Alana has more than 25 years’ experience across investment banking, institutional equities and international investment, with a career spanning New York, Sydney, Hong Kong and Auckland.
She has held senior institutional equities roles at Jarden and Deutsche Bank, working with listed corporates, fund managers and offshore institutional investors on equity capital markets transactions, IPOs, corporate access and investor relations. As New Zealand’s Trade Commissioner and Consul in New York, she led the government’s investment attraction and trade development work in the eastern United States, introducing US strategic and financial investors to New Zealand opportunities. She began her career in mergers and acquisitions at J.P. Morgan in New York.
Alana holds law and commerce degrees from the University of Otago and is a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand. She is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors.