Dylan has broad experience operating, investing in and advising a range of different businesses.
Dylan started his career in working in investment banking at Macquarie Capital in Perth and Sydney. During this time Dylan advised on a range of M&A and equity market transactions across the technology, industrials, energy, agriculture, infrastructure and resources sectors. Subsequently he joined the Macquarie Principal Investments team buying, selling and managing private equity style investments. Transaction values ranged from $250 million – $5 billion.
In 2018 Dylan became part of the founding team members of Forage, a global education technology startup that partners with +100 of the world’s top companies to create online job simulations for its +6 million student users. Dylan was the Chief Operating Officer from inception through to the April 2024 exit when Forage was acquired by US software company EAB. At various points Dylan was responsible for sales, finance, product development, growth and internal operations of the +80 employees and as well as raising US$40 million across multiple funding rounds from top VC funds.
Along the way Dylan has also started, purchased and run four other businesses across asset leasing, investment management, ecommerce, and mining.
Now at GMO, Dylan is assisting sellers and buyers of quality Australian businesses.