Goodrich is a partner-led investment practice serving global mandates
We take positions.
We don't just advise.
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ESTABLISHED 2023 • GLOBAL REACH
Goodrich is a partner-led investment practice serving global mandates
What We Do
Goodrich acts as a principal-level investment partner for private investors, family offices, and fund sponsors. Engagements include mandate oversight, independent trustee appointments, deal structuring, and investment committee governance. We provide the fiduciary weight to hold a position, not simply recommend one.
Retainer · Project · Success Fee
Senior operational and strategic advisory for growth-stage companies and investment platforms requiring experienced executive-level capacity. Goodrich embeds within the client's leadership layer on a retained basis, covering strategy, capital deployment, stakeholder management, and governance through critical inflection points.
Retainer · Board Advisory
Discrete, project-based mandates supporting capital raises, secondary transactions, fund wind-downs, and M&A processes. Goodrich coordinates due diligence, manages third-party relationships, and provides the structured oversight required to close complex transactions across jurisdictions.
Project · Success Fee
We don't operate at volume. Goodrich is purpose-built for three specific scenarios where accountability is the deciding factor.
Investors who require a fiduciary partner to hold a position, manage a structure, or oversee a deployment—not just offer "advice" from the sidelines.
Operators preparing for a liquidity event or institutional transition. We build the governance and capital structures that survive the scrutiny of top-tier buyers.
Sponsors and LPs facing complex wind-downs or asset realisations. We provide the regulatory standing and operational weight to finish the mandate properly.
Engagement Model
Ongoing monthly retainer engagements where Goodrich provides continuous principal-level capacity within the client's operation. Typically 6–24 month terms, renewed by mutual agreement.
Discrete, scoped engagements tied to a defined outcome, a capital raise, a fund wind-down, a transaction close. Fixed or milestone-based fee structures. Clear start and completion points.
For qualifying transactions where Goodrich is engaged as a principal deal partner. Fee structured on successful completion, aligning incentives with the client outcome. Available to approved counterparties only.
All engagements are formalised under written agreement prior to commencement. Goodrich does not operate on informal or verbal-only arrangements. Engagements are subject to conflict screening and compliance review.
Current Representative Engagements
Managing the structured wind-down of a venture capital unit trust across six portfolio companies and twenty-plus unit holders. Investment committee leadership through the final period.
Retained by a growth-stage investment platform to provide senior investment and strategy function on an ongoing basis.
Appointed as independent trustee for a private investment trust held by two high-net-worth co-investors. Ongoing governance and compliance function.
Founding Partner
"Having operated across four continents, I've seen that the difference between a good outcome and a great one isn't the capital, it’s who holds the position, and whether they are genuinely accountable for the result."
Johnny has built and backed businesses across four continents over three decades. He began his commercial career in Vancouver building a snowboard company from the ground up, before moving into consultancy in California and then founding an app development company in Hong Kong. He returned to Australia six years ago to focus on venture capital and private markets, founding Goodrich Partners in 2023.
Goodrich is structured as a firm not a personal practice. Mandates are delivered through a curated network of specialist advisors, legal counsel, and sector experts engaged on a project basis. This model allows Goodrich to bring the right capability to each engagement without the overhead of a full institutional structure.
