Shemara Wikramanayake

CEO of Macquarie Group

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Shemara Wikramanayake Biography

Shemara Wikramanayake has been Macquarie Group’s Managing Director and CEO since late 2018. Wikramanayake joined Macquarie in 1987 in Macquarie Capital in Sydney. In her time at Macquarie, Wikramanayake has worked in six countries and across several business lines, establishing and leading Macquarie’s corporate advisory offices in New Zealand, Hong Kong and Malaysia, and the infrastructure funds management business in the US and Canada. Wikramanayake has also served as Chair of the Macquarie Group Foundation.

As Head of Macquarie Asset Management for 10 years before her appointment as CEO, Wikramanayake led a team of 1,600 staff in 24 markets. Macquarie Asset Management grew to become a world-leading manager of infrastructure and real assets and a top 50 global public securities manager.

In 2018, Wikramanayake was appointed a Commissioner of the Global Commission on Adaptation, a World Bank-led initiative to accelerate climate adaptation action and create concrete solutions which enhance resilience. In 2019 Wikramanayake was appointed by the UN’s Special Envoy for Climate Action, Michael Bloomberg, to the Climate Finance Leadership Initiative which seeks a six-fold increase in climate mitigation investment from the private sector.

Shemara Wikramanayake Videos

  • Shemara Wikramanayake, Managing Director and CEO, Macquarie ...
    In an interview with UNSW Chancellor David Gonski AC Shemara shares experiences and insights from her three-decade career at Macquarie ...
  • Shemara Wikramanayake, speaking at the G20 International Conference
    At the G20 International Conference on Climate, our CEO Shemara Wikramanayake spoke on mobilising private climate finance.
  • Shemara Wikramanayake: Opening Keynote | Macquarie Group]
    \MacquarieTechnologySummitMacquarie Group CEO, Shemara Wikramanayake, opens our 2021 Macquarie Technology Summit, which brings together ...

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