About Us

Kerry Roxburgh, Independent Chairman. Kerry was appointed as Chairman of Babcock & Brown Limited in July 2006 and has been a Non-Executive Director since February 2006. Kerry was one of the founders of E*Trade Australia (E*Trade) and was the Chief Executive prior to becoming Chairman, a position he held from 2000-2007. Prior to E*Trade, Kerry spent 10 years as an Executive Director of the Hong Kong Bank of Australia Group including five years as Managing Director of the Bank's corporate finance subsidiary. Kerry also has experience in the financial management of the insurance, healthcare, technology, property and resource sectors. Kerry is Chairman of the Charter Hall Group and Asian Express Airlines Pty Ltd and has been a Non-Executive Director of Ramsay Health Care Ltd since July 1997, the Everest Babcock & Brown Group since April 2005, the Medical Indemnity Protection Society Group, the Lawcover Group, PNG Sustainable Energy Ltd and Professional Insurance Australia Pty Ltd. He is based in Sydney.

Andrew Love, Independent Director. Andrew Love has over 30 years experience in corporate recovery, reconstruction and insolvency practice in Australia. Andrew is a Chartered Accountant and has extensive public company experience including that of Chairman in other listed entities.  He is currently a Non-Executive Director of Babcock & Brown Communities Limited, Chairman of ROC Oil Limited, Deputy Chairman of Riversdale Mining Limited and a Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art.  Andrew is independent of Babcock & Brown and has recently retired from Ferrier Hodgson.

Phil Green, Non-Executive Director. He is a Director of Everest Babcock & Brown and of the responsible entity of Babcock & Brown Japan Property Trust.  He is also a Trustee of the SCG Trust.  He was formerly a director of Thakral Holdings Group.
Phil holds Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Law degrees from the University of New South Wales.  Prior to joining Babcock & Brown, Phil worked as a Senior Manager with Arthur Anderson where he specialised in taxation.  He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1981 and was admitted as a solicitor in NSW in 1978.  He is based in the Sydney office.

Robert Topfer, Non-Executive Director. He joined the Babcock & Brown Group in 2000. Prior to this Robert was a founding partner of the law firm Atanaskovic Hartnell and prior to that a partner of Allen Allen & Hemsley. Robert is also a Director of Assentinsure Limited and Babcock & Brown Communities Group. Robert holds a Bachelor of Law and Arts from the Australian National University. Robert has over 20 years of specialist structured and corporate finance experience across many industry sectors. He is based in Sydney.

Dr Gregory Clark, Independent Director. Gregory was appointed an Independent Director of Babcock & Brown Limited in August 2006. Gregory is a Principal of Clark Capital Partners, a U S based firm that advises internationally on technology and the technology market place. Prior to this Gregory held senior executive positions in IBM, News Corporation and Loral Space and Communications. Gregory is currently a Non-Executive Director of ANZ Banking Group Limited and was a Director of James Hardie from April 2002 to May 2006. He is based in New York and Sydney.