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 held senior corporate, and operation roles for more than 19 years, and brings to the positions of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer wide-ranging expertise in the business resources and property sectors.
Before joining Peet Limited as Chief Financial Officer, Mr Gore gained extensive experience in strategy development and implementation, as well as expertise in debt and equity markets.
He developed a reputation as a strong leader, with operational responsibilities 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 syndication businesses.
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 Redkite (formally 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 portfolio's, as well as private equity and property investments.
After becoming the Group's Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the Myer Family Company Pty Ltd, Mr Sinclair served in those roles for 13 years before retiring from those positions in mid-2009.
Mr Sinclair is also a Non-executive Director of Mirrabooka Investments Limited, a listed investment company specialising in investing in small and medium-sized companies.
Mr Sinclair has a number of philanthropic activities, including being a Trustee of the William Buckland Foundation, one of Australia's largest philanthropic foundations, and a director of Habitat for Humanity Australia (Victoria) Inc, having previously served as Secretary to both The Myer Foundation and the Sidney Myer Fund.
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.
He is a board memeber of the Urban Development Institute of Australia (Victoria)
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