Michael McNamara is the director and senior vice president of M&A at Ascender and has been an investment director of Potentia Capital since January 2015. Prior to Potentia, Mr McNamara was an investment manager at Archer Capital for three years, where he was involved in a number of successful transactions including Allity Aged Care (previously Lend Lease Primelife), the bolt-on acquisition of ECH Aged Care, and the sale of Ausfuel. Prior to joining Archer, he was associate director of UBS Investment Bank in Sydney where he advised on over $5bn of transactions in the general industrials, infrastructure and utilities sectors. Mr McNamara holds a Bachelor of Commerce (First Class Honours and Valedictorian) and a Bachelor of Laws (Distinction) from the University of WA.
