We are excited Robbie Cooke has been appointed the new CEO of our portfolio company Tyro. Robbie brings a wealth of experience, having previously been CEO of both Wotif.com and Tatts. He oversaw large transitions in both businesses – an IPO in Wotif’s case and a large merger with Tabcorp while in charge of Tatts. Robbie is in our mind one of the country’s leading CEOs.

“Tyro ticked a lot of boxes [for me]. It’s tech driven with a customer focus and the fact it’s challenging the banking institutions attracted me and it’s an opportunity to lead a very successful team,” he said.It has a significant and strongly growing credit and debit card processing services business in operation. A key focus is to keep that growth profile recurring … and it has two new products, the ability to take deposits and also a loans business for its client base, so I’ll focus on ensuring those businesses grow and achieve their potential.”

As published by Yolanda Redrup on January 23, 2018 in The Australian Financial Review.