Key People

Tony Wood

Tony's career extends over 25 years, beginning in the United Kingdom with relocations firstly to South Africa and then in 1986 to Australia. Key roles have included Director, Jones Lang Wootton (now Jones Lang LaSalle) and progressed through senior fiduciary positions in the funds management divisions of BZW-Mirvac, BT Funds Management and Record Investments. In 2005 Tony founded the Blaxland Group and he is presently its Managing Director.

Tony's experience integrates best practice in the fundamentals of real estate investment with management of listed as well as unlisted funds. He has worked across a range of international markets including Australia, Asia and Europe.

Chris Langford

Chris Langford has more than 21 years of property industry experience derived from various roles in retail, commercial and residential property sectors. Chris is currently a director of development group Spyglass Property. Having previously worked at Lend Lease and Mirvac, Chris has a thorough understanding of the many issues involved in the creation and delivery of large scale projects.

Chris is also a director of Babcock & Brown Residential Land Partners Limited and a Commissioner of the Australian Football League. Chris holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Melbourne.

Tan Kai Seng

Independent Non-Executive Director of AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT Management Limited

Appointed a director on 1 December 2006.

Mr. Tan was Finance Director of Parkway Holdings Limited from 1988 to 2005 and was its Group Financial Controller from 1980 to 1988. Parkway Holdings Limited is a leading fully integrated healthcare organisation in Asia, with one of the largest network of hospitals and healthcare services in the region.

Prior to joining Parkway Holdings in 1980, Mr. Tan worked in the audit team with Price Waterhouse, Singapore for approximately five years and a further two years on an International Exchange Programme with Price Waterhouse, San Francisco.

Mr. Tan is also an Independent Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee member of IGB Corporation Berhad, a significant property investment and development company listed on Bursa Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Giam Lay Hoon

Ms Giam is an Executive Director at AIMS Financial Group (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of AIMS Financial Group. She is a qualified lawyer by training and has over 25 years of experience in legal, corporate governance, compliance and regulatory matters. Before joining AIMS Financial Group, Ms Giam was the Group General Counsel at Oxley Corporate Limited from 2008 to 2009. Prior to that, she was a Senior Vice President (Legal & Corporate Secretariat) at Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd from 2003 to 2008. Ms Giam was the Company Secretary and in-house counsel (Vice President) at Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd from 2000 to 2003. Prior to joining Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd, she was a partner at leading Singapore law firms, specialising in the areas of real estate, corporate law and retail and institutional banking.

Eugene Lai

Mr Eugene Paul Lai Chin Look is an Independent, Non-Executive Director of the Manager. Mr Lai is a Partner at Southern Capital Group and brings with him a wealth of experience in law, investment banking, real estate and private equity. Mr Lai was previously the Managing Director and Senior Country Officer of Investment Banking at JP Morgan in Malaysia and Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Ascott Group Limited. He has also held the position of Partner at the Carlyle Group and Managing Director at Citigroup Singapore. Mr Lai began his career as an attorney in New York and in Singapore. He was awarded an LL.M from Harvard University and an LL.B from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Norman Ip Ka Cheung

Mr Norman Ip Ka Cheung graduated with a B Sc (Econs) from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is a Fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore. Mr Ip has over 30 years of experience in auditing, accounting, treasury, investments and taxation. Currently, Mr Ip is an Advisor to the Straits Trading Company Limited, where he had served for 26 years prior to his retirement in 2009. At Straits Trading Company Limited, Mr Ip held the position of Executive Director, President and Group Chief Executive Officer from 2000 to 2009. The Straits Trading Company Limited Group is a listed company with diversified businesses in property, hospitality and metal and mineral resources.

Mr Ip is the Chairman of the board of Malaysia Smelting Corporation Berhad (listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad) and also serves on the board of Australia Oriental Minerals NL (a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange). He is also a director of WBL Corporation Limited, United Engineers Limited and Great Eastern Holdings Limited. He is also a Member of the Board of the Building and Construction Authority in Singapore.

James Tong

James Tong brings to the Advisory Board more than 25 years experience in the financial markets, including over 22 years with BNP Paribas (formerly Banque Nationale de Paris) group in Australia and New Zealand. James has held many senior positions in banking, merchant banking, investment banking and stockbroking. He was founding Managing Director/CEO of BNP Paribas Equities (Aust) Limited and BNP Pariba Equities Group (Aust) Limited and was appointed Head of Equities for Australia & NZ after BNP merged with Paribas.

George Wang

George came to Australia from China 20 years ago and founded AIMS Financial Group 2 years later. In its eighteen year life, AIMS has evolved into a diversified financial services group, active in the areas of lending, securitisation, investment banking, real estate funds management and properties, resources, high-tech and infrastructure investment. In the course of developing AIMS Financial Group into a significant financial services group in Australia, George has developed a strong skill base in the areas of securitisation, real estate funds management, structured finance and innovative financial product development.

George has developed an extensive business network in both Australia and China.

George is active in the Chinese financial sector, he is an advisor for a number of Chinese Government bodies and Government agencies. He holds the position of Deputy President of the International Trade Council of China, a constituent body of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade.

In Australia, George Wang is the President of the Australia-China Finance & Investment Council. As the President of Australia-China Finance & Investment Council, George has been laying the foundation for the financial bridge between Australia and China for many years.

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.

John Snowden

Mr Snowden has 24 years of experience in investment industry including the position as the Managing Director, Head of UBS Real Estate, Australia and NZ in UBS Global Asset Management (UBSGAM) in which during his 8 years engagement, he grew the equities business from virtually zero to around $7 Billion and subsequently grew FUM from zero to around $2 Billion. In late 2005, Mr Snowden was approached by Warwick Negus CEO of Colonial First State to re-establish the Global Property Securities Business at Colonial First State Global Asset Management. During his time at Colonial, John and his team grew Funds Under Management from $3 Billion to over $8 Billion in late 2007 and Profitability for the Global Property Securities business increased by over 300% during the time it was under John's management.

Mr Snowden holds a Bachleor in Laws from UNSW and a degree in Master of Laws from University of Sydney. Mr Snowden is also a Chartered Financial Analyst and received several industry awards for his outstanding achievements including Morgnistar Japan 2007 - Best Global Investment Fund Manager (for the Diam - Mizuho Group) and Money Magazine best of the Best 2006 Awards "Best Australian Property Securities Fund".

Mark Thorpe-Apps

Mark Thorpe-Apps has over 15 years experience in funds management and financial services. Mark was a founding member of Pengana Capital, an established boutique funds management group. Mark headed Pengana's property securities team and grew funds under management from $3 million to over $1 billion. Mark was Head of Funds Management at Sama Dubai (based in Dubai). He has held senior property funds management roles with Bankers Trust and Lend Lease. He holds a business degree with majors in finance and marketing as well as a master's degree in applied finance.

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.

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.

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.

Koh Wee Lih

Mr. Koh is the Senior Investment Manager, primarily responsible for MacarthurCook’s Asian real estate acquisitions and management of the regional asset management function. Prior to joining MacarthurCook in 2008, Mr. Koh worked at AIG Global Real Estate Investment (Asia) L.L.C. (“AIGGRE”) as Senior Manager of Investments where he was responsible for managing AIGGRE’s real estate investments in Vietnam.

Prior to that, Mr. Koh was with CapitaLand Financial Limited, CapitaLand’s investment and corporate finance arm, where he was actively involved in the structuring of CapitaLand’s private equity funds, evaluation of its international investments, as well as the listing of Ascott Residence Trust on Singapore Exchange. Mr. Koh also spearheaded CapitaLand Commercial Limited’s business development and investment efforts in Vietnam. Mr. Koh started his career as a financial analyst at Deutsche Bank’s structured finance team where he advised clients on asset securitization transactions.

Mr. Koh has an Master of Business Administration, a Master of Science in Industrial and Operations Engineering, and a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Tang Buck Kiau

Ms Tang joined the Manager of MacarthurCook Industrial REIT as Senior Finance Manager and Company Secretary in October 2007. She is responsible for company secretarial, accounting, taxation, treasury, and reporting functions. She has extensive experience in finance, accounting and treasury within the real estate industry.

Before joining MacarthurCook, Ms Tang worked at Far East Organization for 12 years in the finance, accounting and treasury departments, eventually becoming the Senior Finance Manager in the corporate finance department. Her key responsibilities included financial reporting, treasury and structuring, sourcing and management of project financing. Prior to joining Far East Management in 1994, she held the position of audit manager at Coopers & Lybrand, Singapore from 1987.

Ms Tang is a Certified Public Accountant of Singapore and a fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Public Accountants.

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