Board of Directors

Debra (Debbie) Goodin – Independent chair

With more than 30 years of senior management experience in the public and private sectors, Debra has a proven track record of
working in complex environments, with a demonstrated focus on
corporate governance and commitment to environmental, social, and sustainability matters.

Debbie has extensive experience across various industries, particularly in critical infrastructure – including the water, energy, and transport sectors and brings a long-term view of infrastructure development, complemented by a wealth of experience as an established director and chair across private, public, government-owned, and not-for-profit organisations.

Leisel Moorhead – QIC

Leisel joined QIC Infrastructure in January 2008. Leisel leads the asset
management function across the QIC infrastructure portfolio including environmental, social and governance matters for the QIC portfolio assets.

Stasha Prnjatovic – OMERS Infrastructure

Stasha is a Managing Director for OMERS Infrastructure and in this role she leads asset management efforts in the Asia-Pacific region. In addition to sitting on the Board of PoM, Stasha also sits on the board of Transgrid and Waveconn.

Simon Palagyi – OMERS Infrastructure

Simon is a Managing Director for OMERS Infrastructure. He joined OMERS in May 2017, and is responsible for a range of infrastructure investment origination and asset management activities in Australia. In addition to PoM’s Board of Directors, Simon also sits on the Board of the Transgrid Asset Trust.  He previously served as a director on the Board of LifeLabs Management Inc., Canada’s largest community laboratory business.

James White – Future Fund

James is a Director in Future Fund’s Infrastructure and Timberland team. James joined Future Fund in 2010 and has been involved in the investment and management of the infrastructure and timberland portfolio, including representing Future Fund on the boards of a number of portfolio companies.

Robert Nicholson – Future Fund

Robert has worked extensively in the infrastructure and energy fields. His experience includes mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets, funds management, greenfield projects, risk and governance. He is Chair of Alinta Energy Pty Ltd and a director of Electro Optic Systems Holdings Ltd, European Australian Business Council and Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute. He is a Senior Advisor with Herbert Smith Freehills, where he served as a partner for 28 years and as a board member and chair.

Russell Smith – Global Infrastructure Partners Australia Fund

Russell joined GIP in 2015. Russell led GIP’s acquisition of Port of Melbourne and co-led the acquisitions of Peel Ports, Pacific National and Tramarsa Ports. Before joining GIP, Russell was the CEO of the newly privatised Port of Brisbane from 2010 until 2015. Prior to that, Russell was the COO Transport for Prime Infrastructure and Brookfield, and previously worked in the direct acquisition of port assets as Global Head of Ports for Babcock & Brown.

Russell holds an engineering degree and an MBA specialising in strategic management.

Veeral Kanji – Global Infrastructure Partners Australia Fund

Veeral Kanji joined GIP in London at its inception in 2006 and joined the GIP Australia team in 2015. Mr Kanji has been actively involved with several of GIP’s investments in Australia and globally.

Robert Stewart – Global Infrastructure Partners Australia Fund

Rob joined GIP in 2015 as a GIP Partner and is the Managing Partner of GIP Australia. Prior to joining GIP, Rob was the Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse in Australia and from 2000 to 2013 he was the head of the Australia Investment Banking Division.

Rob began his career as a chartered accountant with Ernst and Whinney (a predecessor to Ernst and Young).

Rob holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.

Anastasiia (Ana) Bessonova – QIC

Ana is a Principal in QIC’s Infrastructure team. Since joining QIC in 2017, she has been involved in QIC’s investments and asset management across Australia and Northern America. From 2018 to 2021, Ana was based in QIC’s New York office focusing on QIC’s infrastructure investments in Northern America.

Paul Hosri – OMERS Infrastructure

Paul is a Director for OMERS Infrastructure. He joined OMERS in 2017 and is currently focused on the pursuit and management of investments in high quality infrastructure assets in Australia. Between 2017 and 2021, Paul was based in London focusing on OMERS Infrastructure’s investments across Europe.

Anika McManus – Global Infrastructure Partners Australia Fund

Anika joined GIP in February 2024 as ESG Managing Director for Australia and Asia Pacific. Prior to joining GIP, Anika was Director Corporate Affairs, Environment & Sustainability at Graymont.
Anika’s previous roles include Group Manager External & Indigenous Relations at Evolution Mining and Group Sustainability Leader at LionCo.

Anika is a Graduate of Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney.