"Infrastructure Partnerships Australia is a unique and effective conduit between government and industry. IPA works with governments to develop optimum policy initiatives that will support Australia’s national growth and standard of living. IPA works with both government and the private sector to foster genuine ‘partnership’ to meet Australia’s infrastructure needs."

Tony Shepherd was appointed Director of Transfield Services on March 2001, becoming Chairman in 2005. Tony is Chairman of the ConnectEast Group, a non-executive director of Transfield Services Infrastructure Fund, a director of The Global Foundation and a Trustee of the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust. Tony spent 15 years in the Federal Public Service before becoming an executive of Transfield Holdings Pty Ltd where he held the position of Chief Executive Officer Project Development until 2000.

Mr Shepherd was responsible for the development of many landmark projects, including the Sydney Harbour Tunnel, Melbourne CityLink, and a number of other build-own-operate-transfer projects as well as the redevelopment of Walsh Bay. He chaired the consortium which won the Lane Cove Tunnel Project and was an inaugural director of Transurban Limited.