Board of directors
DUET is managed jointly (50:50) by AMPCH and the Macquarie Group (Macquarie). DUET’s management team has expert knowledge of, and experience in, the energy utility sector, and the responsible entities will have access to the combined infrastructure expertise and investment management resources of Macquarie and AMP Capital Group. Each of the responsible entities and DIHL has an experienced board of directors, a majority of whom are independent from DUET, the AMP Capital Group and Macquarie.
- John Roberts LLB (Canterbury)
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Chairman
- Chairman, Nominations Committee
- AMPCI Macquarie Infrastructure Management No.1 Limited (appointed 14 May 2004)
- AMPCI Macquarie Infrastructure Management No.2 Limited (appointed 14 May 2004)
- DUET Investment Holdings Limited (appointed 29 June 2006)
View details for John RobertsJohn joined Macquarie in 1991 and is based in Sydney, Australia. He is the Macquarie representative on each of the responsible entity and DIHL boards.
John is Executive Chairman of the Macquarie Funds Group which has over US$300 billion of capital under management and includes the activity of the Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets division (“MIRA”). John is on all Investment Committees or Board of Directors in MIRA to provide oversight and strategic direction to individual fund management executive teams.
Previous roles within Macquarie include Head of Europe, Joint Head of Macquarie Capital Advisers and Global Head of Macquarie Capital Funds.
Other directorships are: MAp Airports Limited, Southern Cross Airports Corporation Holdings Limited, Macquarie Atlas Roads Limited and Macquarie Infrastructure Company Inc LLC.
His former directorships include Macquarie International Infrastructure Fund.
- Shemara Wikramanayake LLB, BCom (UNSW)
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Alternate Director to John Roberts (appointed 25 November 2010)
- Head of Macquarie Funds Group
View details for Shemara WikramanayakeShemara is an Executive Director of Macquarie and Head of the Macquarie Funds Group a funds management business which offers a diverse range of products including securities investment management, infrastructure and real asset management, and fund and equity based structured products.
Prior to becoming Head of Macquarie Funds Group, Shemara spent 20 years in the Macquarie Capital division. During this period, Shemara held roles as Head of Macquarie Infrastructure & Real Assets, North America (formerly known as Macquarie Capital Funds); Head of Prudential, Sydney; and established and led the Corporate Advisory businesses in New Zealand, Hong Kong and Malaysia.
Prior to joining Macquarie in 1987, Shemara worked as a corporate lawyer at Blake Dawson Waldron in Sydney.
She holds no other listed entity directorships.
- Philip Garling B.Build (UNSW) FAIB, FAICD, FIE (Aust), AFAIM
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Director
- Member, Nominations Committee
- AMPCI Macquarie Infrastructure Management No.1 Limited (appointed 17 February 2004)
- AMPCI Macquarie Infrastructure Management No.2 Limited (appointed 17 February 2004)
- DUET Investment Holdings Limited (appointed 29 June 2006)
View details for Philip GarlingPhilip is the AMPCH representative on responsible entity and DIHL boards. He has over 30 years experience in infrastructure, construction, development and investment. He recently retired from full time executive roles. He was formerly Global Head of Infrastructure at AMP Capital Investors for 9 years and was also CEO of Tenix Infrastructure.
Philip was also a long-term senior executive with Lend Lease Corporation, culminating in his role as CEO of Lend Lease Capital Services, the development capital and infrastructure investment and development arm of Lend Lease. He also spent two years in Singapore implementing the company’s Asian infrastructure strategy.
Philip holds the Advanced Diploma from the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Building, Australian Institute of Company Directors and Institution of Engineers Australia.
Other current directorships are: AMP Capital Finance Mauritius Limited, Australian Renewable Fuels, The Infrastructure Fund of India and the chairman of Asian Giants Infrastructure Fund.
- Bodhisahwa Pahari BCom, LLB (UNSW), LLM (Sydney)
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Alternate Director to Philip Garling (appointed 3 May 2010)
View details for Bodhisahwa PahariBoe has over twenty years experience in the banking industry. Boe commenced his banking career at Citigroup in Sydney and subsequently worked for more than 13 years with ABN AMRO based in Singapore, Amsterdam, New York and London. During this period, Boe worked in regional and global positions, including Regional CFO for Asia Pacific, Global Head of Strategy and M&A (Wholesale Bank), Global Head of Proprietary Structuring Group, Head of Emerging Growth Markets, Head of Infrastructure Capital, Americas, Global Head of Integrated Finance/Infrastructure Capital, Global Head of Special Situations and Distressed Capital and Global Head Structured Capital. Subsequently, in Royal Bank of Scotland Boe was appointed Global co-Head Principal Strategies.
Boe has led Principal, and management teams across Asia, North America and Europe and personally led the creation and development of a number of businesses for ABN AMRO and RBS. At AMP Capital, Boe joined as the Head of Infrastructure, Asia Pacific and is currently Head of Infrastructure, Europe.
Boe is also admitted as a Solicitor in Sydney.
Boe holds no other listed entity directorships.
- The Hon. Michael Lee BSc (UNSW), BEng (Hons1)(UNSW), FIE (Aust)
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Independent director
- Member, Audit & Risk Committee
- Member, Remuneration Committee
- Member, Nominations Committee
- AMPCI Macquarie Infrastructure Management No.1 Limited (appointed 16 June 2004)
View details for The Hon. Michael LeeMichael is an electrical engineer. He served in the Australian Parliament for 17 years, and was Minister for Resources, Tourism, Communications and The Arts in the Keating Government. He is currently president of the NSW Branch of the Australian Labor Party.
Other current directorships are: MAp Airports Limited, Essential Energy (formerly Country Energy), Chairman, Communications Alliance Limited the peak communications industry body and Superpartners Limited.
Former roles include Chairman of NSW TAFE Commission Board and the Central Coast Campuses Board; a councillor of the City of Sydney and a member of the NSW Architects Registration Board.
- Doug Halley BCom (UNSW), MBA (UNSW), FAICD, FTA
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Independent director
- Chairman, Audit & Risk Committee
- Chairman, Remuneration Committee
- Member, Nominations Committee
- AMPCI Macquarie Infrastructure Management No.1 Limited (appointed 13 February 2006)
- DUET Investment Holdings Limited (appointed 29 June 2006)
View details for Doug HalleyDoug has held senior financial and general management positions for over 30 years and has strong skills in banking and industry in treasury, finance, business development, investor relations, restructuring, corporate strategy and large scale acquisitions and divestments.
His experience has been gained in executive positions at national or Asia Pacific level with Philips Electrical, Hill Samuel Australia, Rothschild Australia, Goodman Fielder, John Fairfax Holdings, Television & Media Services, IBM Global Services and Thomson Reuters. Since 2007 Doug has been focusing on advisory and non-executive board activities.
Other current directorships are: Chairman, MIL Resources Limited; Aurora Community Television Limited, Chairman of Print & Digital Publishing Pty Limited (“Time Out Sydney”) and Chairman, Advisory Board of Australian Enterprises Holdings Pty Limited.
Former directorships include: MIKOH Corporation Limited (1988 to 2010) Corum Group Limited (2009 to 2010).
- Emma Stein BSc (Hons) Physics (Manch), MBA (Manch)
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Independent director
- Member, Audit & Risk Committee
- Member, Remuneration Committee
- Member, Nominations Committee
- AMPCI Macquarie Infrastructure Management No.1 Limited (appointed 16 June 2004)
- DUET Investment Holdings Limited (appointed 12 July 2006)
View details for Emma SteinEmma's operational utilities experience includes energy retailing and asset management, international business operations, strategy development and implementation, acquisition integration and divestment.
Prior to leaving the UK in 2003, Emma was the UK managing director for French utility Gaz De France's energy retailing operations. She was also a non-executive director for Cofathec Heatsave Limited and an executive UK board director for Gaz de France Energy.
Other current directorships are: Clough Limited, Programmed Maintenance Group, Alumina Limited and Transpacific Industries Limited.
Emma is also a member of University of Western Sydney's Board of Trustees and a NSW Ambassador for the Guides.
Formerly, Emma was a non-executive director of ARC Energy and of Merlin Petroleum Limited (Australian oil and gas exploration and production companies) and Transfield Services Infrastructure Fund.
- Ron Finlay LLB (Sydney)
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Independent director
- Member, Audit & Risk Committee
- Member, Remuneration Committee
- Member, Nominations Committee
- AMPCI Macquarie Infrastructure Management No.2 Limited (appointed 16 June 2004)
- DUET Investment Holdings Limited (appointed 4 August 2006)
View details for Ron FinlayRon is a lawyer and chief executive of Finlay Consulting with over 37 years’ experience in property, construction, development and infrastructure projects including as project manager or facilitator of major infrastructure projects in Australia and overseas for both public and private sector organisations (such as the Commonwealth Government Solar Flagships Program).
Other current directorships are: Macquarie Generation, NSW’s largest generator, independent Chairman on a number of Government and private sector Project Control Groups and Dispute Resolution Boards for major projects (such as Brisbane’s New Parallel Runway Project and the Brisbane Legacy Way Project).
Formerly Ron was for six years chair of the New South Wales Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation.
- Eric Goodwin BEng (UNSW), MIE (Aust)
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Independent director
- Member, Audit & Risk Committee
- Member, Remuneration Committee
- Member, Nominations Committee
- AMPCI Macquarie Infrastructure Management No.2 Limited (appointed 16 June 2004)
View details for Eric GoodwinEric joined the Lend Lease Group in 1963 as a cadet engineer and, during his 43-year career with Lend Lease, held a number of senior executive and subsidiary board positions in their Australian operations. Eric has extensive experience in design, construction and project management, general management and investment and funds management. Eric managed the MLC property portfolio during the 1980s and was the founding fund manager of Australian Prime Property Fund.
Other current directorships are: Macquarie Global Property Fund Advisors, the GPT Group and Eureka Funds Management Limited. Eric is also the chair of Jarjum College Council.
- Duncan Sutherland BA (Yale), MBA (Wayne State)
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Independent director
- Chairman, Audit & Risk Committee
- Chairman, Remuneration Committee
- Member, Nominations Committee
- AMPCI Macquarie Infrastructure Management No.2 Limited (appointed 16 June 2004)
View details for Duncan SutherlandDuncan has broad experience in the mining, metals and auto industries, where his focus areas included acquisitions and divestments, business analysis and corporate planning. Duncan joined CRA Limited in 1980, and was most recently responsible for acquisitions and divestments and corporate strategy. After CRA merged with RTZ in 1995 to form Rio Tinto, Duncan was appointed Managing Director, Energy Developments, responsible for business development and the management of acquisitions and divestments in the energy sector.
During his career Duncan has also worked overseas in the USA, Europe, Brazil and Argentina.
Other current directorships are: a director of a Macquarie owned manger of a number of unlisted managed vehicles and a director of Haileybury College, Melbourne.
- Christine Williams MA, LLB (Sydney)
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Company secretary
View details for Christine WilliamsChristine is a qualified solicitor and an executive director in Macquarie Funds Group. She has worked in the banking industry for over 25 years, including over 15 years in funds management, performing a general counsel/company secretarial and compliance function for listed and wholesale infrastructure and other specialised funds managed by the Macquarie Group.
- Leanne Pickering BEc, LLB (Macquarie)
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Company secretary
View details for Leanne PickeringLeanne Pickering is a qualified solicitor with over 10 years’ experience and a division director in Macquarie Funds Group. Leanne joined Macquarie in 2005 and is responsible for the legal and company secretarial function for a number of funds managed by the Macquarie Group.