About Us

JAMES BABCOCK
Executive Chairman
Chairman of Nominations & Governance Committee
Member of Remuneration Committee

Jim co-founded Babcock & Brown in 1977. Prior to founding Babcock & Brown, Jim practised corporate and tax law and graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School where he was a member and officer of the Law Review.  He is based in the San Francisco office.

JAMES FANTACI
Executive Director

Jim Fantaci coordinates the Group's Operating Leasing activities worldwide. He joined Babcock & Brown in 1982.  Prior to joining Babcock & Brown, Jim was Senior Vice President of the New York office of Matrix Leasing International and prior to that he served as Assistant Treasurer of the Bank of New York.  Jim attended the New School for Social Research and graduated from Brooklyn College with a degree in Economics.  He is based in the New York office.

PHIL GREEN
Chief Executive
Member of Nomination & Governance Committee
Member of Remuneration Committee

Phil Green is Chief Executive of Babcock & Brown Limited.  He is the Chairman of Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Limited and a Director of Everest Babcock & Brown (since February 2005), Babcock & Brown Capital Limited (since December 2004), Babcock & Brown Environmental Investments Limited (since January 2002)  and of the responsible entity of Babcock & Brown Japan Property Trust.  He is also a Trustee of the SCG Trust.  He was formerly a director of Thakral Holdings Group (from February 2004 for July 2007).
Phil holds Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Law degrees from the University of New South Wales.  Prior to joining Babcock & Brown, Phil worked as a Senior Manager with Arthur Anderson where he specialised in taxation.  He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1981 and was admitted as a solicitor in NSW in 1978.  He is based in the Sydney office.

IAN MARTIN FAICD
Non-Executive Director
Member of Nomination & Governance Committee
Chairman of Remuneration Committee
Member of Audit & Risk Management Committee

Ian Martin has over 20 years experience in investment management and investment banking. He is a former CEO of the BT Financial Group and Global Head of Investment Management and Member of the Management Committee of Bankers Trust Corporation (a global investment bank which was acquired by Deutsche Bank in 1999).  Early in his career he also spent eight years as an economist with the Australian Treasury, Canberra.  He was inaugural Chairman of the Investment and Financial Services Association.  Ian is a Director of Argo Investments Ltd (since October 2004), the GPT Group (since June 2005), and St Vincent's and Mater Health Sydney Ltd.  Ian holds an Honours Degree in Economics from the University of Adelaide and an Advanced Diploma from the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

ELIZABETH NOSWORTHY AO FAICD
Non-Executive Director & Deputy Chairman
Member of Nomination & Governance Committee
Member of Remuneration Committee
Member of Audit & Risk Management Committee

Elizabeth Nosworthy was a partner in an Australian national law firm before pursuing a career as a full-time non-executive Director. She has held a range of directorships in both the private and public sectors.  Elizabeth is currently Chairman of The Queensland Water Commission and of Commander Communications Limited (a director since 2003), and a director of GPT Group (since June 2005) and Ventracor Limited (since July 2002).  She is also a Director of the Foundation for Development Co-operation and the National Gallery of Australia Foundation Elizabeth has previously held the position of Chairman of Stanwell Corporation Limited from July 2001 to June 2006 and Council Member of the National Gallery of Australia from 2003 to 2006.   She is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Queensland.  Elizabeth is an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) and a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.  Elizabeth has a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Laws and an Honorary Doctor of laws from the University of Queensland and a Masters of Laws from the London School of Economics.

DIETER RAMPL
Non-Executive Director

Dieter Rampl was formally Spokesman of the Management Board of Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank (HVB) and was appointed Chairman of Unicredit SpA., Milano on 11 January 2006. He brings more than 40 years of international banking experience to the Board, having held a variety of senior roles with HVB, Bayerische Vereinsbank and BHF-Bank.  He is also Chairman of König & Bauer, Würzburg and Vice-Chairman of Mediobanca, Milano and a Director of Bode, Munich, Bayerische Börse, Munich and Bayern Munich Football Club, Munich.

MARTIN REY
Executive Director

Martin Rey is the Regional Head of the Group’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) operations. Martin joined Babcock & Brown in 2003.  Prior to joining Babcock & Brown, he held a variety of senior management positions at Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank (HVB), most recently Executive Divisional Board Member, responsible for Corporate Banking/Project-, Acquisition- and Asset Finance.  From 2000 to 2003 Martin was seconded to the International Management Committee of Babcock & Brown as a delegate of HVB.  Martin was appointed a Non-Executive Director and Member of the Supervisory Board of Nordex AG, Norderstedt/Rostock in May 2005.  Martin earned a law degree at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Bonn and studied business at the University of Hagen.  He is based in the Munich office.

JOE L. ROBY
Non-Executive Director

Joe Roby is Chairman Emeritus of Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB). Previously Mr Roby served as Chief Operating Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ). 
Joe is a director of Maersk Line Limited and a member of the Vanderbilt University Board of Trustees and serves on the Board of Trustees for Central Park Conservancy and is Trustee Emeritus of the Allen-Stevenson School in New York City.  He was previously a member of the Harvard Business School Board of Dean’s Advisors, a Trustee of Carnegie Hall and a director of The New York Stock Exchange, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Apogent Technologies, Inc., Musicland Group Inc. and Thermadyne Holdings Corp.
He graduated cum laude in 1961 from Vanderbilt University.  He was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Navy and served in the Pacific Fleet as a line officer, primarily on a destroyer, from 1961 to 1965.  He was a Lieutenant when he left the Navy to enter Harvard Business School where he earned an M.B.A with distinction in 1967.

MICHAEL SHARPE
Non-Executive Director
Member of Nomination & Governance Committee
Member of Remuneration Committee
Chairman of Audit & Risk Management Committee

Michael Sharpe has been a Director of the ASX Limited since December 1995. During his career he has served as Chairman of the International Accounting Standards Committee, President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, Senior Audit Partner of the firm now known as PricewaterhouseCoopers, and trustee of many of the largest superannuation funds in Australia, including State Super (NSW), he has served as Chairman of many companies and as an advisor to Government, including appointment as Independent Auditor of the Australian National Audit Office, the NSW Premier’s Accounting Advisory Panel and a member of the Takeovers Panel.  Michael is also an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.  Michael holds a Bachelor of Economics Degree and an Honorary Doctorate in Economics from the University of Sydney.