Insight. Action. Impact.
We partner directly with owners to accelerate and realise the full potential of the business they have built.
You've built something extraordinary. Whether your company is a small, high-value business or a large, complex organisation, it exists because you've made thousands of decisions most people never see. Growth at this level brings opportunity and complexity. More people. More priorities. Higher-stakes choices where clarity and execution both matter. Failure is not an option.
This is where we step in.
We partner with a small number of businesses at pivotal stages of growth where we believe we can realise exceptional potential.
We make businesses genuinely investable and scalable, not just well-presented for a transaction.
We’re more than a strategy consultancy or a transaction clean-up team. We work hands-on inside the business to strengthen the operating backbone, improve P&L quality and credibility, and remove the execution constraints that slow growth or force valuation compromises, whether a company is scaling, raising capital, or positioning for an exit.
We combine world-class commercial discipline with hands-on operational leadership to strengthen structure, unlock value, and deliver outcomes for founders and investors.
In select circumstances, we will invest alongside owners.
We have worked with some of the largest multi-national corporations, but our focus lies in partnering directly with founders to realise the full potential of what they have built.
- Expanding your professional network. Our network is built on years of building trust based relationships, locally and internationally. We will connect you with the right strategic and professional partners to further support the growth of your business.
- Partnering with Founders and Investors. We work alongside owners and leadership teams to reshape operating models, upgrade financial discipline, improve cost structure, strengthen governance and ensure the business is built to support high-quality growth. For founders this creates focus and capacity. For investors, it drives performance, resilience and predictability.
- Premium Valuations. We refine the narrative and the numbers, but also the underlying levers: margin improvement, commercial effectiveness, organisational clarity, capital allocation, strategic prioritisation and operational efficiency.
Structure for Scale
Structure for Scale
Multiply Value
Multiply Value
Create Liquidity
Create Liquidity
Structure for Scale
Structure for Scale
Multiply Value
Multiply Value
Create Liquidity
Create Liquidity
25+
Transactions structured
bn
100+
Global Transactions
$5+
Cash impact delivered
bn
50+
Years of combined experience
25+
Transactions structured
bn
100+
Global Transactions
5+
Cash impact delivered
bn
50+
Years of combined experience
Our Services
Value Creation Advisory
Value Creation Advisory
Capital & Liquidity Solutions
Capital & Liquidity Solutions
Why Choose Us
Why Choose Us
Selective mandate
We only work with companies where we see extraordinary potential and strong alignment with leadership.
Dual capability
A unique combination of global investment strategy and hands-on operational transformation.
Proven expertise
Founded by leaders who learned their trade in top-tier consulting and investment banking firms, but bring proven experience as successfully exited entrepreneurs and executives. Large scale equity platform built from the ground up and scaled globally; 150+ combined transactions; $25bn+ of structured transactions;
transformational leadership delivering $5bn+ in recurring impact.
How We’re Different
How We’re Different
combining institutional investment experience with operational leadership to translate advice into measurable outcomes.
We act as partners, not service providers
embedding alongside management to drive the structural and behavioural change required for growth.
We focus on substance, not scale
taking on only a handful of companies each year to ensure depth, discretion, and alignment.
We unlock value before liquidity
creating structure and scalability first, then positioning for capital or exit when the business is truly ready.
Our Founders
Dima Petherbridge
Cameron Leitch
Our Model for Success
Our Model for Success
We recognise that every business and founder is different. Our model is designed to align our success with yours.
Flexible engagement structures
We tailor commercial terms to reflect each situation, combining retainers, project fees, or success-based components where appropriate.
Long-term alignment
Our preference is to participate in the upside we help create, whether through milestone-based fees or performance incentives.
Founder-friendly approach
We invest time up front to understand the business, ensuring clarity on where we can add the most value.
Selective partnerships
Our model depends on shared success, we only take on a small number of companies each year, typically:
- $3m–$70m annual revenue
- Profitable or on the path to profitability
- Founders and boards seeking to professionalise, unlock value, and prepare for capital or exit within 1–5 years
Our FAQs And Reviews
We typically partner with SMEs generating $3m–$70m in annual revenue, that are profitable or on a clear path to profitability, and are looking to professionalise, scale, or prepare for investment or exit within the next 1–5 years.
We do not raise capital ourselves. Instead, we prepare companies to be investor-ready, strengthen their positioning, and introduce them to aligned investors such as PE firms, family offices, and strategic acquirers.
Our model is flexible. Depending on the situation, we may use retainers, project-based support, or performance-aligned success components. We aim for long-term alignment and shared value creation.
We combine institutional investment experience with hands-on operational leadership, allowing us to bridge strategy and execution. We work selectively with only a few companies at a time, embedding deeply to deliver measurable outcomes.
“Amicus Lane brought clarity, structure, and discipline to our organisation at a critical stage of growth. Their combination of investment insight and operational guidance helped us unlock opportunities we didn’t realise were possible.”
Donald Simpson
“The team at Amicus Lane transformed the way we operated. Their strategic positioning work and leadership coaching prepared us for investor conversations and ultimately strengthened the value of our business.”
Amanda Seyfried
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Dima Petherbridge
Dima Petherbridge is a strategic investment leader with over 20 years of global experience. She has executed over US$20 billion in transactions worldwide, ranging from multi-billion dollar infrastructure financings to early-stage venture investments.
Dima spent almost 10 years at McKinsey & Company and was a global leader of the firm, where she built and led the firm’s global investment platform. She oversaw the global equity team that deployed capital and managed more than 100 investments to realise material transformational impact.
Earlier in her career, she held senior director roles at Westpac and Crédit Agricole CIB in New York, financing major energy and infrastructure projects across the Americas and Asia Pacific. She began her career as a lawyer in project finance at Milbank LLP (New York) and Minter Ellison (Melbourne), advising on landmark transactions globally.
Alongside Amicus Lane Partners, Dima is a seasoned board member and investor in consumer, health and property.
Cameron Leitch
Cameron brings extensive operational and transformation leadership experience, having served as a CEO, CFO, and COO, and spending 13 years as a Partner at McKinsey & Company. As a co-founder of McKinsey’s Transformation Practice, he led programs that have delivered more than $5 billion in recurring annualised improvements across Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and Europe.
Most recently, Cameron was the CEO and major shareholder of Australia’s largest music retailer, overseeing 14 retail locations and a major e-commerce platform. After implementing a comprehensive transformation program — driving growth, digital expansion, operational discipline, and a significant uplift in profitability — he successfully sold the business in 2022.
Cameron is a Non-Executive Director at Melbourne Business School, where he also teaches Corporate Strategy. He is a cornerstone investor and advisor to the University of Melbourne’s Tin Alley Venture Capital Fund, operated by Tanarra, and an investor in multiple early-stage private companies.
