AI Fund Awards 2017

Acquisition International - International Fund Awards 2017 11 Gunn Agri Partners IF17032 Best Australian Agriculture Fund: Gunn Agri Cattle Fund Gunn Agri Partners Founded in 2013, Gunn Agri Partners was established by a dedicated team of agricultural and investment industry professionals. Today the team comprises of a range of professionals with deep experience through the value chain from acquisition, operation and disposal of farming and agri assets. They have extensive experience in farm management, corporate governance and advisory of agricultural companies and public organisations. The Chairman, Bill Gunn founded Gunn Rural Management in the 1960’s which was a pioneer in management of agricultural assets for third party investors. The other principals have previously been involved at a senior management level with Old Mutal, Macquarie Group and ICM Agribusiness. Gunn Agri Partners currently manages over one million acres of Australian agricultural land on behalf of institutional investors via the Gunn Agri Cattle Fund. The Fund provides investors with exposure to a diversified portfolio of cattle production enterprises in the beef industry within Australia. Cunningham Cattle Company Pty Ltd is the operating entity owned by the Fund. Gunn Agri Partners core principals are alignment and transparency. The farms are managed according to a range of principals, including using scale and technology to reduce input costs and a focus on least cost production systems. The firm also plan and record all on-farm activities and use a third party operational audit system for risk management. Best in class ESG planning and monitoring via Global GAP and the PRI Farmland Principles helps the firm to offer sustainable solutions in production agriculture. Additionally, Gunn Agri Partners offer separately managed accounts to individual or club investors across Australian agricultural production systems: • grains and oilseed cropping • beef cattle • permanent crops • dairy cattle Supplementary services provided include transaction advisory services, as well as advice on acquisitions, asset management and disposal, drawing on the vast expertise of the firm’s dedicated and knowledgeable staff. The team has worked across all the major production regions of the world with experience in South America, Africa, North America and Central / Eastern Europe. Despite this, on both a risk and return basis Australia is the team’s entire focus. With a stable geopolitical environment and excellent production conditions Australia represents an ideal agricultural investment destination. As the 6th largest country in the world and a population of just 24m, Australia is a leading agricultural exporter with approximately 60% of all farm produce exported. This coupled with the fact Australia is open to foreign investment in farmland has made it the focus of foreign capital looking to gain exposure to the global food thematic and rising middle class of Asia. Ultimately, Gunn Agri Partners is your farming partner and will continue to be so for many years to come. Gunn Agri Partners is a farmland manager, the principals having decades of hands on experience from farm owner, to farm manager and heads of some of Australia’s premier farming businesses. We profile the firm and explore the secrets behind its success to date. Company: Gunn Agri Partners Address: 1503, Westfield Tower 2, 101 Grafton Street, Bondi Junction, NSW 2022 Australia Email: [email protected] Web: www.gunnagri.com “Gunn Agri Partners core principals are alignment and transparency.”