Governance specialist with a portfolio of board roles across fields that I'm passionate about: health, education, families, active lifestyles, infrastructure, investment, renewables, and sustainability.This builds naturally on the fifteen governance contributions that I have made during the last quarter century... which includes board and committee roles as Chair, Treasurer, and Chair of Finance/Audit/Risk Committees.Executive career as a successful investment professional with two decades of expertise as a Research Analyst and top-quartile Portfolio Manager. Working effectively with Executive Management, Boards, Government and Investment Committees. Plus a record of achievement across many other professional and personal experiences...Passionate about achieving outcomes, driving change, improving governance and developing people. I have led the adoption of higher standards in sustainability, ESG and Corporate Social Responsibility:- Becoming an early Signatory of the Principles for Responsible Investment in May 2010.- Personally writing the first case study for integrating Environment, Social and Governance factors into Listed Infrastructure portfolio construction in September 2011.- Long-term partnership with Sustainalytics (RARE was their first Australian client in 2011, they grew to become a top two global provider of ESG ratings and research).- Following continuous improvement and enhancements to the Investment Process, RARE received a score of A+ in the Strategy and Governance assessment from the PRI during 2019.- During 2020 I wrote a section of the Australian Sustainable Finance Roadmap.Past contributions have included:- working with others (both inside and outside the organisation) to achieve broader goals- relationship building- an innovative approach to fundamental research- successful investment recommendationsStrengths include:- decision-making amidst incomplete information and uncertain outcomes- problem solving and overcoming obstacles, in a constructive way- an ability to critically analyse and form conclusions- patience and perseveranceSpecialties: The common theme running through my professional career has been the coverage of global equities in the Infrastructure and Utility sectors. Regional focus has been on Australia, Europe and the UK. Professional interests are in economics, geopolitics, valuation and portfolio construction... This solid foundation has provided a platform to grow into strategic, top-down, asset allocation, and governance opportunities.