Shemara Wikramanayake

Ms Wikramanayake, in her time at Macquarie, has worked in six countries and across several business lines, establishing and Macquarie's corporate advisory offices in New Zealand, Hong Kong and Malaysia, and the infrastructure funds management business in the US and Canada. Shemara has also served as Chair of the Macquarie Group Foundation. As Head of Macquarie Asset Management for 10 years before her appointment as CEO, Shemara led a team of 1,600 staff in 24 markets. Macquarie Asset Management grew to become a manager of infrastructure and real assets and a top 50 global public securities manager. Before joining Macquarie, Shemara worked as a corporate lawyer at Blake Dawson Waldron in Sydney. She is Member, International Advisory Panel, Monetary Authority of Singapore; Member, World Bank Private Sector Investment Lab; Member of Principals Group, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ); Member, Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance. She is Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of MGL since December 2018 and executive Voting Director of MGL and MBL since August 2018.