Australia's New Forests is announcing two new appointments with Michelle Elliot joining as Global Head of Funds, and Sanjiv Louis as Director, Investments Asia.
In this newly created role, Michelle will be responsible for overseeing New Forests’ global funds management platform to support future growth and opportunities. Michelle will look at ways to improve efficiencies across investments, operations, and investment analytics, while harnessing data and technology to support the company’s strategic growth priorities.
Michelle joins New Forests after a 17-year career at Macquarie Asset Management where she was most recently Chief Operating Officer, Asia Pacific. Based in Sydney, Michelle sits on the executive leadership team and reports to Mark Rogers, CEO.
Sanjiv will lead New Forests’ Asian investments team in identifying, evaluating, and acquiring investments within the nature-based solutions, forestry and natural capital space in the Southeast Asia region.
Sanjiv brings over 23 years of investment banking and alternative asset investment experience in Asia across senior roles in Sail Ventures, Credit Suisse, and UBS. Sanjiv will be based in Singapore and report to David Shelton, Global Head of Investments.
New Forests is a global investment manager of nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies, with A$11 billion in assets under management across more than 1.3 million hectares of investments.
