Jonathan has more than 23 years of experience in direct investing in private equity and private capital funds management across six private equity funds totalling A$1.3 billion in capital commitments.

Jonathan is currently a Managing Director and Investment Committee member of Pollination, a global investment and advisory firm. Jonathan was previously a director of CHAMP Ventures, having joined the firm at its foundation in 2000. At CHAMP Ventures Jonathan managed the acquisition, transformation and ultimate realisation of some of the highest performing investments of the firm including SG Fleet, Amdel, Australian Portable Buildings and Dexion. Jonathan built strong bilateral relationships with founders and CEOs and developed a reputation for personal integrity in capital markets. Jonathan left the firm in 2016 to establish Odyssey Private Equity, another top performing Australian mid-market private equity firm.

Jonathan holds a BEng (Hons1) from The University of Sydney and an MBA (Executive) from the Australian Graduate School of Management.

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Rod is the immediate past Chairman Emeritus of Corrs Chambers Westgarth, a leading Australian law firm and has significant board and advisory experience. His current board positions include; Chairman of Chubb Insurance Australia Limited, Chairman of BGP Holdings PLC, Director of Destination NSW, a Director of Corporation Airports America Inc, Chairman of Shaw Vision Pty Limited and Australia Media Corp Pty Limited.

Rod was also the Chief Executive Officer of Sydney’s successful Olympic bid and a Director of the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. Rod was awarded membership of the Order of Australia for services to Law and the Community in 1990. In 2013 Rod was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to the community through contributions to a range of organisations and to sport, particularly through leadership.

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James has over 35 years of management, assurance and advisory experience and was a partner for 21 years in PricewaterhouseCoopers financial services practice. He worked principally with ASX200 investment management and real estate clients, as well as consumer, industrial, pharmaceutical and mining businesses.

He has experience in ASX listings, equity and debt raisings, M&A transactions, due diligence and assurance engagements. He was a member of PricewaterhouseCoopers global real estate management team.

He is currently a Director of Pymble Golf Club and a Principal of FinStream P/L, an online education provider to the financial services sector.

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Chris has over 25 years experience in servicing institutional, intermediary and high-net-worth individuals in Australia and Asia across a broad range of asset classes. He has led sales and marketing functions for leading global asset managers and has founded an Asia-Pacific based asset management business.

Prior to Vantage, Chris was Head of Distribution at Aura, where he was responsible for raising capital for alternative assets, led the wealth business as well as managing the high net worth client base of the firm.

Prior to Aura Chris led teams at BNY Mellon, Credit Suisse, Barclays Capital and Goldman Sachs JBWere where he was responsible for the engagement and management of asset management clients of those firms. During this time, Chris primarily raised assets for alternative strategies including hedge funds, quantitative and algorithmic strategies, property, credit and private equity.

Chris holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the Australian National University as well as a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance from Finsia. He has previously held qualifications from the ASCPA (CPA), has held Type 1, 4 and 9 qualifications from the SFC (Hong Kong), CMFAS qualified to deal and advise in financial securities in Singapore as well as RG146 qualifications in Australia.

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Oliver has over 10 years of direct mid-market private equity experience, having worked in both London and Sydney. He started his career in investment banking as a member of the financial sponsors group, where he advised private equity clients across a range of transactions.

At Vantage, Oliver is responsible for managing the investment team’s activities and works across the firm’s private equity programs. This involves the origination and evaluation of new investment opportunities, transaction execution, and portfolio management of primary,
co-investment, and secondary investments.

Before joining Vantage, Oliver was at Next Capital and Odyssey Private Equity, two leading Australian mid-market private equity firms. Prior to this, he was with Sovereign Capital, a UK-based mid-market private equity firm, having previously worked in HSBC’s investment banking division.

Oliver holds a first-class BA (Hons) degree in Economics and an MSc Finance and Investment from the University of Exeter.

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Paul has extensive experience in M&A and private equity, having advised on tax on cross-border and domestic transactions over the past ten years. Paul typically advised mid-market private equity firms on buy-side and sell-side transactions, as well as various restructures and refinancing events. Paul spent a number of years working in London, advising large European-based private equity firms on a number of significant global and European transactions.

As part of Paul’s experience, he has worked through complex commercial and structuring considerations on transactions, supporting clients in mitigating value risks in their portfolio opportunities and is well-versed with various capital and financial instruments to implement preferred capital structures to allow commercially viable and tax-efficient repatriation of funds.

Paul’s role at Vantage includes conducting the assessment of the potential private equity, co-investment and secondary investment opportunities for Vantage including the development and execution of investment submission presentations to the Investment Committee, the ongoing monitoring and evaluation of underlying fund investments, sourcing investor opportunities for Vantage, and assisting with new structuring ideas for Vantage funds and products.

Paul graduated from the University of Technology Sydney, majoring in Accounting and International Business, and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ).

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Maximilian conducts the sourcing, assessment and execution of Private Equity investment opportunities across various strategies including Primary, Co-investment and Secondary investments. He establishes and structures unique private equity fund offerings across various strategies for both domestic and foreign investors to participate in the asset class in Australia.

Maximilian also supports Vantage entities with the delivery of day-to-day operations with focus on delivering best-practice enterprise wide services including marketing, human resources and office administrative duties.

Maximilian is a Committee Member, Panelist and Event organiser for the Emerging Leader’s cohort of the Australian Investment Council that is the voice of private capital, helping build thousands of Australian businesses in almost every sector through Private Equity, Venture Capital and Private Credit.

Maximilian holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) and Bachelor of Business (Marketing) from Griffith University (Australia).

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David is responsible for the analysis and reporting of Vantage’s underlying investments on an ongoing basis, as well as the assessment of potential Primary, Co-investment and Secondary Private Equity investment opportunities for Vantage’s Private Equity Fund entities.

David’s role includes the monitoring and distribution of each Vantage Fund’s monthly, quarterly and annual financial and investor reports, preparation of Board presentations and Investment Committee reports for each fund entity.

David previously worked in CDPQ’s Infrastructure Investment Team where he was involved in the CWP Renewables transaction and covered the Port of Brisbane as part of his asset management responsibilities. Prior to CDPQ, David worked in the Project Finance team at Norton Rose Fulbright and assisted on the development, financing and legal due diligence of renewable energy projects.

David holds a Bachelor of Laws and Commerce from the University of Sydney and was a recipient of the Scholar Chancellor’s Award and New Colombo Mobility Grant.

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Jin Wye Yap is responsible for the accounting, compliance and management of the fund investment administration for each of Vantage’s Private Equity Fund of Funds entities as well direct fund investment vehicles.

Jin’s role includes; the preparation / review of each Vantage Fund’s monthly, quarterly and annual financial and investor reports, preparation of Board presentations and Investment Committee reports for each fund entity and assistance with the preparation of investment submission reports to the Investment Committee for new underlying fund investments. Jin also manages the tax compliance and year end audits for the Vantage group of management companies and fund entities.

Jin was previously an Audit Manager with PwC Sydney Australia, where he was responsible for the delivery of quality audits in line with the Accounting Standards for organisations across asset management, funds management and real estate. Jin also has experience on regulatory matters in Australia arising from the involvement of AFSLs, Compliance Plans and GS007 control reports. Prior to PwC, Jin was with EY KL Malaysia, where he has similar responsibilities in PwC with exception of Australian regulations and reporting standards.

Jin holds a Bachelor of Business and Commerce majoring in Accounting and Finance from Monash University. Jin is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

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Jack reports to the CFO and is also responsible for helping with the accounting, compliance and management of the fund investment administration for each of Vantage’s Private Equity Fund of Funds entities. Jack has previously worked in Grant Thorntons Business Tax and Advisory team, working with a range of international and domestic clients to ensure compliance with Australian tax obligations and act as an outsourced finance function.

Jack holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) and a Bachelor of Accounting from Macquarie University, while he is also currently undertaking his Charter Accountants in Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) qualification.

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Alicia is the Investor Relations Manager at Vantage Asset Management and is responsible for all investor-related matters. Alicia works closely with Vantage’s Distribution Team and various registry providers to ensure the highest level of service is provided to all investors across Vantage’s product suite.

Alicia has over 10 years experience in the funds management industry. Prior to joining Vantage Alicia worked with Sydney based Small and Mid-Cap equities investment manager Ophir Asset Management, where she was responsible for the Investor Relations function encompassing investor reporting, communications, and marketing. Prior to this, Alicia worked with Sydney based ASX listed fund manager Elanor Investors Group, where she was closely involved with the Executive Team on corporate communications including annual reporting, ASX releases, press and website content.

Alicia graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Media Communications.

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Based in Vantage’s Sydney office Ashli encompasses 6 years of Real Estate/Property experience working in diverse roles including Operations, Office Administration and Executive Assistant at C-Suite level. Ashli prides herself in her ability to nurture and facilitate High Net Worth Individuals and clientele across all her roles. Ashli is instrumental in ensuring there are efficiencies across all areas of the business and plays a key role in providing exemplary support to our Investors, Stakeholders and Investment Team.

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