Mr Barclay has more than 35 years of experience in professional services, investment banking, broadcast infrastructure and telecommunications. Over the past 20 years Graeme has held Executive Chairman or Group CEO roles at BAI Communications, Transit Wireless LLC (New York), Nextgen Networks, Metronode data centres and Axicom group (formerly Crown Castle Australia), and for 8 years during this period was also an executive director in Macquarie Group's infrastructure team. In these roles, Graeme was responsible for all aspects of strategy, M&A, sales and business development, contract delivery and operations, as well as implementing the appropriate capital structure and raising equity and third-party debt for these businesses in Australia, UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, USA and New Zealand. Over the past 20 years in these businesses, Graeme led and completed more than 20 acquisition and divestment transactions including the sale of Nextgen Networks to Vocus for $820 million in 2016 and the sale of Metronode to Equinix for $1.04 billion in 2018. Included in his prior board appointments are: Arqiva Limited (institutionally owned UK telecommunications infrastructure group), Chairman of the main Board and of the Audit and Risk Committee for Nextgen group (Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan majority owned fibre network and data centre owner), NED and member of the Audit and Risk Committee of Axicom Group (institutionally owned mobile tower operator).
