Team

Sam Chipkin

Founder and Chief Investment Officer

Prior to founding 5AM Capital in 2022, Sam had 16 years of investment and finance experience - including Family Office, Listed and Unlisted Global Equities experience.  

Sam has five years of family office investment experience as Chief Investment Officer and Investment Committee member across two family offices managing significant intergenerational long dated capital.

Prior to this, Sam enjoyed a successful 11-year investment and investment banking career with Macquarie Capital in New York and Sydney where, amongst many other learnings and competencies, he developed a strong appreciation for businesses with long dated durable revenues and high margins.

Sam holds a Combined Bachelor of Commerce and Laws from UNSW. Sam has held seven board directorships across portfolio companies and non-for profits.

Sam Chipkin- 5AM Capital

Team

The core experienced team has worked with high net wealth families implementing successful long term investment solutions.  

Tom Perfrement
Investment Manager
Previously: L.E.K., Canva, Oxford MBA

Tom is a passionate investor with funds management, management consulting and software strategy experience.

Tom previously worked in the strategy team of a large (US$25bn+), high growth Australian software company (Canva) focused on M&A, due diligence, modelling and growth strategy. Prior to this, Tom worked at L.E.K. Consulting, where he worked across a range of industries undertaking strategic, vendor and commercial due diligence (VDD & CDD) for private equity clients.

He holds an MBA from the University of Oxford with Distinction and a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from the University of New South Wales as a Co-Op Scholar, receiving the Lyceum Prize for 1st placed thesis.

Glenn Poswell
Partner & Advisor
Previously: Ellerston Capital Ltd, CPH / Packer Family Office, Victor Smorgon Partners, Deutsche Bank

Glenn is an investor with several decades of funds management and investor experience, including working with several of Australia's wealthiest families.

Glenn was previously a Founder and the CEO of Ellerston Capital Ltd an alternative asset management business established to manage the Packer Family’s wealth and external investors capital in public equity markets. Over the period at Ellerston Capital, AUM grew in excess of $4 billion.

Prior to this, Glenn was Head of Asia Pacific, Deutsche Bank's - Absolute Return Strategies Group. Glenn established this business into the market leader and was a member of the Investment Committee. He is also Co-Founder of Centennial Asset Management, a boutique asset management business.

Leah Bailey
Distribution & Operations
Previously: UBS, Victor Smorgon Partners, Assembly Funds Management

Leah's diverse experience across different financial sectors and client types has given her a broad perspective on the investment industry.

Leah’s career began in FX before joining BT Financial Group, specialising in Margin Lending for HNW investors. From there, Leah moved onto a Hedge fund relationship management position and later joined UBS, where she worked in Risk Managed Products and as a Fixed Income Analyst.

Leah's career progressed to client service management for an UHNW Multi-Family Office and investor relations positions for domestic and international property funds and hedge funds.

Expert Panel - Classifieds

Female executive holding roles across property data and online classifieds businesses in Australia and the US.

Expert Panel - Software

Early employee (with software development experience) at a global software technology business. Decades of investing experience.

Expert Panel - Infrastructure

Former senior global executive with 25+ years of infrastructure and energy investing experience.

5AM Expert Industry Panel

5AM Capital has established an experienced global expert network panel of trusted contacts to assist us to navigate trends and insights in the following verticals of interest to 5AM Capital.

Governance

Our team is supported by an advisory committee with decades of hedge fund, infrastructure investing, private equity, investment banking and family services experience.

Executive Team

Our executive team consists of investment professionals and back-office functions. Our experienced team has implemented long term investment solutions across the relevant asset classes.  

Non-Executive Governance

5AM Capital operates with a Sydney-based advisory committee and maintains a strong affiliation with New York.

Affiliations

  • Tax and Audit Professionals
  • Legal Professionals
  • Estate and Insurance
  • Concierge Services
  • Philanthropy planning

A 5AM start in Sydney, provides headspace and more time to connect with Sam’s international network.

Warren Buffett believes his out of the way location in Omaha has been instrumental in allowing him to focus on long term investments – without distraction. Sam similarly sees Sydney as a surprisingly great location to manage a long term and primarily international portfolio. For him, it heightens the distinction between investing and trading.

Protect and grow your family capital and legacy.

Preservation. Generation. Succession.
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