Elizabeth O’Leary

March 31, 2016

Elizabeth joined Macquarie in 2003. She is a Senior Managing Director based in Sydney.

Elizabeth is responsible for managing investments across the MIRA’s Agriculture platform, including two Macquarie-managed funds; Macquarie Pastoral Fund and Macquarie Crop Partners and a separately managed investment vehicle, with assets in Australia and Brazil. She is a member of the Investment Committee for each of the funds and a board director of Paraway Pastoral Company Limited, Lawson Grains Pty Limited and Cruzeiro do Sul Graos Ltda.

Elizabeth’s other roles with Macquarie have been in senior corporate positions in Australia, Asia and the UK, including as a member of MIRA’s asset management team on several flagship European infrastructure investments. Elizabeth was also integral to the success of several transformational acquisitions for Macquarie Group including the acquisition and transition management of Delaware Asset Management from Lincoln Financial in the United States.

Raised on a rice, wheat and sheep farm in the Riverina region of Australia, Elizabeth has a long association with and deep knowledge of agribusiness. This includes an active investment in one of Australia’s largest Angus cattle breeding and genetics companies, and ownership of farmland in three states of Australia.

Elizabeth is also a board member of the Macquarie Group Foundation (the philanthropic arm of Macquarie Group) and Co-Chair of Good to Great Schools, a not-for-profit organisation that supports education reform in remote indigenous communities across Australia.

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