Board of Directors
Roger Davis A qualified certified practising accountant, Roger brings over 25 years' experience in banking and investment banking in Australia, the United States and Japan to the board. Currently he is a consulting director at Rothschild (Australia) Limited and a director of Aristocrat Leisure Limited, Trust Company Limited and TIO. He is also a director of Ardent Leisure Management Limited and Bank of Queensland. Previously, he was managing director at Citigroup where he worked for over 20 years and more recently was a group managing director at ANZ Banking Group. His previous board experience includes the chairmanship of Esanda, along with directorships of ANZ (New Zealand) Limited, Magellan Financial Group Ltd and Citicorp Securities Inc. in the United States. He has a BEc (Hons) from the University of Sydney and an MPhil from the University of Oxford. Roger is also a member of the Charter Hall Office REIT Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee. |
James Broadbent Member of Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee. Jim Broadbent's deep understanding and knowledge of real estate has been built over 40 years in the property investment and funds management industry, including a decade as managing director of MEPC Australia Limited, a major property investment and development company. He is a qualified real estate valuer, a fellow of the Australian Property Institute and an associate of the Real Estate Institute. His previous board experience includes directorships of the management companies of Austore Property Trust and Oakford Property Trust. |
Andrew Love Andrew has been working in the corporate recovery, reconstruction and insolvency industry for over 35 years. He was a Senior Partner of Ferrier Hodgson, heading up the mining specialisation and was responsible for establishing Ferrier Hodgson in Hong Kong in 1985. Andrew has particular experience in mining and resources, manufacturing, the financial sector and property development. He has advised local and international banks on exposure both locally and overseas, with past assignments involving the realisation of assets as well as reconstruction proposals. Andrew's exposure to the property industry has seen him act formally and informally advising lenders both locally and internationally. He is currently Chairman of ROC Oil Ltd. |
David Harrison 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).
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Adrian Taylor Adrian is Chief Executive Officer of Charter Hall Office REIT and an alternate director to David Harrison and David Southon. Adrian was previously alternate to Stephen Girdis for the period 12 December 2008 to 1 March 2010. Adrian sets the overall strategy and objectives for the Trust in conjunction with the board and guides the portfolio management, capital transactions, marketing and trust management teams to execute the REIT's strategy. Adrian has been extensively involved in debt and equity raisings in the vehicle's overall financial management. Previously, as the REIT's Chief Investment Officer, he was responsible for acquisition and disposal assessment. Adrian also has considerable joiint venture experience in Australia and the US. Adrian is a certified practising accountant. He holds a BBus from Monash University and a Graduate Diploma from the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and is involved in numerous property industry groups including the Property Council of Australia. |
Natalie Allen Natalie Allen was appointed to the position of company secretary on 29 November 2011. With more than 12 years legal experience in real estate and equity capital markets, Natalie brings extensive knowledge of listing rules, compliance, corporate governance and administration to the board. Prior to joining Charter Hall, Natalie was company secretary for a number of entities within Macquarie's Funds division. Prior to joining Macquarie in 2006, Natalie spent a total of seven years at Freehills, Sydney and Shearman & Sterling (California, US). Natalie is a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW and a member of the State Bar of California. She holds a Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales. |