Mathew Pirotta

AMP Capital has announced three new appointments to the Community Infrastructure Fund (CommIF) with Odette Linnett as Investment Director, Carolyn van Leuven as Senior Advisor and Mathew Pirotta as Associate.

AMP Capital Infrastructure Equity Co-Head for Australia and New Zealand Michael Bessell said the new appointments would bolster the AMP Capital team managing CommIF.

“These three new additions to CommIF will further enhance the strong and experienced AMP Capital team managing the fund. I’m delighted to welcome Odette and Carolyn to CommIF and congratulate Mathew on his promotion and move into CommIF.

“We now have 18 professionals dedicated to CommIF, supported by a number of other team members across the business, and the fund continues to perform strongly for our investors. The new appointments demonstrate that AMP Capital continues to attract highly-experienced and talented people,” Mr Bessell said.

Odette Linnett has been appointed into a new role of Investment Director for CommIF and will take on asset management responsibilities for a number of CommIF assets including Victorian Schools, Darwin Convention Centre and NSW Schools II. Ms Linnett will be based in Sydney.

Ms Linnett started her career at the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance and has more than 13 years’ corporate finance experience. She was an Investments Director at Deloitte Asia Pacific before joining CommIF.

Carolyn van Leuven joins CommIF as Senior Advisor and will be appointed to two of the Fund’s New Zealand boards. Ms van Leuven is an experienced senior executive and board director/trustee, a former major commercial law firm Partner and has previously been a Deputy Chief Executive for the Ministry of Justice and the Department of Corrections in New Zealand.

Ms van Leuven will join the boards of Auckland South Corrections Facility and New Zealand Hospital Car Parks. Her experience in justice and in working with and for Māori will bring additional depth and a strong client focus across our growing portfolio of justice assets. These include Auckland South Corrections Facility, Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison, and our recently acquired Hopkins Correctional Centre.

Mathew Pirotta has also been promoted within AMP Capital to an Associate with CommIF.  Mr Pirotta has been with AMP Capital for more than six years, most recently in AMP Capital’s Finance Team, and brings extensive experience in providing financial and commercial analysis to decision makers.  He has spent the majority of his career working on infrastructure and real estate within the funds management industry.

Mathew Pirotta has already commenced with the team and Carolyn van Leuven will start this month. Odette Linnett will commence with the team in late August.

CommIF invests in high-yield, brownfield, social infrastructure PPP assets in Australia and New Zealand in sectors such as education, health, justice, water, transport, community housing and recreational facilities.  The fund now has 18 assets worth more than A$5.8 billion (on a pro-rata ownership basis).

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