Stockland chief Mark Steinert is set to retire, GBCA’s Jonathan Cartledge lands a new role at Infrastructure Australia, while Melbourne’s chief resilience officer Toby Kent moves on.
Mark Steinert has announced he will retire after nearly eight years at the helm of Australia’s largest listed developer, Stockland. A flexible transition has been agreed to ensure a “smooth handover,” says Stockland chairman Tom Pockett. Steinert, a former UBS analyst, has been CEO and managing director since taking over from Matthew Quinn in 2013. Steinert was also national president of the Property Council from 2015 to 2017. Stockland is now searching for Steinert’s successor.
Jonathan Cartledge has landed a new role with Infrastructure Australia as director of policy and research. As the Green Building Council of Australia’s head of public affairs and membership for the last four years, Cartledge has led public debate and driven progress in government policy in cities, social infrastructure and emissions reduction across the built environment. Cartledge was also director of policy and government relations with Consult Australia for six and a half years. GBCA CEO Davina Rooney says “it’s a great testament to the GBCA’s work that Jonathan has been chosen for this role of national influence at a time when investment in sustainable infrastructure has never been more important”.
Toby Kent has wound up his role as Melbourne’s chief resilience officer. Kent helped deliver Melbourne’s first metropolitan-wide resilience strategy – the first in Australia – but is finishing up due to funding and budgetary pressures. The work of Resilient Melbourne will continue as part of City of Melbourne’s Climate Change branch, with deputy chief resilience officer Maree Grenfell stepping in.
National independent valuer and advisor m3property, has promoted Brisbane based director Dan McGrath to the role of national director industrial. McGrath has worked as a valuer in Sydney, Canberra and Eastern Europe before joining m3property’s Queensland office in 2019. Managing director of m3property’s Queensland office, Ross Perkins, said McGrath’s promotion followed his strong performance in his role as director.
One of the world’s largest diversified real estate investment managers, Barings, has appointed John Ratcliffe to head up its Asia Pacific real estate. Ratcliffe takes on the newly-created role after 12 years with Challenger as executive director for transactions and capital raising. He will develop Barings’ pan-Asian and Australian real estate platform and will report to Charles Weeks, head of Europe and Asia Pacific real estate equity. Weeks says Ratcliffe’s focus will initially be on Australia – “of the world’s most transparent, liquid and open markets” – and Japan. Based in Sydney, Ratcliffe will work alongside Duncan Robertson, head of Asia Pacific and global business development. Barings has US$327 billion in assets under management.
Ian Worthy has joined interior design firm Unispace as principal of strategy. Worthy recently ran his own interior design practice, Thoughtspace, delivering commercial fitouts for clients including Suncorp, Foxtel, City of Ryde, Crown Equipment and Ecolab.
Eureka Group has appointed Greg Paramor AO as an independent non-executive director. The ASX-listed company provides quality and affordable rental accommodation for independent seniors and disability pensioners. Paramor is a non-executive director of Charter Hall Limited, was the co-founder of Growth Equities Mutual, Paladin Australia and the James Fielding Group, and CEO of Mirvac Group between 2004 and 2008. He was managing director of Folkestone Limited, a specialist property funds management group, before it was acquired by Charter Hall in 2018. A past president of the Property Council, Paramor was inducted into the Property Hall of Fame in 2019.