Roc Partners

Frank Barillaro is a Partner at Roc Partners with more than 15 years of experience in investment banking and private equity. His work focuses on structured finance, tax, and food and agricultural investments.

Lance Zarb is Managing Partner, Investment Services at ROC Partners, a private markets firm. His background is as a finance executive in financial services, with a focus on asset and wealth management and insurance. His experience covers financial control, corporate tax, business performance reporting, financial planning and analysis, and decision support including due diligence, business case evaluation, and business combinations.

CFA charterholder and Partner at Roc Partners.

Anna Ellis is an Investment Director in growth equity and a member of the leadership team at Roc Partners, where she originates and manages business investments. She has about 20 years of experience across corporate finance, corporate development, and private equity, including roles at a family office, a Sydney mid-market private equity firm, EY, and Wesfarmers' corporate development. She holds Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws degrees from the University of Melbourne, is a Chartered Accountant, and earned an Executive MBA from the University of New South Wales.

Daryl Wee is an Investment Director at Roc Partners, where he leads the firm's secondaries strategy. He has over 17 years of experience in private markets, spanning secondaries, co-investments, and fund commitments, and has deployed over $2 billion across multiple mandates and funds. His work covers deal sourcing, manager relationships, and portfolio construction across global private markets.

Ben Odoom is a Senior Associate at an investment firm. His experience spans private equity investing, corporate development, mergers and acquisitions, operations, and strategy consulting.

Bruce Plasto is Head of Private Credit at Roc Partners, where he leads the firm's private markets credit strategy specialising in structured and acquisition finance. The strategy provides sub-investment grade debt, including senior debt, unitranche, TLB and 2nd lien finance, to private, sponsored and public mid-market companies in Australia and New Zealand to support growth, M&A and expansion. The private credit team has over 30 years of experience in sourcing, structuring and executing bilateral, club and syndicated lending.

Jenna Lindbeck is a Senior Associate in Responsible Investment at Roc Partners, where she develops ESG action plans for portfolio companies, integrates ESG considerations across the investment lifecycle, and works with the firm's direct, multi-strategy, and private credit teams. She previously worked in KPMG's Climate Change and Sustainability team, advising clients on sustainability reporting and assurance, ESG and net zero strategy, TCFD climate risk assessments, and ESG governance reviews.

Minyan Liu is Vice President, Middle Office at Roc Partners. Liu's background includes financial accounting and reporting, along with supervisory experience gained at banks and financial firms operating across the Asia Pacific region.

Priya Kumar is General Counsel at Roc Partners, where she also holds the title of Director, Legal Counsel. Her legal experience spans the investment management industry, covering both institutional and retail funds, with areas of practice including asset management, financial services, due diligence, and corporate law. She is a graduate of the University of Technology, Sydney.

Ross Barry is a Portfolio Manager at Roc Partners with over 25 years of experience in investments related to industry superannuation funds. He previously served as CIO of MTAA Super and Tasplan Super ahead of their merger into Spirit Super, and earlier held roles as Head of Research & Origination at First State Super and Head of Portfolio Construction & Risk at Watson Wyatt Australia. He holds a PhD in Applied Finance from Macquarie University, authored the 2014 book Crisis and Complexity, and has held director roles including at the Palisade Diversified Infrastructure Fund and Coast Community Connections.

Sam Bayes is Director and Head of Responsible Investment at Roc Partners, an alternative investment management firm focused on private markets in the Asia-Pacific region, where he develops and implements the firm's ESG strategy across its direct, co-investment, fund, and secondaries portfolios. His work includes pre-acquisition due diligence, engagement with portfolio company management teams, and coordination with general partners on responsible investment practices. He previously served as an Associate Director in KPMG's Sustainability and Climate Risk team, delivering ESG strategies and frameworks for super funds, investment managers, private equity firms, and their portfolio companies.