Charter Hall Retail REIT (ASX:CQR)

Roger was appointed to the Board of the management company of the Charter Hall Retail REIT on 7 June 2018 as Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair.

Roger brings over 35 years’ experience in banking and investment banking in Australia, the US and Japan and is currently a Consulting Director at Rothschild (Australia) Limited.  

In his career as a senior executive, Roger was a Managing Director at Citigroup, where he worked for over 20 years in Australia, Japan and the US. More recently, he was a Group Managing Director at ANZ Banking Group responsible for all the Commercial, Investment and Institutional Banking activities.  

Roger has a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) from the University of Sydney and a Master of Philosophy from Oxford. He is also a qualified CPA. 

Michael brings more than 30 years’ extensive experience in both real estate and the public equity and debt markets. 

In his 11 years with Novion Property Group, an ASX top 50 entity, and its predecessors, Michael held a number of executive positions including Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer and Fund Manager. In these roles, Michael was directly responsible for raising several billion dollars in equity on the Australian Securities Exchange and corporate bonds in the domestic and US markets. 

]Michael is a Non-Executive Director of GPT Funds Management Limited, the Responsible Entity of the GPT wholesale unlisted funds platform and is the Chair of the Investor Representative Committees for both the GPT Wholesale Office Fund and the GPT Wholesale Shopping Centre Fund.

Michael is also a Non-Executive Director of Adelaide Airport Limited, the Chair of its Property, People & Culture Committee and a member of the Infrastructure, Remuneration and Audit & Compliance Committees. 

Michael completed the Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD, France, holds an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management of UNSW, a Bachelor of Science (Architecture) UNSW and a Bachelor of Architecture (First Class Honours, University Medal) at UNSW. 

Michael is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. 

David has over 30 years' property market experience across office, retail and industrial sectors in multiple geographies globally.  

As Charter Hall's Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer, David is responsible for strategically growing the business and maintaining its position as a multi-core sector market leader. David is an executive member of various Fund Boards and Partnership Investment Committees, and Chair of the Executive Property Valuation Committee and Executive Leadership Committee. 

David has overseen the growth of Charter Hall Group from being a small fund manager with $500 million of assets under management when it listed on the ASX in 2005, to today being the largest diversified property funds manager in Australia.  

David remains driven to achieve excellence and create a positive impact – giving back to the communities that Charter Hall operates in, and protecting and growing the retirement savings of those invested either directly or indirectly in the company – ensuring every one of Charter Hall’s stakeholders benefits through the firm’s integrity, discipline and ability to add more value.  

David is the Chair of the Property Council of Australia Nominations and Financial Management Committees. He is also a member of the Property Council Australia Champions of Change Coalition. 

David holds a Bachelor of Business in Land Economy from the University of Western Sydney, is a Fellow of the Australian Property Institute (FAPI) and holds a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance from the Securities Institute of Australia. 

Sue was appointed to the Board of the management company for the Charter Hall Retail REIT on 10 November 2015.

With more than 40 years’ corporate and finance experience, Sue is a professional non-executive director and held senior finance roles across a range of diversified industries during her executive career. 

During her executive career and subsequently, Sue has held a number of non- executive director roles on ASX listed, government and private company boards. Sue has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Queensland. She is a Chartered Accountant and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors

Lianne was appointed to the Board of the management company for the Charter Hall Retail REIT on 14 February 2025.

With more than 20 years experience in Australian and global investment markets and is an experienced Non-Executive Director.

Lianne commenced her executive career in Canada as a Chartered Accountant before working in various roles for Macquarie Group, Westpac Banking Corporation, Hastings Funds Management and NSW Treasury Corporation where she was Head of Direct Investments and Infrastructure.

Lianne is currently a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee for Argo Investment Limited and St. George Community Housing and is a Non-Executive Director of AusNet Services. Previously, she served on the boards of ISPT, Spark Infrastructure, Australian Pacific Airports Corporation and Utilities Trust of Australia.

Lianne holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.’

Ben brings more than 25 years' experience in the property market and with that, a deep knowledge of Charter Hall's business.

As Fund Manager of the Charter Hall Retail REIT and Charter Hall’s Retail CEO, Ben is responsible for all management aspects of the Retail Funds Management platform to deliver value creation within the retail portfolio and optimise returns for our investors. Ben’s focus on delivering mutual success for our customers has remained consistent throughout his dynamic 22-year career with Charter Hall. 

Ben is driven by his passion to foster strong and sustainable relationships that add value for investor customers, tenant customers, partners and communities. Under his leadership, the Retail sector has been recognised for its innovative spirit, with the development of two significant technologies - Autom8 and Lease Easy - that have transformed the way Retail does business for our people and for our customers.

Prior to becoming the Retail CEO, Ben held several roles with Charter Hall including Head of Retail Wholesale and Head of Capital Transactions, overseeing more than $25 billion of gross transactions across all sectors.