Board of Directors
Robert Wright
Chairman
Independent
Robert has over 30 years financial management experience, having held a number of chief financial officer positions, including finance Director of David Jones Limited. Robert was the Executive Director of The Adelaide Steamship Company during the restructure of that Group from 1991 to 1995. He is currently the Chairman of both Dexion Limited and SAI Global Limited, and a Director of Australian Pipeline Limited and Super Cheap Auto Group Limited.
Robert holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Canterbury and is a FCPA.
Michael Maxwell
Director
Babcock & Brown Executive
Michael currently holds the position of Regional Head of Asia for Babcock & Brown. Until July 2006, Michael was the Global Head of Babcock & Brown’s Real Estate unit and was responsible for co-ordinating the Group’s activities worldwide. Prior to joining Babcock & Brown in January 1992, Michael was an executive Director of the Australian subsidiary of international merchant bank, Morgan Grenfell.
Michael has been instrumental in assembling a global team of property professionals which is able to deal with complex real estate transactions. Michael has broad experience in all aspects of major real estate transactions including legal, accounting, structuring and financing matters, listed properties securities markets, syndication of major assets to institutional and large private client investors and all forms of property financing and securitisation.
Michael holds Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney.
Michael Balkin
Managing Director
Babcock & Brown Executive
Michael is a senior executive in the Real Estate Group at Babcock & Brown and is based in the Sydney Office. Michael joined Babcock & Brown in 1995 and has led the development of Babcock & Brown’s Australian residential principal investment activities over the past six years. He has been responsible for investing in, and managing, a portfolio of equity risk and mezzanine investments in residential developments and has developed relationships with many of Babcock & Brown’s core residential development partners.
Michael holds a Bachelor of Science (Business Information Technology) and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment.
Richard Gelski
Director
Independent
Richard is a partner at Johnson Winter & Slattery, having joined Johnson Winter & Slattery in 2004 after seven years with Blake Dawson Waldron. A university medallist in law from Sydney University and a Masters graduate from London University, Richard has over 30 years experience in the areas of taxation, corporate and commercial law. He has particular experience in corporate structuring, cross border investment, tax effective financing, capital raising, mergers and acquisitions and property trust structures. Richard has advised on a wide variety of capital raisings by groups in the tourism, banking, retail and manufacturing industries.
Richard holds a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) and University Medal from the University of Sydney and a Master of Laws from London University.
Chris Langford
Director
Independent
Chris has over 20 years experience in a range of roles within the property industry and brings significant knowledge to his role as an Independent Director. Having worked with Lend Lease and Mirvac on a variety of projects and property classes, Chris has a thoroughunderstanding of the complex issues involved in the delivery of large scale projects. In his more recent roles, Chris was CEO of Mirvac Retail Projects until mid 2005, before forming Spyglass Property to focus on retail property development.
Chris is also a commissioner of the Australian Football League and a director of NSW Cultural Management, the manager of Sydney Theatre.
Chris holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Melbourne.