Boards

Richard is an Independent Director and Non-Executive Chairman of the Responsible Entity of IOF, Investa Listed Funds Management Ltd (ILFML).

Richard is also Chairman of Liberty Financial Pty Ltd, Terrace Tower Group Pty Ltd and Investec Australia Limited. He was previously Chairman of GPT and Deputy Chairman of Lend Lease, as well as a director of a number of public companies.

 

John is founder and Joint Managing Director of international specialist advisory firm Dragoman Pty Ltd. Previously, John held the role of Chief Legal Counsel and Head of External Affairs at BHP Billiton and was a member of the Office of Chief Executive at the firm. Before joining BHP Billiton, John was the senior commercial lawyer at Arnold Bloch Leibler. 

John is a former member of the Federal Government’s Takeovers Panel and consults to a number of private and public companies on governance, succession and strategy. 

In addition to his role as a Non-Executive Director of Investa Listed Funds Management Limited, John is also a Non-Executive Director of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Chairman of NIEF Ltd, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Rotary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Tertiary Scholarship and Deputy Chairman of the Norman Beischer Medical Research Foundation.

 

A lawyer by profession, Robert has extensive experience as a Non-Executive Director in the banking, property, funds management and construction industries and has served on several Federal and State Government Committees. He has worked in Asia for more than 40 years with extensive commercial experience both in Japan and Australia. While living in Japan, Robert was appointed to the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry Import Board representing Australia and New Zealand and was a member of the Australian Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee.

Currently he is a board member of CIMIC Group Limited (formerly Leighton Holdings Ltd), Vice-President of the Australia-Japan Business Co-Operation Committee, a member of the NSW Government's Export and Investment Advisory Panel and Chairman of Hunter Phillip Japan.

Robert recently retired as Chairman Leighton Asia, Chairman Leighton Properties and as a Member of the Federal Government's Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee.

Robert was made a member of the General Division of the Order of Australia for services to the international business community for development of Australia-Japan bilateral commercial relations and the generation of new business opportunities.

Geoff is an Independent and Non Executive Director of Asciano Ltd and a Non Executive Director of Broadspectrum.

Geoff was previously Chief Financial Officer at a number of major Australian companies including Crown Limited, Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd and Woolworths Limited.

Gai McGrath is a director of Genworth Mortgage Insurance Australia, IMB Bank, Landcom and Toyota Finance Australia. Gai McGrath is a member of the Library Council of the State Library of New South Wales, a trustee and member of the board of the Foundation of the State Library of New south Wales, Chair of the Advisory Board of Nexa Group and a member of the Advisory Commitee of Humanitix. Gai McGrath's previous executive roles include General Manager of Westpac Bank's flagship retail business, General Manager Retail Banking of Westpac New Zealand, General Manager Customer Service and General Manager, Risk Solutions of BT Financial Group and General Counsel & Company Secretary of Perpetual Limited.

Gai McGrath has had a successful career as a senior executive in the financial services industry. She also brings to IOF experience and expertise in the Funds Management and Trust disciplines.

David Baffsky AO holds a law degree from the University of Sydney and was the founder and until 1991, the senior partner of a Sydney legal firm specialising in commercial and fiscal law.

David is Honorary Chairman of Accor Asia Pacific, the largest hotel management company in the Asia Pacific region, and was Executive Chairman of the group from 1993 to 2008. He is Chairman of the ASX listed Ariadne Australia Limited and on the boards of the Sydney Olympic Park Authority, Destination NSW, the George Institute and the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra.  He was until July 2016, a Director of SATS Limited (Singapore) and Chairman of Food and Allied Support Services Corporation Limited. David is a lifetime member of the Tourism Task Force.

Amongst previous roles, David was a Trustee of the Art Gallery of NSW, Chairman of Voyages Indigenous Tourism Limited and a member of the Business Government Advisory Group on National Security.  He was a member of the federal government's Northern Australia Land and Water Taskforce and a Director of the Indigenous Land Corporation.

In 2001, David was made an officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia and in 2003 he received the Centenary Medal. In 2004 he was recognised as the Asia Pacific Hotelier of the Year and in 2012 was awarded the Chevalier in the Order of National Légion d'Honneur of France.

Dennis Wildenburg has over 35 years’ experience in the financial services and funds management industry. He is currently an Independent Director of Arena REIT Limited and has previously been a Director of MLC Funds Management Limited and an Associate Director of Hill Samuel Australia Limited (now Macquarie Group Limited).Dennis gained his property experience working with the Lend Lease Group where he was a member of the board that managed GPT. He has also served on the board of Property Funds Australia and the investment committee of the Mirvac PFA Diversified Property Trust. Dennis is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

James Evans has over 40 years of corporate and business experience and his most recent executive role, held from 2003 to 2008, was as Chief Risk Officer, Wealth Management, Commonwealth Bank of Australia. As part of this role James held directorships in the Commonwealth Bank's funds management, general insurance, life insurance and lease financing businesses. James also held a number of other senior executive roles with the Commonwealth Bank in the areas of finance, accounting, business development and strategy.

Before joining the Commonwealth Bank in 1996, James was a senior executive with Lend Lease in the Property Investment Services Group, holding directorships of property investment and joint venture companies. Prior to that, James held senior executive positions at GEC Australia and Grace Bros.

James is currently the Independent Chairman of Pendal Group Limited and Suncorp Portfolio Services Limited, Independent Director of the equigroup companies, ICPF Holdings Limited and Investa Wholesale Funds Management Limited and was formerly an Independent Director of Australian Infrastructure Fund Limited, Hastings Funds Management Limited and Macquarie Generation.

Rebecca McGrath is an internationally experienced business leader. She is a Non-Executive Director with three ASX listed companies: OZ Minerals Ltd, IncitecPivot Ltd, CSR Ltd and Goodman Group. She is a member of the Advisory Council for JP Morgan in Australia and an independent director with Scania Australian and Barristers' Chambers Limited.

Rebecca also works in the not-for-profit sector as Chairman of Kilfinan Australia and Project New Dawn Ltd (a homelessness/unemployment initiative). She is a member of Chief Executive Women and is an ambassador for the National Association of Women in Operations and the Menzies School of Health Research.

Rebecca is a speaker, mentor and advisor in a range of industry and professional forums.

Prior to her non-executive career, Rebecca spent 23 years as an executive in the oil industry. She held business line and functional leadership roles with BP in Australasia, Europe and the United Kingdom. Her most recent positions included Executive Director and Vice President - Operations, Australia and Pacific and Chief Financial Officer, Australasia.

Rebecca holds the degrees of Bachelor of Town Planning (Hons.) and Master of Applied Science (Project Management). She has attended executive management programmes at Harvard Business School, Cambridge University and MIT in Boston. She is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Rebecca was recognised as one of the AFR/Westpac's Australian "100 Women of Influence" in 2014.

Rebecca lives in Melbourne with her husband and two sons.