Who we are
NZEP is a New Zealand-based specialist investor in mid market privately owned businesses. Our team has deep experience working alongside owners to grow businesses across a broad range of sectors. We focus on businesses addressing needs, who provide essential services and products to individuals, businesses and owners
By combining long-standing investment experience with disciplined capital, active governance and access to strong networks, NZEP aims to help our partners become the next generation of New Zealand success stories.
- Experience
- 30+ years
Partnering with ambitious and growing New Zealand mid-market businesses.
- Typical equity investment
- $2m – $10m
Equity capital to fund organic growth, strategic acquisitions and changes in ownership.
- Sector breadth
- Broad, needs focused
Infrastructure, maintenance, health & safety, food and technology.
General Partners
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Jan-Paul Mowat
General Partner/Investment Committee:
Jan-Paul is a founding partner of NZEP and is currently a director of Hazardco, Essential Bulk Liquids, Traffic Safe and Propell Works as a TPC Fund II LP representative. Jan-Paul has previously been a director of Habit Health, Solpho Holdings, Fortlock Holdings and Optic Security Group as a representative of TPC Fund I. Outside of NZEP Jan-Paul is the independent chair of Forthill Property (an industrial property fund) and was previously an independent director of Fertility Associates (NZ), Sunfert International Fertility Centre (Malaysia), and independent chair of Apollo Medical.
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Sandy Maier
General Partner/Investment Committee:
Sandy is a founding partner of NZEP and is also an independent director/chairman of a number of NZ businesses. Sandy is well known in the NZ business community and has spent the last 40+ years working with over 400 different companies in markets as diverse as the United States, Latin America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
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Investment Committee
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Blair Sutherland
Investment Committee
Blair is a seasoned investment professional, having spent 20+ years as an investment banker with Forsyth Barr in various roles including as Head of Equity Capital Markets until the end of 2021. Blair has advised many of NZ’s major corporates on equity and debt raisings and strategic direction. Blair has extensive M&A, IPO and trade sale experience having been involved in many high profile NZ transactions and listings. Blair is currently helping Te Ahumairangi Investment Management, a New Zealand based global equites fund, in a business development role.
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Annabel Cotton
Investment Committee
Annabel is the Managing Director of Merlin Consulting Limited and a professional director with over three decades’ experience advising NZX and ASX listed companies on investor relations, governance and sustainability. Annabel chairs NZ Growth Capital Partners and is an independent member of the NZ Equity Partners’ Investment Committee. Her governance experience includes directorships and audit committee chair at NZX Regulation, Waikato Regional Airport, Trust Investments Management and several NZX listed companies. Annabel has also been a director of the Securities Commission, the External Reporting Board and Genesis Energy Limited.
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