Bio

Niall has over 25 years of direct seed, venture capital, private equity and listed company experience focused on growth companies; Investing in more than 30 unlisted companies and many more listed companies globally. Niall provides significant transaction expertise, operational and director level experience, technology investment and a track record of value creation and exits. In 1993 he co-founded Nanyang Ventures, which became Kestrel Capital in 2006, and has raised six funds (including 3 licensed by Innovation Australia) and led the investments and been a director of companies such as Australian Helicopters, Avand (sold to Technology One), GMD (sold to SMS), Gale Pacific (AVCAL award winner) and Intrapower (sold to TPG Telecom). Currently, Niall is a director of Tru-Test Corporation Limited, ComOps Limited (since November 2013), Goldminex Resources Limited, Kestrel Growth Companies (Kestrel’s PDF) and Carnethy Evergreen Fund.