Bringing 33 years’ experience to the Fund in Real Property and Mortgage Securities, originally a carpenter by trade, Ross has developed and project managed the delivery of approximately $750m of residential product on 1,600 titles (including land subdivisions) and a further $250m of industrial developments including work-stores, self storage and both convenience and non-discretionary retail. 

In the financial services sector Ross has held positions as Director and Investment Committee Chair for both a Wholesale and Retail Trustee of an Australian Financial Services License (AFSL) and Accredited Nominee for an Australian Credit License (ACL) which was accredited by Colonial / Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s commercial broking program.

Previous roles as Capital Transactions Manager and Head of Property saw responsibility for the complete life cycle of projects from acquisition through development and disposal including composition of structured finance and mortgage secured loans. Formally trained as a Contracts Administrator within the offices of Forrester Parker Group Limited (ASX:FRP), a listed builder, Ross maintains a QBCC licence as a medium rise supervisor.

Ross has won numerous business awards and following this he established a General Partners joint venture with Investec PLC (INVP:London) as the Investment and Development Manager for a $400m industrial property fund. He represented Aveo Group (ASX:AOG) as the developer representative and ultimately chaired the principal body corporate for an 1,800 lot master planned community. 

His passion lays in the identification of opportunity, while core strengths are cultivating a positive culture, creating strategy, managing risk and working with stakeholders. These skills are supported by relevant qualifications including post-graduate qualifications in risk management and sustainable enterprise and been a Fellow of both the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Australian Institute of Management.

• Graduate Certificate, Sustainable Enterprise, Griffith University

• Graduate Certificate, Risk Management, Griffith University

• Adv. Dip, Business Management, Institute of Business Management

• Diploma, Company Directors Course, Australian Institute of Company Directors

• Diploma, Property (Real Estate), Property Training Qld

• Diploma, Consultancy Business Development, International Independent Business University London

• QBCC - Builder Medium Rise Site Supervisor

• Mediator, Bond University Dispute Resolution Centre

• Cert IV, Training & Assessment, Training Australia Unlimited

• Cert IV, Financial Services, The National Finance Institute

• Cert IV, Building, Cooloola Sunshine Institute of TAFE

• Trade qualified Carpenter and Joiner