Tribeca lures Lavis out of retirement

Tribeca Investment Partners has named Adam Lavis as its new chief executive officer.

Lavis joins the Australian fund manager following a 20-year career covering the buy and sell sides in Sydney, London, and Hong Kong. He was most recently the head of equities for Citibank in Australia and New Zealand.

In his new role, based in Sydney, Lavis will look after Tribeca's day-to-day management and strategic direction, freeing founder David Aylward to focus on the organisation's smaller companies strategy.

Tribeca is in a period of growth, having recently partnered with Fredrik Blencke to launch a private wealth advisory group and working with Singapore-based Scott Clements to establish an advisory business for Asian companies looking to access Australian capital markets.

Lavis, who retired from Citibank in 2019, said, "Being an owner-operated firm, Tribeca has a true investment-driven, as opposed to product-driven culture and its shows in the track record that the firm has built over 23 years. I see great potential growth in Tribeca's ability to pursue an integrated approach across the three pillars of asset management, wealth management and corporate advisory while leveraging its presence and connectivity in the Asia Pacific."

Former CEO David Aylward, who is becoming executive chairman, welcomed Lavis to the group. "Adam is a well-known and respected figure in the marketplace with tremendous international experience. I am very excited to have him on board and lead Tribeca through its next phase of growth."

Lavis spent more than eight years with Citibank including managing director of pan-Asian equities trading and head of equities for Australia and New Zealand. He was also a portfolio manager with Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong and director of emerging markets derivatives trading in London.