Directors

John A Austin

Assoc Dip Val, FAPI (Val&Econ)

Chairman, Non-executive external director
Member of the Audit and Risk Committee
Chairman of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee

Joined the board in 2004 and was appointed Chairman in December 2007.  John has been actively involved in professional property investment markets for over 41 years, during which he has been a proprietor of Jones Lang Wootton and an advisor in institutional property markets.  He was the Managing Director of GRW Property Ltd, the sponsor and manager of the National Industrial Property Trust that listed in 1993 and was on a number of industry boards and committees.  Currently he is Executive Chairman of Ringmer Pacific Pty Ltd, a private property investment company.  He was a non-executive director of the MREEF series of unlisted private property funds, managed by Macquarie Bank until his resignation in February 2012, and Chairman of Leighton Properties Pty Ltd until his resignation in July 2012.

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Bryce J H Denison

FCA, FCPA

Non-executive external director
Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee
Member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee

Joined the board in October 2009.  Bryce is a qualified accountant who previously held the position of General Manager, Group Accounting with Wesfarmers from 1986 to 2004.  He has previously been the National President of the Group of 100 and has been a member of the Australian Accounting Standards Board.  Prior to joining Wesfarmers, Mr Denison held various positions with accounting firm Ernst & Young over a 19 year period.  He is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and CPA Australia.

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Fiona E Harris

BCom, FCA, FAICD

Non-executive external director
Member of the Audit and Risk Committee
Member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee

Fiona was previously a partner at Chartered Accountants, KPMG, specializing in financial services and superannuation, capital raising, due diligence, IPO's, capital structuring of transactions and litigation support. 

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Richard (Rick) D Higgins

FAPI

Non-executive external director
Member of the Audit and Risk Committee
Member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee 

Joined the board in December 2007.  Rick is a property professional with over 41 years experience, having provided valuations and consultancy advice to a range of large institutional clients relating to a broad range of properties, including homemaker and bulky goods centres.  Before joining the board, Rick was the National Director, Business Development for Colliers International Consultancy & Valuation and prior to this, he was employed by Jones Lang Wootton for 30 years as a National Director (formally proprietor) responsible for the national valuation and consultancy division.  Rick provides ongoing consulting services to Colliers' Retail Client Development Team.  He is also a non-executive director of Charter Hall Direct Property Management Limited, a subsidiary of Charter Hall Group, and the responsible entity for a number of unlisted retail funds that invest in office, industrial and retail properties.

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Anthony (Tony) J Howarth AO

Joined the board in October 2012. Tony is a Life Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia and has over 30 years experience in the banking and finance industry. He has held several senior management positions during his career, including Managing Director of Challenge Bank Limited and Chief Executive Officer of Hartleys Limited. He is a director of Wesfarmers Limited, having been appointed to that board in July 2007. The other directorships of listed companies of which he is currently holding or has held in the last three years are Chairman of Mermaid Marine Australia Limited, Chairman of Home Building Society Limited (delisted December 2007) (appointed June 2003 and resigned July 2010), Deputy Chairman of Bank of Queensland Limited (appointed December 2007- resigned July 2010), Director of AWB Limited (appointed March 2005 - resigned December 2010).  Tony is also Chairman of St John of God Health Care Inc, a Director of Alinta Holdings and a Fellow of AICD. He is also Adjunct Professor (Financial Management) at the University of Western Australia Business School. Tony is also involved in a number of community and business organisations including the Senate of the University of Western Australia, Chairman of the Committee for Perth Limited, a member of the Rio Tinto WA Future Fund and the University of Western Australia Business School Advisory Board, Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce, Australia Limited and Deputy Chairman of West Australian Rugby Union Inc. 

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Peter J Mansell

BComm, LLB, H.Dip Tax

Non-executive external director
Member of the Audit and Risk Committee
Member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee

Joined the board in 1998.  Peter practised as a commercial lawyer for some 35 years until he retired as a partner in Freehills in February 2004.  Over the years as a solicitor, he has advised extensively on a number of wide-ranging corporate transactions.  He was President of the Council of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Western Australian Division, having sat on the national board of the Australian Institute of Company Directors Ltd in 2002 and 2003.  During the past three years he has served as a director of the following companies:

Current listed company directorships include:

• Ampella Mining Ltd
• Bullabulling Gold Limited
• Nystar NV (Belgium)

Past Australian listed company directorships (held in last 3 years):

• OZ Minerals Limited (June 2008 to April 2010)
• ThinkSmart Ltd (April 2007 to May 2010)

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