Ash Sorrenti

Ashley Sorrenti is a Principal on The Riverside Company’s Riverside Australia team in Melbourne. Riverside’s team page lists him in Melbourne at Level 21, 101 Collins Street, with a Riverside start date of 2017 and direct phone number +61 3 8672 2007. Riverside announced on April 2, 2026 that Sorrenti had been promoted to Principal as part of a group of senior promotions across the firm’s global platform.

Before Riverside, Sorrenti worked at Credit Suisse in Australia. MarketScreener lists him as an analyst at Credit Suisse Investment Services (Australia) Ltd. from 2016 to 2017, and SignalHire’s profile similarly lists an Analyst role at Credit Suisse from February 2016 to October 2017 after a Credit Suisse summer internship from November 2014 to February 2015.

His education includes Monash University, where LinkedIn shows attendance from 2011 to 2016; SignalHire identifies the degree as a Bachelor of Commerce / Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours. SignalHire also lists a 2015 summer-school program at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

• Riverside Australia “specialises in acquiring controlling investments in market-leading companies headquartered in Australia and New Zealand with EBITDA up to A$25 million.”
• The team targets partnership and control investments in profitable, growing companies.
• Sector emphasis is B2B, with stated focus on Business Services, Healthcare, Software & Technology, and Specialty Manufacturing and Distribution.
• Riverside’s Australia page says it seeks Australia- and New Zealand-headquartered businesses “often with global presence or ambitions.”
• Sorrenti’s recent deal work shows a software-heavy focus, including Dingo, EventsAIR, Energy Exemplar and Workbench-adjacent Riverside Australia activity.
• On Dingo, Sorrenti said the company’s “talented and experienced team” was instrumental in Riverside’s decision to invest, signaling emphasis on management quality and execution capability.