ASBEC has secured the services of Alison Scotland as permanent executive director, property doyenne Heather Kent retires after 13 years with ISPT and Peter Burdon-Smith moves to Mirvac as director of retail leasing.
The Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC) has secured the services of Alison Scotland as its permanent executive director. Scotland had been acting in the role, following long-time leader Suzanne Toumbourou’s departure in July for the role of CEO at the Australian Council of Recycling. Scotland’s previous position as senior stakeholder engagement manager at Standards Australia gave her deep insight and connections across the Australian built environment sector.
Property doyenne Heather Kent is retiring after 13 years with ISPT and three decades in the industry in senior roles with Lendlease, JLL and GE Capital. An innovator who set new standards for workplace experience, Kent has been an exceptional ambassador for the property industry and a dedicated contributor to the Property Council, notably to the ACT divisional council.
With more than 25 years in the Australian retail industry, including senior roles at AMP Capital, Scentre Group and QIC, Peter Burdon-Smith moves to Mirvac this week as director of retail leasing joining the company’s integrated investment portfolio. Also joining Mirvac is Andrew Scerri. As senior sustainability manager, Scerri will lead Mirvac’s future climate change targets, share Mirvac’s story through the Task Force for Climate-related Financial Disclosures framework, and coordinate its sustainability relationships with industry groups. Scerri has been with Lendlease for the past 12 years, the last two as national sustainability manager for property. He is also a photovoltaic engineer and was recently named a Green Star Champion by the Green Building Council of Australia.
Julian Dolby joins Aurecon this month as the advisory group managing principal. Dolby was a Deloitte leader for more than a decade, including serving as a member of the Deloitte Australia board and most recently held the role of operations consulting lead partner. Dolby expects key growth opportunities in smart cities and helping clients to manage emerging risks, including climate change, social license to operate, and asset integrity. he takes the reins from, Brad McBean, who presided over four years of growth in the division, almost doubling its revenue and profit in this time.
Kang Song Lim is Certis Security Australia’s new chief executive. A former managing director of Oracle in Singapore, Kang Song has held senior leadership positions in IBM and Hyperion Solutions. He currently serves on the board of trustees for the Singapore University of Technology and Design, and steps into the shoes of Tom Roche, who has led Certis since the acquisition of his family company, SNP Security, in 2018. Roche is retiring after almost four decades in the Australian security industry. He will continue to consult to the Certis Group as a senior advisor. The business has also recently appointed Joanna Simpson as general manager of Australian technology.
Merran Edwards is Investa’s new chief financial officer, and will step into the shoes of Ivan Gorridge, who has resigned after 17 years with the company, in November. Edwards previously held the same role with AMP Capital Real Estate, a position she stepped down from in June.
Adelaide Airport has promoted Brenton Cox, its executive general manager of finance and corporate, to the top job. Cox replaces outgoing managing director Mark Young, who is retiring. Cox joined the airport in 2013, and currently sits on the board of the Property Council in South Australia. He has held directorships with Sydney and Hobart airports and executive roles with Macquarie Group.
Heavyweight recruit Tim O’Loan joins Urbis’ national design studio. As cities and design director will bolster Urbis’ Victorian and national leadership. He has spent the last 15 years at AECOM where he led the growth of the multinational engineering firm’s Australian and New Zealand cities, urbanism and planning practice.
Greg Pike and Matt Lee have been appointed to national roles in JLL’s industrial and logistics division. Pike is transitioning to new role as national head of industrial brokerage services, which will include growing institutional leasing. He was also recently appointed to the board of technology platform uTenant. Lee, as national head of industrial occupier services, will manage JLL’s supply chain and logistics business, occupier services and strengthen data centres. JLL has recently announced its Western Sydney office will relocate to prime-grade office space in Parramatta – at the recently completed 32 Smith development – owned, developed and operated by The GPT Group. This doubles the size of JLL’s current footprint in Western Sydney.
JLL has also expanded its capability in the defence sector with the appointment of industry expert Geoff Camp as the new defence lead for Australia. Camp joins JLL from the Department of Defence, where he has been a director of service delivery for the ACT. He has also held leadership roles in the Queensland Government and in aviation.
Emma Flowers has moved to Colliers as regional director of marketing and communications for the Asia Pacific. Flowers joins Colliers from EY, where she was the brand and client experience director for the Oceania region. Based in Sydney, Flowers will report to Asia Pacific CEO John Kenny.
Colliers has also committed to net zero for its operations by 2030, and has appointed Sean Drygas as global lead for ESG and impact. Prior to joining Colliers, Drygas was vice president of Spark Power Group, where he led sales, marketing, product development, and sustainability solutions. Locally, Colliers’ Asia Pacific CFO Andrew Watson and head of sustainability Lisa Hinde will lead a new APAC ESG task force.
More than 40 experts will sit on the City of Melbourne’s two new design advisory bodies. The Melbourne Design Review Panel, which will provide formal design advice on development applications and on council-led projects, will include a pool of 10 expert members: Louise Wright of Baracco and Wright; Vanessa Bird of Bird de la Coeur Architects; Shane Murray, dean of Monash Art Design and Architecture; Simon McPherson of Global South; Mark Jacques of Openwork; Jane Williams from Jane Williams Architects; Simone Bliss from SBLA Studio; Rory Hyde from the University of Melbourne; and Monash University’s Shelley Penn. José Alfano from Alfano Studio will offer advice at select meetings. The Design Review Panel also includes a pool of 16 technical experts from fields such as heritage, education and sustainability. The Design Excellence Advisory Committee includes five community members, eight technical experts and three technical advisors, who will be invited to select meetings. Among the members are the Property Council’s Danni Hunter, Infrastructure Australia’s CEO Romilly Madew, Victorian government architect Jill Garner. Founder of Fender and Katsalidis, Karl Fender, is one of the technical advisors.
Steve Lennon has joined engineering services firm GHD as a practice director of its digital team. Lennon was previously principal for digital and design with Nous Group, and held a global role with Arup for five years. Lennon will help clients in the energy, water, built environment and infrastructure sectors to digitally transform their assets, operations and business models.
Lendlease’s sustainability manager Lucy Sharman has joined the Western Parkland City Authority as director of sustainability. During her six years with Lendlease, Sharman drove an ambitious sustainability agenda at Barangaroo, including innovation in waste, green roofs and solar panels.
Pete Wylie is also leaving Lendlease for Sydney-based fund manager, Assembly in the new role of head of capital position. The fund manager was established in 2019 by ex-Westfield chief operating officer Michael Gutman, the Lowy Family Group and investment company Alceon.
Mirvac has appointed Rosey McGrath as sustainability manager for communications. She was most recently with international financial services firm BDO in media and communications. McGrath started her career with the Property Council and spent four years with CBRE in corporate communications.