Jonathan van Rooyen has been appointed Chief Investment Officer of IPIF and will be responsible for the IPIF Core fund investments, as well as new  business opportunities.

He was previously Executive Director and Portfolio Manager at Hastings Funds Management, where he was responsible for establishing the firm’s Asia footprint. He also managed Hasting’s $2.6 billion unlisted infrastructure fund, which owns stakes in the Cairns, Gold Coast and Perth airports, the Port of Newcastle and the recently privatised NSW land titles registry business. Prior to that, he was Executive Director (Partner) at KPMG.  Jonathan has also been a non-executive director of Queensland Airports, Envirogen, Interlink and Statewide Roads as part of his roles at Hastings.

Sean Kim has been appointed as Senior Investment Analyst. He was previously a senior associate at Hastings Funds Management. Prior to that he was a senior analyst at National Australia Bank, and a corporate tax associate at KPMG in Singapore.

IPIF is the only multi-manager platform for self-managed super funds and high net worth individuals to access the unlisted infrastructure asset class.

In welcoming the appointments, IPIF Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Nicole Connolly, said: “Demand for the IPIF Core fund and its reliable and consistent income yield has been strong, given the essential nature of infrastructure assets. Demand has been particularly strong from high net worth private investors as well as SMSF trustees, financial planners and wealth managers.”

The new appointments caps of what is already a big year for the Manager, and comes on the back of Ms Connolly being named as a Finalist in the Women in Finance Awards for Entrepreneur of the Year.
IPIF Core currently has $135m in AUM.

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