National Reconstruction Fund Corporation

The NRFC is delighted that Dr Mary Manning will join next month as our first Chief Investment Officer. NRFC Chair Martijn Wilder AM and CEO Ivan Power say: “Mary’s extensive funds management experience in Australia and globally makes her the ideal candidate to work with our existing team to deploy the NRFC’s $15 billion.”

Happy Australian Made Week! 🌏 The NRFC has $15 billion to invest in businesses and projects that design, refine and make here in Australia. Good to see new Roy Morgan and Australian Made Campaign research showing that 72% of Australians are seeking to buy more Australian Made products in the next 12 months and 89% of Australians are more likely to buy a product if it’s Australian Made. 💡 #AustralianMadeWeek #innovation #Australia  Australian Made Campaign Limited

Thanks to CommBank Business and Institutional for inviting our CEO Ivan Power to speak at a forum of NSW manufacturers this week. CommBank’s interesting new research shows the strong focus that manufacturing and supply chain businesses have on preparing for the future. 81% are lifting technology investment in 2024, 81% are implementing sustainability measures and 77% are reskilling staff to prepare for new technologies. The NRFC is excited about our role facilitating finance – alongside private capital – to help industry invest, grow and transform. 

Inspiring Australian businesses and technologies were on show last week at two industry events in NSW and Victoria. We were delighted to exhibit as part of the Australian Government tent at Australian Manufacturing Week in Sydney on 17-19 April, alongside Defence Australia and Australian Government Department of Finance. Fantastic to speak to the Industry Capability Network with Ian Hudson and Marcus Batten and others about the important role of partnerships in driving progress at this annual celebration of manufacturing, organised by AMTIL . And thank you to the Geelong Manufacturing Council for inviting us to be part of the 2024 Technology and Innovation Summit in regional Victoria, which showcased capabilities and opportunities from local to national. Our CEO Ivan Power gave his vision for supporting SMEs and accelerating industrial capability, on a panel alongside David Chuter and Professor Roy Green, chaired by Viva Energy Australia Chair Robert Hill. #innovation #Australia #future #AMW #advancedmanufacturing #technology

Our Chair Martijn Wilder AM highlighted the NRFC's role in Australia's emissions reduction efforts at last night's Australia Japan Business Co-operation Committee (AJBCC) conference dinner. He emphasised the importance of public, private, and foreign investment for sustainable prosperity and that collaboration will be key as both nations aim for net zero by 2050. Thank you to the AJBCC for the insightful discussions!  #NRFC #EmissionsReduction #Investment

One week until the Technology & Innovation Summit, hosted by the Geelong Manufacturing Council, showcasing Victoria’s world-leading industry and research community.💡 Our CEO Ivan Power is speaking about the NRFC’s important role in driving industrial capability, #industry #innovation #technology

Thank you to Parliamentary Friends of Manufacturing for inviting our CEO Ivan Power to talk about the NRFC. It was a wide ranging conversation and focused particularly on how the NRFC facilitates, not replaces, flows of capital to build industrial capability. Thanks especially to co-chairs Scott Buchholz MP and Maria Vamvakinou MP for organising the session.

Insightful discussion at the AmCham South Australia business event Industry 4.0 –The Rise of Advanced Manufacturing in Adelaide today. Our CEO Ivan Power talked about the importance of finance to building industrial capability: “The cost and availability of finance matters,” Ivan said in a recorded keynote. “We know that finance plays a critical role in converting potential - it catalyses and amplifies and creates the ecosystems supporting those prepared to take risk… Finance has a big influence on how we innovate and how we build and develop industrial capability. That's where the NRFC comes in. We are Australia's sovereign investor in industry capability. We exist to facilitate flows of finance to support Australians who design, refine and make things in the growth areas of the Australian economy.” The NRFC team at the event including Brett (pictured with AmCham’s Sally Neville) and Andrew (pictured with Bowhill Engineering CEO Jodie Hawkes) heard an excellent panel discussion with Adam Reid, Di Dixon MBA GAICD of Lot Fourteen and Vailo CEO Aaron Hickmann about opportunities to grow South Australia’s industrial capability. AmCham Australia Bowhill Engineering Department for Industry, Innovation and Science VAILO

Great to have some of our NRFC staff attend the inaugural Trailblazer for Recycling and Clean Energy (TRaCE) showcase earlier this week. Colleagues Mayuran and Chelsea (with TRaCE’s Gabriella Nunes), led by our CEO Ivan Power, were inspired to learn about some of the exciting startups & SMEs participating in the program. A great example of collaboration across public and private sectors supporting Australian innovation and accelerating net zero technologies to market!

Our CEO Ivan Power hearing about inspiring Australian innovation.