Responsible Entity Board of Directors

Geoff has had a career in investment banking spanning more than 30 years. He is currently Chairman of Sims Limited and MetLife Insurance Ltd. He is a Director of The Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists and Purves Environmental Custodians.

Geoff was previously Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking of Merrill Lynch International (Australia) Limited until 2009. Geoff was a member of the Listing Committee of the Australian Stock Exchange between 1993 and 1997, a member of the Takeovers Panel between 2007 and 2016 and Chairman of Redkite (supporting families who have children with cancer) until 2015 and is now a Patron. He is a Fellow of FINSIA, a Fellow of the Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand.

Jennifer brings 25 years’ experience across investment banking, financial communications and investor relations. She was formerly the Chief Operating Officer in Australia of the independent investment bank Greenhill & Co. She has extensive experience in enterprise management, including the supervision and management of compliance, HR and financial management.

Jennifer is also a director of QV Equities (ASX: QVE), A2B Limited (ASX: A2B), Yarra Funds Management Limited, Nikko Asset Management Australia and Redkite (national cancer charity supporting children with cancer and their families).

Michael has 45 years of global experience in Chief Executive and General Management Roles and more recently in company directorships. His two principal corporate executive engagements have been with Jennings Industries Ltd and the National Australia Banking Group. At Jennings, he was successively General Manager of AVJennings Homes, General Manager Commercial Property, CEO of Jennings Properties Limited (Centro etc.) and President Jennings USA. Within NAB, he was Global Manager Real Estate responsible for commercial property lending and corporate property investment. He has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, property investment and funds management. In the not for profit sector, he has chaired the Cairnmillar Institute and been a board member of the Salvation Army and Yarra Community Housing.

Michael is also a non-executive director of Charter Hall Social Infrastructure REIT (CQE) and in the private sector, a non-executive director of Dennis Family Holdings and Chairman of Dennis Family Homes.

Howard has a long history in the Australian property investment industry with over 35 years’ experience analysing and investing in the sector. Howard joined APN in 1998 and was responsible for establishing the APN Funds Management business. In this capacity he developed a suite of new property securities and direct property funds, including the flagship APN AREIT Fund and the APN Property for Income Fund, both market leading property securities funds in Australia.

Prior to joining APN, Howard was co-founder and research director of Property Investment Research Pty Limited, one of Australia’s leading independent research companies, specialising in the property fund sector.

Howard is also a director of APN Property Group Limited (since 2004) and APN RE Limited (since 2019), National Storage Holdings Limited (since 2014) and National Storage Financial Services Limited (since 2015), both listed as National Storage REIT (ASX Code: NSR).