I grew up in Perth and still prefer AFL over Rugby. I moved across to Sydney for a role covering publicly-listed software companies at an investment bank. I really enjoyed diving deep into what made these scaled tech companies successful and spending time chatting with experienced executive teams. However, I wanted to be closer to the fundamental and catalytic source of value for these tech companies—brilliant, gritty founders setting out to bridge the gap between what is, and what should be. This drive is what led me to become an Investment Manager at Airtree.

Behind the scenes of my role

As an Investment Manager, I’m fortunate to get to spend a lot of time chatting with founders, both with our portfolio and when looking for new opportunities to partner with entrepreneurs. Outside of this, I get to spend time following threads of curiosity and trying to get smarter about different areas of technology by reading a lot and chatting to operators and experts.

Here’s where you’ll find me on the weekend

Surfing, stand-up paddleboarding, swimming, body surfing, or virtually any other beach-related activity. If I'm not in the ocean, then I'll likely be embarrassing myself on the tennis court or parked up with a book.‍

What I nerd out over

I'm a massive music fan and used to play guitar in a band. I like digging into the history of bands and the stories behind their songs. I feel like I’ve got a pretty broad taste, but my Spotify Unwrapped always seems to turn up the same handful of old-school rock bands each year, while my karaoke repertoire seems to skew to early 2000s grunge.