Sydney, 23 October 2025 – Advent, a leading global private equity investor, today announced the appointment of Maxine Brenner as an Operating Partner. In this role, Maxine will work with Advent’s investment professionals and portfolio company leadership teams, helping to drive operational excellence and long-term value creation.
“Maxine is an outstanding choice to guide and support Advent as an Operating Partner in the region,” said Beau Dixon, Managing Director and Head of Australia and New Zealand at Advent. “Her depth of experience across Australia and New Zealand’s corporate landscape and businesses with global operations is exceptional. Maxine’s extensive track record serving on the boards of some of the largest, complex, and global businesses gives her a differentiated perspective that is highly valuable as we continue to expand our presence and drive sustainable growth across our portfolio.”
Maxine brings over 30 years of diversified experience as a senior executive across a range of sectors. She currently serves as a Non-Executive Director at Brambles, Telstra, and Woolworths Group. She has previously held Non-Executive Director roles with Origin Energy, Qantas Airways, Orica, Growthpoint Properties, and Federal Airports Corporation, and earlier in her career was Managing Director of Investment Banking at Investec Bank, a corporate lawyer at Herbert Smith Freehills, and a member of the Australian Takeovers Panel.
Through her directorship positions and extensive network, Maxine brings deep insight into the strategic, regulatory, and operational challenges and opportunities facing major enterprises. Her vast experience includes guiding companies through transformation, industry change, digitisation, key capital market events, and major transactions. This positions her to advise Advent’s leadership and portfolio companies on strengthening governance frameworks, accelerating performance, driving technology transformation, and managing growth in complex operating environments.
“Advent has an excellent global reputation for its partnership approach and helping businesses achieve their full potential,” said Maxine Brenner. “I am excited to join Advent’s global Operating Partner network, and to work alongside exceptional management teams to strengthen strategy and build sustainable value and growth across Advent’s investments.”
With more than 200 Operating Partners and Operations Advisors at Advent, Maxine is joining the firm’s extensive network of industry experts who provide unique, specialized sector, and operational guidance to fuel the growth of Advent’s portfolio companies.
Maxine holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales
About Advent
Advent is a leading global private equity investor committed to working in partnership with management teams, entrepreneurs, and founders to help transform businesses. With 16 offices across five continents, we oversee more than USD $100 billion in assets under management* and have made 435 investments across 44 countries.
Since our founding in 1984, we have developed specialist market expertise across our five core sectors: business & financial services, consumer, healthcare, industrial, and technology. This approach is bolstered by our deep sub-sector knowledge, which informs every aspect of our investment strategy, from sourcing opportunities to working in partnership with management to execute value creation plans. We bring hands-on operational expertise to enhance and accelerate businesses.
As one of the largest privately-owned partnerships, our 675+ colleagues leverage the full ecosystem of Advent’s global resources, including our Portfolio Support Group, insights provided by industry expert Operating Partners and Operations Advisors, as well as bespoke tools to support and guide our portfolio companies as they seek to achieve their strategic goals.
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*Assets under management (AUM) as of June 30, 2025. AUM includes assets attributable to Advent advisory clients as well as employee and third-party co-investment vehicles.
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