Name and Title |
Location |
Specialisation |
Michael Barbara |
Sydney |
Timberland acquisitions and asset management, eco product development |
Allison Blair |
Sydney |
Leasing, land title administration, property due diligence |
Maria Bosman |
Sydney |
Forestry operations, resource management systems |
David Brand |
Sydney | Forestry investment strategy, business management, forest management |
David Brentlinger |
San Francisco | Investment management, financial structuring, real estate |
James Bullen |
Sydney | Tropical and temperate forest operations, FSC forest management |
James Davies |
Sydney | Fund and transaction management, investment structuring, private equity |
Benjamin Guillon |
San Francisco | Investment and financial analysis, U.S. wetland, carbon and biodiversity markets |
Merril Halley |
Kota Kinabalu | Conservation management, community forestry |
MaryKate Hanlon |
Sydney | Environmental market analysis, forest carbon policy and markets, REDD |
Kym Hooper |
Sydney | Corporate and financial management systems |
Radha Kuppalli |
Washington, D.C. | Client relations, eco product investment strategy, fund management |
Keith Lamb |
Sydney | Forestry operational management, strategic asset management |
Gavin Le Roux |
Sydney | Corporate finance, governance |
Phil Mason |
Melbourne | Plantation forest silviculture, forest valuation, inventory and planning systems |
Desiree McClammey |
San Francisco | Accounting, office management and operations |
Ros Mitchell |
Sydney | Administration, office management |
Amanda Naismith |
Sydney | Natural resource management |
Nick O'Brien |
Sydney | Strategic forestry asset modelling, carbon accounting |
Darius Sarshar |
Singapore | Forest investment management, carbon & biodiversity markets, FSC certification |
Melissa Scully |
Sydney | Corporate finance, client reporting |
Dave Shelton |
Sydney | Forestry investment and investment structuring, natural resouce management |
Brian Shillinglaw |
San Francisco | Forest carbon investment, conservation finance, US and international carbon policy |
David Skilton |
New Zealand | Forestry estate modelling and valuation, carbon analysis |
Paul Speed |
Singapore | Forestry investment analysis and valuation, tropical forest management |
Megan Struthers |
New Zealand | Forestry operational management, timberland investment analysis |
Adrian Vis |
Sydney | Agricultural asset management |
James Davies
Head of Funds Management
James Davies, Head of Funds Management, has over 20 years of investment management experience across debt, equity, hybrid and derivative instruments in private equity, debt capital, bank, over-the-counter and listed equity markets. He is responsible for overseeing product development, marketing and management of New Forests' funds and investment products globally. Prior to joining New Forests, James was the Fund Manager of Westpac Bank's public-private partnership wholesale infrastructure fund. He also worked for Royal Bank of Scotland in London as a Director in principal investment and restructuring & turnaround management roles. James has an MBA from London Business School and a Bachelor of Computing Science from the University of New England in Australia. He is based in Sydney.
