Wes Ballantine Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Infrastructure investment and advisory

Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Thoroughbred breeding and agistment specialising in broodmare management and foaling services

Brighton, Victoria, Australia

A not-for-profit junior Australian rules football club serving over 400 kids

• Transurban 2006 - 2020Member of the Executive Committee: 2012 - 2020Executive responsible for the operations and management of Transurban’s flagship asset, CityLink. Achievements included:
• Responsible for Transurban’s single largest asset (>$800 million annual revenue)
• Successfully oversaw passing of critical legislation extending Transurban’s CityLink concession for a further 10 years
• Executed program of organic improvements which drove material cost and revenue benefits

Brisbane, Australia

• Executive Director responsible for the acquisition, management and integration of Queensland Motorways (renamed Transurban Queensland)Achievements included:
• $7 billion acquisition: formation of consortium (Transurban, Australian Super, ADIA), led negotiation and execution of transaction
• 40% reduction of costs post acquisition, including complete refresh of technology platform
• Doubled revenue through organic improvements and further acquisitions / development in the region ($3B further invested under my leadership)
• Employee engagement levels doubled

Australia

• Held role concurrently with Queensland and Victorian executive responsibilitiesExecutive responsible for definition of Transurban’s group-wide strategyAchievements included:
• Redefined Transurban’s strategy reflecting business cycle / sector opportunities – Transurban grew from market cap of approximately $7 billion in 2012 to $40 billion in 2020 reflecting unprecedented period of investment
• Rebuilt Transurban’s technical capability that underpinned significant investment across greenfield and acquisition activity
• Executive directly responsible for over $15 billion of investment, including innovative investment strategies such as loan-to-own processes
• Defined and embedded award winning sustainability program across local stakeholder, energy reduction and long term policy initiatives

Australia

• Responsible for all external facing communicationsAchievements included:
• Redefined Transurban’s go-to-market communication strategy which included significantly greater investment market interaction – saw investor satisfaction (measured through investor surveys) materially increase
• Extensive engagement with investors, proxy firms, rating agencies and all levels of Government

Australia

• Responsible for M&A and capital raising activitiesAchievements included:
• Defence of 2010 takeover attempt that materially undervalued Transurban – subsequent performance has vindicated Board decision to reject
• Led over $1 billion of capital raisings as part of GFC recovery

New York, USA

• Responsible for all project financing, negotiation and fund raising for US businessAchievements included:
• Original management team engaged to form Transurban’s North American business, now valued at over $5 billion
• Raised $2 billion at height of GFC to fund Transurban’s initial North American asset, the Capital Beltway HOT Lanes
• Extensive engagement with all levels of US Government, including securing the first Federal Government subsidised ‘TIFIA’ loan to a non-US company

Melbourne, Australia

• Worked across a rage of departments, ultimately specialising in M&A advisory
• Completed audits at a range of Australia’s leading companies
• Advised on over $10 billion of merger and acquisition activities in the gaming, tourism and finance sectors
• Developed speciality in leading integration activities post acquisition

Stanford Executive Program

Master Of Commerce

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Politics