Hiro Shimada

Partner

Charlie Lewis

John Perry

Advisory Partner

Advisory Partner

Hiro is an experienced corporate adviser with over 22 years’ experience spanning Australia, the UK and Japan.

He has advised corporate and private equity clients on public and private transactions across a number of industry sectors including general industrials, TMT, property, consumer, retail, healthcare, infrastructure and agribusiness.

Prior to founding Birchgrove Capital Partners in 2017, Hiro was an Executive Director, Investment Banking at Nomura Australia Limited where he led coverage of the General Industrials sector.

Prior to his role at Nomura, he held senior roles in the investment banking divisions of Investec and Macquarie.

Sector focus

• Consumer & industrials

• TMT

• Real estate

• Renewables

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Laws (UNSW)

• Bachelor of Commerce (UNSW)

• Approved Advisor with the Advisory Board Centre

Our team

When you work with us, you work with the senior team who individually have 20+ years of experience.

Charlie has 35 years of M&A experience, mostly with global investment banks, working in Australia, SE Asia, South Africa and the UK.

He has extensive experience across most industry sectors and has expertise in megers and acquisitions, capital raisings, project finance and fund raisings across multiple geographies.

Charlie started his career with Arthur Andersen in the UK, before joining Baring Brothers in 1991.

He joined Macquarie in 1998, spending ten years leading teams in Sydney, Kuala Lumpur and Johannesburg; then spent four years with Investec in Sydney; and five years as a partner of EY running their Sydney M&A team.

Charlie founded LCA and acts as an Advisory Partner to Birchgrove Capital Partners.

Sector focus

• Consumer & industrials

• TMT

• Infrastructure

• Renewables

Qualifications

• BA & MA Economics (Cambridge)

• FCA: Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales

• Graduate of the AICD

John has over 30 years of M&A experience, holding senior leadership roles with a number of global investment banks.

He has advised on M&A transactions totalling over $10bn, has raised $6b+ in equity and debt.

John spent 11+ years at Macquarie, where he was an Executive Director, with roles including Global Head, Consumer; Head of South Korea, Industrials and Financial Institutions; and CEO, Retirement Villages Group.

John was also a Managing Director at CIMB / RBS before founding Conquest Capital and acts as an Advisory Partner to Birchgrove Capital Partners.

Sector focus

• Consumer & industrials

• Healthcare

• Real Estate

• Private Equity

Qualifications

• BA (Hons) (Durham University)

• Masters of Applied Finance (Macquarie University)

• ACA: Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales

• Graduate of the AICD