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Partners Group hires Ravi Jeyaraj for Australia direct deals

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Partners Group has recruited Ravi Jeyaraj, formerly of Navis Capital Partners, as head of private equity direct investments in Australia.

The appointment was first reported by The Australian Financial Review and it has been confirmed to AVCJ by a source familiar with the situation. Jeyaraj spent more than nine years with Navis, rising to partner level. He left the firm early last year and briefly worked for Five V Capital, a PE firm established by CVC Capital Partners alumnus Adrian MacKenzie, before taking the Partners Group position.

Jeyaraj is said to have participated in Navis’ acquisitions of New Zealand-based egg producer Mainland Poultry and Australian education equipment supplier Modern Star. The private equity firm has also done business with Partners Group in Australia, selling it childcare provider Guardian Early Learning in 2016.

Partners Group had EUR73 billion ($82.8 billion) in assets under management (AUM) across private equity, private real estate, private infrastructure, private debt, and liquid private markets as of year-end 2018. Private equity accounted for EUR36 billion. The firm closed its latest direct PE fund in 2017 with EUR6 billion in commitments.

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