charterholder.
Georgina Varley is a Managing Director at Adamantem Capital. Prior to joining Adamantem Capital, Georgina worked in private equity as an Investment Director at Archer Capital (2017-2018) and an Investment Director at Arowana International (2013-2016). She also worked at Macquarie Group (Sydney and London) from 2006-2013 in investment banking and principal investment. Georgina sits on the board of Retail Zoo and is Chair of Climate Friendly. Georgina was appointed to the Takeovers Panel in 2024.
Georgina holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Sydney.
Mark Chudek is a Partner of Affinity Equity Partners and oversees its Australian and New Zealand investment team.
Mark is a member of Affinity’s investment committee and first joined Affinity in 2013. Prior to rejoining Affinity in 2023, Mark spent 2 years at Quadrant Private Equity within Quadrant’s flagship buyout fund between 2021 and 2023.
Before Mark’s private equity career commenced in 2013, he spent 3 years at Credit Suisse within their investment banking team in Sydney.
Mark’s private equity career spans 7 completed platform investments, serving on 12 investee company boards, completing 16 financings across his portfolio of investee companies and exiting 4 platform investments.