IFM Investors appoints independent chair
Industry-funds backed investment group, IFM Investors, has appointed legal practitioner, Brad Vann as the Investor Advisory Committee's (IAC) independent chair.
Confirming the move in a statement, IFM Investors' head of Australian Infrastructure, Michael Hanna, said Vann's experience in both public and private sectors would be valuable for IAC.
Vann has almost 35 years' experience in delivering infrastructure projects, and has advised governments, sponsors and banks on various projects. He also has experience working with boards and committees and has established relationships in the infrastructure sector with governments, contractors, designers, operators, lawyers, financiers and investors.
His infrastructure projects include major public-private partnership roads in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, hospital and correctional facilities in South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia, and technological projects in New South Wales and Victoria including desalination plants, power stations, and enforcement processing facilities.
He began his role as independent chair on 5 May.
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