Our
Board of
Directors

Giselle Collins is a Director with significant executive experience in property, tourism and financial services as well as having worked in professional services with KPMG in Sydney, London and Zug, Switzerland.

Giselle’s past board experience includes being the Chairman of Aon Superannuation, Chairman of the Travelodge Hotel Group and Chairman of the Heart Research Institute, as well as having served on the Boards of BIG4 Holiday Parks, Vinomofo, ASX listed Peak Rare Earths and the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.

Giselle is currently a non-executive Director on the ASX listed Boards of Generation Development Group (ASX:GDG) and Cooper Energy (ASX:COE). Giselle is also Chairman of the Responsible Entity for AMP’s registered managed investment schemes. Giselle is also Chairman of Darwin Hotel Pty Ltd, as nominee for Indigenous Business Australia and a Trustee of the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust and member of the advisory committee for the Australian Institute of Botanical Science.

Giselle is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. Giselle has a Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Sydney and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investments from the Securities Institute of Australia.

Lachlan Edwards is the Founder of advisory business Faraday Associates, having been the Co-Head of advisory businesses at Lazard Australia. Lachlan has extensive experience in capital markets and has been a senior level advisor to governments, Boards, executive teams and creditors in Australia and Europe. His previous Board positions include Director of NM Rothschild & Sons and Governor of the English National Ballet in London.

Lachlan was a Managing Director of Goldman Sachs 2006–2013 and was at Rothschild in both Sydney and London for 15 years.

Lachlan currently serves on a number of boards including as Chair of a private hospital, Deputy Chair of the Bell Shakespeare Company and as a Trustee of the Art Gallery of NSW.

Lachlan has a Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Sydney and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investments from the Securities Institute of Australia. He is also a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Anne is the Founder and Director of a property development company, sheBuilt, an organisation that helps to empower women in the built environment and has over twenty years hands on experience in both property development and property investment.  Anne also has significant experience in, Business Planning, Finance and Funds Management, having previously worked in the corporate sector for many years.

Anne’s previous Board positions include Director of Industry Fund Services, as significant shareholder representative, and an employer representative Trustee of a large Corporate Superannuation Fund.  Anne currently serves as the Chair of the City of Port Phillip’s Business Advisory Group and the President of the Clarendon & Coventry Streets Business Association.

Anne has a Bachelor of Economics Honours degree from Monash University and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investments from the Securities Institute of Australia.

Chris has 37 years’ real estate and funds management experience across public and private markets in Australia and New Zealand.

Chris has held various senior executive roles including the Head of Real Estate Funds Management at AMP Capital Real Estate for 11 years.

Chris is also non-executive Director at Precinct Properties NZ, Executive Chairman of 151 Property and an independent member of the Corval and Richmond Bridge investment committees.

Chris is an associate member of the Australian Property Institute.

John has over 30 years’ experience in the Australian and global property, funds management and finance industries.

Before joining HPI, John was an equity partner, Senior Managing Director, and Global Investment Strategist at Heitman, a global real estate fund manager. He served on its global management committee, global investment committee, co-managing its global listed property portfolios and holding responsibility for its Asia Pacific operations based in Hong Kong and Melbourne.

He has extensive experience in real estate public equity, private equity, and debt markets. Prior to joining Heitman in 2010, John was co-head of real estate securities at Challenger and portfolio manager at HSBC Asset Management. Before moving to investment management in 2001, John worked across real estate equity research and banking roles and began his career as a real estate valuer.

John is a non-executive director in the not-for-profit sector, at HousingFirst, a social and affordable housing provider and has previously served on Child and Family Services’s board, most recently as Chair. He is a member of RICS, the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and FINSIA.

John is a graduate of INSEAD’s Advanced Management Program, holds a BBus in Land Economy from Western Sydney University and Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia.