Mr Chris Barlow (Chair)
Chris Barlow was the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Australia Pacific Airports Corporation, which is the operator of Melbourne and Launceston Airports. Chris has over 30 years experience in the aviation industry, having joined BAA (formerly British Airports Authority) in 1969 as an Engineering Project Manager.
Chris holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Civil Engineering and is a member of the Institute of Civil Engineers as well as the Institute of Transport. He is married with 5 children, and his interests include the theatre, tennis, rowing and golf.
Mr Julio Garcia (Director)
Julio Garcia joined Industry Funds Management (IFM) in January 2008 as Investment Director (Infrastructure). Julio has over 14 years of experience in asset management, investment banking and strategy consulting. In addition he has executed private capital investments, leveraged recapitalisations, negotiated mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, as well as initial and secondary public offerings across a variety of industries. Prior to joining IFM, Julio was a Principal at Viant Group in San Francisco. In this role his responsibilities included evaluating potential investments, seeking investment capital from institutional investors, and advising on merger and acquisition transactions. Previously, Julio held positions with the Bank of America, Robertson Stephens and Gemini Consulting.
Julio holds a Master Degree in Business Administration from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts (Public Policy) degree from Stanford University. He is also a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Roger Lloyd (Director)
Roger joined Perpetual Investments in March 2006 bringing with him 12 years of investment banking experience with Macquarie Bank and previously Bankers Trust. His responsibilities included identifying and sourcing projects for investment using the breadth of relationships in the sector.
Roger was previously in the project finance division of Macquarie's Investment Banking Group, where he focused on Public Private Partnerships working with both government and private sector clients. In this role, Roger was involved in origination of transactions, consortium formation, structuring and arranging debt and equity across a broad range of infrastructure projects. He also played an important role in the government advisory business of the bank and has an intimate knowledge of government requirements in privately financed projects.
Roger's prior experience includes 6 years in insolvency and reconstruction, having worked with leading practitioners Ferrior Hodgson and previously Price Waterhouse.
Roger is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Business from Ku-ring-gai College (now UTS).
Jeff Pollock
Jeff Pollock is part of Hastings Funds Management Executive Management Team and holds the dual role of Head of Listed Infrastructure and Chief Operating Officer of Australian Infrastructure Fund.
Prior to joining Hastings, Jeff was part of the Senior Management Team at Prime Infrastructure/Babcock and Brown Infrastructure (BBI) where he was a key member of the Leadership Team, first as Prime Infrastructure/BBI’s Chief Financial Officer and then as Chief Operating Officer for BBI Transport Infrastructure. Jeff’s main areas of focus at BBI were the management and operations of infrastructure and utilities in the transport and energy sectors. Jeff also has broad experience in asset management with his role as a Director on a range of BBI subsidiary boards.
Jeff holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from the University of Glasgow, and has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland since 1988.
Alexandra Campbell
Alexandra Campbell joined Hastings in April 2007 as an Associate based in the Melbourne office. Previously Alexandra was a Solicitor in the Corporate Group (Mergers and Acquisitions) of Freehills in Melbourne.
Alexandra has a Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from Monash University, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investments from the Financial Services Institute of Australia (FINSIA) and she is currently completing a Master of Applied Finance and Investments (FINSIA).