Joined the board in 2004 and was appointed Chairman in December 2007. John has been actively involved in professional property investment markets for over 37 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, Chairman of Leighton Properties Pty Ltd and is a non-executive director of the MREEF series of unlisted private property funds, managed by Macquarie Bank.

Peter J Mansell BComm, LLB, H.Dip Tax (Director, Non-executive/Independent) Age 61

Joined the board in 1998. Peter practised as a commercial lawyer for nearly 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 listed companies:

Current Australian listed company directorships:

• OZ Minerals Limited (formerly Oxiana Limited) (June 2008 to date)
• ThinkSmart Ltd (Chairman) (April 2007 to date) 
• West Australian Newspapers Holdings Ltd (September 2001 to date) (Chairman from November 2006)
• Great Southern Ltd (November 2005 to date)

Past Australian listed company directorships:

• Zinifex Ltd (Chairman) (March 2004 to June 2008)
• Foodland Associated Ltd (October 2003 to November 2005)
• Tethyan Copper Company Ltd (February 2005 to May 2006)
• Hardman Resources Ltd (May 2006 to December 2006)

Joined the board September 2005. Peter previously held the position of Company Secretary of Wesfarmers Limited between 1994 and 2001 and during that time was also an inaugural director of Bunnings Property Management Limited from 1998 until his retirement in 2001.  He is also a director of Kresta Holdings Limited and a number of Kresta group subsidiaries.

Joined the board in December 2007. Rick is a property professional with over 37 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.

Manager since January 2006. For the 12 years prior to becoming General Manager, Grant has worked for Wesfarmers Limited group of companies, initially as an in-house legal counsel and then in managing the group's risk management and insurance programmes. Prior to joining Wesfarmers, Grant worked in the building industry in Australia and overseas.

Andrew has 14 years experience in the property industry covering valuation, property and asset management, leasing, development and funds management. He joined Bunnings Property Management Limited in 2005, having worked most recently as a syndicate Portfolio Manager with Centro Properties Group and Asset Manager at MCS Property in Melbourne.

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Noel Ryan B.Arch, Grad Dip (App Fin) (Development Manager) Age 38

Noel has over 12 years property development and construction experience.  His expertise is in retail development projects and has worked on a range or assets from neighbourhood centres (with Coles) to regional shopping centres (with Westfield and GPT).  His responsibilities for the trust include prospective development projects as well as on-going capital expenditure on the portfolio.

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