George Vassos, Managing Director of Omega Global Investors said that Andrew brings the broad skills and experience to develop the operational aspects of Omega’s business.

“We launched Omega this year, with a strong senior management team in place, but the Head of Operations has been a key role we’ve been looking to fill,” Mr Vassos said. 

“Andrew has a solid reputation in the industry for the breadth and depth of his expertise and we are delighted to have him as part of our team.

“This is the final piece in the Omega Executive Committee puzzle for us and we’re looking forward to moving ahead with our business development program and launching our first product to market in the coming months.”

At Omega, Mr Dunlevie will also be tasked with managing workflows and relationships with external service providers, developing operational presentation for clients and prospective clients, managing the corporate finance function and providing strategic input to the business at an executive level.

Mr Dunlevie said that his decision to join Omega was driven both by the strength of the management team and the opportunity to be part of a new and growing business.

“With a management team including George Vassos, Mathew McCrum and Andrew Gruskin, who all have proven track records in developing and managing investment solutions, joining Omega was an appealing career move for me,” Mr Dunlevie said. 

“It’s extremely exciting to be joining a young company that has such great potential, with all of the right ingredients, including having the Macquarie Group as a strategic shareholder, to become a huge success in this market.

“I’m looking forward to working as part of the Omega team and playing an integral role in the ongoing development of the business.”

During his career, Mr Dunlevie has also spent time as an account manager for the private superannuation division of Perpetual Trustees, along with working for State Street Australia, where he oversaw the client transition process when the business acquired the Westpac custodian arm.

Mr Dunlevie holds a Bachelor of Business in Banking and Finance from Victoria University and is a Certified Practicing Accountant.

This means he is well credentialed to join Omega, which engineers investment solutions based on the organisation’s core values, including breadth of experience, freedom to challenge traditional investment thinking, controlled risk management and the innovative use of technology.

In May 2008, Macquarie Global Investments acquired a 19.9 per cent stake in Omega. However, Omega remains an employee majority-owned organisation that operates independently as a boutique fund manager, with its own Board of Directors.