Dexus announced that Kevin George will be stepping down as Executive General Manager, Office, effective 3 July 2023. Andy Collins has been appointed to lead the office team.
Mr Collins has been with Dexus for 10 years, initially spending five years as a Head of Office Portfolio, and most recently as Group Head – Transactions and Development.
Heidi Mitchell has been named COO of quantity surveyor WT. She will be in charge of WT’s senior management team, as well as the business development, marketing, and people and culture teams.
CBRE has appointed property banking professional Duncan Caldwell to lead its Debt & Structured Finance (DSF) business in Victoria.
CBRE’s expanding DSF team includes 15 professionals in Australia and New Zealand, headed by Andrew McCasker. Last year, the team provided debt origination and advisory services on $2.8 billion in property transactions across both countries.
Mr Caldwell commenced his property finance career with NAB, where he established the bank’s property finance operations in the UK and Ireland and played a leading role in the establishment of NAB’s Major Client Group property finance team in Melbourne.
He has also held senior roles with Investec, ANZ and was mostly recently Westpac’s Executive Director of Real Estate for Victoria, Western Australia and Queensland.
Also at CBRE, Natalie Slessor has been appointed to lead the firm’s Pacific Property Management business.
Ms Slessor brings over two decades of experience advising and consulting on the future of living, leisure and work at leading organisations including Lendlease, the Macquarie Group and Woods Bagot.
She is joining CBRE after 11 years at Lendlease where she was most recently Head of Product Strategy, Investment Management.
Cushman & Wakefield has confirmed the major appointments of Andrew Fife – Senior Director, Brokerage Industrial & Logistics WA and Ross Palframan – Director, Brokerage Industrial & Logistics WA, closing out the largest ever agency team transition in the WA market.
AVID Property Group’s National Marketing Manager, Melissa Kerr, has joined the Property Industry Foundation’s Beneficiary Review Committee for 2023.
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