Originally qualifying as an architect in 1980, for the past 25 years Michael has made a significant contribution to the strategic growth of Westfield, both domestically and internationally culminating in his role as Global President and Chief Operating Officer and having served as main board Director for the last four years. The team at Westfield under his responsibility numbered 1000 people in the US and UK in the fields of Development, Design, Construction, Leasing, Management and Marketing.

Michael received the Officer of the British Empire in 2015 for services to retail and regeneration in the UK following his leadership of the successful redevelopments at Westfield London and Westfield Stratford city.

In addition to his experience with the creation and operation of very large (circa $1bn) retail real estate projects in Australia, the UK and the US (including Westfield Doncaster, Westfield Fountain Gate, Westfield London, Westfield Stratford City and Westfield Century City), Michael also led the identification of many value add opportunities and new strategic directions for the Westfield portfolio which were highly profitable and value accretive. These included several thousand apartment sites for sale or rental, commercial office buildings which were built speculatively or pre let to major government departments, and surplus land disposed of to other high value users.

Michael has worked closely with Westfield’s founding shareholders and leadership team, growing the company over almost half its listed history.

Michael is keen to continue in his field leveraging his knowledge of the Australian market, the commercial development industry and the opportunities ahead to deliver solid returns and build a unique portfolio.

Michael intends to be a significant investor in the Fund to ensure maximum alignment with investors.

Michael will heavily leverage his background and business network to secure and deliver opportunities for the funds.

In this role he was directly responsible for sourcing and executing over A$1.5Bn of transactions for the Fund and separate account strategies.  He has significant experience across various investment strategies including core, value add,  opportunistic and structured debt opportunities.

Previous roles include Transaction Manager at CorVal, Sydney, Property Consultant, Corporate Advisory & Restructuring at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sydney and Senior Analyst, Investment Sales at Jones Lang LaSalle, Sydney.

Tim holds a Bachelor of Economics and Social Sciences from the University of Sydney.

Elizabeth has 10 years’ experience in the property industry, most recently as a member of Lendlease’s Group Investment and Capital Markets team. In this role, Elizabeth focused on strategic investor relationships and capital raising across Lendlease’s $40b global investment platform. Prior to this, she held roles within Lendlease’s corporate strategy group and the national real estate advisory team at KPMG Deal Advisory.

Elizabeth holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) and a Bachelor of Business Management (Real Estate and Development) from the University of Queensland.

In his most recent role of Senior Group Planning Manager, reporting to the Group GM of Planning and Performance Reporting, Clive was a leader in the team accountable for the group’s strategic forecasts and operational performance reporting, investor relations and due diligence for new property and corporate acquisitions.

Clive’s experiences at Westfield included a wide range of responsibilities including key roles in corporate structure transactions and many property level and corporate M&A deals. His five years working out the UK office as the regional head for financial strategic planning included responsibility for development finance of projects at Westfield London and Stratford City. Clive had leadership responsibility for teams of up to 10 people and built strong working relationships with all key operational and finance executives.

Prior to joining Westfield, Clive worked for several technology start-up companies in London, including the UK arm of a Morgan Stanley backed pan European Internet service provider.

Clive holds an Honours Degree from Abertay University (UK) and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

During his time at Invesco, Louis was a key member of the acquisitions team that was responsible for the sourcing, underwriting and execution of investment opportunities on behalf of Invesco’s various core and value add strategies. He has experience executing transactions across major and alternative real estate sectors as both debt and equity.

Prior real estate roles include Investment Analyst at Barwon Investment Partners and Property Valuer at Herron Todd White.

Louis holds a Bachelor of Business (Property) from University of South Australia, a Master of Commerce (Finance and Banking) from The University of Sydney, and is a CFA charterholder

Prior to joining Assembly, Darlia was an Investment Analyst at Resolution Life having initially joined as part of the AMP Graduate Program where she gained experience across various Actuarial and Real Estate functions.

Darlia holds a Bachelor of Actuarial Studies (Finance) from the University of New South Wales.