VALAD has appointed Jeff Locke to the role of chief operating officer.
Locke will assume the role from June 1, 2007.
Locke will be a core member of Valad’s executive team that now oversees assets under management of more than $5.3 billion. In particular, he will be responsible for the management of the Australian and Asian regional operations.
Locke has held senior positions in the Australian property, finance and investment banking sectors over the last two decades, including leadership roles at Bankers Trust and Macquarie Bank.
Starting his career at Price Waterhouse, he was finance director at the Hindmarsh Group in the mid-1990s and in 2005 was founding director of Pacific Capital Group, a boutique corporate and project finance advisory firm.
Australian Property Journal