Mr. Lester, Australian, was formerly managing director with leading independent investment banking firm Evercore Inc. and held senior executive positions with J.P. Morgan & Co, The Rohatyn Group, and KPMG. He has advised on numerous landmark public and private market M&A transactions, private and public equity and debt investments and financings across a broad spectrum of industries including: power generation, renewable technologies, forestry products, natural gas distribution, engineering/infrastructure consulting services, petroleum refining and distribution, industrial products, consumer products, medical products, real estate, banking and investment management, among others.
Mr. Lester previously served as non-executive director on various boards of banking, financial and investment companies during his career and has been licensed by relevant Securities, Futures and Investment Ordinances as a professional corporate adviser and investment manager in multiple jurisdictions including: U.S., Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Mr. Lester holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree with First Class Honours (1988) and a Master of Financial Management Degree (1990), both from the University of Queensland and is a Chartered Accountant Fellow with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.
