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About us

Tasman Capital is a leading private equity firm specialising in lower mid-market private companies focused on completing management buyouts, turnarounds, active real estate, and buy and build transactions.

Tasman’s investors include global long-term institutional investors and family offices who share a passion for growing businesses. Tasman manages a separate account for a sovereign wealth fund focused on the manufactured home estate sector.

Tasman’s senior team uniquely combine strong operational expertise and investor experience having performed senior executive roles in both listed and unlisted companies.

Tasman the Explorer

Tasman Capital is named after Abel Tasman, the Dutch explorer who in 1642 was the first European to map the Eastern coast of Australia and to “discover” New Zealand.

An experienced and skilled explorer Tasman took an interest in charting new territories and lands that had never been mapped before. He spent time based in South East Asia and set up many important trading routes for the Dutch into Indonesia, Japan and Cambodia.

Like Abel Tasman, Tasman Capital are at the forefront of identifying and capitalising on new opportunities on both sides of the Tasman Sea; in Australia and New Zealand.

 
 

The Team

 
 
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Rob Nichols

  • Rob co-founded Tasman Capital in 2008. Rob has over 20 years’ experience in private equity investment at Tasman, Nikko Principal Investments and Deutsche Bank Capital Partners. Rob has held executive roles including Executive Chairmen, CEO and COO across various listed and private companies.

    Rob has led or co-led 18 private equity transactions primarily in healthcare, business and industrial services including over 60 bolt-on transactions.

    During the past 15 years, Rob has founded or co-founded 5 businesses in various sectors.

    Rob previously worked for Bankers Trust in London and Deloitte in Sydney, Boston, Warsaw and London.

    Education: Bachelor of Business. Rob is a Chartered Accountant.

Nathan Cleary

  • Nathan has 20 years of private equity experience at Tasman, Nikko Principal Investments and Deutsche Bank Capital Partners.

    Nathan has 6 years operational finance experience as CFO at Serenitas and previously as Finance Manager at Right2Drive. He also spent 21 months at Boral Limited in the Strategy and M&A team.

    Nathan started his career in the audit and assurance division (financial services) at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

    Education: Bachelor of Business. Nathan is a CPA and CFA Charterholder.

Fiona Holyoake

  • Fiona is focused on the disruption underway in industry and the exciting opportunities presented by the trend toward decarbonisation, renewables, ESG and Impact.

    She has over 20 years’ experience in the energy transition, technology and infrastructure sectors in a range of private equity, venture capital, corporate strategy, and mergers and acquisitions roles across Asia, USA and Australia.

    Prior to Tasman, Fiona held the role of Managing Director Principal at PwC and advised some of Australia’s largest corporates and institutions in the energy transition, decarbonisation, carbon markets, and clean tech infrastructure sectors.

    Fiona previously held senior corporate strategy and M&A roles at Origin Energy and Deutsche Bank.

    Fiona commenced her professional career at KPMG before moving to Deutsche Bank Capital Partners.

    Education: Bachelor of Commerce (UNSW), Master of Applied Finance (Macquarie University), MBA (University of Chicago Booth). Fiona is a Chartered Accountant.

Chris Davies

  • Chris has over 10 years of private equity experience at Tasman, Nikko Principal Investments and Ironbridge. Chris re-joined Tasman in 2017.

    Chris has held senior operational executive roles at Tasman Holiday Parks, Serenitas, Smart Group, Eclipx Ltd and Westpac.

    Chris commenced his professional career at Ernst & Young in corporate finance, audit and business services in Adelaide and New York.

    Education: Bachelor of Commerce. Chris is a Chartered Accountant.

 

David Fisher

  • David has led the finance function for Tasman Capital Partners since 2014.

    David set up the finance functions for Serenitas, Tasman Lifestyle Continuum, and Tasman Holiday Parks, implementing back-office, financial, and reporting systems from inception. These roles were handed off to full-time CFOs as each respective business reached critical mass.

    David has 19 years of experience in commerce with over a decade in investment banking, insolvency, and auditing with leading advisory firms and ASX-listed companies.

    David commenced his professional career at KPMG.

    Education: Bachelor of Economics, Grad Dip (Securities Institute of Australia), Grad Dip (Chartered Secretaries Australia). David is a Chartered Accountant.

Brone Roze

  • Brone has over 13 years’ experience in mergers & acquisitions, corporate development, private capital investment and senior finance roles across a broad range of sectors including property, online and technology sectors.

    Brone has previously held roles including Investment Director for a private family office fund focused on commercial property and venture investments and as CFO of ASX listed SaaS business, Skyfii Ltd.

    Brone also worked in investment banking and mergers and acquisitions roles at KPMG Corporate Finance, ABN AMRO and Macquarie Bank.

    Education: Bachelor of Commerce, LLB, LLM.

Max Peres

  • Max joined Tasman Capital in 2019. Max has over 5 years of corporate finance and private equity experience.

    Prior to Tasman, Max held a position in the corporate finance team at Shaw and Partners advising small and mid-cap ASX listed companies on M&A and ECM.

    Education: Bachelor of Commerce, Master of Finance, and is a CFA Charterholder.

Alex Hardgrave

  • Alex joined Tasman Capital in 2020. Alex has over 3 years of private equity experience in direct investing and capital raising.

    Prior to joining Tasman, Alex worked at MVision Private Equity Advisers in London raising funds for alternate investment firms.

    Alex commenced his professional career with KPMG in Melbourne in 2017.

    Education: Bachelor of Commerce, CFA Level I Candidate.

 

Victoria Rohrsheim

  • Victoria has 10 years’ experience in various operational finance, human resources and compliance roles in the financial services and healthcare sectors including CFO roles at both Tasman and Catalyst Investment Managers. She was also Financial Controller at Tasman Lifestyle Continuum.

    Victoria has 7 years’ experience in direct private equity investing at Deutsche Bank Capital Partners and Propel Investments.

    Previously Victoria has worked for KPMG Corporate Finance in Sydney and Perth and Arthur Andersen in corporate recovery and contract financial services.

    Education: Bachelor of Commerce. Victoria is a Chartered Accountant.

Nish Pai

  • Nish joined Tasman Capital in 2021. Nish has two years of experience working across private equity and private credit. Nish has worked on private equity and debt transaction across Australia, New Zealand and the United States.

    Education: Bachelor of Commerce.

Jesse Smith-White

  • Jesse joined Tasman Capital in 2021.

    Jesse has over 10 years’ experience in office management and administration including roles as an Executive Assistant.

    Prior to joining Tasman Jesse was a Senior Administrator at Brookfield Asset Managements.