Meet Our Team | Patron Companies

Team

Dedication. Expertise. Long-term.

Patron's team has significant investing and operational experience. Over many years in private equity, the team has worked with management teams to create value for stakeholders, across a range of industries, by creating the right incentives and operational and financial structure for decentralised teams to excel.

CEO and Founder

Adrian Warner

Education

MBA (Harvard Business School)
BComm (1st Class Hons) UNSW

Experience

Founder and CIO, Avenir Capital
Partner, Catalyst Investment Managers
Managing Director, CVC Asia Pacific (Asia/Aus)
Investment professional, Pacific Equity Partners
Investment Professional, AEA Investors (New York)
Management Consultant, Bain & Company (US/Asia/Australia)

e: adrian.warner@patroncos.com

Advisory Board

Patron is supported by an experienced Advisory Board with significant expertise in investing and working with Founders and Business Owners

Neil Malik

Neil is the founder and managing partner of K1 Investment Management, a leading U.S private equity firm with over US$10 billion in assets under management.

Simon Pillar

Simon is a founder of Pacific Equity Partners, one of Australia's largest private equity forms and chairs the firm's Operating Committee. Prior to founding PEP, Simon was a Partner with Bain and Company.

Stephanie Weston

Stephanie has over 20 years' experience in investing and financial services including her recent role as Head of Portfolio Design at HESTA, a $68 billion super fund.