Tony Lennon FAICD
Chairman
Tony Lennon brings more than 40 years' property experience to the position of Chairman of the Board. He has been a director of Peet for more than 20 years and was Executive Chairman before the company was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in 2004.
As a qualified valuer, Mr Lennon acquired a controlling interest and took up the position of Managing Director of Peet Limited in 1985. Today, he continues to maintain a significant and active interest in the company.
Mr Lennon is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and an Associate of the Australian Property Institute. Formerly President of the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia, he has also served as the Institute’s Senior Arbitrator (Ethics and Practice) and as a Councillor of the national body, the Real Estate Institute of Australia.
His industry service has included State Government appointed roles as Chairman of both the Perth Inner City Living Taskforce and the Residential Densities Review Taskforce. He was also a Member of the Commercial Tenancies Tribunal.
Mr Lennon is a former President of Western Australia’s Shire of Peppermint Grove and Deputy Chairman of the National Board of the Australia Day Council. He is also a former Chairman of the Curtin Aged Persons Foundation and a founding Director of the Wearne and the Riversea Hostels for the Aged, both of which are locally initiated and managed community facilities.
Brendan Gore BComm, FCPA, FCIS, MAICD
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Brendan Gore has more than 23 years experience working in senior executive positions, including five years in land development, including Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Peet Limited since 2007.
Before joining Peet Limited as Chief Financial Officer, Mr Gore held senior corporate, commercial and operational roles in the resources and oil and gas services sector for more than 18 years.
During that time, Mr Gore gained extensive experience in strategy development and implementation, as well as acquiring expertise in debt and equity markets.
He developed a reputation as a strong leader, with operational responsibilities which extended across local and state government relations, environmental and sustainability management and occupational health and safety.
A qualified accountant and Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Mr Gore is also a Fellow of CPA Australia and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries.
Since joining Peet, Mr Gore has played a key role in expanding the company's scope of activities and growing its core residential development and funds management businesses.
Warwick Hemsley BComm, Assoc Dip Val, CPA, FAPI
Non-executive Director
Warwick Hemsley’s long-standing association with Peet extends from 1985 when he became a director and significant shareholder in the company. During that time he served as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer for 17 years, retiring in August 2007.
A 30-year veteran of the property industry, Mr Hemsley is a widely respected leader and continues to hold high-profile roles in key industry and other commercial bodies.
He was President of the Urban Development Institute of Australia (WA) and past Chairman of the Housing Industry Forecasting Group – a joint government and industry body which monitors and forecasts housing demand.
Mr Hemsley is the current President of the Western Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry and was formerly Chairman of its Capital City Committee.
Mr Hemsley has served in a number of community roles and has an active role as Deputy Chairman of the West Australian Opera Company and Council Member of the National Gallery of Australia. He is a former Chairman of the Australia Day Council of Western Australia and continues to participate on the management committee. Other former roles include membership on the School Council of St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls, national board member of Kids Helpline Australia and Treasurer of St George's Charitable Trust. He was also an active Rotarian for 14 years and served as International Service Director during that time.
Stephen Higgs BEc (Syd)
Independent Non-executive Director
With more than 30 years corporate finance experience behind him, Stephen Higgs joined the board of Peet as a Director in June 2004.
Mr Higgs has held a series of board roles with high-profile Australian companies, including UBS Investment Bank, with which he worked for 20 years to cement a leadership position in the private equity market.
In addition to his role on Peet’s Board, Mr Higgs is currently a Non-executive Director of Primary Healthcare Limited.
He is also Chairman of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Australia, a role he has undertaken since 2002.
Mr Higgs’ commitment to the community has extended to include positions working as a Councillor at St Andrew’s College at Sydney University and Trustee of the Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for Children.
Graeme Sinclair BComm, CA, ACIS, FAICD
Independent Non-executive Director
A qualified Chartered Accountant with more than 35 years accumulated experience in investment and wealth management services, Graeme Sinclair joined the Peet Board in June 2004.
Mr Sinclair gained his accounting qualifications with then-named Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co – now KPMG – in 1971, before transferring to the firm's London office.
Two years later he returned to Australia and joined the Myer Family Group, an actively-managed long-term investment group. The Myer Family Group holds Australian and international equity portfolios, as well as private equity and property investments.
Through one of its subsidiary companies, the Myer Family Office Limited, the group provides ASIC-licensed advisory and financial services. After 13 years serving as both the Groups Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the Myer Family Company Pty Ltd, Graeme retired from those positions, effective 30 June 2009.
Mr Sinclair has also been involved in various philanthropic activities, including serving as Secretary of both The Myer Foundation and the Sidney Myer Fund – initiatives which have continued the Myer family’s legacy of civic generosity and support of charitable causes.
He is also a director of several private companies.
Anthony Lennon BA, Grad Dip Bus Admin
Executive Director / National Business Development Director
Anthony Lennon moved to Victoria more than a decade ago to establish Peet’s operations in that state and has overseen significant expansion since that time.
He first joined Peet in 1991 and became a Director in 1996.
Before joining the company, Mr Lennon worked in the United Kingdom, where he completed his post-graduate Diploma in Business Administration while on a Graduate Management Training Scheme with major international construction and development company, John Laing PLC. His time with this global company saw him gain valuable experience in property planning, marketing, feasibility analysis and project management.
Mr Lennon’s responsibilities since joining Peet have included project management, broadacre acquisitions, marketing and financing, and a six-year stint as head of conveyancing services.
Currently Peet Limited’s National Business Development Director, he has previously held the positions of Director of Marketing and Director of Eastern States Operations, responsible for projects in Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales.
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