UniSuper expands private markets team

Oksana Patron

18 January 2023

UniSuper has announced the expansion of its private markets team with new appointments of Sukhi Lekhi as its new senior investment analyst and Lachlan McLeish as new investment analyst.

The $115 billion super fund said that its private markets team managed a $11 billion portfolio of infrastructure and private equity investments, including its recent investment in PRP Diagnostic Imaging and partnership with Uniseed, and these were the areas of the UniSuper’s increased investment focus.

Lekhi joined from Deloitte where she held the position of associate director in the mergers and acquisitions valuations practice and her career at Deloitte spanned international tax work, mergers and acquisitions, and advising a range of organisations in industries from renewable energy to infrastructure and retail operations.

McLeish from PwC where most recently he was a senior consultant in corporate valuation advisory undertaking valuations of large infrastructure assets in Australia and New Zealand. His previous experience included EY and PPB.

Both of them would report to Sandra Lee, UniSuper’s head of private markets.

“Sukhi and Lachlan are both highly skilled investment professionals with deep experience in valuations, mergers and acquisitions. I have every confidence their expertise will enhance our capability and deliver real outcomes for our members,” Lee commented on their appointments.