Board of Directors and Committees

Bevan has over 40 years of experience in real estate funds management across Asia Pacific and Europe.  He was most recently Global Head of Real Estate at Australian Super and was responsible for its global real estate portfolio. Before joining Australian Super, he was responsible for the Global Property Fund at Cromwell Property Group based in their London office.

Bevan has had an extensive executive career in all aspects of property investment management, development and construction, and capital placement in leading Australian Real estate businesses including Lend Lease, Mirvac and Colonial First State Property.

He is also a member of the Australian Property Institute.

As Charter Hall’s Chief Experience Officer (CXO) she is responsible for creating customer centric strategies that drive culture and customer connectivity across the Group, ensuring that customer experience is central to the Group’s operations. Prior to joining Charter Hall, Natalie was the Head of People and Development at Valad where she established and led the organisation’s Human Resources function, and the publishing multinational Wolters Kluwer where she was instrumental in transforming its operating model. She joined the Property Foundation Board in September 2023.

Virginia is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner of MinterEllison and is a market-leading practitioner in the property, development and infrastructure markets acting for both government and private clients.

Virginia is passionate about the property industry and is heavily involved in the Property Council of Australia (PCA) including as a member of the PCA’s National Board. Virginia is also a Board member of Committee for Sydney and chair of its Knowledge Economy Taskforce and a member of our own National Board of Directors. Her passion and knowledge bring strength to our cause, further driving the tangible difference we can make as industry professionals.

In 2021, Jane Fitzgerald became the Chief Operating Officer of the Property Council of Australia after five years as NSW Executive Director where she led the advocacy agenda at a time of enormous investment and change in the sector. Prior to her appointment, Jane was a senior executive with the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department, the Deputy Director-General of the NSW Ministry for Police and chief of staff to two ministers in the NSW Government. Jane has a law degree and an arts degree majoring in politics from the University of NSW.

Malcom is the Chief Executive Officer of Colliers in Australia, responsible for leading the company’s enterprising culture and values that includes always doing what is right for Colliers’s clients, people and their communities. Colliers has supported the Property Industry Foundation since 2002 and sponsored the Sydney Sailing Regatta since 2011.