# Robert Shand

> Robert Shand is a startup investor at Blue Sky Private Equity. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Blue Sky Private Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-sky-private-equity)
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Robert Shand is a startup investor at Blue Sky Private Equity. Robert Shand is the Chief Operating Officer of Blue Sky Alternative Investments Limited and sits as Director on several boards of Blue Sky’s Private Equity investee companies.Prior to joining Blue Sky in 2010, Robert worked for Bain and Company, a leading global management consulting company for six years. Robert spent the first three yearsbased in their Sydney office, before working overseas in Bain’s London, Tokyo and Johannesburg offices.During his time at Bain, Robert consulted to a large number of leading Australian and international companies across a broad range of industries, including media, telecommunications, retail, mining, property and energy.Robert also spent a significant period of time involved in Bain’s private equity group, advising a range of international private equity. This work was focused on providing due diligence support to these funds, but also included helping in strategy development at their investee companies.Prior to joining Bain, Robert attended the University of Queensland where he graduated with first class honours in both Commerce and Law.

## About Blue Sky Private Equity

VC Fund · Brisbane, Australia

Blue Sky Private Equity invests in Australian companies to support their growth.Blue Sky is Australia’s leading diversified alternative asset manager.Blue Sky specializes in managing investments across the four major alternative asset classes: private equity, private real estate, real assets and hedge funds. Founded in 2006, Blue Sky has sincegrown to have more than $3.9 billion in fee-earning assets under management and an 11-year investment track record of delivering returns to our investors of 15.0% p.a.1 (net of fees as at 31 December 2017).Blue Sky has a world-class team, a global investor base, offices across Australia and the United States and is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX:BLA).

5 contacts available at Blue Sky Private Equity.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mark Sowerby | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-sowerby |
| Robert Shand | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-shand |
| Elaine Stead | Investmet Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elaine-stead |
| Karin Maritz | Sales and Marketing Coordinator | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karin-maritz |
| Leah Green | Social Media and Marketing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leah-green |

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