Kerry Adby is currently the Managing Director of Copernican Securities Pty Ltd, an Australian-based specialist investment bank with a focus on structured finance and on Asian capital markets. Copernican advises on structuring and management of portfolios and has recently advised a major Australia company on the restructuring and potential securitisation of its AUD$2bn property portfolio.

Kerry has some 25 years investment and development banking experience. Prior to establishing Copernican she held the positions of Chief Legal Counsel, Director Project Finance and Advisory, Head of Capital Markets Division, Divisional Director Securitisation with AIDC Ltd and a member of the Executive Management and Asset and Liability Committees and a Specialist Credit Committee Member in relation to Structured Finance, Capital Markets and Securitisation. She is also an Investment Board Member of an Australian insurer with a USD$9bn investment portfolio, including a significant investment in property and REITs.

She has over extensive experience in REITs. Prior to entering investment banking she was a securities regulator and prosecutor in Australia focused on REITs and other collective investment instruments.

She has been involved in transactions in Asia over the past 15 years and has undertaken advisory assignments on behalf of clients in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, East Africa and Thailand in addition to Australia, United States and Europe. This work has involved extensive experience of dealing with local and international rating agencies and regulators in a range of jurisdictions.