The Boards of GPT RE Limited and GPT Management Holdings Limited have the same Directors comprising six Non-Executive Directors and one Executive Director.

Members of the Board have significant experience in various fields, including funds management, property investment and development, financial markets, taxation, accounting and law.

Mr Gene Tilbrook was appointed as a Non Executive Director at the 2010 Annual General Meeting.

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Dr Eileen Doyle
(Director)

Dr Doyle was appointed to the Board on 1 March 2010.

Dr Doyle has over two decades of diverse business experience. She has held senior executive roles and Non-Executive Director roles in a wide range of industries, including research, financial services, building and construction, steel, mining, logistics and export. Currently, Dr Doyle’s directorships include One Steel Limited, Steel & Tube Limited, Hunter Valley Research Foundation, CSIRO and Ross Human Directions Limited.

Dr Doyle holds tertiary qualifications in mathematics, applied statistics (PhD) and business administration. She is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Dr Doyle is Chair of the Corporate Responsibility and Communities Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

Eric Goodwin
(Director)

Mr Goodwin is a Non-Executive Director of Eureka Funds Management Limited, Lend Lease Global Properties SICAF and AMPCI Macquarie Infrastructure Management No 2 Limited (responsible entity of Diversified Utility and Energy Trust No. 2). Mr Goodwin joined Lend Lease in 1963 as a cadet engineer and during his 42 year career with Lend Lease held a number of senior executive and subsidiary board positions in the Australian operation, the US and he was the inaugural manager of the Group’s Asian operations. Eric has experience in design construction and project management, general management and funds management. His experience includes fund management of the MLC Property Portfolio during the 1980s and he was the founding Fund Manager of the Australian Prime Property Fund.

Mr Goodwin is a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and a member of the Corporate Responsibility and Communities Committee.

Anne McDonald
(Director)

Ms McDonald was appointed to the Board on 2 August 2006. Ms McDonald is currently a Non Executive Director of listed entities, Spark Infrastructure Group and Specialty Fashion Group. She is also a Non-Executive Director of Westpac’s Life and General Insurance business, Health Super and St Vincent’s Healthcare.

Ms McDonald is a chartered accountant and was previously a partner of Ernst & Young for fifteen years specialising as a company auditor and advising multinational and Australian companies on governance, risk management and accounting issues. Previous roles include Board Member of Ernst & Young Australia and a Director of the Private Health Insurance Administration Council and St Vincent’s and Mater Health Sydney.

Ms McDonald is Chair of the Audit and Risk Management Committee.

Gene Tilbrook
(Director)

Mr Tilbrook spent the majority of his executive career at Wesfarmers Limited, most recently as Finance Director and Director of Business Development. During his time at Wesfarmers, Mr Tilbrook was involved in many of the transactions that made Wesfarmers a successful diversified group; as well as corporate strategy, finance, investments and capital management. From 2001 to 2005 he was a director of Bunnings Property Management Limited, the responsible entity for the ASX listed Bunnings Warehouse Property Trust.

Mr Tilbrook’s current directorships include Transpacific Industries Group Ltd (since September 2009), Fletcher Building Ltd (since September 2009), NBN Co Limited (since 2009) and QR Limited, the Queensland State Government owned railroad (since 2010). Mr. Tilbrook is a councillor of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (WA Division) and also a member of the boards of the UWA Perth International Arts Festival and Curtin University. Mr Tilbrook has also held directorship roles in the private equity, infrastructure and rail sectors.

Mr Tilbrook holds tertiary qualifications in science, computing science and business administration (MBA) and has completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Mr Tilbrook joined the Board on 11 May 2010 and is Chair of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

Lim Swe Guan
(Director)

After graduating with an honours degree in Estate Management in 1979, Swe Guan was employed as Lands Officer for the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore.

He left URA in 1980 to work as a securities analyst, initially for Kim Eng Securities (1980 1982) and later for Alfa-Pacific Securities (1982 1983).

Swe Guan obtained an MBA from the Colgate Darden Graduate School of Business, The University of Virginia in 1985 and returned to Singapore where he worked as a property consultant with Knight Frank, Cheong Hock Chye & Bailieu.

In June 1986, Swe Guan was recruited by Jones Lang Wootton in Sydney, Australia to the position of Senior Research Analyst. He was appointed Manager in October 1987 and Director in 1989.

Swe Guan obtained the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) certification in 1991.

In November 1995, Swe Guan joined SUNCORP Investments in Brisbane, Australia as Portfolio Manager, Property Funds.

Swe Guan returned to Singapore in December 1997 to assume the position of Regional Manager for the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation. He is currently a Managing Director of GIC Real Estate. In that role he is Global Head of the Corporate Investments Group that invests in public REITs and property companies.

Swe Guan sits on the boards of Land & Houses in Thailand, General Property Trust and Thakral Holdings Group in Australia and Sunway City Berhad in Malaysia.

Swe Guan is a member of the Audit, Risk Management Committee.

Rob Ferguson
(Chairman)

Mr Ferguson was Managing Director and Chief Executive of Bankers Trust Australia for 15 years. During his 30 year career with Bankers Trust Mr Ferguson held a number of senior executive positions including Head of Corporate Finance and Investment Management. Mr Ferguson was also an independent non executive director of Westfield for 10 years.

Mr Ferguson is currently the Non Executive Chairman of IMF (Australia) Limited; Non Executive Chairman of Primary Health Care Limited and Chairman of MoneySwitch Limited. Prior Board positions include Chairman of Vodafone Australia, Nexgen Limited and Bankers Trust Australia Ltd.

Mr Ferguson brings to the Board a wealth of knowledge and experience in finance, investment management and property as well as corporate governance.

Mr Ferguson joined the Board on 25 May 2009 and is a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

Michael Cameron
(Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director)

Mr Cameron joined The GPT Group as CEO and Managing Director in May 2009 and has over 30 years' experience in Finance and Business.

His past experience includes 10 years with Lend Lease where he was Group Chief Accountant then Financial Controller for MLC Limited before moving to the US in 1994 in the role of Chief Financial Officer/Director of The Yarmouth Group, Lend Lease's US property business. On returning to Sydney in 1996 Michael was appointed to the role of Chief Financial Officer, MLC Limited before moving to the role of Chief Financial Officer, then Chief Operating Officer of the NAB Wealth Management Division following the sale of MLC.

Michael joined the Commonwealth Bank of Australia in 2002 as Deputy Chief Financial Officer and was appointed to the role of Group Chief Financial Officer soon after in early 2003.

In 2006 Michael was appointed to the position of Group Executive of the Retail Bank Division of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, leading a team of 20,000 staff servicing eight million customers.

Michael was Chief Financial Officer at St.George Bank Limited from mid 2007 until the sale to Westpac in December 2008.

Michael is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants, a fellow of CPA Australia and a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Brendan Crotty
(Director)

Mr Crotty was appointed to the Board on 22 December 2009. He brings extensive property industry expertise to the Board, including 17 years as Managing Director of Australand until his retirement in 2007.

Mr Crotty is currently a director of Australand Funds Management Pty Ltd, Brickworks Limited and a privately owned major Victorian land and housing company. Mr Crotty is also Chairman of the Western Sydney Parklands Trust, a director of the Barangaroo Delivery Authority, a member of the National Housing Supply Council and one of the NSW Government’s representatives on the Central Sydney Planning Committee.

Mr Crotty holds tertiary qualifications in Surveying, Town Planning and Business Administration and is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and the Australian Property Institute as well being a member of the Planning Institute of Australia.

Mr Crotty is a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and a member of the Corporate Responsibility and Communities Committee.