Meet Our Team
Lighthouse Infrastructure’s senior management team offers its clients deep infrastructure expertise, and significant transaction and asset management experience in infrastructure and alternative assets. These combine to bring fresh insight and investment opportunities tailored to its investors.
Associate
B.Bus, MAppFin
Brenton joined Lighthouse in December 2023 as an Associate. Brenton is part of the Investment team and is focused on supporting asset management, financial modelling, financing and the execution of investment opportunities across renewable energy projects.
Brenton has experience working in infrastructure investing, having joined Lighthouse from REST Super, where he worked as an infrastructure analyst, working primarily on energy assets across both Australia and New Zealand. Prior to joining the infrastructure team at REST Super, Brenton worked in Rest Super’s Investment Operations team on portfolio-wide reporting and asset performance.
Associate Director
BBus, MBkg&Fin
Will joined Lighthouse in April 2024 as an Associate Director in the Investment team, supporting the origination, transaction execution, and portfolio management of renewable energy and infrastructure assets.
As an experienced investment professional, Will has over 7 years’ experience in project finance and financial advisory. Prior to joining Lighthouse, Will worked at Planum Partners where he worked with investors, developers, and sponsors within the energy, infrastructure, and real assets sectors on project structuring, capital raising, and financing. Additionally, Will has a strong understanding of non-recourse project financing having worked at NAB (in Australia and Europe) within their energy and utilities project finance business.
Associate — Corporate Accountant
B.Comm (Acc&Fin), CA
Kieran joined Lighthouse Infrastructure in March 2024 as a Corporate Accountant. Kieran is part of the Finance team and is focused on the corporate accounting and operational functions.
Kieran has over 5 years’ experience, having joined Lighthouse from Pitcher Partners where he worked as an Assistant Manager in their Private Business and Family Advisory Division. Whilst at Pitcher Partners, Kieran supported his clients with their accounting and taxation matters whilst also providing advisory assistance including financial modelling and budgeting.
Associate Director – Risk, Assurance & Reporting
B.Ec., CA, GAICD, IM&A
Connie joined Lighthouse Infrastructure in May 2024 as Associate Director – Risk, Assurance & Reporting. Connie is responsible for monitoring the risk, compliance and governance environment for Lighthouse Infrastructure, as well as supporting the company secretarial function and coordinating ESG & sustainability activities and reporting.
Connie has over 25 years’ experience in finance, risk and governance mainly in the superannuation and insurance sector, and 10 years’ experience in ESG & sustainability. From 2014 to 2020, Connie was the Head of Finance & Corporate Services and the Company Secretary of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors. Connie’s earlier career experience includes executive and senior positions at PwC across Melbourne, New York and Shanghai in the financial services practice, the American International Assurance and the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office.
Finance Manager
B.Ec, ACA
Irene joined Lighthouse Infrastructure in 2010 as the Finance Manager, establishing the Finance and Corporate Accounting function. As Finance Manager Irene is responsible for Management, Corporate Accounting and the business management of the organisation.
Irene has over 20 years’ experience in senior finance roles managing teams and specialising in Corporate Accounting. Prior to joining Lighthouse, Irene worked at Foxtel, Fujitsu and Roche Brothers (Engineers and Mining Contractors) before the sale of the business to Downer EDI.
Managing Director
B Bus (Acc), ACA, F Finsia
Mitch founded Lighthouse Infrastructure in 2007 as a specialist infrastructure fund manager to provide investors with access to high quality sustainable infrastructure assets. As a Managing Director of Lighthouse, Mitch is responsible for the investment process and management of the business. Mitch is also a member of Lighthouse’s Audit, Risk & Compliance and Investment Committees.
Mitch has over 30 years’ experience specialising in infrastructure asset management and finance and has acquired, managed and divested infrastructure assets through numerous market cycles and events.
Prior to Lighthouse, Mitch was a Director of Hastings Funds Management and was active in expanding the Infrastructure equity, debt and private equity businesses of Hastings in the early years. He is recognised for his role as Chief Operating Officer of the formerly ASX-listed, Australian Infrastructure Fund (AIX), where he built AIX into a specialist transport infrastructure Fund, which was ultimately acquired by the Future Fund in 2013. As part of its Corporate Finance team, Mitch led debt and equity capital investments for Commonwealth Bank’s Institutional Bank for many of the early Australian infrastructure transport and energy privatisations. Early on in his career, Mitch worked in the Corporate Finance division of Ernst & Young after qualifying as a Chartered Accountant.
Senior Associate — Senior Fund Accountant
B.Bus (Acc), CA
Winston joined Lighthouse Infrastructure in November 2023 as a Senior Fund Accountant. Winston is part of the Finance team, leading the accounting and commercial management of Lighthouse’s Funds and their subsidiaries.
Winston has over 10 years’ experience as a finance professional working in varied fields of fund accounting, investment accounting, SMSF and tax compliance.
Prior to joining Lighthouse, Winston has worked at a leading chartered accounting firm (Accru) specialising in SMSF and tax compliance. He has also worked at one of Australia’s largest industry super funds (Cbus Super) supporting the investment accounting and tax division and was most recently at ASX 50 real asset group (Dexus), specialising in fund accounting and unit pricing.
Mark Murray
Chief Operating Officer
Dip. Ind., B.Sc (Hons), FCCA, GAICD
Mark joined Lighthouse Infrastructure in October 2020 as the Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary. Reporting directly to the Board, Mark leads the finance function and also has responsibility for all corporate operational activities.
Mark has over 25 years’ experience as a finance professional working in funds management, financial services and energy industries, across a variety of roles in Europe, the Americas and Australasia.
Prior to Lighthouse, Mark was the Financial Controller at Tilt Renewables Limited, an Australasian renewable energy generation company dual listed on the New Zealand and Australian stock exchanges. Prior to this, Mark held a variety of senior finance roles within the energy industry based in Australasia as well as the fund management industry based in the Americas. Early in his career, Mark worked in the Audit & Assurance division of Deloitte in the UK where he qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant.
Andrew Nash
Director
B.Com., Grad. Dip. Comp., ACA
Andrew J. Nash has over 40 years’ experience in the technology industry including a broad range of technologies (software, AI/ML, cybersecurity, infrastructure, sustainability) as well as private equity and venture investing. He is currently an Operating Partner at University of Melbourne Commercialisation, as well as an Entrepreneur-at-Large at the University
With extensive experience spanning 28 years in the United States before returning to Australia in 2024. Most recently he served as Founder & CEO of Targetable Sciences (acquired by Chowly) with prior roles as CEO of PropertyRoom.com; EVP at FoundationDB (acquired by Apple), and COO at Visual Sciences (acquired by Omniture). His expertise in the technology industry extends from his leadership roles at GSI Commerce (acquired by eBay), GlobalLogic (acquired by APAX Partners), BroadVision, and Baan Company (acquired by Invensys), where he led extensive global operations for these companies. He also served as a Global Managing Partner at Deloitte Consulting post-acquisition of ICS. Andrew currently serves on the Boards and Advisory Boards of multiple technology, infrastructure and sustainability companies in the United States and Australia.
Director, Research and Strategy
Dip.E, BE (Hons), MEc, PhD, PD (Econ), MBA
Allan joined Lighthouse in 2017. Allan is Director, Research and Strategy, to Lighthouse and is responsible for the strategy and research activities of Lighthouse. Allan is also an Investment Committee member for the Lighthouse Infrastructure Fund Trust and Lighthouse Energy Alternatives Fund.
Allan has more than 20 years’ experience in infrastructure, funds management, and economics. Allan has previously worked at CP2, Hastings Funds Management, KPMG, and BHP. Allan is a LWP Fellow, Harvard Law School, Harvard University, and has authored and co-authored several papers on economics, infrastructure, fiduciary duty, and Islamic finance.
Allan has studied at the University of Melbourne, Stanford University, Harvard University, and Imperial College and is a Member of the American Economic Association, of the American Society of International Law, of the Royal Economic Society, and of the Academy of International Business. He is a member of the Leadership Team of the Australian Chapter of Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs.
SENIOR ADVISERS AND CONSULTANTS
Based in London, Marcus has worked in the global infrastructure industry for over 20 years. Most recently he was a Partner at Heidrick & Struggles where he led the global infrastructure practice advising infrastructure investors on a range of C-level leadership and talent issues across the energy, utilities, transport, digital and social infrastructure sectors. Marcus currently provides a range of leadership, coaching, mentoring and talent advisory services to leaders in the infrastructure industry globally. He is passionate about empowering leaders and communities to achieve their full potential and create a positive social impact. He commenced his career as a solicitor in London and has lived both in Australia and the UK.
Murray Jones is the Independent Chair of the Lighthouse Infrastructure Management Limited Audit and Compliance Committee.
Murray has over 30 years’ service as a risk and compliance specialist. His expertise encompasses investment management, superannuation and insurance. He is the managing director of Compliance & Risk Services Pty Ltd, a company he founded in 2002 which provides services to financial institutions including funds managers, superannuation trustees, financial advisers and private equity. He has acted as an independent expert under ASIC enforceable undertakings, chaired institutional compliance committees and acted as a responsible manager for AFS licences. He previously held senior roles with National Mutual/AXA Group and worked for the Australian Securities Commission.
Dr Ashby Monk is the Executive and Research Director of the Stanford Global Projects Center at Stanford University, a Senior Research Associate at the University of Oxford, and a Senior Advisor to the Chief Investment Officer of the University of California.
Dr Monk’s extensive research and writing on institutional investment, asset management, and financial innovation, has featured in many prominent publications. Dr Monk has created several companies and platforms to activate innovative investments and research, including the Aligned Intermediary, Long Game Savings Inc, and the Institutional Investors Roundtable.
He received his Doctorate in Economic Geography at Oxford University and holds a Master’s in International Economics from the Universite de Paris I – Pantheon Sorbonne and a Bachelor’s in Economics from Princeton University.
Roger is a seasoned operational executive, professional investor and company director. He has more than 30 years of experience in technology, energy, infrastructure and venture capital industries. This includes roles as Chairman, CEO, COO as well as senior engineering, manufacturing, information technology services and international business development positions across multiple technology based industries in Australia, USA and EMEA. He is currently the Chair of Additive Assurance Pty Ltd and BinaryTech Global Pty Ltd. He is a Non-Executive Director of Audinate Group Limited (ASX:AD8) and was formerly the Executive Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Windlab Limited (ASX:WND), an international wind energy development company. Previously Roger was a partner at Innovation Capital, a venture capital firm in Sydney. Prior to joining Innovation Capital, Roger was the Chief Executive Officer of Duncan Solutions Inc., a developer of advanced parking solutions. Roger commenced his career at Alcatel and has held senior positions with a number of Australian technology businesses and NASDAQ listed software companies. Roger has an Engineering degree, with honours, from the University of Technology, Sydney and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.