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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