Inside the deal: How Airtasker was primed to pop
Yolanda Redrup published an article in the Australian Financial Review discussing Airtasker’s decision to list on the ASX. As part of a non-deal roadshow prior to Christmas, Airtasker sought advice from Gary Rollo, and as quoted by the Australian Financial Review noted the first point of call was Gary Rollo, who Chairman James Spenceley trusted to ask the tough questions, “He’s a tough investor and gave strong feedback that it was a high quality business, so we knew we were on the right track then.” Read more.
Gary Rollo is the Portfolio Manager of the Montgomery Small Companies Fund. Gary joined Montgomery in August 2019 after spending three years at MHOR Asset Management in Sydney as a Founder and Portfolio Manager. Prior to this, Gary was a Portfolio Manager at Renaissance Asset Manager in Sydney for six years. Before moving to Australia, Gary spent five years in London running Morgan Stanley’s Technology Sector Equity Research Team, as well as two years covering technology companies for JP Morgan.
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