James joined Palisade in January 2015, with a focus on asset origination, acquisition and management.

Immediately prior to joining Palisade, James was a Vice President in Macquarie Capital’s Principal Investments team at Macquarie Group. Over a period of 9 years at Macquarie Group James focused on origination, execution and asset management of Macquarie Capital’s investments which spanned the following sectors: traditional infrastructure including PPP’s and renewables, industrials, resources and real estate.

James’s origination and execution experience includes coordination of valuation and due diligence, negotiation and documentation of equity, mezzanine debt and senior debt investments in project finance as well as private equity-style transactions.

James holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and a Bachelor of Business (Majoring in Finance) from the University of Technology, Sydney and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.