Julian Cook

Julian has 20 years' investment banking and senior management experience. He is currently Chair of Sky City Entertainment Group Limited and a Director of Winton Property Limited and Deakin TopCo Pty Limited (trading as Levande).

He started his career with 11 years working in the investment banking division of Macquarie Bank. In this time he covered a number of sectors and worked on a number of transactions in the electricity distribution and generation/retail sectors. Following this, he spent three years as the CFO of Summerset which is New Zealand's second-largest retirement village and aged care operator. During this time he worked on the initial public offering of Summerset on the NZX. He then spent 7 years as the CEO of Summerset, stepping down in early 2021. Julian was appointed to the board of WEL Networks Limited in June 2021.

 Julian has a BA (Latin), BSc (Chemistry), and MSc (Chemistry) and a MAF (Master of Applied Finance).