Risk warning
The value of investments, and the income from them, can go down as well as up and an investor may get back less than the amount invested. Past performance is not a guide to future results.
Experience
£13.0bn/€14.5bn/$16.9bn AUM and we hold over 400 advisory board seats. We offer a huge range of private equity solutions for our clients, having raised over 100 vehicles, backed over 500 private equity general partners (GPs) and having made over 1,000 fund commitments.
Source: abrdn, all data as at 31 December 2021.
Expertise
We have over 40 private equity professionals globally, bringing invaluable on-the-ground insight and expertise.
Resource
What we offer our clients
Secondary investments
Co-Investments
Investment trust
Meet the team
Cameron Graham
Deputy Head of Secondaries – Private Equity
Cameron has a BSc (Hons) degree in Management with French from the University of St Andrews.
Colin Burrow
Head of Co-Investments
John Dickie
Co-Head of Private Equity USA
Kirsten Morin
Co-Head Global Venture Capital
Merrick McKay
Head of Europe - Private Equity
Merrick joined the company in 2014 and is based in the Edinburgh and London offices. abrdn's European Private Equity business, with over €8bn AuM, encompasses primary and secondary fund investments and co-investment activities undertaken by a team of over 30 investment professionals. Merrick is Head of Europe and a member of the abrdn Private Equity Investment Committee.
An Australian, Merrick has over 25 years’ experience in the European private equity industry. Prior to joining abrdn, Merrick was Head of European Investments and Senior Partner of Macquarie’s Private Markets division. Previous roles include 13 years as a Partner and Investment Committee member of Primary Capital (the London-based, lower mid-market private equity firm) where he was responsible for leading, originating and managing numerous private equity investments in the UK. Merrick holds Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws degrees from the University of Queensland.
Merrick is a regular speaker at private equity conferences, and is a member of Invest Europe’s Limited Partner Council.
Patrick Knechtli
Head of Secondaries
Peter Lawrence
Co-Head Global Venture Capital
Scott Reed
Co-Head of Private Equity USA