Melbourne’s tight-knit banking crowd leverages the city’s reputation for fine dining while embracing its international diaspora when entertaining clients.
If there’s a word that keeps coming up when surveying Melbourne’s top deal-makers on suitable lunch venues, it’s privacy. The Victorian capital lacks Sydney’s showiness, or its largesse. Business lunches are a bit shorter, and more serious. Partners are less likely to be invited. Business and pleasure are kept distinct.
But even Melbourne’s most publicity-shy power players still need to market themselves. To do so, subtly, they seek out restaurants with discreet booths, or, even better, private rooms.
Aaron WeinmanCorrespondentAaron Weinman is a correspondent at The Australian Financial Review who covers investment banks, private equity firms and the broader capital markets. Connect with Aaron on Twitter. Email Aaron at aaron.weinman@afr.com
Myriam RobinSenior writerMyriam Robin is a senior writer based in the Melbourne newsroom. She has previously been a Rear Window columnist and editor, and before that reported on financial markets and media. Connect with Myriam on Twitter. Email Myriam at myriam.robin@afr.com
