Roy Mackenzie
Partner
Bio
Roy Mackenzie is a Partner in the Tech team. He joined the firm in London in 2003 and is currently based in New York. Roy also sits on the Investment Committees for the Apax Buyout Funds and Apax Global Alpha.
Roy led the investments in Sophos (2010), Exact (2014), KAR Global (2020) and was responsible for Apax’s investment in King Digital Entertainment since 2006. In addition he worked on the investments in Duck Creek, Epicor, NXP, Paycor and Trade Me.
Prior to joining Apax, Roy spent most of his career at McKinsey & Co., where he specialised in the technology sector. He has also held operating roles at Psion Plc. and nSine Technology Inc.
Roy holds an MEng in Electrical Engineering from Imperial College, London and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Boards
Roy serves on the boards of Openlane, Trade Me and Zellis Group. He previously served on the boards of Epicor, Exact Holdings, King, NXP, Duck Creek, and Sophos Group plc.
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Roy's Story
Roy considers himself very fortunate to have worked closely with some of the most talented entrepreneurs and managers to build highly successful technology companies like King, Sophos, and Exact. Working with these executives through some of the most exciting times in their companies’ histories, and seeing them develop their management teams, products, and companies into market leaders has been the most rewarding part of his career as an investor at Apax.