Bill Ferris and Joseph Skrzynski of Australian Mezzanine Investments (AMIL) in Sydney, Australia and John Castle and Leonard Harlan of Castle Harlan Inc (CHI) in New York, USA joined together in 2000 to form CHAMP Private Equity. John Castle and Leonard Harlan first worked together in the mid 1960s as executives in the formative years of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ). Together John Castle and Leonard Harlan created Castle Harlan in 1987, and have raised and managed four private equity funds in the USA.

Since 1987, CHAMP Private Equity, AMIL and CHI have collectively invested over A$2.7 billion of equity in support of more than 60 portfolio companies, totalling in excess of A$11 billion in transaction value. As of 2002, these companies had revenues of over A$7 billion, and more than 70,000 staff in some 20 countries.

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