I buy founder-led businesses others underestimate.

I'm building a long-term portfolio of Australian businesses in trades, construction, automotive, and outdoor/adventure — businesses with strong fundamentals, technical depth, and untapped commercial upside. Selective. Structured. Built to hold.

What I'm looking for

I acquire and invest in operator-led Australian businesses with $2M–$20M in revenue. And I'm looking for a particular kind of owner.

You've spent years building something real. The work is respected. The customers come back. The team shows up. But you carry more of it than anyone sees and when you think about stepping back, the options are thin. The kids have their own lives. There's no successor in the wings. And the buyers who do call want to strip it, merge it, or flip it inside three years. Everything you built, dismantled by whoever writes the cheque.

If that's you, you're not alone. A whole generation of Australian owners is arriving at this point at the same time, and most of the capital showing up isn't built for them. Big business gets stewardship. Small business gets stripped for parts, or ignored.

I'm the alternative. I buy selectively, run properly, and hold long. Your name, your team, your customers — kept, and built on. I've spent 25 years finding value inside businesses at every scale, from a $12bn acquisition to a $30bn cost base. The value in yours is almost certainly bigger than you've been told. My job is to see it, pay fairly for it, and grow it.

Revenue: $2M–$20M

Geography: Australia

Profile: Strong fundamentals, loyal customers, an owner thinking about what's next

Ownership: Founder-led or founder-owned

Sectors: Trades, construction, automotive, camper-trailer and outdoor/adventure

Intent: Long-term ownership. I'm not flipping.

Brokers: if this sounds like a vendor you know, I'm the call to make. I qualify fast, structure creatively, and don't waste vendors' time. If it's not for me, I'll tell you why — and the reason will be useful.


Investors and capital partners: this mandate is what your capital joins. I'm open to co-acquisition and syndication with partners who back operators. 

What I bring beyond the cheque.

Plenty of buyers bring money. Here's what I bring with it:

Integration that lands. $250M+ in year-one synergies delivered on the AB InBev/SABMiller integration, plus $100M in cost efficiencies. On time, on plan.

Pricing and supplier discipline. $200M+ in recurring annual savings unlocked from a $30bn cost base at Coles. National pricing strategy for a $3.5bn multi-channel retailer. Most SMEs have never had this lens applied once.

P&L ownership. I ran a $600M+ P&L at Coles Liquor. I’ve ran a small family business for 18 years. I know what it costs to be wrong, because I've carried the number, and the sleepless nights with the pressures and fluctuations of small business.

Brand and growth. I was part of the team that made Great Northern Australia's first billion-dollar beer brand, inside a business that sold for $16bn against a $12bn entry and multiple other divestments along the way.

Technology that gets used. A $40M enterprise program with 100% adoption across 20,000+ users. Adoption is the metric. Everything else is spend.