David F Jones, Beacon Director

Mr Jones joined CHAMP in 2002. He has spent the last thirteen years in the private equity industry, and was previously in management consulting, investment banking and general management. Mr Jones began his career as a consultant with McKinsey & Company in Australia and New Zealand. He left McKinsey to take the role of General Manager of Butterfields Cheese Factors, of the King Island Dairies group.

Since 1994 Mr Jones has worked in the private equity business in Australia and the USA. He spent four years with Macquarie Direct Investment in Sydney and one year at BancBoston Capital in Boston. In 1999 he founded and led the development of UBS Capital’s Australian and New Zealand business.

Mr Jones holds a Bachelor of Engineering (First Class Honours) from the University of Melbourne and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He is currently a Director of Australian Discount Retail Pty Limited, Global Sources Limited (NASDAQ) and The Beacon Foundation, and in 2007 he was Chairman of the Australian Venture Capital Association Limited (AVCAL).