The Hon. Julia Gillard AC to Chair HMC Energy Transition Fund

HMC Capital is pleased to announce The Hon. Julia Gillard AC as our Chair of HMC Capital’s Energy Transition Fund.

The Energy Transition Fund will be launched over the coming months and will focus on investing in a portfolio of assets across the energy value chain, including wind, solar, battery, bio-fuels and emerging technologies. Fund raising will commence in 2H 2024 and seek to raise up to $2.0 billion from institutional and wholesale investors.

The Hon. Julia Gillard AC, said: ‘I am excited and honoured to be appointed Chair of HMC’s Energy Transition Fund. Its design and HMC’s investment management capabilities will position the Fund to be a genuine driver of Australia’s transition to zero net carbon by 2050… As Prime Minister, I devoted a great deal of my and my governments energy into fighting climate change, and this new role is a continuation of that commitment’.

HMC Capital Managing Director and CEO, David Di Pilla, said: ‘We are absolutely delighted that a person of Julia Gillard’s global standing and experience has agreed to chair our new fund in this sector’.