OUR PEOPLE

At Quadrant we believe our human resources have made us one of the leading private equity firms. Our team is unmatched for the range of skills, wealth of knowledge and breadth of experience.

Ryan Boers  
Investment Director
Ryan Boers   Investment Director

Ryan joined Quadrant Private Equity in 2023. He was formerly a Principal at KKR based in Sydney where he spent 2 years originating, executing and managing private equity investments with a focus on the healthcare and business services sectors. Prior to this, he was at Archer Capital for 7 years where he focussed on mid-market private equity investments across Australia and New Zealand. Ryan began his career at Investec Bank in Sydney where he worked in their Investment Banking team.

Nakia Cain  
Receptionist/Team Assistant
Nakia Cain   Receptionist/Team Assistant

James Campbell  
Investment Analyst
James Campbell   BCom, MEng, DLang Investment Analyst

James joined Quadrant Private Equity in 2023. Prior to this James was an Associate at Advent Partners in Melbourne with a focus on technology, healthcare, and consumer investments, and spent 3 years in the M&A team at Lazard, primarily advising clients in the healthcare and renewables sectors.

Louis Casey  
Partner
Louis Casey   Partner

Christopher Coates  
Managing Partner
Christopher Coates   BCom, LLB Managing Partner

Chris joined Quadrant Private Equity in 2017. Chris is a member of the Quadrant Investment Committee and is responsible for leading deal origination and portfolio management activity in the Quadrant Buy-out funds. He has 11 years of investing experience, most recently at Bain Capital (focussing on special situations investing) and Archer Capital (mid-market private equity). He has prior experience with Morgan Stanley and Macquarie Capital. He is a Director of Quadrant investee companies Affinity Education, My Muscle Chef, Enrich Health Group, and TDG Environmental. Chris was formerly a Director of exited Quadrant investee companies Probe CX and Journey Beyond. Chris has also served on the board of the Australian Investment Council.

Adrian Cullen  
Head of ESG
Adrian Cullen   BEd | MBA Head of ESG

Adrian joined Quadrant in March 2023 as the firm’s first Head of ESG. Adrian has more than 17 years experience in leading and delivering ESG organisational transformation. His experience expands across sustainability strategy and governance, sustainable supply chain, circular economy, and human rights. Adrian has also operated across environmental health & safety and facilities management. Prior to joining Quadrant, Adrian spent over 10 years with Woolworths Group where he held senior positions with the retailer which included roles as the Head of Sustainability and Head of Circular Economy. Adrian also spent seven years at McDonald’s Australia leading their sustainability agenda and is a former Board Director of the Australia Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO).

Marcus Darville  
Managing Partner, Head - Growth & SEF
Marcus Darville   MA(Hons), MBA Managing Partner, Head - Growth & SEF

Marcus joined Quadrant Private Equity in March 2006. Marcus has over 20 years 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 is a member of the Quadrant Investment Committee and is a Director of Quadrant investees A-Mart/Barbeques Galore, Journey Beyond, Fitzpatricks Wealth, QSCAN and Enrich Health Group.

Alex Eady  
Managing Partner, Co-Head - Buyout
Alex Eady   BCom, CA Managing Partner, Co-Head - Buyout

Alex joined Quadrant Private Equity in March 2008. Alex is a member of the Quadrant Investment Committee and is responsible for leading deal origination and portfolio management activity in the Quadrant Buy-out funds. Alex is a Director of Quadrant investee companies Aidacare, Jaybro Group, TSA Management, MotorOne, Superior Food Group and Fitzpatricks Private Wealth. Alex was formerly a Director of exited Quadrant investee companies, APM, Burson Auto Parts, Canberra Data Centres, ZIP Water and CQMS Razor.

Peter Elkhouri  
Investment Director
Peter Elkhouri   BCom (Actuarial) Investment Director

Peter joined Quadrant Private Equity in September 2019. Prior to this, he was an Investment Manager at Crescent Capital Partners, investing in private equity in the mid-market space with a heavy focus on growth capital in healthcare, education and building products. Peter began his career with L.E.K. Consulting where he worked on a number of private equity transactions, and strategic and transformational projects for blue-chip clients. Peter is a Director of Quadrant investee companies Seertech, Prime100, Southern Star Research and Connetico Group, and was previously a Director of ARQ Group, before it was sold to NCS.

Andrew Gale  
Investment Director
Andrew Gale   BCom, LLB Investment Director

Andrew joined Quadrant Private Equity in March 2016. Andrew has managed 8 investee companies across 3 Quadrant funds, and completed over 30 follow-on acquisitions across these companies. Andrew is a director of Quadrant investee company Probe Group and a former director of Qscan. Prior to Quadrant Andrew worked in Investment Banking at UBS Australia, and was involved in over $20bn of public and private M&A and equity and debt raisings.

Corrina Goffe  
Senior Executive Assistant
Corrina Goffe   Senior Executive Assistant

Victor Ha  
Partner
Victor Ha   BCom, CPA Partner

Victor joined Quadrant Private Equity in 2014 and has been involved in the acquisition, portfolio management and divestment of a range of current and former Quadrant investee companies. He is currently a Director of Quadrant investee companies BBQs Galore, Pacific Hunter Group, Fitness and Lifestyle Group and TDG Environmental. Prior to joining Quadrant, he worked in the Investment Banking Division of Morgan Stanley.

Chris Hadley  
Executive Chairman
Chris Hadley   BA(Hons), FSIA Executive Chairman

Chris is one of the longest serving executives in the Australian Private Equity industry and was one of the founding council members of AVCAL. Chris has led and managed the raising of all nine Quadrant funds, the first in 1996, and has been a member of the Investment Committee of all funds. Chris has led and managed a number of Quadrant investments and has been a director on many investee boards. Chris is a director of Quadrant investee companies A-Mart/Barbeques Galore, The Entertainment and Education Group, Superior Food Group, Rockpool Dining Group, Fitness and Lifestyle Group, RiteBite Group and APM International.

Louise Haslehurst  
Investment Director
Louise Haslehurst   Investment Director

Louise joined Quadrant Private Equity in November 2019. Prior to this, she was an Executive Director at Gresham Corporate Advisory Partners, having advised on numerous transactions across the consumer, industrials, healthcare and financial services sectors. Louise started her career at EY within the Transaction Advisory Services team, following the completion of the University of NSW’s co-operative scholarship program. Louise is a Director of Quadrant investee companies Quad Lock, Papinelle and Cancer Care Partners.

Emily Kaveney  
Partner Finance & Operations
Emily Kaveney   BA(Hons), CA Partner Finance & Operations

Emily joined Quadrant Private Equity in 2010. Emily is also Chief Compliance Officer and Company Secretary. Prior to joining Quadrant, Emily spent 10 years with PwC; five years in London followed by five years in Sydney. At PwC, Emily was a Senior Manager in the Financial Assurance division focused on Financial Services clients. During her time at PwC, Emily also operated across the Media, Entertainment and Telecommunications sectors.

Youngsoo Kim  
Associate Director
Youngsoo Kim   BCom, MBA Associate Director

Youngsoo joined Quadrant Private Equity in May 2019. Prior to this, he was at Goldman Sachs in the Technology, Media, and Telecom (TMT) group, Investment Banking Division based in San Francisco. Here he advised technology clients and private equity firms on software and internet transactions. Youngsoo is a Director of Quadrant investee companies Grays, Love to Dream and Seertech Solutions and was previously Director of Adore Beauty until it was listed on the ASX in October 2020, and Modibodi before it was sold to Essity.

Hannah Ley  
Senior Executive Assistant
Hannah Ley   Senior Executive Assistant

Nicole Loewensohn  
Associate Director
Nicole Loewensohn   Associate Director

Nicole joined Quadrant Private Equity in October 2023. She was formerly an Associate Director at mid-market private equity firm CPE Capital, where she spent four years investing across a range of sectors including financial services, industrials and consumer retail. Prior to this, Nicole spent six years in investment banking at Lazard in Sydney and Paris.

Melissa Lok  
Associate Director
Melissa Lok   BCom, LLB Associate Director

Melissa joined Quadrant Private Equity in March 2023. Prior to this, she spent eight years at Advent Partners with a focus on technology, education, healthcare and consumer investments, where she played a key role in several investee companies including Zero Latency VR, Medtech Global, Compass Education and Silk Laser Clinics.

Lachlan Morley  
Investment Analyst
Lachlan Morley   Investment Analyst

Lachlan joined Quadrant Private Equity in June 2023. Prior to this, Lachlan was an Investment Banking Analyst at Jefferies, advising corporate and financial sponsor clients across the consumer, healthcare, media and technology sectors. Lachlan also has previous experience at Pemba Capital Partners.

Murray Osborne  
Investment Analyst
Murray Osborne   Investment Analyst

Simon Pither  
Managing Partner
Simon Pither   BA(Hons), MBA Managing Partner

Simon joined Quadrant Private Equity in May 2008 from Melbourne-based mid-market private equity fund, Advent Private Capital. Prior to this Simon worked for Credit Agricole Indosuez Private Equity in London, investing in mid-market private equity and mezzanine opportunities. Simon is Chairman of Quadrant investee companies GraysOnline, Love To Dream, Southern Star Research, Papinelle, Connetico Group and Director of Seertech. He was previously Director of exited Growth Fund investments in Arq Group, Modibodi, and Adore Beauty.

Taseen Rahman  
Associate Director
Taseen Rahman   Associate Director

Taseen joined Quadrant Private Equity in June 2019, having previously spent three years in the Investment Banking Division of UBS Australia. At UBS, Taseen was involved in a number of M&A and financing transactions advising industrial, technology and telecommunication clients. Prior to joining UBS, Taseen worked at JP Morgan and Rothschild in Investment Banking.

Bevan Rossjohn  
Investment Analyst
Bevan Rossjohn   Investment Analyst

Derryn Ruolle  
Chief Financial Officer
Derryn Ruolle   BCom, CA Chief Financial Officer

Derryn joined Quadrant Private Equity in August 2015. Prior to this Derryn operated as Associate Director and IBC Director China with Grant Thornton, having spent 9 years based in Australia and most recently 3 years in Hong Kong. Whilst based in Hong Kong Derryn operated across 17 Asia Pacific markets. With Grant Thornton Australia, Derryn looked after a portfolio of mid-market public/private clients, where he specialised in audit services and Initial Public Offerings. Derryn’s sector experience features private equity, financial services, manufacturing and food and beverage.

Dittman Shum  
Financial Controller
Dittman Shum   BCom, BEng(Hons), CA Financial Controller

Dittman joined Quadrant Private Equity in April 2017. He was previously a Client Manager at Deloitte, where he spent 8 years providing assurance and advisory services for funds management clients such as Lazard and BlackRock. He also completed a two-year secondment in New York working on the audit of a private equity client, Blackstone. Dittman also focused on integrating technology-driven solutions such as data analytics and automation into the audit practice.

Tyson Smith  
Investment Director
Tyson Smith   Investment Director

Harry Waller  
Investment Manager
Harry Waller   Investment Manager

Harry joined Quadrant Private Equity in 2022. Prior to this, he spent over four years in the Investment Banking Division of Jefferies where he advised corporate and financial sponsor clients across consumer, healthcare, industrials, media and technology sectors. Harry also has previous experience at KPMG and Queensland Treasury Corporation.

Ashley White  
Investment Analyst
Ashley White   Investment Analyst

Ashley joined Quadrant Private Equity in April 2023, having previously spent over two years in the Investment Banking division of Jefferies. At Jefferies, Ashley worked across consumer, healthcare, industrials, technology and media sectors, advising both corporate and financial sponsors clients

Alexandra Wong  
Financial Controller
Alexandra Wong   (BBus, CA) Financial Controller

Alexandra joined Quadrant Private Equity in May 2018 having spent six years in professional services firms. Prior to joining Quadrant, Alex was a Senior Analyst at Deloitte Private where she worked in the Family Enterprise Advisory division to deliver a fully integrated service to small and medium sized businesses and the families that own them. Prior to working at Deloitte, Alex began her career with BDO in the Business Services area.

Gareth Woodbridge  
Managing Partner, Co-Head - Buyout
Gareth Woodbridge   BCom, LLB Managing Partner, Co-Head - Buyout

Gareth joined Quadrant Private Equity in February 2023. Gareth is a member of the Quadrant Investment Committee and is responsible for leading deal origination and portfolio management activity in the Quadrant Buyout funds. He has 15 years of private equity experience, most recently as a Managing Director at KKR with a focus on healthcare, business services and consumer investments including Australian Venue Co, Laser Clinics Australia, GenesisCare, Arnotts, Arrowtex Pharmaceuticals and Probe Cx. He has prior experience with Archer Capital, CVC Capital Partners and UBS AG. He is a Director of Quadrant investee companies Partnered Health, Fitness & Lifestyle Group and Pacific Hunter Group. Gareth has also served on the board of the Australian Investment Council.

Ada Wu  
Associate Director
Ada Wu   BCom and LLB Associate Director

Ada joined Quadrant Private Equity in 2022. Prior to this Ada was an Associate at Affinity Equity Partners in Sydney where she spent 3 years investing across a range of sectors in Australia and New Zealand, including the healthcare and software sectors. Prior to this, Ada worked in the Investment Banking division at Deutsche Bank Australia, focussing on M&A and financing transactions in the financial services and infrastructure sectors.

Johnny Zhang  
Partner
Johnny Zhang   BCom and LLB Partner

Johnny joined Quadrant Private Equity in 2023. He was formerly a Partner at Navis Capital based in Sydney where he spent 12 years focussed on growth investing, across a wide range of industries in Australia, NZ and Asia including medical devices, education, software, healthcare, automotive and staffing recruitment. Prior to this Johnny began his career with Macquarie Capital in the general industrials investment banking team focused on consumer and private equity coverage. Johnny is a Director of Quadrant investee companies Bastion Cybersecurity Group and Southern Star Research.