MacarthurCook makes executive appointments

MACARTHURCOOK has made several senior executives appointments.

Philippa Marshall has been appointed to head of legal & compliance and she will be company secretary of MacarthurCook and MacarthurCook Fund Management.

Marshall was previously general manager legal & compliance of VicTrack and prior to this a partner of Blake Dawson Waldron.

Andrew Bygrave has been appointed head of institutional business and will have international responsibility for investor relations, co-ordination of capital raisings, marketing and public relations. Bygrave has over 10 years investment banking experience in corporate finance and legal and was previously vice president at Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong, vice president & counsel with Credit Suisse in Australia and legal manager at Citigroup in London.

Stuart Milham has been appointed to joint fund manager of the MacarthurCook Industrial Property Fund. Milham has more than 16 years commercial and legal experience in the property industry and most recently was senior legal counsel at Austock Property Funds Management.

The MacarthurCook Industrial REIT team has expanded with the appointment of two new acquisition managers.

Andrew Chee Chin Leong has been appointed as an acquisition manager to acquire property assets across Asia for MI-REIT. Chee has over 13 years professional experience in property consultancy, valuation and business development.

Alan Wong Peng How has been appointed as an acquisition manager to acquire property assets across Asia for MI-REIT. Wong has over 12 years experience in business development with 7 years in the real estate industrial sector. Wong was previously an Investment Manager with a leading industrial real estate developer.

Finally, Nancy Tan as been appointed acting fund manager of MI-REIT, replacing Christine Mount who will leave her current role effective October 23 2007.

Tan, who is currently serving as senior asset manager of MI-REIT and has more than 20 years experience in the commercial real estate and asset management industry.

Australian Property Journal