Experience

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  Cromwell Property Group

  • Australia
  • Investment Management
  • 300 - 400 Employee

  • Chief Financial Officer

    • Jan 2024 - Present

  • Fund Manager, Balance Sheet Portfolio

    • Mar 2022 - Jan 2024

    Cromwell Property Group (ASX:CMW) (Cromwell) is a real estate investor and fund manager with operations on three continents and a global investor base. As at 30 June 2023, Cromwell had a market capitalisation of approximately $1.4 billion, an Australian investment portfolio valued at $2.6 billion and total assets under management of $11.5 billion across Australia, New Zealand and Europe.Cromwell is a trusted capital partner and fund manager to a range of global and local investors, capital providers and banking partners and has a strong track record of creating value and delivering superior risk- adjusted returns throughout the real estate investment cycle.

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  The Skin Hospital

  • Australia
  • Hospitals and Health Care
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Chairperson of the Board

    • Jan 2022 - May 2024

  • Board Member and Chair of the Audit Committee

    • Apr 2016 - Jun 2022

    The Skin Hospital is a world-class centre for dermatology providing leading-edge treatments and the highest standard of care for all skin conditions, including skin cancer.Our clinics and day surgery provide a safe and caring environment backed up by 40 years of experience. We provide an extensive range of dermatological services and cosmetic procedures, performed by highly skilled dermatologists and dermatology nurses.We are an independent, self funded benevolent institution dedicated to the education, training, and research of skin conditions.We are a leading training centre for dermatology in Australia, training more dermatology registrars than any other institution. The Skin Hospital is an Australian centre of excellence for Mohs Surgery and a leading Mohs training facility.

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  Dexus

  • Sydney, Australia

  • Fund Manager

    • Dec 2018 - Feb 2022
    • Sydney, Australia

    Dexus is an Australian Real Estate Investor and Fund Manager, with $27.2 billion of assets under management. Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, Dexus manages and directly invests in high quality Australian office and industrial properties, and also actively manages office, industrial, retail and healthcare properties across Australia on behalf of third party capital partners.

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  Commonwealth Bank

  • Sydney, Australia

  • Executive Director, Institutional Real Estate

    • Jul 2015 - Oct 2018
    • Sydney, Australia

    Institutional Banking and Markets is responsible for managing the Group’s relationships with major corporate and government clients and institutional investors, and provides a full range of capital raising, transactional and risk management products and services. Our purpose is to enhance our clients’ success through market-leading capabilities and unique insights. It’s part of our DNA.IB&M also performs an important internal role for the Group by providing equities, markets, lending and transaction banking execution capabilities to other CBA business units that allows them to capture opportunities with business customers.The IB&M Real Estate Group has a specific focus on managing the Australian listed real estate trusts (A-REITs) and unlisted property vehicles across both the domestic and offshore markets. We manage a discrete portfolio of clients with the support of range of key product groups including Real Estate Solutions, Global Markets, Equity Capital Markets, Debt Capital Markets and Transaction Banking.

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  Leighton Properties Pty Limited

  • Sydney

  • Head of Capital

    • Feb 2010 - Jan 2015
    • Sydney

    As Head of Capital, I had carriage of Leighton Properties’ relationships with the capital markets, including capital transactions and joint venture relationships, in addition to debt origination and arrangement. During 2013 I led the capital transaction team in securing approximately $2 billion in capital transactions in office and apartment developments.The role reported to the Managing Director of Leighton Properties and had three direct reports.

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  Seabrook Capital Pty Ltd

  • Sydney, Australia

  • Mananging Director

    • Feb 2009 - Feb 2010
    • Sydney, Australia

    Following my departure from Investa, I established my own consulting firm providing advisory services to three of Australia’s largest property companies.

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  Investa Property Group

  • Sydney, Australia

  • Group Executive, Corporate Finance and Strategy

    • 2004 - 2009
    • Sydney, Australia

    My initial role at Investa was a new position reporting to the CFO (General Manager – Corporate Finance and Taxes), established in response to strong growth in the company. Prior to my arrival, Investa had sourced its debt funding from a diverse number of predominantly secured bank loans, and all tax work was outsourced to service providers. There was no formal financial risk management framework. Due to the growth in assets under management, and a consequent need to diversify funding sources and control the associated interest rate risk, my key objective was to establish a treasury and tax function with a level of sophistication commensurate with the size of the enlarged company.The role had three direct reports – one Treasury Analyst and two tax specialists – and was responsible for all strategic and operational tax and treasury matters. The role also included responsibility for providing structuring, tax and financing advice to listed and unlisted property fund managers, and for advising the CFO and the Board on all corporate finance, capital management and taxation issues, on an ongoing basis and in relation to M&A activity.In mid 2006, I was promoted to Group Executive, Corporate Finance and Strategy. In this role I retained overall responsibility for group treasury and, in addition, increasingly focused on group strategic initiatives. This included the structuring of transactions, preparation of strategic plans and management of the Group’s capital.I was also a Director of Star Securitisation Pty Ltd (a conduit securitisation vehicle I established to undertake secured public debt issues for Investa’s externally managed funds) and was a permanent member of Investa’s Due Diligence Committee (DDC). The DDC has responsibility for reviewing all material transactions undertaken by Investa, and making appropriate recommendations to the Board.

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  AMP Capital Investors

  • Sydney, Australia

  • Treasurer, Listed Trusts

    • 1999 - 2003
    • Sydney, Australia

    This role involved responsibility for capital and risk management for AMP’s four listed property trusts and all debt and financial risk management within the property division, reporting to the Director of Property (Asia-Pacific). The property trusts collectively had debt in excess of A$2billion (mostly publicly issued) and total assets within the listed trusts of over A$5billion.The role had responsibility for the treasury management of the listed trusts and also the marketing of AMP Henderson’s capital management capabilities to the broking and investment community, both directly and via the media.

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  Schroders Investment Management Australia Limtied

  • Sydney, Australia

  • Associate Director, Treasury

    • Sep 1997 - Jan 2000
    • Sydney, Australia

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  Sakura Global Capital

  • Group Treasurer

    • 1994 - 1997

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  Burns Philip Inc.

  • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  • Treasury Manager

    • 1991 - 1994
    • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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  Commonwealth Bank

  • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  • Corporate Dealer

    • 1989 - 1991
    • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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  CSR Limited

  • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  • Dealer

    • 1988 - 1989
    • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia