Name and Title |
Office |
Specialisation |
Michael Barbara |
Sydney |
Carbon standards and policy, eco product project development |
David Brand |
Sydney | Forestry investment strategy business management, forest management |
Mike Brand |
Sydney | Web and print design and development |
James Bullen |
Sydney | Forestry operational management, tropical and temperate silviculture |
James Davies |
Sydney | Fund and transaction management, investment structuring, private equity |
Hanafi Guciano |
Bali | Project finance and management, green development and Indonesia |
Benjamin Guillon |
San Francisco | Investment and financial analysis, U.S. carbon and biodiversity markets |
MaryKate Hanlon |
San Francisco | Forestry and environmental market analysis, forest carbon policy and markets |
Radha Kuppalli |
Washington D.C. | Eco product investment strategy, fund management |
Keith Lamb |
Sydney | Forestry operational management, strategic asset management |
Gavin Le Roux |
Sydney | Corporate finance, governance |
Megan Mattox Struthers |
Sydney | Forestry operational management, forestry investment analysis |
Marisa Meizlish |
San Francisco | Eco product marketing and project development, U.S., Kyoto and voluntary carbon market analysis |
Ros Mitchell |
Sydney | Administration, office management |
Nick O'Brien |
Sydney | Strategic forestry asset modelling, carbon accounting |
Amrita Patil |
San Francisco | Environmental market analysis |
Darius Sarshar |
Kota Kinabalu | Forestry certification, eco product investment structuring and asset management |
Melissa Scully |
Sydney | Corporate finance, client reporting |
Dave Shelton |
Sydney | Forestry investment and investment structuring, natural resouce management |
Brian Shillinglaw |
San Francisco | U.S. and international environmental and forest carbon policy |
David Skilton |
Sydney | Forestry estate modelling and valuation, carbon analysis |
Paul Speed |
Kota Kinabalu | Forestry investment analysis and valuation, tropical forest management |
Ben Taine |
Kota Kinabalu | Corporate finance, client reporting |
Rosemarie Wee |
Kota Kinabalu | Administration, office 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.
