In today’s episode, Managing Partner Craig Emanuel sits down with Michael Lukin, Founder and Group Managing Partner of Roc Partners.

Roc Partners have established themselves over the past 25 years as one of Australia’s most successful and reputed investors in mid-sized private companies, having made more than 400 investments and now managing more than $8 billion in investor capital. Roc have delivered superior returns of more than 29% IRR pa within Roc’s secondaries funds.

As Group MD, Mike is responsible for leading client relationships and investment activities in several global markets. Mike was one of the founding partners of Roc Partners following the management buy-out of Macquarie Group’s private markets business unit by its senior executives in June 2014. Mike currently serves as director of Roc Partners investee companies StoneAxe, Australia’s Oyster Coast, Hirepool, National Dental Care, and Infrastructure Advisory Group. Mike holds a Bachelor of Science Honours, Applied Mathematics, is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Associate of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia.

During this podcast, Craig holds an in-depth discussion with Mike on how the Roc business originated, what are secondaries markets, how investors are able to access secondaries, lessons learned in founding one of the country’s most respected investment firms, through to the current private market industry dynamics and global outlook.

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