The Equity Partners investment team contains a combined 55+ years of private equity experience across a broad range of industries and investment types.

Richard Gregson BSc (Hons I) PhD MBA

PARTNER

Richard has 18 years’ private equity experience. He co-founded Equity Partners in 1995 and before that, worked for Hambro-Grantham Management (later acquired and changed to Colonial First State Private Equity (CFSPE)), where he departed as Managing Director.

Richard was the founding Chairman of the Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) in 1992 and remained on AVCAL’s Board until 2002.

Prior to the private equity industry Richard worked in the pharmaceutical industry.

Quentin Jones BA Ll.B

PARTNER

Quentin has 12 years’ private equity experience. Prior to joining Equity Partners in 2000, he worked in a specialist media and communications fund and before that he worked in the private equity investment division of AIDC Ltd, one of Australia's largest development capital investors until it was sold by the Federal Government in 1997.

Quentin was the Chairman of AVCAL in 2006 and served on its Board from 2002 to 2007.

Before joining AIDC Quentin worked as a lawyer in the insolvency and corporate divisions of Deacons.

Rajeev Dhawan BComm, CA, MBA

PARTNER

Rajeev has 13 years’ private equity experience. Prior to joining Equity Partners in 2005, he worked at Hambro-Grantham Management/Colonial First State Private Equity (CFSPE) from 1993, where he focused on mid size expansion capital and buyouts. He was a Director from 1998 and led the majority of CFSPE’s investments from then.

Prior to the private equity industry, Rajeev was a Manager in the Financial Consulting Practice of Arthur Andersen.

Tom Fennell BAcc, CA, ASIA

INVESTMENT DIRECTOR

Tom has over 6 years’ private equity experience.  Prior to joining Equity Partners in 2007, he was an Investment Director with Colonial First State Private Equity, where he led a number of successful mid-market expansion capital and buyout transactions.

Prior to the private equity industry, Tom was a Senior Manager in the Corporate Recovery Practice of Arthur Andersen, where he reviewed listed and private companies in distressed situations for financiers and managed various insolvency administrations.

Greg Wang BCom, CA

INVESTMENT EXECUTIVE

Greg joined the Equity Partners team in 2008 with a strong background in investment banking and corporate restructuring.

Prior to joining the team, Greg was an Executive at Caliburn, where he worked on a broad range of M&A transactions, with a particular focus on deal origination, valuations, due diligence, and transaction structuring and execution. Prior to this, Greg was an Associate Director with KordaMentha and prior to that with Ernst & Young's Corporate Restructuring practice, where he was involved in the restructuring and turnaround of underperforming and distressed organisations.