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Our team of dedicated partners and senior staff come with experience from top tier strategy consulting practices as well as many of them operating leadership roles in industry.

We have one of the largest investment teams in Australia with a stable partner group and an average senior partner tenure of over 20 years.

Over 35 years in strategy consulting, investment and business management and public company boards.

Ex Bain & Company, LEK Partnership and Chase Manhattan Bank.

Chair:  Green Leaves, Bremick, NZ Panels Group, Clearview, Steel Mains

Michael Alscher

Founder and Managing Partner BComm

Daren McKennay

35+ years in the healthcare sector, both as a CEO and in private equity investing.

Ex Co-founder and CEO of Life Healthcare Group Limited (ASX:LHC), COO of MIA Group Limited, CEO Healthcare of Australia (Mayne Group)

Chair: Healthcare Australia, Pinnacle Rehab and Australia Institute of Business

Daren McKennay

Partner BBus, MBA, CA

Neville Buch

40+ years experience in operating roles and M&A.

Ex Global Deputy Chairman of Tyco Fire & Security and former CEO of Tyco Fire and Security Asia Pacific.

Chair: NZ Panels Group, Viridian, Oceania, Hall Contracting, Director of Cardno Ltd (ASX), Seagrass, and Steel Mains.

Neville Buch

Partner BSc Eng (Hons), MBA

Peter Lyon-Mercado

35+ years experience in financial management and accounting.

Ex Saffery (London)

Peter Lyon-Mercado

Partner BEng (Civil) (Hons), FCA, SA Fin

Nathanial Thomson

25 years experience in strategy consulting, private equity and banking.

Ex McKinsey & Company.

Chair: National Dental Care, Airesafe, Cardno Ltd (ASX). Director of Australian Clinical Labs, ClearView Ltd (ASX), Emapta.

Nathanial Thomson

Partner BComm (Hons), LlB (Hons)

15+ years experience in strategy consulting and private equity

Ex A.T. Kearney

Chair: EMAPTA, Walski.

Stuart Butterworth

Partner BA / LLB (First Class)

Ondrej Ruzicka

16+ years experience in private equity and investment banking focussed on consumer and healthcare in ANZ, Europe and Asia. Extensive NED experience globally.

Ex Managing Director & Head of ANZ at L Catterton, Investment Director at New Hope Group, Executive Director Goldman Sachs Consumer Healthcare, Nomura and UBS.

Ondrej Ruzicka

Managing Partner Crescent Growth B.Bus, MBA

Giuseppe Valletta

Extensive experience in private equity and investment banking with focus on consumer and healthcare sectors.

Ex Principal at L Catterton, Investment Banking Associate Goldman Sachs Consumer Healthcare, Pacific Capital and Citi.

Giuseppe Valletta

Investment Director BSc(physics), MSc(physics)

Patrick Schmidt

10+ years experience in private equity, strategy consulting and M&A

Ex McKinsey & Company, King & Wood Mallesons

Director: Pinnacle Rehab

Patrick Schmidt

Investment Director BComm (Fin)/LLB (First Class Hons), MBA

Eugen Lamotte

12+ years experience in private equity

Ex Ernst and Young

Eugen Lamotte

CFO Private Equity Funds BComm, Master of Financial Analysis

Lucy Cooper

10+ years’ experience in ESG, sustainable finance and consulting across both public and private sectors.

Ex Bain & Company, Ex Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).

Lucy Cooper

Director ESG BEng (First Class Hons)

Private Credit

Russell Sinclair

30+ years experience banking and finance

Ex PwC Partner, Head of Debt & Capital Advisory AU_Westpac, Global Head of Trade, Asset and Structured Finance Westpac, Head of Loans, Syndication and Leveraged Finance

Russell Sinclair

Managing Partner Private Credit BComm

Caitlin Spitzke

12+ years experience in financial management, accounting and operations.

Ex MA Financial Group, Dexus, PwC

Caitlin Spitzke

CFO/COO Private Credit BComm, CA

Listed Equities

Simon Birrell

20+ years experience in listed equities in the US, Europe and Australia, private equity and strategy consulting.

Non-Executive Director experience with National Hearing Care, Covermore and Lifehealthcare. GAICD

Ex Portfolio Manager at VGI Partners, Antipodes Partners, Manikay Partners (US and Europe), Crescent Capital Partners and LEK Consulting.

Simon Birrell

Managing Partner Listed Equities BComm/ Property & Construction

Matthew Thomson

10+ years in listed equities and investment banking

Ex Portfolio Manager Peregrine Capital (South Africa), Firetrail Investments (Australia)

Matthew Thomson

Assistant Portfolio Manager BComm, CFA, CA (SA)

Business Development and Investor Relations

Peter Scrine

Established track record in originating investment opportunities and supporting acquisition strategies for investee companies.

Leveraging strategic thinking, strong communication skills and industry expertise driving portfolio growth and innovation

Ex WIN Radio General Manager and Ex-National Partnership Director Austereo

Peter Scrine

Director Business Development

Dan Waine

25 years experience across professional services, banking and private equity.

Chartered Accountant. Ex Ernst & Young.

Dan Waine

Director New Investments BComm, CA

Cressida Mort

Broad and deep experience across industries and sectors in managing and fostering relationships, fundraising and the full suite of marketing management.

Ex NAB, ASX, The Armidale School and additional experience in legal and professional services

Cressida Mort

Director Investor Relations BA, MBus (Marketing)

Crescent has an active partnership ethos, which is a highly structured and disciplined approach to portfolio management and hands-on value creation. We believe an active engagement model is a leading indicator of strong company performance. “Crescent Capital were willing to invest initially and on a continued basis to maintain our technologically leadership position” John Beevers CEO GroundProbe
In addition to equity capital, partnering with Crescent brings access to deep industry expertise and significant strategy and operational support. This serves to drive growth and performance improvement, accelerating value creation for shareholders. “Our growth strategy was perfectly aligned with Crescent Capital’s” Cameron Johnson CEO Nucleus Network
Crescent Capital is unique in its ability and track record of building out businesses from a standing start, internally and in partnership with management teams. We have a large internal team which helps accelerate a portfolio company management team’s decision making. “It has been Crescent’s human capital that has been most valuable to us” Stephen Ong GM MyHealth
Access to our investment and operational team brings unparalleled support to our portfolio companies. We have consistently been able to deliver significant value-add alongside our management teams. “Crescent Capital partnered with us and assisted in achieving our graoth targets” Peter Edwards Fmr CEO Cover-More
The foundation of our success is the working relationship we have with the business owners and leadership teams we partner with. Every year we ask all of our executives the question – Would you recommend working with Crescent to a friend or colleague? We are proud to have globally leading NPS scores with our executive partners. “I strongly recommend working in partnership with Crescent Capital” Matt Courtney CEO Construction Sciences
From cross portfolio introductions and business development, provision of consulting style support on key projects, through to assisting portfolio companies through major strategic change, the Crescent investment team has a unique blend of high end consulting and operational skill sets to support the investee companies. “Crescent Capital Brings a laser focus on the things that drive value to our business” Paul Wappett CEO Australian Institute of Business
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