Management

Chief Executive Officer, Macquarie Infrastructure Group

John Hughes joined Macquarie in 1997 and became an executive director in 2003. John is the CEO of MIG and has a strong multidisciplinary background in the infrastructure sector. Since joining Macquarie John has worked in a number of senior roles across a range of industry sectors. For the last three years John has been head of the Prudential Group, responsible for managing Macquarie Capital’s (formerly the Investment Banking Group) global principal equity investment portfolio. This involved detailed assessment of business and financial risks across a number of industry groups, and the selection, acquisition, management and divestment of Macquarie Capital’s principal positions in assets including roads, public transport, aged-care facilities, water utilities, wind farms, power utilities and car parking.

John worked with the successful bidder for Westlink M7 in Australia, and with the Macquarie teams that acquired an interest in the South Bay Expressway in San Diego. He has extensive project finance advisory experience including a number of significant toll road projects in Korea. John has also advised several state governments in Australia on asset divestment strategies, financial risk management and the privatisation of assets, including ports and gas utilities.

Prior to joining Macquarie, John was at Banker’s Trust Australia with advisory roles in the transport, resources and utility sectors.