Edward Hanson

Mr Hanson is currently Managing Partner in the London based Global Partners fund. Mr Hanson is formally a Director of Babcock & Brown (UK) Limited. Babcock & Brown is a principal investment firm headquartered in Sydney and Mr. Hanson has worked in the London office since 1997. He also runs the private equity fund, Babcock & Brown Global Partners, which he raised in July 2005.

Babcock & Brown invest in asset backed businesses around the world. From 1996 to 1997, Mr. Hanson worked at Cavill White Securities, an investment bank in New Zealand. Mr. Hanson is a member of the board of directors of BGP Investment S.à r.l., a European real estate joint venture that pursues a range of property related activities including the acquisition and management of new assets and selected development projects.

Mr. Hanson is also on the board of Corvus Capital, an AIM listed investment company. Mr. Hanson received a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Mr Hanson also serves on the advisory board of Triple Crown acquisition corporation.