John is Independent Chair of the Palisade Investment Partners Board and Chairman of the Palisade Investment Committee. John is also a member of Aware Super Direct Asset Committee. John joined Macquarie Group in 1999 as part of the acquisition of Bankers’ Trust Australia and has over 40 years of investment banking experience. Throughout his career at Macquarie, John has held a number of leadership positions and became Global Head of Principal Investments in September 2010. John retired from Macquarie Group in October 2013

John previously managed a team of 35 professionals located in Australia, North America, United Kingdom, and Asia. John was responsible for over $2 billion of equity investments spanning a variety of Industries, currencies and investment terms. Infrastructure investments covered the following categories – PPPs, renewable energy (wind, solar and other), transport, energy, water and resource themed Infrastructure projects

Previously John was Chief Executive Officer of MIG Ltd, Macquarie’s largest infrastructure fund, from 2007 to 2010.