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.

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.

David has over 30 years’ property market experience across office, retail and industrial sectors in multiple geographies globally.

As Charter Hall’s Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer, David is responsible for strategically growing the business and maintaining its position as a multi-core sector market leader. David is an executive member of various Fund Boards and Partnership Investment Committees, and Chair of the Executive Property Valuation Committee and Executive Leadership Committee.

David has overseen the growth of Charter Hall Group from being a small fund manager with $500 million of assets under management when it listed on the ASX in 2005, to today being the largest diversified property funds manager in Australia.

David is the Chair of the Property Council of Australia Nominations and Financial Management Committees. He is also a member of the Property Council Australia Champions of Change Coalition.

David holds a Bachelor of Business in Land Economy from the University of Western Sydney, is a Fellow of the Australian Property Institute (FAPI) and holds a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance from the Securities Institute of Australia. 

Greg has been in the real estate and funds management industry for more than 40 years, and was the co-founder of Equity Real Estate Partners, Growth Equities Mutual, Paladin Australia and the James Fielding Group.

Greg was the CEO of Mirvac Group between 2004 and 2008. Greg is a past president of the Property Council of Australia and past president of Investment Funds Association, a Fellow of the Australian Property Institute and The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. Greg is a board member of the Sydney Swans, the Sydney Swans Foundation and Eureka Group Holdings Limited.

Greg was awarded an Officer in the General Division (AO) of the Order of Australia in January 2015 for his distinguished service to the community through executive roles in a range of fields, including breast cancer research, the not-for-profit sector and real estate and property investment industries.

As Fund Manager of the Charter Hall Retail REIT and Charter Hall’s Retail CEO, Ben is responsible for all management aspects of the Retail Funds Management platform to deliver value creation within the retail portfolio and optimise returns for our investors. Ben’s focus on delivering mutual success for our customers has remained consistent throughout his dynamic 22-year career with Charter Hall.

Ben is driven by his passion to foster strong and sustainable relationships that add value for investor customers, tenant customers, partners and communities. Under his leadership, the Retail sector has been recognised for its innovative spirit, with the development of two significant technologies – Autom8 and Lease Easy – that have transformed the way Retail does business for our people and for our customers.

Prior to becoming the Retail CEO, Ben held several roles with Charter Hall including Head of Retail Wholesale and Head of Capital Transactions, overseeing more than $25 billion of gross transactions across all sectors.