A team that brings candour, discipline and genuine partnership to every business we back and every investor we answer to
Investment Committee
Our investment committee brings decades of global private equity experience to every opportunity. With over 50 years of combined expertise in banking, private equity, and capital management, we apply a rigorous, hands-on approach to identify and grow attractive investments. Decisions are made by unanimous consensus because we know the best outcomes come from collaboration and shared insight.
Mark Burrows AO is a veteran investment banker and corporate leader whose career spans London and Australia.
He co-founded Baring Brothers Burrows, one of Australia’s first investment banks, and later held senior roles including Managing Director and Deputy Chairman of ING Barings (London), inaugural Chairman of Lazard Australia, and Vice Chairman of Credit Suisse’s Global Investment Bank.
Over three decades he has advised on landmark corporate, sovereign, and government transactions, helped develop Australia’s superannuation system, and contributed to the creation of ASIC.
A long-time advocate for sustainable finance, Mark is Special Advisor to the United Nations Environment Programme and UNDP, Senior Advisor to the Climate Bonds Initiative, and serves on the Asian Board of The Nature Conservancy.
He has also held board and leadership roles with major companies including Brambles, Telstra, Fairfax, Healthscope, and Coates Hire.
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Matt Hunter has over 25 years of experience in investment banking, private equity, and board leadership.
He began his career with JPMorgan, where he spent a decade in investment banking, before joining The Carlyle Group as a Managing Director and member of the Carlyle Asia Partners Investment Committee. During his eight years with Carlyle, he was responsible for origination, execution, and oversight of investments across Australia and Asia.
Matt currently serves as Executive Chairman of Bothar Group and as a Non-Executive Director of Asset Reliability Inspections, Malabar Resources, National Group, and Medi-Rent. He is also Chairman of Asseti.
His previous board roles include Non-Executive Directorships at Coates Hire, Healthscope, and TerraCom Limited (ASX: TER), as well as serving on the Advisory Board of AtlasTrend and the Board of the Centennial Park Foundation. Outside of his corporate work, Matt served as President of the Easts Wallaroos Rugby Union Club.
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David’s career includes two years at a leading Law firm and then over 20 years at Rothschild Australia, including as Managing Director – Investment Banking. His Rothschild role covered mergers and acquisitions, strategic advice, valuations, and capital raisings. David has been an independent Director of multiple public companies, including Southern Cross Broadcasting, Austereo, Coopers Brewery, Village Entertainment, and Southern Star, as well as Director of two ASX listed companies he personally controlled that were privatised. David founded and operates the K Capital Group, which owns property, operating businesses, equities, and bond securities. He holds Bachelor of Law and Commerce degrees from the University of Melbourne.
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Investment Team
Alexandra Commins is the founder and Managing Director of AVC Enterprises International, an independent private equity firm investing in essential services and infrastructure-led businesses across the lower mid-market in Australia.
She began her career at Goldman Sachs before holding senior investment roles at Pemba Capital Partners and M.H. Carnegie & Co. Since founding AVC in 2018, she has led multiple successful investments, delivering a combined IRR of over 30% on a realised and unrealised basis.
Alexandra is an experienced board director, having served on numerous boards including Commonwealth Bank’s Private Wealth division. She is also a member of the Investment Committee for Twynam Earth Fund, which invests in technologies to decarbonise the planet.
Alexandra is known for backing exceptional founders, empowering emerging executives through equity participation, and building long-term value through operational discipline and cultural alignment. A passionate advocate for elevating women in business and private equity, Alexandra actively champions inclusion across the investment ecosystem.
Alexandra holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) from the University of Sydney and an MBA from INSEAD.
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Murray is a Senior Investment Associate at AVC, focused on deal execution and value creation.
He previously executed mid-market buyouts across business services, media, and technology at 2PointZero, a multi-billion-dollar Abu Dhabi investment group within ADX-listed IHC.
He is a CFA Charter holder, a Chartered Financial Modeler, and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
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Campbell Thompson is an Associate at AVC Enterprises International, focused on deal origination, financial analysis, and market research.
Campbell’s background includes roles at Pacific Partners and Ellerston Capital, supported by technical expertise in valuation, financial modelling, and data-driven decision-making. Campbell holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney, where he also worked in the commercial advisory team as an Associate.
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Capital Formation
William Colebrook is Vice President of Investor Relations at AVC Enterprises International. He has over 15 years of experience in private equity, venture capital, and real estate.
At AVC, he leads capital raising and investor relations, working closely with the investment team. He previously raised capital for a multi-billion-dollar private asset manager in Sydney and founded the Brook Shard Infrastructure Fund in London and Sydney.
William serves on the Private Wealth Board of the Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation and the Mason Group, and is also a Non-Executive Director at Brook Shard.
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Alex is a Senior Associate at AVC Enterprises International and brings broad international experience across banking and financial markets. At AVC he works closely with the investment team bringing an institutional capital markets lens to how the firm engages with investors.
Alex spent several years at Goldman Sachs in London, where he worked directly with hedge funds, asset managers and banks across repo, secured financing, and short dated rates markets. Alex started his career with ASB Bank in Auckland, New Zealand, with experience across corporate banking and financial markets.
He holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a Double Major in Finance & Economics from the University of Otago, New Zealand.
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Operating Partners
Steve Barker is an Operating Partner at AVC Enterprises International, where he partners with portfolio company management teams to drive operational performance, execute value creation initiatives and support acquisition activity across the fund.
Steve joins AVC from FTI Consulting, where he was a Managing Director in Corporate Finance & Restructuring. Across Sydney and London, Steve has worked alongside sponsors, boards, founders, and management teams on complex operational and financial challenges, with particular expertise in operational turnaround, liquidity management, and performance improvement.
Steve’s experience includes leading the operational turnaround of a $450m revenue Brookfield-backed hospital business, delivering $17m of EBITDA improvement, and serving as the primary embedded advisor to the CFO of Hertz Europe through a successful €800m recapitalisation. He has also advised across a broad range of sectors including healthcare, consumer, infrastructure and industrials in both Australia and Europe.
Prior to FTI, Steve worked at Deloitte in London across restructuring and transaction services.
Steve is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and holds a Bachelor of Economics (Distinction) from the University of Victoria, Canada.