St Laurence gets highly experienced director

St Laurence has appointed a new, Sydney-based director, Geoff McWilliam (pictured). McWilliam has more than 35 years experience in the Australasian property industry. For the past 10 years he was chief executive of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia's property activities, growing the business to more than $16 billion of assets. McWilliam also spent 23 years at Lend Lease Corporation. He is currently on the boards of Challenger Listed Investments and Lend Lease Real Estate Investments, and was recently a director for NZX-listed Kiwi Income Property Limited and Commonwealth Managed Investments. McWilliam joins existing St Laurence independent directors Jim Sherwin and Keith Sutton, and St Laurence’s Kevin Podmore, Phil Newland and Mike O’Sullivan.