Michael Bessell

Michael Bessell leads AMP Capital’s Australian and New Zealand transactions team and is responsible for AMP Capital's $5 billion customised accounts infrastructure business.

Mr Bessell has more than 28 years of investment banking and investment experience, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, equity raising and developing infrastructure projects as a sponsor or principal across all infrastructure subsectors. He has worked in Europe and North America and has led teams undertaking investments in Europe, Australasia and North America.

He is a member of a number of AMP Capital investment committees including the Infrastructure Investment Committee and the MAG Alternative Assets Investment Committee and serves as a director of a number of investee companies in which AMP Capital manages direct stakes.

Prior to joining AMP Capital in 2006, Mr Bessell served as a director at NM Rothschild & Sons (Australia) Limited and worked for Schroders in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Mr Bessell holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and a Bachelor of Economics, both from the Australian National University in Australia, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.