Valad

Valad’s board of directors comprises four non-executive
and an executive director. With many decades of senior management experience ranging across the property, legal, construction and investment sectors in Australia and around the world, the Board provides guidance for Valad's skilled professionals as they pursue new opportunities for investors.

 
  • Trevor Gerber

    Trevor Gerber

    Independent Non-Executive Chairman

    Trevor was an executive at Westfield Holdings Ltd until 1999, and joined the Valad board as Deputy Chairman in 2002 and was appointed Chairman in September 2008. During his 14 year career at Westfield, Trevor’s roles included group treasurer and Director of funds management responsible for Westfield Trust and Westfield America Trust. Trevor is a chartered accountant and has a Degree in Accountancy from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

  • Peter Hurley

    Peter Hurley

    Managing Director

    Peter joined the Valad Board in 1997 as Joint Managing Director until 2004 when he moved to Managing Director, a position he held until 2006. After spending two years establishing Valad’s European platform, he has resumed his position of Managing Director in August 2008. Before joining Valad, Peter held senior positions at Lend Lease in a 10 year career that included establishing their funds management operations in Paris, London and Singapore.  Peter has an Honours Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of New South Wales.

  • Andrew Martin

    Andrew Martin

    Independent Non-Executive Director

    Andrew became a Valad director in November 2006. His international property career spans four decades and includes 23 years with Jones Lang LaSalle where he was an International Director in the firm's capital markets group. Andrew has worked in the Australian, UK and Indonesian property markets and has also spent time identifying and working with Japanese companies investing in Australian real estate. Andrew has an arts degree from the University of New South Wales, and is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a Fellow of the Australian Property Institute.

  • Robert Seidler

    Robert Seidler

    Independent Non-Executive Director

    Bob joined the Valad board in February 2005, and is a partner of the leading Australian legal firm Blake Dawson and a member of its board. He is a member of the Australian Government’s Corporations and Markets advisory committee, an alternate director of Leighton Holdings Ltd, a member of the Investment Review Board of the Australian Prime Property Fund and chairman of Hunter Phillip Japan Ltd. Robert has a Law Degree from the University of Sydney.

  • David Robinson

    David Robinson

    Independent Non-Executive Director

    David joined the Valad board in February 2010 as an independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee.  He is a Chartered Accountant and Company Director with three decades of financial and accounting experience and is currently principal of Harveys Chartered Accountants. He is also a Non-Executive Director and Member of the Audit Committee of Leighton Holdings Limited, Non-Executive Director of Leighton Properties Pty Ltd, and a Non-Executive Director on the boards of HOCHTIEF Australia Limited, Elf Farm Supplies Pty Ltd and Windsor Farm Food Group Ltd.  David is also a trustee of Mary Aikenhead Ministries, the responsible entity for the health, aged care and education works of the Sisters of Charity in Australia and an ICAA representative at the Joint State Taxes Liaison Committee.