The Interview
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NICHOLAS MOORE AO
With Rob Langton
MOORE FAMILY OFFICE
In a remarkable corporate career that extends across more than three decades, Nicholas Moore AO, has established a formidable track record of success, predicated on an innate ability to recognise opportunity across investment markets well ahead of the curve. As his interest in the function of business grew during the latter part of his teenage years, Nicholas enrolled in a Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of New South Wales, spending some five and half years at UNSW, including six months at the College of Law to become a qualified solicitor. Following graduation in 1982, Nicholas was drawn to the field of accountancy and joined Cherry & Partners Chartered Accountants (later to become Peat Marwick / KPMG), specialising in taxation services for a period of four years - during this time, Nicholas also completed the Chartered Accountancy program. By 1986 and owing in large part to the encouragement of a seminal influence and mentor
in his early career, John Caldon, then Deputy Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking, Nicholas joined Macquarie Group in the firm’s financial packaging division. The fortuitous timing of his move to Macquarie coincided during a period of significant deregulation in Australia’s financial markets throughout the 1980’s which unleashed a climate of innovation, coupled with a growing assertiveness and dominance across the firm’s domestic operations. Over the course of the next decade, Nicholas became an instrumental figure within Macquarie’s corporate services division, with a broad remit across a range of transactions including Sydney’s Hills Motorway, a deal that gave rise to the establishment of the firm’s infrastructure business. Upon its formation in 2001, Nicholas was appointed Head of Macquarie’s Investment Banking Group (now known as Macquarie Capital), overseeing remarkable progress over the course of the next seven years including ten-fold growth in net income as well as global expansion for the group’s operations across advisory, funds
6 –August / September 2023
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