Macquarie is a global financial services group operating in 32 markets in asset management, retail and business banking, wealth management, leasing and asset financing, market access, commodity trading, renewables development, specialist advisory, capital raising and principal investment. Macquarie employs more than 17,500 people and has $A750 billion in assets under management.
In Asia, Macquarie has more than 3,900 people across 11 markets in 14 locations.
In addition to her responsibilities as Asia CEO, Verena is a Senior Managing Director of Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) and Head of Macquarie Asia Infrastructure Platform (MAIF) Investments. The MAIF series is one of the largest infrastructure funds dedicated to investing in Asia-Pacific with more than $US8.9 billion of equity under management.
Based in Singapore since 2008, Verena has led major acquisitions in Asia-Pacific across various infrastructure sectors including, oil and petrochemical storage, transportation and digital infrastructure. Verena currently sits on the investment committees of MAM Asia-Pacific funds, including the MAIF series, and on several portfolio company boards.
Verena is the Chair of Macquarie’s Asia Diversity, Equity and inclusion (DEI) Committee, a member of Macquarie Group Foundation Committee and Chair of Macquarie Group Foundation’s Social Impact Investment Advisory Committee.
Verena holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) and a Bachelor of Laws from University of New South Wales.
