Hamilton Lane Expands Business in Australia, Appointing Head of Private Wealth

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Jun 19, 2023, 17:30 ET

Scott Thomas joins as Head of Private Wealth for Australia
Appointment comes as the firm's Global Private Assets Fund marks its four-year anniversary

SYDNEY, 19 June 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading private markets investment management firm Hamilton Lane (Nasdaq: HLNE) today announced the appointment of Scott Thomas as Head of Private Wealth, Australia. In this newly created role, Mr. Thomas will serve the firm's high-net-worth investors (HNWIs) in the region, as investor interest in private markets continues to grow.

His role will also involve expanding the firm's distribution efforts and will be based in Hamilton Lane's Sydney office, which has expanded to nine professionals across Portfolio Management, Client Solutions and Operations teams.

Demand for private markets investments in the region has risen due to historical outperformance of the asset class, structural developments that have increased accessibility, and more recently, as volatility in public markets has increased. This has seen Australian and New Zealand capital invested in Hamilton Lane's Global Private Assets Fund ("GPA") rise to more than A$1.5 billion in the four years since it was launched. As of April 30, 2023, the Hedged AUD share class of the Australian Feeder Fund of GPA has returned 14.65% annualized since inception.

The firm's open-ended GPA Fund launched in 2019 and is available to wholesale investors and advised clients in Australia and New Zealand, Canada, parts of Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. GPA's global client footprint enables non-U.S. investors access to institutional-quality private markets exposure through a single commitment. GPA seeks to provide a diversified offering, investing in mix of secondaries, direct equity and direct credit investments across geographies, industries and general partners.

Commenting on this appointment, James Martin, Head of International Client Solutions, said, "We are committed to bringing private markets to more Australian investors, and delighted to welcome Scott to our growing team. We seek to continue building long term relationships and serving a sophisticated and expanding set of clients throughout Australia.

"We are increasingly seeing high-net-worth individuals allocating to private markets in order to gain exposure to private companies which were previously inaccessible to most investors." said Mr. Thomas. "I look forward to developing new client relationships and to leading Hamilton Lane's Private Wealth efforts in this key region for the firm."

Mr. Thomas brings a depth of investment management experience to Hamilton Lane. His expertise includes strategic, technical and people management skills gained through extensive coverage of alternative and traditional asset classes and strategic business initiatives as well as product development. He was most recently Director of Investment Strategy at Invesco. In that role, Mr. Thomas worked with the sales teams to enhance relationships across wholesale and institutional channels to identify, educate, communicate and coordinate investment strategies of focus, including how these strategies are best presented to market. He also held a Product Director/Investment Specialist position within Invesco's Absolute Return Multi-Asset team in the UK and other senior Sales roles at the firm.

Prior to Invesco, he held sales and business development roles with BT Investment Management, Pinnacle Investment Management Group and Macquarie Group. Mr. Thomas holds Bachelor of Business degrees from the University of Western Sydney and Simon Fraser University as well as a Diploma of Finance from Deakin University. He also is a member of the CAIA Association and Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA).

ABOUT HAMILTON LANE
Hamilton Lane (Nasdaq: HLNE) is one of the largest private markets investment firms globally, providing innovative solutions to institutional and private wealth investors around the world. Dedicated exclusively to private markets investing for more than 30 years, the firm currently employs approximately 600 professionals operating in offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Hamilton Lane has nearly $857 billion in assets under management and supervision, composed of $112 billion in discretionary assets and approximately $745 billion in non-discretionary assets, as of March 31, 2023. Hamilton Lane specializes in building flexible investment programs that provide clients access to the full spectrum of private markets strategies, sectors and geographies. For more information, please visit www.hamiltonlane.com or follow Hamilton Lane on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hamilton-lane/.

Disclaimer
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