Sam Payne

Sam Payne is a Principal at Bain Capital Private Equity on the Asia Pacific team, currently based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Since joining the global investment firm in 2018, he has specialized in executing regional investments with a specific emphasis on the consumer and technology verticals. Prior to his current position, Payne worked as an Associate at Goldman Sachs across corporate offices in both Australia and the United Kingdom. During his tenure at the multinational investment bank, he gained extensive transactional experience operating within the general industrials, leveraged finance, and restructuring groups. He completed his undergraduate education by earning a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Melbourne. His professional background centers on structuring complex financial transactions and driving institutional private equity investments within the Asia Pacific technology and consumer sectors.