Nick Speer

Nick Speer is Managing Partner at Riverside Partners (Australia).
He is also on the board of Avance Clinical Pty Ltd.
He previously held the position of Executive Director at Catalyst Investment Managers Pty Ltd.
He received an undergraduate degree from the University of MelboNick Speer joined the Firm in 2023 and is the Head of Affinity Equity Partners in Australia & New Zealand.
Before joining Affinity, Nick was a Managing Partner and spent nine years at The Riverside Company in Australia, an established mid-market buyout firm headquartered in the US.
Between 2005 and 2014 he was an Executive Director at Catalyst Investment Managers.
He began his career as an investment banker at Caliburn Partnership in Sydney.
Nick holds a Program for Leadership Development degree from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Commerce, with honours in Finance from The University of Melbourne.urne.