BWP TRUST ANNUAL REPORT 2015
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RICK HIGGINS,
AGE: 69
FAPI
Non-executive external director
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Member of the Audit
and Risk Committee
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Member of the Remuneration
and Nomination Committee
Joined the board in December
2007. Rick is a property
professional with over 44 years’
experience, having provided
valuations and consultancy
advice to a range of large
institutional clients relating to
a broad range of properties,
including homemaker and bulky
goods centres.
Before joining the board, Rick
was the National Director,
Business Development for
Colliers International Consultancy
& Valuation and, prior to this,
he was employed by Jones
Lang Wootton for 30 years as
a National Director (formerly
proprietor) responsible for
the national valuation and
consultancy division.
He is also a non-executive
director of Charter Hall Direct
Property Management Limited, a
subsidiary of Charter Hall Group
and the responsible entity for a
number of unlisted retail funds
that invest in office, industrial and
retail properties.
TONY HOWARTH AO,
AGE: 63
CITWA, HON.LLD (UWA),
SF FIN, FAICD
Non-executive director
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Member of the Audit
and Risk Committee
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Member of the Remuneration
and Nomination Committee
Joined the board in October
2012. Tony is a life Fellow of the
Financial Services Institution of
Australia and has over 30 years’
experience in the banking and
finance industry. He has held
several senior management
positions during his career,
including Managing Director
of Challenge Bank Limited
and Chief Executive Officer of
Hartleys Limited. He is a director
of Wesfarmers Limited, having
been appointed to that board in
July 2007. He is also Chairman
of ASX listed Mermaid Marine
Australia Limited.
Tony is Chairman of St John of God
Healthcare Inc, a Director of Alinta
Holdings and a Fellow of AICD.
He is Adjunct Professor (Financial
Management) at the University
ofWestern Australia Business
School. Tony is also involved
in a number of community and
business organisations including
membership of the Rio Tinto
Community Investment Fund and
the University ofWestern Australia
Business School Advisory Board
and Deputy Chairman ofWest
Australian Rugby Union Inc.
MICHAEL STEUR,
AGE : 56
FAPI, FRICS, FPINZ, MAICD
Non-executive external director
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Member of the Audit and Risk
Committee
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Member of the Remuneration
and Nomination Committee
Joined the Board in February,
2015. Michael, an experienced
valuer by background, has over 30
years general property services
experience covering all property
types (including hotels, shopping
centres and large format retail
valuation and advisory), primarily
in NewZealand and Australia, and
more recently in Asia, including
Hong Kong, China, Japan, Malaysia
and Singapore. Between 1988 and
2009, hewas a director of Richard
Ellis Ltd NewZealand (nowCBRE).
He moved to Sydney in 2001 to
take control of CBRE’s Australian
and NewZealand valuation and
advisory business. As well as
property advisory, his experience at
CBRE included strategic planning,
business acquisitions, financial
management, risk and compliance
management and technology
development. In 2009, he was
appointed Executive Managing
Director to head CBRE’s Asia
Pacific Valuation and Advisory
services business. He retired from
this role in June 2014 to pursue
non-executive Board opportunities.
Michael has been a non-executive
director of the New Zealand listed
Kiwi Property Group Limited since
2010.
MICHAELWEDGWOOD,
AGE: 52
B.COM, MSC (FINANCE), GAICD
Managing Director
Appointed to the Board as
Managing Director in February
2014.
Since joining Wesfarmers Limited
in 1995 Michael has held a
number of senior executive roles
across the Wesfarmers Group
including appointments as
General Manager Finance and
also as the Chief Financial Officer
of Bunnings Group Limited for
a period of nine years. Prior to
joining the Trust, he held the role
of Executive General Manager,
Business Improvement for the
Wesfarmers Group. Before joining
Wesfarmers, he held finance roles
with the HSBC Group in Perth,
Hong Kong and Sydney.
