Nick co-founded Merchant Place Investments after 20 years in the private equity industry.  He has held leadership positions at a number of Australia's most successful investment firms including Quadrant Private Equity and Pemba Capital Partners.

 

Before entering the investment industry, Nick was a Principal at Boston Consulting Group. He spent his early career in sales and digital marketing roles.

 

Nick has served as a chairman or board director of over 20 companies.  He is currently chairman of LegalStream, and a director of Pareto Phone and Smoke Alarms Australia.

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Nick co-founded Merchant Place Investments after a career spanning investment banking, management consulting, private equity, senior management roles, and principal investing.

 

He has worked with professional services firms (J.P. Morgan, Bain & Company) and in operational senior management roles (RuleBurst, a software company acquired by Oracle).  He has helped establish a number of new businesses (Arowana Capital, Trade Glass Depot), and has considerable experience operating small and medium-sized businesses.

 

Nick has held more than 20 directorships, and is a trusted advisor to a number of family offices.

Tom co-founded Merchant Place Investments after more than 35 years of leadership experience in the public and private sectors in Australia and China.

 

He has held a wide range of senior roles in Australian public education, including serving as Assistant Director General for education in Queensland.  After leaving the public sector, Tom concentrated on the development of private sector"for profit" schools in Australia and China.  

 

Tom is an executive director of the Trade Glass Depot Group and chairs the Advisory Board of the Misso Group of companies.  He is also a national board director of the Duke of Edinburgh Awards in Australia.