The partners of Foley Durham Executive and Board Appointments were delighted to co-host an event yesterday with Performance by Design. The event was co-hosted by Paul Roos, ex-AFL legend and 356 game player and winning premiership Swans coach who is a Director of the company. Performance by Design uses proven behavioural science and professional sports psychology to prov...

In this month’s PE lunch with KPMG Australia, it was noted that during FY19, Private Equity was involved in deploying $2b in the mid-market space on a range of targets across retail (Sushi Sushi, Universal store, Guzman Y Gomez), consumer food (SPC Capilano, Fine Foods Australia), industrial (Viridian Glass, Legend Corporation), financial services (Paywise, World Remit,...

Another educational lunch this week on Private Equity with KPMG Australia's Peter Turner and a group of senior business leaders from diverse industry sectors. Great to also have a special guest being Shane Gong, Executive Director CHAMP Private Equity (Singapore) who took us on a journey of some of CHAMP's deals and his thoughts on the current PE landscape in the region....

Foley Durham co-hosted another educational lunch yesterday with KPMG Australia, led by Peter Turner, National Head of Corporate Finance and National Head of Mergers & Acquisitions, on M&A and Private Equity. 

Key themes were that positive growth, improving cash flows, strengthening balance sheets, low cost of debt, investor support and CEO confidence all continued to...

In mid June, Foley Durham Partner Richard Elstone and 2018 AFR Top 100 Influencer Michelle Redfern co-hosted an intimate boardroom lunch with key business leaders discussing the very thought-provoking topic of “How can we tap into men’s progressive attitudes to change the gender diversity scorecard and level the leadership playing field in Australia?”

Michelle pointed out...

Great to see the Private Equity market out perform in another stellar year to June '19 and The Riverside Company as one of “The 50 Best Private Equity Firms for Entrepreneurs”.

A terrific effort by Simon Feiglin, Nick Speer and team!

Click on the image below to read a great article from Inc.com written by Graham Winfrey Senior editor, Inc. on PE performance! Foley Durham c...

We are delighted to once again partner an excited Board in the search for their new Chief Executive Officer.

Just this week, Data Action announced the appointed of Nicola Burgess in this role. Foley Durham continues to be an active partner in the finance and technology sectors in the appointments of C-suite level executives. 

We congratulate Nicola on her appointment and...

Last week Foley Durham partner, Richard Elstone co-hosted a select group of business leaders in a boardroom lunch discussion with Blackhall & Pearl Group MD, Tim Boyle. Tim  spoke to Board and Organisational Culture and the rise of Artificial Intelligence.

As a director you have a role in setting the top from the top, but how do you assess the mood in the middle? Culture...

On Wednesday 19th June we hosted our monthly educational lunch series on Private Equity with KPMG Australia and we were delighted to have a dozen senior business leaders attend. 

Peter Turner, National Leader, Mergers & Acquisitions, will lead a discussion on:

"How Private Equity continues to play a key role in high growth mid-market enterprises" 

Interesting to note that 2...

We are delighted to once again partner an excited CEO and Board in the search for their new Chief Financial Officer.

Just today, ASX listed mining company New Century Resources Limited (NCR) announced the appointed of Mark Chamberlain in this role. Foley Durham continues to be an active partner in the mining and resource sector in the appointments of c-suite level executi...