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Meet the Partners
Our leadership partners are at the forefront of our team, utilising their combined expertise to help businesses navigate difficult endeavours
David Lyons
PARTNER
About David
David has deep experience in the capital and investment markets and prior to establishing OBH Partners, David held senior roles in the Deal and Capital Advisory team for KPMG Australia and prior to that, worked in Alternative Investment Management in both Europe and Australia with a focus on private market investments in the Real Estate, Agricultural and Private Equity environments. David’s experience in the deal, capital and investment environments combined with his work ethic and very strong relationships with a range of public and private organisations enables him to continually deliver for his clients.
Growing up on a mixed farming operation in NSW, David has an appreciation for hard work and a realisation of the importance that quality assets and strong management can play in building long term and sustainable success. David has spent a large part of his life in an elite team environment including representing Australia at two Rugby World Cups, assisting him in understanding how to get the best out of himself, enabling him to continually deliver for his clients.
Education, licenses and certifications:
• MBA (Hons), International University of Monaco
• Graduate Certificate in Real Estate Investment & Finance, Harvard University
Michael Larkin
PARTNER
About Michael
Michael Larkin has over 30 years of finance experience predominantly in real estate, infrastructure and funds management. Prior to OBH Partners Michael was the CFO/CEO of Babcock & Brown (B&B). Michael commenced his career at PwC moving to Lendlease Corporation in 1997 in a variety of finance roles. Michael’s experience covers all facets of finance in public markets from operational roles, strategy, taxation, fund management and development, business development and debt and equity capital markets.
As a consequence of B&B’s circumstances, following the global financial crisis, Michael established, in collaboration with the debt holders of B&B, a unique holding structure outside of Babcock & Brown Limited to warehouse, manage and sell for value the assets of the B&B Group. The assets included real assets (predominantly real estate, infrastructure and operating businesses) and public and private investment funds in more than 20 countries. The structure under which the B&B assets were warehoused uniquely addressed the rights of all stakeholders in all jurisdictions enabling the assets to be sold for market value. The assets under management warehoused in the structure were in excess of $5 billion.
Education, licenses and certifications:
• Bachelor of Commerce from University of NSW
• Chartered Accountant
