The Investa Board of Directors includes representatives from management, Morgan Stanley, and an Independent Director.
- Scott MacDonald, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer – Investa
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Scott MacDonald is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Investa Property Group and has worked in the real estate industry for more than 30 years, serving as CEO or President of five operating companies. He has developed specialised expertise in corporate management and leadership, as well as formulating and executing corporate repositioning. Scott also has vast experience in real estate development and has a long standing relationship with Morgan Stanley Real Estate.
Scott holds a Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) from Indiana University and a Masters degree in City and Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina.
- Campbell Hanan, Group Executive and Head of Commercial Property Investments (CPI)
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Campbell Hanan is the Group Executive and Head of Commercial Property Investments, responsible for the overall strategic direction and leadership of the group within Investa, with over 15 years of experience in the property and funds management industry. Campbell has overall funds management responsibility for Investa’s commercial office portfolio, and the asset and property management functions for Investa and all of Investa’s managed funds. Prior to joining Investa in 2003, Campbell worked at UBS Securities as a research sales trader specialising in Australian real estate investment trusts, Colliers International and Savills specialising in major leasing projects in the Sydney CBD.
- Christopher Niehaus, Vice Chairman – Morgan Stanley Real Estate
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Christopher J Niehaus is Vice Chairman of Morgan Stanley Real Estate. He has spent his entire 25 year career at Morgan Stanley. He currently focuses on the large, complicated investments of MSREI in Asia, Europe and the US. Chris is a senior member of the MSREF and Special Situations Investment Committees and is a board member of numerous portfolio companies.
Previously, he was head of Global Real Estate Investment Banking and has advised numerous companies on strategic and capital markets transactions.
- Steven Harker, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer – Morgan Stanley Australia
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Steve Harker is a Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Stanley Australia. Prior to joining the Firm in July 1998, Steve spent fifteen years with BZW. In 1996, he was transferred to London where he was promoted to Chief Executive of Global Equities and a Member of the BZW Global Management Committee. He was appointed Chairman of the NSW Innovation Council in 2007 and joined the Council of Governors of Ascham School in 2008.
Prior to joining BZW, Steve was a Research Officer and then National Organiser for the Federated Ironworkers’ Association of Australia from 1979 to 1983 and a Research Officer, Special Projects Section, with the Reserve Bank of Australia in 1979. Steve graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Economics (first class honours) and a Bachelor of Law.
- Lynn Thurber, Chairman and Non-Executive Director
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Lynn Thurber is the non-Executive Director of Investa. Lynn is also a non-executive director of LaSalle Investment Management, a global real estate money management firm investing in private real estate as well as publicly-traded real estate companies on behalf of institutional and individual investors. In her role as Chairman, Lynn advises the firm’s senior management team and serves as a member of several investment committees and advisory boards. She also chairs the Jones Lang LaSalle committee for the firm’s co-investment activity.
Ms. Thurber is also an advisor to the Board of Duke Realty Corporation (NYSE:DRE), a U.S. publicly traded REIT, an advisor to Clerestory Capital Partners, LLC, a global real estate fund of funds investment manager, a Trustee, Chairman of the Finance Committee and a member of the Executive Committee of the Urban Land Institute and a member of the Real Estate Industry Standards Board.
- J.E. Hoke Slaughter, Managing Director - Morgan Stanley Real Estate
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Hoke Slaughter is a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley and Head of the Firm’s real estate investing business in Asia, part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM). Prior to moving to MSIM in 2008, Hoke was Chairman of the Firm’s real estate investment banking group globally and a Vice Chairman of the Firm’s Investment Banking Division. Since joining Morgan Stanley in 1989, Hoke has worked on the full spectrum of real estate M&A and capital markets activity, including numerous transactions that were industry-defining. He has extensive experience in most major markets around the world and in both a principal and advisory capacity over the course of his career.
Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Hoke worked for Gerald D. Hines Interests from 1985-1988 and for Michael Graves, Architect from 1984-1985.
Hoke received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1990, and an AB in Architecture from Princeton University in 1983. Hoke is a member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, the Real Estate Roundtable, and the Urban Land Institute, where he is on the Executive Committee of the New York District Council.