About Australand

Company Information

Board of Directors

Olivier Lim, B. Eng (Civil) (Honours 1), Age 46

Term of Office:
Non-Executive Director since 18 December 2007 and Chairman with effect from 14 April 2011. Mr Lim was elected at the 2011 Annual and General Meetings.

Independent:
No

Board Committee membership:
Chairman of the Investment Committee and Member of the Audit Committee

Skills and experience:
Appointed Group Chief Financial Officer of CapitaLand Limited since July 2005, and prior to that was Deputy Chief Financial Officer from October 2004. He first joined CapitaLand as Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance in September 2003. Prior to joining the CapitaLand Group, he was Director and Head of the Real Estate Unit, Corporate Banking in Citibank, Singapore. He first joined Citibank in Singapore in August 1989.

Directorships of listed entities within the last three years include:

  • Director of CapitaMalls Asia Limited
  • Director of CapitaCommercial Trust Management Limited and CapitaMall Trust Management Limited (the respective managers of two listed REITs in Singapore)
  • Director of Raffles Medical Group Limited
  • Formerly a director of CapitaRetail China Trust Management Limited (the manager of a listed REIT in Singapore) (resigned 21 July 2009)

Other current Directorships / Offices:

  • Member of the Board of Sentosa Development Corporation. Chairman, Mount Faber Leisure Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sentosa Development Corporation
  • Member of the Board of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority in Singapore
Olivier Lim


Paul Dean Isherwood, AO FCA, Age 72

Term of Office:
Non-Executive Director since 15 December 2005. Appointed Deputy Chairman and Lead Independent Director on 1 January 2011. Mr Isherwood was last re-elected at the 2009 Annual and General Meetings.

Independent:
Yes

Board Committee membership:
Chair of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration & Nomination Committee, Member of the Investment Committee

Skills and experience:
An experienced company director with a strong finance and accounting background. Proven leadership experience from a career with Coopers & Lybrand that spanned 38 years. Held the position of National Chairman and Managing Partner of Coopers & Lybrand (Australia) from 1985 to 1994. Served on the International Board and Executive Committee of the firm from 1985 to 1994. Has extensive corporate governance experience across different industry sectors, and mostly with listed companies.

Directorships of listed entities within the last three years include:

  • Chairman of Globe International Limited (appointed 30 March 2001)
  • St George Bank Limited (appointed 27 October 1997, resigned 1 December 2008)

Other current Directorships / Offices:
Nil

Paul Dean


Robert William Johnston, B. Eng (Electrical) (Honours 1), Age 49

Term of Office:
Managing Director since 1 August 2007. As per the Company’s Constitution, the Managing Director is exempt from retirement by rotation in accordance with clause 12.28.

Independent:
No

Board Committee membership:
Member of Investment Committee. Attends all other Board Committee meetings by invitation.

Skills and experience:
Joined Australand as Managing Director in August 2007. Prior to joining Australand, he held a number of other senior management positions with the Lend Lease Group in the USA, UK, Asia and Australia, including that of Global CEO of Bovis Lend Lease, CEO of Bovis Lend Lease Asia Pacific and COO of Lend Lease Real Estate Investments in the USA. He joined the Lend Lease Group in August 1988. He has in excess of 20 years of experience in the property industry.

Directorships of listed entities within the last three years include:
Nil

Other current Directorships / Offices:
Nil

Robert Johnston


Lui Chong Chee, BSc BSc, MBA, Age 50

Term of Office:

Non-Executive Director since 11 December 2001 and Chairman since 1 June 2007 until 14 April 2011. Mr Lui was last re-elected at the 2010 Annual and General Meetings.

Independent:
No

Board Committee membership:
Member of the Remuneration & Nomination Committee.

Skills and experience:
Currently Chief Financial Officer of Raffles Medical Group Limited, previously held the position of Chief Executive Officer, CapitaLand Financial Limited up until his resignation on 31 May 2010. During his career at CapitaLand Limited, he held a succession of senior financial and operational management positions across the Group. Prior to joining the CapitaLand Group, he was the Managing Director of Citicorp Investment Bank (Singapore) Limited. He joined Citibank, Singapore in July 1986.

Directorships of listed entities within the last three years include:

  • United Malayan Land Bhd (appointed 28 February 2007, resigned 1 August 2008)
  • Director of CapitaRetail China Trust Management Limited (manager of CapitaRetail China Trust which is a listed REIT in Singapore) (appointed 1 June 2008, resigned 1 June 2010)
  • Director of CapitaCommercial Trust Management Limited (manager of CapitaCommercial Trust which is a listed REIT in Singapore) (appointed 1 July 2008, resigned 1 June 2010)
  • Director of CapitaMall Trust Management Limited (manager of CapitaMall Trust which is a listed REIT in Singapore) (appointed 24 November 2008, resigned 23 February 2010)

Other current Directorships / Offices:
Nil 

Chong Chee


Nancy Jane Milne, OAM, LLB, Age 58

Term of Office:
Non-Executive Director since 1 October 2010. Ms Milne was elected at the 2011 Annual and General Meetings.

Independent:
Yes

Board Committee membership:
Chair of the Risk & Compliance Committee and Member of the Remuneration & Nomination Committee

Skills, experience and expertise:
An experienced company director with extensive business experience. A consultant at Clayton Utz, formerly a Senior Partner of the firm, specialising in the areas of insurance and risk. Previously a member and Chairperson of Australand’s Risk & Compliance Committee from 2003 until April 2009.

Directorships of listed entities within the last three years include:
Nil

Other current Directorships / Offices:

  • Director of Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited
  • Director of Commonwealth Insurance Limited
  • Director of Commonwealth Managed Investments Limited
  • Director of Munich Holdings Australia Pty Limited
  • Chair of Securities Exchanges Guarantee Corporation Limited
Nancy Jane Milne


Stephen Eric Newton, BA (Econ & Actg), CA, M.Com, Age 58

Term of Office:
Non-Executive Director since 18 December 2007. Mr Newton was elected at the 2011 Annual and General Meetings.

Independent:
Yes

Board Committee membership:
Member of the Investment Committee and the Risk & Compliance Committee

Skills, experience and expertise:
Joint Managing Director and co-founder of Arcadia Funds Management Limited. Prior to establishing the Arcadia Group in December 2002, he was a senior executive at Lend Lease Corporation and a director of a number of Lend Lease entities and managed funds (November 1980 to December 2002). Has over thirty years experience in property and asset management, development management and real estate investment management with a focus on entity and asset acquisitions and management of publicly listed and private (wholesale) real estate investment trusts.

Directorships of listed entities within the last three years include:
Nil

Other current Directorships / Offices:

  • Director of Newcastle Airport Limited
  • Governor and Director of University of Notre Dame Australia
  • Member of the Finance Committee and Property Committee for the
  • Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney
Stephen Eric Newton


Robert Edward Prosser, MA, FCA (Australia), MAICD, SA Fin, Age 60

Term of Office:
Non-Executive Director since 9 February 2011. Mr Prosser was elected at the 2011 Annual and General Meetings.

Independent:
Yes

Board Committee membership:
Member of the Audit Committee & the Risk and Compliance Committee 

Skills, experience and expertise:
Mr Prosser has a strong finance and accounting background having retired in June 2008 as a PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”) Partner in Sydney where he was responsible for due diligence in relation to mergers, acquisitions, equity raisings and divestments. At the time of his resignation, he was chair of PwC’s public reports panel, with responsibility for the quality control of all public documents and liaison with regulators.

Directorships of listed entities within the last three years include:

  • Moly Mines Limited (appointed 20 October 2010, resigned 22 December 2011) 

Other current Directorships / Offices:

  • Director of National Breast Cancer Foundation

Robert Edward Prosser