Careers at MacarthurCook

David van Aanholt

David has over 20 years of experience in the Property Funds Management industry. His key previous role was Chief Executive Officer (Asia Pacific) of the Goodman Group ( which is one of the largest industrial property and fund management group with the AUM at peak time about A$ 20 billion) overseeing the Group’s operations in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore. David also established the group’s platforms in China and Japan.

David is a fellow of the Australian Property Institution and holds a Master of Business Administration.

Jim Miltiadis

(Head of Group Operations)

Jim Miltiadis has worked for AIMS more than 6 years as National Manager, Head of Group Risk and Channel Relationships and currently as Head of Credit & Support. Jim is an industry specialist in the key areas of risk, credit and administration. In the banking and finance industry since 1971, Jim has worked for State Bank of NSW and Advance Bank, and held executive positions with Resimac and the Fanmac Group.

Russell Bullen

Russell heads MacarthurCook’s Real Estate team in Australia and is responsible for the company’s listed and unlisted direct property funds.

With more than 16 years of experience in the real estate industry, Russell has provided advisory services and interim management to institutions, major corporations, developers, REITs, banks and private companies in Australia and in the US.

Prior to joining MacarthurCook, Russell was a Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal, and was responsible for the Real Estate Practice in Dallas, Texas, USA. Prior to Alvarez & Marsal, Mr. Bullen spent five years with the real estate advisory group PricewaterhouseCoopers. He also worked with the real estate group of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

Russell holds a Bachelors degree in Business, with a concentration in property, from the University of South Australia and a post graduate degree in Finance and Investments from the Securities Institute of Australia. He is a qualified member of the Australian Property Institute and the Securities Institute of Australia.

Ryan Rayfield

Ryan Rayfield is a qualified lawyer with approximately 10 years experience in the legal, compliance and risk management sectors. Having graduated in Queensland, Ryan practiced as a Solicitor in the areas of Banking and Finance, Commercial Litigation and General Commercial Law before moving to London in 2002 to work as a Risk Management Lawyer at Clifford Chance LLP. Following this role, Ryan worked as a Corporate Director in the Global Investment Banking Legal & Compliance team at ABN AMRO Bank in London before returning to work in a similar role at Babcock & Brown in Sydney in early 2008. In his previous roles Ryan has had exposure and experience in multiple jurisdictions including Europe, Asia and North America. Ryan holds a current NSW practicing certificate and has a Bachelor of Applied Science and a Bachelor of Laws.

Michael Petruccelli

Michael had over 20 years experience with National Australia Bank with a focus on business banking. In 1996 he was appointed Assistant Mortgage Trust Manager of the National Australia Mortgage Fund and Mortgage Trust Manager from 2000.

Michael was appointed Head of Mortgages at MacarthurCook in December 2003 following MacarthurCook’s acquisition of the management rights of the National Australia Mortgage Fund. Michael has a sound knowledge of commercial lending practices and brings his extensive experience to the management of MacarthurCook’s mortgage funds.

Nicholas McGrath

Nick heads AIMS Real Estate Team in Asia and is responsible as Chief Executive Officer of the SGX listed AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT.

Prior to joining MacarthurCook, Nick had more than eight years of experience in corporate finance and property funds management in Australia and Singapore with Allco Finance Group and two years of legal experience with Blake Dawson Waldron.

From January 2007 until the sale to Frasers Centrepoint Limited, Nick was Chief Executive Officer of Allco Commercial REIT and Managing Director of Allco (Singapore) Limited.

Nick holds a Bachelors degree in Business and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Technology in Sydney and has completed a graduate diploma of Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia.