Speakers
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.