THE PROFIT HUNTER IN HI-VIS

I find the

hidden value

others walk past.

Big-business rigour at small-business speed. Twenty-five years inside multibillion dollar businesses. Now I put on the hi-vis and find the profit hiding in founder-led businesses, as their adviser or their next owner.

WHERE I LEARNT TO HUNT FOR PROFIT - 25 YEARS INSIDE GLOBAL BUSINESSES

$12bn

M&A deal team on Foster's - SABMiller acquisition

$600M+

Head of Private Label business, Coles Liquor

$250M+

Year-one synergies delivered, AB InBev/SABMiller integration

$200M+

 Recurring annual savings delivered, Coles

$16bn

Exit value of the business I helped rebuild, against a $12bn entry price

 WHAT I DO

Three ways in. One standard.

Everything I do runs through one filter: is there hidden value here, and can I unlock it? Pick the door that fits you best, and let's talk.

Advisory

Revenue's up but profit isn't. Growth has stalled. Or exit is three years out and everything still runs through you.

I act as the independent board you've never had. I diagnose fast, find where the margin is leaking, and stay to help fix it.

Acquisitions

Revenue's up but profit isn't. Growth has stalled. Or exit is three years out and everything still runs through you.

I act as the independent board you've never had. I diagnose fast, find where the margin is leaking, and stay to help fix it.

Mentorship

You built something real. Margin's flat, growth has stalled, or exit is two years out and the business still runs through you. I diagnose fast and fix what I find. Sometimes I buy.

Unlocking Hidden Value through Strategy, Ownership and Acquisition

Baishakhi Connor is an investor, business acquirer, and strategic operator, and owner of the YBH Group of businesses.

Over 25 years, she has driven commercial results inside some of the world's most recognised companies - Coles, AB InBev, ABN AMRO - while running a family business with her husband for 18 of those years.

Today she helps Australian business owners find and unlock the value already sitting inside their businesses, and acquires a selected few ready for their next chapter.

Baishakhi takes on a limited number of advisory engagements, acquisition conversations, and speaking events each year.

THE YBH GROUP

Strategy is easy to claim. Ownership is proof.

I don't just advise businesses. I invest in, own and operate them - across trades, manufacturing, and allied health. Take a look inside the group.

EPPING ELECTRICAL · MOSFAB & COSMOS CAMPERS · OLEVIATE · ACTIVE ACQUISITIONS

“Most businesses are sitting on untapped millions. They just can't see it yet.”

— Baishakhi Connor

Founder, Investor & Business Acquisitions Expert, YBH Group

Ready to Talk

Whether you're an owner who wants more from the business you built, a broker with a deal, or an investor who backs operators — the conversation starts the same way: directly.

Baishakhi Connor

Unlocking Hidden Value in Australian Business

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I find the hidden value others walk past.