Danny was appointed Head of Infrastructure Investment, Europe in November 2007. 

Danny has overall responsibility for the European infrastructure business, with a primary focus on origination, execution and management of infrastructure assets, portfolio management and client interface for the European Infrastructure fund and client mandates.

Danny has over 14 years of direct infrastructure investment experience as a fiduciary including 3 years at RREEF Infrastructure in London and Sydney, a Deutsche Bank Subsidiary, and was a founding member of the AMP Group’s infrastructure team in 1994.

Danny has held board positions on in excess of 20 companies including Anglian Water, Northern Gas Networks and Melbourne Airport. He was the Fund Manager for a number of infrastructure funds and the portfolio manager of infrastructure mandates for two large pension funds.

He was an Executive Committee Member and Board Director of the Australian Council for Infrastructure Development, and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Danny has a Bachelor of Economics and a Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University.

First State Investments

First State Investments is a specialist asset management business focused on developing and managing innovative investment products which seek to outperform clients’ objectives.  It offers a range of product structures across categories including Asia Pacific and global emerging markets, global resources and global equities, property securities and infrastructure. 

First State forms part of the consolidated asset management business of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, managing €93.4 billion* on behalf of investors worldwide. This association gives it the strength of capital required to bring innovative products to market.

Established in 1994, First State Infrastructure manages a number of infrastructure funds and institutional mandates and invests in a broad range of infrastructure assets including utilities, toll roads and airports. The portfolio of quality assets in Australia and Europe reflects an ability to identify, source and manage investment opportunities in the infrastructure space globally.