Our team

Simon Hanna

Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Hanna is the Chief Executive Officer of FIBRA Macquarie. Prior to this appointment in April 2022, Mr. Hanna served as chief financial officer for FIBRA Macquarie from July 2013 to April 2022.

Mr. Hanna previously served as chief financial officer of the Macquarie Russia & CIS Infrastructure Fund from March 2010 to July 2013. Before that, he was head of the Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund Finance operations in London from 2004 to 2010.

Mr. Hanna 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.

Mr. Hanna 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 McDonald-Hughes

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. McDonald-Hughes is FIBRA Macquarie’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to this, Mr. McDonald-Hughes served as the Head of Capital Markets and M&A for FIBRA Macquarie, a position he held since 2015 where he led FIBRA Macquarie’s real estate growth initiatives and capital markets activities.

Mr. McDonald-Hughes joined Macquarie Group in the Real Estate division in 2007 where he focused on a range of real estate activities across funds and principal investment positions, including real estate development projects across the industrial, office and residential sectors.

Mr. McDonald-Hughes joined the FIBRA Macquarie team in Mexico City in 2013. Prior to joining Macquarie Group, Mr. McDonald-Hughes worked in the JLL capital markets business in Sydney.

Mr. McDonald-Hughes holds a Bachelor of Property Economics (Hons) from the University of Technology, Sydney.

Jonathan Davis Arzac

Chairperson

Mr. Davis is the chairman of Macquarie Mexican Infrastructure Fund. Since 2009, Mr. Davis has extensive experience and relationships with private and public sector companies and entities in Mexico.

Mr. Davis worked previously as executive director for Mexico and the Dominican Republic at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Washington D.C., as President of the CNBV (The National Banking and Securities Commission), and as Treasurer of Mexico at the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit. Mr. Davis also serves on various boards of Directors such as CENCOR, The Mexico Fund (listed in the NY stock exchange), and has been appointed a financial expert to the audit committee of Vitro (the largest glass maker company in LATAM).

Mr. Davis currently is the President of the Board of Trustees of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

Mr. Davis earned his Undergraduate Degree in 31 Economics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), where he graduated with honors, he also earned a Masters Degree in Development Economics at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom.

Nick O'Neil

Director

Mr. O’Neil is a member of the Manager’s FIBRA Committee and is the Chairman of the Technical Committee.

Mr O’Neil was previously a Senior Managing Director with Macquarie Group where he held a number of senior roles including leading Macquarie Asset Management’s business in Mexico and Macquarie Asset Management’s expansion in Latin America across infrastructure and real estate. He led the establishment of Macquarie Asset Management’s first fund in Latin America, Macquarie Mexican Infrastructure Fund in 2009, and the establishment of our fund, one of Mexico’s first listed REITs, in 2012.

Mr. O’Neil has extensive alternative asset fund management experience including formation, investment and asset management. Mr. O’Neil holds both a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from Bond University, Australia.

Eric Wurtzebach

Director

Mr. Wurtzebach is Head of Real Estate for Macquarie Asset Management (MAM), driving the investment in and development of thriving workplaces, modern living environments, and optimized supply chains. He is a member of the MAM Executive Committee and sits on the Investment Committee for both Macquarie Real Estate Partners Asia I and Macquarie Real Estate Partners. Previously, he was Head of Americas Real Estate, where he led MAM Real Estate’s principal investment and asset management activities in the Americas, which included partnerships with Logistics Property Company (LPC), Greystar Real Estate Partners, and RHP Properties.

Mr. Wurtzebach more than 30 years of experience in corporate advisory, principal investment, and investment management to his roles with the firm. Since 2013, has advised on transactions for US multifamily across development, core, and value-add strategies for clients and principal investments. He oversaw the expansion of Macquarie’s principal investments in the Americas region, including the launch of LPC’s first two develop-to-core ventures.

Mr. Wurtzebach holds a Bachelor of Science in finance from Trinity University.

Nick O'Neil

Chairman

Mr. O’Neil is a member of the Manager’s FIBRA Committee and is the Chairman of the Technical Committee. 

Mr O’Neil was previously a Senior Managing Director with Macquarie Group where he held a number of senior roles including leading Macquarie Asset Management’s business in Mexico and Macquarie Asset Management’s expansion in Latin America across infrastructure and real estate. He led the establishment of Macquarie Asset Management’s first fund in Latin America, Macquarie Mexican Infrastructure Fund in 2009, and the establishment of our fund, one of Mexico’s first listed REITs, in 2012. 

Mr. O’Neil has extensive alternative asset fund management experience including formation, investment and asset management. Mr. O’Neil holds both a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from Bond University, Australia.

Jaime de la Garza

Lead Independent Member

Mr. De la Garza is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Corporate Properties of the Americas (CPA). Prior to his role as President and CEO, Mr. De la Garza served CPA as its Chief Financial Officer.

During his tenure, from 2003 to 2015, CPA grew from 2.0 million square feet of GLA to 33.0 million square feet of GLA, becoming one of the largest owners of industrial real estate in Mexico. During this period, CPA raised more than US$1.5bn in financing and managed US$1.0bn of equity commitments. 

During the last five years, Mr. De la Garza has advised multiple clients on real estate and private equity investments and served on multiple boards both in Mexico and the USA.

Prior to CPA, Mr. De la Garza’s broad experience includes: Finance Director for Latin America with International Water Ltd., Investment officer for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Operations Manager with Schlumberger. 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 several company boards. Mr. De la Garza holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering with Honors from Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) and an MBA from INSEAD. 

Mr. De la Garza is FIBRA Macquarie’s lead independent member of the Technical Committee and has been its member since May 2017. In addition to his role on the FIBRA Macquarie Technical Committee, Mr. De la Garza forms part of the Audit Committee (Chair) and the Indebtedness Committee.

Michael Brennan

Independent Member

Mr. Brennan is a Co-Founder, Chairman, and Managing Principal of Brennan Investment Group, a private investment firm with nearly US$5.0 billion of industrial real estate assets. Mr. Brennan has orchestrated more than US$14.0 billion in industrial real estate transactions in the course of his 34-year career. 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 real estate firm specializing in value-add real estate transactions. He is a former member of the Board of Directors for Pacific Office Properties (AMEX: PCE), an office REIT that owns institutional quality properties in Honolulu, California, and Arizona. 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, a program ranked as the #1 real estate program in the United States.

Mr. Brennan has been a member of the FIBRA Macquarie Technical Committee since May 2018. In addition to their role on the FIBRA Macquarie Technical Committee, Mr. Brennan forms part of the Indebtedness Committee and the Audit Committee.

Alonso García Tamés

Independent Member

Mr. García Tamés was Managing Director, Strategic Partnerships, Latin America from 2016 to 2021 for Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ). His mandate was to develop strong relationships with key public and private institutions in the region to strengthen CDPQ’s position as a long-term partner.

Before joining CDPQ, Mr. García Tamés worked for Citi Banamex in New York and Mexico City for five years as Managing Director in the Latin American Public Sector and Infrastructure Group and as Head of Capital Markets.

Prior to that, he spent 30 years in different positions in the Mexican public sector. He worked for the Central Bank of Mexico from 1981 to 2000, he joined the Mexican Ministry of Finance in 2000 as Public Credit Officer and, in 2003, he was designated Deputy Minister of Finance and Public Credit. In 2006, he was appointed by President Calderon as CEO of Banobras and as a member of the Infrastructure Cabinet.

Throughout his public-sector career, he maintained close relationships with the Mexican and international financial markets, designing and implementing public policy strategies on the monetary front, hedging the budget against the fall in oil prices, setting up FX options to accumulate international reserves, and including CACs in the Mexican Bond issues under New York Law.

He holds an Actuarial Sciences Degree from Universidad Anáhuac in Mexico City.

In 2008, he was awarded the Anáhuac Medal, recognizing his professional merit in public service.

Mr. García Tamés was appointed and qualified as independent member of the Technical Committee in 2022.

Sara Neff

Independent Member

Ms. Neff is the Head of Sustainability for Lendlease Americas, where she is helping the company meet its ambitious goal of achieving absolute zero carbon across every scope by 2040 while creating $250.0 million of social value by 2025. In both 2022 and 2023, under her leadership Lendlease earned the top residential score in the Americas on GRESB and multiple green leasing awards from the Institute for Market Transformation. Previously, she served as Senior Vice President, Sustainability at Kilroy, where she helped the company achieve carbon neutral operations in 2020. Ms. Neff serves on Urban Land Institute (ULI) Americas Executive Committee and the Dynamo Energy Hub Advisory Board. 

She has been named a Los Angeles Woman of Influence by the Los Angeles Business Journal, a 40 under 40 awardee by ULI, 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 Globe St Real Estate Forum, a Best in Building Health awardee by the Center for Active Design, 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.

Ms. Neff has been a member of the FIBRA Macquarie Technical Committee since June 2021. In addition to their role on the FIBRA Macquarie Technical Committee, Ms. Neff forms part of the Ethics and Corporate Governance Committee.

Jose Landa

Independent Member

Mr. José Álvarez Landa holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and a Master's degree in Economics from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.

He was President of the Mexican Association of SOFOLES, AMFE, and conducted the negotiations with the Ministry of Finance conducive to their transformation into present SOFOMES. Both are non-banking financial intermediaries.

He has achieved Board experience from his early stages at Banca Serfin’s non-banking affiliates, to GMAC Financiera, GMAC Hipotecaria, Monte de Mexico and Societas “The Institute for Real Estate Finance” a non-for-profit organization in the US.

David De La Rosa

Independent Member

Mr. De La Rosa is a Managing Partner of Brava Management, an advisory firm whose clients include real estate and real asset investors and operators in the US and Latin America. Before founding Brava, Mr. De La Rosa served as Senior Vice President at Green Street, a premier real estate research and advisory firm – where he advised some of the largest private equity firms and REITs in North America.

Mr. De La Rosa is a former board member of Terrafina (BMV: TERRA13), an industrial REIT in Mexico, which was successfully acquired by an entity managed by Prologis (NYSE: PLD). He currently serves on the Board of the Chef Ann Foundation, a nationally-recognized nonprofit dedicated to improving school food and nutrition programs across the U.S.

Mr. De La Rosa began his career at Honeywell Aerospace, followed by Arnold Magnetic Technologies, a specialty materials manufacturer, where he held roles in operations management and business development. He later joined the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA), collaborating closely with the Section 8 Program leadership team on affordable housing initiatives.

Mr. De La Rosa earned his M.B.A. from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where he was awarded the Robert A. Toigo Foundation Fellowship and the Pension Real Estate Association Scholarship. He also completed the International Business Exchange Program at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California, graduating magna cum laude.