Mr. Lester is an independent director of ACEN. He was formerly managing director with leading independent investment banking firm, Evercore, and held senior executive positions with J.P. Morgan & Co, The Rohatyn Group, and KPMG. He has advised on numerous landmark public and private market M&A transactions, private and public equity and debt investments and financings across a broad spectrum of industries including: power generation, renewable technologies, forestry products, natural gas distribution, engineering/infrastructure consulting services, petroleum refining and distribution, industrial products, consumer products, medical products, real estate, banking and investment management, among others.
Mr. Lester previously served as non-executive director on various boards of banking, financial and investment companies during his career and has been licensed by relevant Securities, Futures and Investment Ordinances as a professional corporate adviser and investment manager in multiple jurisdictions including: U.S.A., Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Mr. Lester is a Chartered Accountant Fellow with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. He holds a first class honors, master’s degree for Financial Management, and a bachelor’s degree in Commerce, both from the University of Queensland.
