# Marcus Simpson

> Marcus Simpson is a startup investor at QIC (Brisbane). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [QIC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qic)
- Location: Brisbane, Australia
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcus-simpson-45a4156/

Marcus Simpson is a startup investor at QIC in Brisbane. Marcus founded and manages QIC’s private equity program of $5.0bn AUM globally in funds, co‐investments, directs and direct secondary fund interests. He is at the forefront of a new private equity investment model reflected in a 2015 paper coauthored by Josh Lerner and Hugh MacArthur: The Next Generation Private Equity Investor.Prior tofounding QIC’s program in 2005, Marcus was Chief Executive, North America, Altius Associates Ltd, with US$27 billion (as of Q2 2015) under management or advice. He established Altius’ US operation in 2000 and participated in the global management, investment strategy and execution, and client acquisition.From 1996 to 2000 Marcus worked for the Virginia Retirement System (“VRS”), a US public pension plan with assets of US$62 billion. Marcus founded its non‐US portfolio and then became Head of Private Equity.From 1990 to 1995 he worked in the London office of the Bankers Trust Company where he structured a number of buy‐out financings and worked on corporate restructurings.Marcus is Chairman Emeritus of the Institutional Investors Roundtable, an international community of large, long‐term institutional investors seeking to collaborate on private market investment.

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## About QIC

VC Fund · Brisbane, Australia

QIC delivers investment outcomes for our clients. Created in 1991 by the Queensland government to serve its long term investment responsibilities, we have grown into a Global Diversified Alternatives business. QIC focus on our clients and their clients, first, last and only. Their objectives are our only objectives. We deliver to over 90like-minded institutional investors in Australia and internationally.

5 contacts available at QIC.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Delaney | Executive Director | — |
| David Clarke | Executive Director & Chief Risk Officer | — |
| Glenn Jackson | Executive Director & Human Resources | — |
| Ian Martin | Chair | — |
| Marcus Simpson | Head of Global Private Capital | — |

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