About Us
Who We Are
Mission & Values
Our mission is to grow Elanor into the leading real estate funds management group recognised for delivering exceptional investment returns while making positive and impactful social and environmental contributions within the comunities we serve and beyond.
Passionate
We are passionate about performance
Urgent
We execute with urgency
Different
We seek to challenge the status quo
Collaborative
We respect each other and value teamwork
Caring
We care — for our people, our investors, our community and our environment
Established in 2009, Elanor Investors Group (“Elanor” or “Group”) is an ASX listed (ASX:ENN) Australian real estate funds management business, managing over $6.3 billion of real estate investments across Australia and New Zealand.
The key strategic objective of the Group is to identify and originate high investment quality real estate assets and deliver strong investment returns for both Elanor’s funds management capital partners and Elanor securityholders. Elanor’s investment focus is on acquiring and unlocking value in real estate assets that deliver superior risk adjusted returns for Elanor’s private and institutional capital partners.
Key Investment Sectors
Commercial office
Healthcare
Retail
Hotels, Tourism & Leisure
Industrial
Our Funds
Leadership Team
Glenn has extensive industry knowledge with over 30 years’ experience in the Australian and international capital markets. Glenn was the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Moss Capital, prior to the establishment and ASX listing of Elanor Investors Group in July 2014. Prior to Moss Capital, Glenn co-founded Grange Securities and led the team in his role as Managing Director and CEO.
After 12 years of growth, Grange Securities, was acquired by Lehman Brothers International in 2007, as the platform for Lehman’s Australian investment banking and funds management operations. Glenn was appointed Managing Director and Country Head in March 2007. In 2008, Glenn was appointed executive Vice Chairman of Lehman Brothers Australia.
Glenn is a Director of the FSHD Global Research Foundation.
Paul has over 30 years’ experience in senior roles in financial services, investment banking and corporate finance. Paul most recently was Oceania Leader of Banking and Capital Markets and a partner in the Financial Services practise at EY.
Prior to that he held a number of positions at Investec Bank (Australia) Limited, including Co-Head of the Private Bank and Senior Mergers & Acquisitions Adviser.
Before joining Investec, Paul was a partner of EY in the Corporate Finance practise for 11 years and also served as a member of the Board of Partners of EY Australia for a period of six years.
Paul is a Life Member of Life Education Australia and a Director of the Life Education Foundation.
Symon has over 25 years’ experience in senior roles across the financial services, technology and business services sectors. Prior to Elanor, Symon was Chief Operating Officer at Moss Capital where he was responsible for the firm’s finance, corporate, human resources, legal and administration functions.
Symon has been Elanor’s Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary since its listing in July 2014, with responsibility for the Group’s finance, technology, legal, secretariat, compliance and people functions. Symon is a Responsible Manager on Elanor’s Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) and sits on the Group’s Workplace Health and Safety Committee.
Symon is the Chair of the Elanor Wildlife Park Foundation.
Blake is the Head of Funds Management working collaboratively across the business to ensure investment performance and has over 15 years’ experience spanning real estate, funds management, private equity and management consulting.
Blake’s expertise traverse acquisitions, investment management, corporate strategy, financial modelling, due diligence and valuation which has been gained from over ten years at Elanor and prior to that Bamford Partners (the Australian arm of US Private Equity firm Monitor Clipper Partners) and KPMG Advisory.
Blake is a Director of Australian Wildlife Parks Foundation and leads Elanor’s ESG Committee.
Marianne has over 25 years’ experience in the real estate, financial services and hotel, tourism and leisure sectors.
Marianne leads the Hotels,Tourism and Leisure Division at Elanor Investors Group. Marianne oversees the origination of new hotel investments for the Group, and the funds management, asset management and operations of the Group’s hotel portfolios. Marianne is responsible for the performance, growth and development of Elanor’s hotel investments.
Marianne previously held the position of Executive Director, Hotels, Tourism & Leisure for Moss Capital, leading the firm’s investment activities across this sector. Prior to joining Moss Capital, Marianne held senior positions within the Asia Pacific business of Wyndham Worldwide, a global hospitality group.
Michael is responsible for the acquisition and investment management of real estate assets, with a focus on retail property. Michael has 24 years’ experience in the Australian and international real estate and finance industries, including eight years as a Chartered Accountant with EY, specialising in providing services to the real estate funds management industry.
Michael has an extensive track record in Investment Manager, Fund Manager, and Chief Investment Officer roles, with substantial achievements in building real estate investment and asset management platforms.
Michael most recently held the position of Executive Director, Real Estate for Moss Capital for five years. Prior to joining Moss Capital, Michael was Centro Properties’ Chief Investment Officer in the USA responsible for 235 properties valued at US$6.4 billion.
David is responsible for development and overall investment performance of Elanor’s commercial real estate investment and asset management platforms. David has more than 20 years’ experience in property and equity markets, most recently as the Head of Investment, Office and Logistics at GPT, having previously managed over $5 billion in balance sheet assets.
David’s experience also includes property valuation roles across a number of jurisdictions and asset classes, followed by equity research roles at Credit Suisse and Citigroup.
Matt is a retail property executive with over 25 years’ experience in major real estate development, investment management and operations.
He is responsible for the development and investment performance of Elanor’s retail real estate asset management platform.
Matt previously held senior roles with Westfield Group, Lend Lease and most recently, 151 Property Group, a Blackstone company, managing a portfolio of retail assets valued in excess of $3bn.
Robert is a Responsible Manager on Elanor’s Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) and also the Chair of the Group’s Compliance Committee. Robert has over 35 years’ experience in corporate finance and law.
Robert is a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and England & Wales and has also enjoyed roles at Linklaters & Paines, Allen, Allen & Hemsley, Ord Minnett and Barclays.
Gary has more than 30 years experience in real estate funds management, financial services and corporate finance, and has worked across UK, Australia and Asia.
Immediately prior to joining Elanor, Gary managed his own corporate finance business where he advised Australian & Asian real estate organisations on a range of growth initiatives including: property acquisitions; corporate M&A; launch of new funds/products; and institutional capital raising.
Gary spent almost 10 years with the Macquarie Group where his roles included:
• Head of Macquarie Goodman Asia
• Chairman of Macquarie Prime Reit (now Starhill Global) Manager
• Joint Head of Real Estate Investment Banking SE Asia
• Head of Group Strategy & Business Improvement
He has also served as Head of Capital Markets (Asia Pacific) for Cushman & Wakefield. He began his career by qualifying as a chartered accountant, and then moved into management consulting.
Board of Directors
Ian was appointed a Director of both the Company and the Responsible Entity (also the Responsible Entity of ECF) in August 2023. With more than 40 years of experience in real estate investment and funds management in the Asia Pacific region, Ian is currently the Lead Independent Director of Keppel REIT Management Limited (KRML), manager of the Keppel REIT, listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange.
Ian served as Chair of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Australia, and as a member for the Board of ULI Asia Pacific, from June 2019 until June 2022. He remains a member of the Australian National Council, and a ULI Global Governing Trustee. Ian was previously the International Director and Asia Pacific Head of Strategic Partnerships at LaSalle Investment Management Asia from January 2000 to April 2018. Ian also served on LaSalle’s Asia Pacific Investment Committee from 2006 and its Global Investment Strategy Committee from 2008. Ian holds a Bachelor of Arts (Economics & Law) from the University of Canberra and an Associate Diploma in Valuation from the University of Technology Sydney. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and the Singapore Institute of Directors, and has been a director of regulated entities in Singapore, South Korea, and Japan.
Glenn has extensive industry knowledge with over 30 years’ experience in the Australian and international capital markets. Glenn was the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Moss Capital, prior to the establishment and ASX listing of Elanor Investors Group in July 2014. Prior to Moss Capital, Glenn co-founded Grange Securities and led the team in his role as Managing Director and CEO.
After 12 years of growth, Grange Securities, was acquired by Lehman Brothers International in 2007, as the platform for Lehman’s Australian investment banking and funds management operations. Glenn was appointed Managing Director and Country Head in March 2007. In 2008, Glenn was appointed executive Vice Chairman of Lehman Brothers Australia.
Glenn is a Director of the FSHD Global Research Foundation.
Nigel was appointed a Director of both the Company and the Responsible Entity (also the Responsible Entity of ECF) in June 2014. Nigel was a Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers for 22 years where he held a number of leadership positions, including heading the financial services audit, business advisory services and consulting businesses.
He also held a number of senior client Lead Partner roles. Nigel has extensive experience in risk management, technology, consulting and auditing in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
Nigel’s current Directorships include a Chairman with Great Southern Bank, where he is Chair of CCI Ltd and a member of the Strategy Committee, non-executive director of Quickstep Holdings Ltd where he is Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee and non-executive Director of the Australia Red Cross Blood Service, where he is a member of the Finance and Audit Committee and a member of the Risk Committee. Nigel has also been a member of the Grameen Foundation Australia charity board since 2012.
Tony was appointed as a Director of both the Company and the Responsible Entity (also the Responsible Entity of ECF) in August 2019. Tony has more than 30 years’ experience working with some of Australia’s leading financial services and funds management businesses. He has broad experience in operational and leadership roles across many industries.
Tony is an Executive Director of Volt Bank Limited and has primary responsibility for capital management. He is also director of enLighten Australia Pty Limited and Team Mates Pty Limited. Previously Tony was an Executive Director of Macquarie Bank Limited where he was involved in the formation and listing of several of Macquarie’s listed property trusts including being a director of the listed leisure trust.
Tony has continued to be involved in developing and completing investment structures for real estate investment and development, financial assets and leisure assets.
Su Kiat was appointed a Director of both the Company and the Responsible Entity (also the Responsible Entity of ECF) in October 2021. With over 18 years’ of diverse real estate experience, Su Kiat is currently CEO of Firmus Capital. Prior to joining Firmus, Su Kiat co-founded Rockworth Capital Partners in 2011 and was the firm’s Chief Investment Officer.
Before Rockworth, Su Kiat was the Investment manager at Frasers Commercial Trust and Director of Funds Management at Allco Finance Group. Su Kiat started his career at Urbis as a retail economics consultant in Australia.
Karyn was appointed a Director of both the Company and the Responsible Entity (also the Responsible Entity of ECF) in November 2021.
Karyn has led a distinguished business career in Australia and internationally, having held a range of senior management and C-suite executive roles in multinational businesses including at Optus, Insurance Australia Group and Senior Vice President The Americas at Qantas Airways. In 2009 she was appointed CEO of Jawun and spent 12 years working with some of the leading indigenous reform voices in the country along with outstanding organisations. She retired from Jawun in January 2022.
Karyn has received a number of awards, notably a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to the Indigenous community in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours and The Australian Financial Review and Westpac 100 Women of Influence Award in Diversity in 2015. Karyn is also a current member of Chief Executive Women (CEW) and Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).
Previous Board positions include CARE Australia, Cure Cancer, Grocon Holdings Pty Ltd and NRMA Financial Management and Life Nominees.
Victor was appointed a Director of both the Company and the Responsible Entity (also the Responsible Entity of ECF) in July 2023. Victor is currently Chief Executive, Funds Management of Challenger Limited (ASX:CFG) (Challenger), having been appointed to that role in August 2022, following five years as Head of Fixed Income within the Challenger Investment Management business.
Victor has over 30 years’ investment management experience. Prior to joining Challenger, Victor was head of Asia Pacific Fixed Income at Aberdeen Asset Management based in Singapore between 2014 to 2017. There he led a team of more than 30 investment professionals across the region. He was also a Regional Director overseeing the wider Aberdeen business.
Prior to relocating to Singapore, Victor led Aberdeen’s Australian Fixed Income business. Victor also held various roles over 13 years at Credit Suisse Asset Management in Australia, including Deputy Head of Fixed Income for three years up to 2009.”
Kathy was appointed a Director of both the Company and the Responsible Entity (also the Responsible Entity of ECF) in January 2024. Kathy is an experienced Non-Executive Director and Chair of Audit and Risk Committees. Kathy spent 24 years with KPMG in Australia, the United States, Asia and the United Kingdom across the audit, risk consulting and advisory divisions providing global perspective. She was previously Audit, Assurance & Risk Consulting Partner at KPMG for 12 years and retired from the partnership in December 2017.
Kathy currently serves as a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of each of 3P Learning Limited (ASX: 3PL), dusk Group Limited (ASX: DSK), Capral Limited (ASX: CAA), Next Science Limited (ASX: NXS), Alex Bank Pty Limited and Alex Corporation Limited (Chair of the Audit Committee), and is the President of the Board of Directors of The Alpine Association of Australia Ltd (operating as Redbank Lodge). Kathy holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting & Finance) from the University of New South Wales. She is a graduate and member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand and Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.
