Australian design practice Hames Sharley has bolstered its presence in Victoria with the addition of ten new workplace interiors specialists.
Among the new hires is interior design specialist Sonja Duric, who has been appointed to Hames Sharley’s Board as a Director. Duric brings over 20 years’ experience in workplace strategy, interior design, concept design, project coordination and focus group facilitation.
Duric led Artillery Group as Director for over 11 years, and now joins Hames Sharley along with nine other members from the Group; Kate McCann, Michael Edwards and Ian Piggott as Associate Directors; Pavel Ornelas and Suzi Wedd as Associates; Alex Macdonald, Tracy Lo and Kylie Lord as interior designers; and Dion Wee as a graphic designer.
Steve So, a real estate professional, has joined MaxCap Group’s direct investment team.
His new responsibilities at MaxCap include developing new equities product strategies and managing equity fund portfolios.
So will report to Simon Hulett, MaxCap’s head of direct investment, and will also contribute to the development of the financier’s larger direct investment strategy.
Cbus Super has announced that Ros McKay has been appointed to the role of Head of Responsible Investment and will be joining Cbus’ Investment Leadership Team.
Michael Hawes has joined Warren and Mahoney as Principal and Group Landscape Architecture Lead.
Throughout his 25-year career, including 16 years with Boffa Miskell, Hawes has led the landscape design and delivery of numerous high-profile projects, including Auckland’s Fort Street Area and Federal Street Precincts, the New Zealand International Convention Centre, and recently Heke Rua Archives New Zealand, Wellington.
CBRE has super-charged its Australian Agribusiness platform with the recruitment of 13 new valuers, providing specialist expertise across all the country’s major geographies.
One of the key new hires is industry market leader John Harrison, who will head CBRE’s Australian Agribusiness Valuation & Advisory Services business.
Other news joiners include Alex Thamm, James Beveridge, Sam Douglas and Amy Retell. Following other recent hires, CBRE now fields a 20-plus strong Agribusiness Valuation & Advisory Services team.
Leesa Jones has begun a new role as Senior Director, Client Solutions at CBRE.
Peter Morley has started a new position at Dexus as Project Director – Atlassian Central Development.
Meanwhile, Kerri Leech has started a new position as Head of Corporate Finance at Dexus.
Investa announced a number of changes to its boards, following the retirement of long serving Chairman, David Baffsky AO, who retired after 11 years as Chairman.
Rebecca McGrath has been appointed as Chairman of Investa Wholesale Funds Management Limited (‘IWFML’), the responsible entity of the $6.5 billion Investa Commercial Property Fund (‘ICPF’).
Investa also announced the appointment of Graham Pearson as a Non-Executive Director of the IWFML Board.
In addition to the ICPF Boards Chairman appointments, McGrath has also been appointed Chairman of Investa’s operating platform, Investa Office Management Holdings (IOMH), replacing retiring Chairman David Baffsky. Jennifer Lambert, an existing Director of IWFML has been appointed as a new, Non-Executive Director of IOMH.
Scott Nugent has started as the Head Of Investment (Retail) at The GPT Group.
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