Session
An exploration of rural and agricultural assets as an emerging investment class, including land, water, food security and the growing role of carbon markets and carbon credits within rural land strategies.
Jaclyn Hope is a Senior Director at LAWD, leading its Corporate Advisory service offering .
Respected across Australia as a highly accomplished agribusiness specialist, Jaclyn has more than 20 years’ experience in the sector. Over this time, she has built a strong reputation for her skills in buy and sell-side advisory, capital raising, strategy, debt and corporate restructuring, deal flow, asset management, and turnaround advice, advising domestic and international clients on large-scale, complex transactions.
Before joining LAWD, Jaclyn was a Partner in PwC’s Corporate Finance team, with a specific focus on the Food & Agribusiness sector, and where she provided subject matter expertise across the PwC domestic and global network.
Jaclyn also previously worked in the banking and finance industry, holding management positions across a broad range of agribusiness specialist roles including frontline relationship management, strategic marketing and risk at three of the big four Australian banks.
Originally from Dalby, on Queensland’s Western Downs, Jaclyn grew up in a family agribusiness enterprise, and spent her formative career as a commodity trader in northern New South Wales. She holds a particular interest in succession planning and supporting families in the intergenerational transfer of assets and skillsets, and providing strategic advice to a diverse spectrum of agricultural asset holders and businesses.
Andrew is Centuria’s Head of Agriculture, responsible for sourcing and overseeing two unlisted funds with six properties ranging from fruit, nut and citrus orchards, to vineyards, across Australia’s eastern seaboard.
Being a sixth generational agriculturalist and with more than 25 years industry experience, Andrew is adept at managing Centuria’s $150 million agriculture portfolio. His core capabilities extend to portfolio management, acquisition evaluation and transactions, credit and risk structuring, automation and AI decision making, and gate to plate supply chain management.
Andrew joined Centuria in 2020 having previously held senior positions with Westpac, ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, GrainCorp, Elders, Raine & Horne and regional agricultural specialist companies such as Cargill, Tandou and Pentag.
He studied Horticultural Science at the University of Western Sydney, is a licensed Stock and Station Agent, holds a rural valuation certificate and various business and finance accreditations.
