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Tom is a co-founder of VP Capital and brings over 10 years’ experience in the investment banking sector from Goldman Sachs, UBS and ANZ, where he has worked on over A$10bn of transactions in his career. Tom is currently a Portfolio Manager of VP Capital Fund I. Tom began his career at Goldman Sachs JBWere, before moving to the Mergers & Acquisitions team at UBS. As an Associate Director at UBS, Tom has worked on multi-billion dollar transactions with several leading ASX-listed companies. Tom has also had experience as a Senior Manager in ANZ Corporate Advisory. In addition, Tom also brings knowledge and experience of asset management, having co-founded and managed the Peak Opportunities Fund (a primary market event driven micro-cap fund). Tom holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws from Monash University.
About VP Capital
VP Capital is an Australia-based emerging fund manager established in February 2018. Its main fund is VP Capital Fund I, which has a broad mandate to invest in listed equities, private companies, other instruments such as convertible notes, among other things. This Fund’s principal focus is on Australian opportunities – in particular, ASX-listed equities – but has also invested in other jurisdictions. From time to time, VP Capital also leads or licenses syndicated investments or special purpose funds into unique opportunities. The founders of VP Capital bring together a broad set of experiences which include wholesale funds management, investment banking, corporate finance, real estate and industry.