Our team

Manager Leadership

Prior to his appointment to the FIBRA Macquarie leadership team, he served on the leadership teams of the Macquarie Russia & CIS Infrastructure Fund and Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund series.

Simon joined Macquarie Group in its Sydney office in 1999, where he supported the Corporate Asset Finance division, a business focusing on leasing and lending activities.

Simon holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of New South Wales and is a qualified member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (Australia).

Andrew joined the FIBRA Macquarie team in Mexico City in 2013. Prior to joining Macquarie Group, Andrew worked in the JLL capital markets business in Sydney. Andrew holds a Bachelor of Property Economics (Hons) from the University of Technology, Sydney.

Manager Board of Directors

Mr. Banks is also a member of the Macquarie Asset Management’s Real Estate Committee (REC) which oversees key real estate activity across the globe.

Since joining Macquarie’s Real Estate Group in November 2001 Mr. Banks has led various business divisions during a period of global expansion.

During Matthew’s 30+ year career in the real estate industry he has been involved across all the major real estate sectors including commercial, retail, residential and industrial.

His experience includes establishing joint venture and associated capital structures through to development, project management and construction activity.

Previously Mr. Banks was Chief Executive Officer for the Real Estate Investment businesses in the United States, Asia and Australia of Lend Lease Corporation.

Mr. Davis joined Macquarie in 2009.

Mr. Davis worked previously as executive director for Mexico and the Dominican Republic at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), as President of the CNBV (The Mexican Banking and Securities Commission), as Director General of Public Credit at the Ministry of Finance and Public Debt and as Treasurer of Mexico at the Ministry of Finance and Public Debt.

Mr. Davis also serves on the board of Corporacion Actinver, and was appointed a financial expert to the audit committee of Vitro.

Mr. Davis earned his Undergraduate Degree in Economics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), where he graduated with honors, also earned a Masters Degree in Development Economics at the University of Sussex in The United Kingdom.

Prior to taking this position with MIC, Nick led Macquarie Asset Management’s Real Assets’ business in Mexico and its expansion in Latin America across infrastructure and real estate. He led the establishment of Macquarie Asset Management’s first Real Assets fund in Latin America, Macquarie Mexican Infrastructure Fund in 2009, and the establishment of FIBRA Macquarie, one of Mexico’s first listed REITs, in 2012.

He holds both a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from Bond University, Australia.

Mr. Robson has over 30 years of experience including 18 years in corporate finance with Macquarie providing financial advisory and capital raising services, together with merchant banking investing activities across a broad range of real estate operating platforms.

Prior to Macquarie, Mr. Robson spent 12 years at Lendlease, in roles spanning fund, asset and development management.

With over 26 years of experience, Mr. Wurtzebach spends the majority of his time helping clients access long-term, flexible private global capital from sovereign and global pensions for a variety of transactions, as well as leading Macquarie’s real estate principal investment and asset management initiatives.

Since 2013, Mr. Wurtzebach has advised on transactions raising over US$5.0bn of equity for US multifamily across development, core and value-add strategies for clients including Greystar Real Estate Partners and Lennar Multifamily Communities, as well as Macquarie Capital principal investments, including partnerships with Logistics Property Company, Greystar Real Estate Partners and RHP.

Technical Committee

Dr. de Garay is a former independent board member of the Royal Bank of Scotland (México) and independent board member of HJB Química Internacional.

Dr. de Garay was formerly the Director of EGADE Business School, the graduate business school of Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) in Mexico City.

Dr. de Garay specializes in economics, corporate governance and risk management and holds a Ph. D. in Regional Development from The University of Aston in Birmingham, U.K.

Mr. Salazar has extensive international experience in NAFTA countries, as well as in Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region.

He played a key leadership role in the development of Mexico’s automotive policy and automotive free trade agreements with the U.S. and Canada (NAFTA) and with the European Union.

He was a member, representative and leader of the Mexican Automotive Industry Association (AMIA).

Since his retirement from Ford, Mr. Salazar has served as an advisor to several companies including Ford Mexico, Pilgrim´s Pride in Mexico and Metalsa.

Mr. Salazar holds a degree in Finance and Accounting from St. Mary´s University of San Antonio, Texas and has completed post-graduate work at Harvard Business School.

He was also part of the legal team during the negotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement and founded the Mexican Arbitration Center (CAM). His areas of expertise are: Mergers and Acquisitions, Economic Competition, and Corporate Law.

In his career, he has developed extensive expertise in business law, including corporate work and M&A Issues. In terms of Economic Competition, he has advised leading companies in the notification of global and domestic mergers, and in the defense of companies under investigations initiated for alleged antitrust practices in various sectors.

He graduated with honors from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), and earned his Master’s degrees in International Law and European Community Law at the University of Georgetown and the Collège d’Europe, respectively.

He currently teaches Economic Competition courses in various universities in Mexico, and serves on the board of directors of several national and foreign companies.

Luis Alberto has been recognized by Chambers magazine, Legal 500 and Latin Lawyers as one of the best lawyers in Economic Competition and Arbitration in Mexico. 

In his pro bono work, for over 15 years he has been part of the board of JUCONI Foundation, an organization working with preventing family violence in Mexico and the world.

He joined CPA in 2003 as CFO and became President and CEO in 2013. As CFO of CPA, Mr. de la Garza raised more than US$1.5bn in financing and managed US$1.0bn of equity commitments.

Prior to CPA, Mr. de la Garza’s broad experience includes working for Bechtel as Finance Director for Latin America, for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) as Investment Officer, and for Schlumberger as Operations Manager.

He has also served as Independent Consultant to institutions such as the North American Development Bank, Hewlett Packard and Alterra Partners, and currently serves on a number of company boards.

Mr. de la Garza holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from I.T.E.S.M. (graduated with honors) and an MBA from INSEAD.

Prior to forming Brennan Investment Group, Mr. Brennan co-founded First Industrial Realty Trust (NYSE: FR) in 1994, and served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors until late 2008.

Before co-founding First Industrial, Mr. Brennan was a President and Partner in The Shidler Group, a nationally prominent US real estate firm. He was a founding investor of Tri-Net Property Trust and Co-Founder and member of the Board of Directors for Pacific Office Properties (AMEX: PCE), an office REIT. 

He began his industrial real estate career in 1984, as an Investment Specialist with CB Commercial. Mr. Brennan earned his Bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Notre Dame in 1979. 

Mr. Brennan currently serves as Executive Director of the University of Wisconsin’s James A. Graaskamp Center for Real Estate. Under his direction, The Guide to Classifying Industrial Property Types was written, the rights for which were later acquired by the Urban Land Institute (ULI).

Ms. Neff serves on The CLEEN Project advisory board, the GBCI Board of Directors and the GRID Alternatives Board of Directors. Previously, she served on the USGBC Advisory Council and as Chair of the Board of Directors of USGBC Los Angeles, in addition to the Board of Directors of Young Professionals in Energy Los Angeles, Advisory Council of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator, and the BOMA International Energy & Environment Committee.

She has been named a Los Angeles Woman of Influence by the Los Angeles Business Journal, a 40 under 40 awardee by the Urban Land Institute, a Los Angeles Power Woman in Real Estate by Bisnow, a Women in Sustainability Leader by Green Building & Design magazine, a Woman of Influence by GlobeSt Real Estate Forum, and was the recipient of NAREIT’s 2020 Leader in the Light Leadership Personified award, an award that recognizes achievement in sustainability.

She is a LEED Fellow and holds a BS from Stanford and an MBA from Columbia Business School.