Experience

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  Pricewaterhousecoopers

  Feb 1995 - Jun 2000

  Manager, financial services assurance
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  Deutsche asset management (australia) limited

  Jul 2000 - Jul 2015

  • Responsibility for Alternatives and Real Assets division (formerly RREEF) with business units located in Japan, Korea, Singapore and China in addition to the Australian platform.• Worked closely with regional business head and individual country heads to develop and implement strategy.• Heavy involvement/led business development initiatives in SE Asia and Japan, including rebuilding the Japanese franchise and changing the way we operated in China.• Day to day management and liaison with finance, compliance, operations, IT, HR and legal functions that support the business. • Coordination of operations and internal processes to meet needs of existing business, or future expansion.• Member of internal governance boards/committees including Global Alternatives and Regional Operating Committees amongst others • Oversight/management of outsource relationships.• Built and reviewed business cases for use of capital and expansion of businesses.• Primary accountability for monthly financial performance & cost control.• Primary responsibility for driving the product development process. Led development of several new product initiatives including an Asian Real estate and Asian infrastructure fund including working through AIFMD issues and offshore product structuring for illiquid assets.• 4 mid-level direct reports spread across the region• 2IC to the regional head - responsibility for over 40 staff spread across Asia.• Director on Port of Geelong (a bulk goods port in southern Victoria) as well as multiple SPVs used to hold client infrastructure and real estate assets• Responsible manager on Australian entity AFSL Show less

  • Chief Operating Officer, Alternatives and Real Assets

    Nov 2012 - Jul 2015

  • Bus Mgr/COO, RREEF Infrastructure Asia Pacific

    Jul 2005 - Nov 2012

  • Asia Pac Head of MIS

    Jul 2000 - Jul 2005
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  Career break

  Aug 2015 - Aug 2016

  Career break

  A year to travel and spend time with family after 20+ years in the workforce (15 years of that at DB)

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  Intergen property group

  Aug 2016 - Mar 2019

  Chief financial officer

  Responsible for - financial reporting and management, incl cashflow management- corporate strategy, budgeting and forecasting - financing (corporate and deal related)- acquisition and structuring include new product (fund) development and implementation- day to day business management,- review, selection and oversight of service providers (incl IT, Accounting, Legal, Tax), - corporate governance, - fund and client governance- corporate governance incorporating compliance officer role and monitoring of AFSL compliance- Responsible Manager on the AFSL- development and maintenance of internal controls and processes Show less

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  Warada capital pty ltd

  Mar 2019 - Feb 2020

  Chief operating officer

  Warada was a joint venture between ICA Partners and Clean Energy Finance Corporation. Both organisations elected to pursue investment opportunities directly so I returned to work directly for ICA.

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  Ica partners

  Mar 2020 - now

  Chief operating officer