Board of Directors
Kerry Roxburgh Kerry is an SDIA Practitioner Member. He holds positions on the Boards of several listed and unlisted companies. He is the non-executive Chairman of Tasman Cargo Airlines. He is also a non-executive director of Ramsay Health Care, Money Switch Ltd., the LawCover Group, the Medical Indemnity Protection Society Group and Professional Insurance Australia. Until it was acquired by the ANZ in June 2007, he was Chairman of E*TRADE Australia where he had previously served as CEO until July 2000. In the past 10 years, Kerry's prior public company directorships were at Everest Financial Group and Climax Mining. Before joining E*TRADE he spent 10 years as an Executive Director of the Hong Kong Bank of Australia Group, including roles as Executive Chairman at James Capel Australia and five years as Managing Director of the bank's corporate finance subsidiary. |
Roy Woodhouse Roy has been the Deputy Chairman of Charter Hall since July 2004 and is a member of Transfield Holdings Advisory Board. Roy worked for the Baillieu family for 30 years in various senior executive capacities including Director of L.J.Hooker, Managing Director of Knight Frank Australia and Chairman of Knight Frank Australia. Roy co-founded KFPW, a joint venture with PricewaterhouseCoopers specialising in outsourcing. Roy is Chairman of Stephenson Mansell, an executive development and leadership company and Chairman of National Recycling Company, a waste recycling company. Roy was a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Valuers and a Fellow of the Institute of Company Directors. |
David Harrison As Charter Hall Group's Joint Managing Director, David Harrison is jointly responsible for all aspects of the Charter Hall business, with specific focus on Funds, Asset and Property Management operations. David also substantially contributes to investment sourcing, capital raisings and structuring of transactions. In addition to his responsibilities on the various unlisted Fund Boards and Investment Committees, David is an Executive Director on the Boards of Charter Hall Retail REIT and Charter Hall Office REIT and is Chairman of the Charter Hall Direct Responsible Entity Board. David has more than 24 years of experience in the Australian commercial property market and has jointly overseen the growth of the Charter Hall Group from $500 million to $10 billion of assets under management in six years. David has been principally responsible for transactions exceeding $13 billion of commercial, retail and industrial property assets across all property sectors. Prior to joining Charter Hall, David was Managing Director of Savills in Australia, an international commercial real estate agency business. |
David Southon David is a co-founder of Charter Hall. As Charter Hall Group's Joint Managing Director, one of David's key focuses is wholesale opportunistic funds and the operation of the Development Division. He is an Executive Director on the Boards of Charter Hall Retail REIT and Charter Hall Office REIT as well as the Responsible Entity Board of Charter Hall Direct Funds. He is also on the Investment Committees of the Group's series of opportunity funds. David has over 24 years of property industry experience and is responsible for overseeing project origination, project strategy and the formulisation and implementation of Group strategy together with the CHC Executive Committee and the Board. In addition, David is involved in the procurement and divestment of investment properties for the various Funds managed by the Group. Prior to co-founding Charter Hall in 1991, David was a Development Manager with Eurolynx Limited, the Heine Group's property arm (now part of ING), and prior to that with Leighton Properties. David holds a Bachelor of Business Degree (Land Economy) from the University of Western Sydney and is a Fellow Member of the Australian Property Institute (FAPI). |
Cedric Fuchs Cedric is a co-founder of Charter Hall with over 40 years of experience in the fields of property investment, development and financial services. He is a member of the Investment Committee for all of Charter Hall's wholesale and retail property funds. Prior to co-founding Charter Hall in 1991, he worked with the Heine Group's property arm (now part of ING) and Leighton Properties where he was involved in the development and investment activities of those companies. Cedric holds a degree in Business Management. |
Anne Brennan Anne Brennan was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director in November 2010. Anne has over 25 years in senior finance roles and in professional accounting firms. Anne was formerly the Executive Finance Director for the Coates Group and Chief Financial Officer for CSR. She has extensive experience in financial management, treasury, audit, risk management, tax, investor relations and ASX and statutory reporting. Anne is a Non Executive Director of Myer Limited and Cuscal Limited. She is also a director of the Australian Ireland Fund and a councillor of the Australian Institute of Company Directors(NSW). Anne holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree from University College Galway. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. |
Glenn Fraser A member of Transfield Holdings Advisory Board, Glenn was instrumental in Transfield Holdings' acquisition of its interest in Charter Hall and its expansion and listing in 2005. He specialises in infrastructure and property projects and joined Transfield Holdings in 1996. Glenn has previously held positions of Chief Financial Officer and was General Manager – Finance Project Development, where he was responsible for the financial elements of Transfield Holdings' infrastructure and property projects. Preceding his time with Transfield Holdings, Glenn was a principal of a project finance advisory business, Perry Development Finance Pty Limited, which was sold to Hambros Corporate Finance Limited in 1995. Glenn holds a Bachelor of Commerce, is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.Glenn Fraser is the Chairman of the Charter Hall Group Audit and Risk Committee. |
Colin McGowan Colin was formerly CEO of the listed AMP Diversified Property Trust, Executive Vice President of Bankers Trust (Australia), founding Fund Manager of the BT Property Trust and founding Fund Manager of Advance Property Fund. He is a qualified valuer, a Fellow of the Australian Property Institute and a Senior Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (formally SIA). Colin was the honorary SIA National Principal Lecturer and Task Force Chairman for the Graduate Diploma's Property Investment Analysis course – a position he held for 11 years until 2003. Colin is a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee and is chairman and member of a number of Charter Hall Group Investment Committees. |
Peter Kahan Peter Kahan joined the Charter Hall Board in October 2009, following an investment in the Charter Hall Group. Peter Kahan is the CEO of The Gandel Group and has over 15 years of property and funds management experience. He joined The Gandel Group in 1994 and became the Group's Finance Director in 2001, prior to his appointment as the Group's CEO in 2007. Prior to joining The Gandel Group, Peter worked as a Chartered Accountant and has held senior financial roles in various industry sectors. Between 2002 and 2006, Peter was a Director of Gandel Retail Management Pty Ltd and Colonial First State Property Retail Pty Ltd, a leading property and fund manager, managing a portfolio of approximately $8 billion of retail assets in Australia. Peter is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the University of The Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa. |