Mr Jim Murphy,
Executive Director - Markets Group
Department of the Treasury

Jim is the Executive Director of Markets Group, Treasury. In this position he has responsibility for policy relating to the financial system including prudential and corporate regulation; competition and consumer policy, and foreign investment. Prior to his current appointment with the Treasury, Jim was an Advisor with the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC. Jim has broad experience within the Australian Government having held senior positions with the Department of Finance as head of Budget Policy, the Attorney GeneralÕs Department as head of the Business Law Division and with the Treasury as Principal Adviser for Corporations Law. In these positions, Jim led major Government policy initiatives including the corporate law economic reform program, new arrangements for the managed funds industry and the inter-governmental agreement for regulation of corporations and financial markets. Jim is a member of the Financial Reporting Council, the Trans Tasman Accounting and Auditing Standards Advisory Group, the Financial Sector Advisory Council, the Council of Financial Regulators and is a Director of Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation. Jim holds degrees in Economics and Law from the University of New South Wales, the University of Sydney and the Australian National University.

Appearing:

Day One - Tuesday 23 February 2010

11.15am

An overview of transport infrastructure investment and government policy

Improving the financing strategy throughout the infrastructure lifecycle
How should spending be prioritised? By mode or by project?
Creating a nationally consistent PPP guideline

Mr Jim Murphy,

Executive Director - Markets Group,
Department of the Treasury

12.05pm

Panel discussion: Investing in transport infrastructure – bridging the liquidity gap

Developments in private finance, project finance and equity finance
Government funding – what forms could this take?
Role of infrastructure funds in fuelling infrastructure development
Funding and procurement mechanisms for project delivery

Dr Francois Botes,

Principal Transport Economist,
Parsons Brinckerhoff Australia

Mr Ken Dobinson,
(Moderator)

Managing Director,
Dobinson & Associates

Mr Jim Murphy,

Executive Director - Markets Group,
Department of the Treasury

Mr David Roseman,

Global Head of Infrastructure and Utilities Advisory Group,
Macquarie Capital Group

Mr. Joe Weiss,

Transportation & Projects Director,
City of London Corporation

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