Team AVARI

Peter Barnes

Non-Executive Chairman

Peter has over 36 years of experience across the property and lending industry. Apart from acting as Chair of AVARI’s investment committee Peter
also currently acts as the Chair and Independent Board Director of Charter Hall Investment Management Limited.

Sunny Tsun

Investment Committee

Sunny is regarded as one of the most distinguished real estate investment professionals in the market, he has 25 years real estate experience and was most recently head of GIC Australia, prior to that he spent 22 at GIC in Singapore, managing Singapore’s foreign capital reserves’ property interests. GIC are the largest foreign real estate asset owner in Australia, including Chifley Tower and a substantial industrial portfolio. Sunny also previously worked with global asset managers Ping An and SEB Asset Management.

Alan Liao

Managing Director

Alan is the founder and Managing Director of AVARI Capital Partners. Alan has over 15 years of experience in financial market and capital management. Alan founded AVARI Capital Partners in 2014. Prior to this, he was working in Investment Banking at CITI Bank. Alan’s total deals at AVARI exceed $2B. He is experienced in investment sourcing, portfolio management and repositioning. Alan has also completed numerous residential developments.

Margaret Li

Managing Director

Margaret is a Chartered Accountant with 20+ years’ experience in fund management and properties-related financial control. Margaret was the Former Group Finance Manager at Vicinity Centres and in charge of $22 billion REITs

Simon Riordan

Managing Director Distribution

Simon has 20+ years’ experience across equities, derivatives, fixed income and property. He was a former senior investment and advisory professional from Macquarie Bank, AMP, CBA and Westpac

Isolde Chen

Managing Director Investments

Isolde is a Chartered Financial Analyst Level III candidate, she specialises in investment modelling, asset valuation and holding structures. Her total Investment due diligence experience exceeds $2 billion

 

Terence Lai

Managing Director Property

Terence is a Registered architect with NSW architects board, he has 20+ years’ experience in residential, commercial and industrial development. Terence has over $2 billion worth of projects delivered to date

Steven O’Connell

Chair of the Compliance Committee

Steven has over 35 years of experience in the finance industry across life insurance, asset management, custodian services, financial planning and
superannuation. Steven has previously headed the compliance for several large multi-national asset managers and was a pivotal person during the
sale of Mellon Australia’s superannuation and administration consulting business in 2005. Steven holds a Bachelor of Business and is a CPA. Steven
is also an associate of the Australasian Governance, Risk and Compliance Institute.

Sam Burrell

Distribution

Director

Sam Tait

Investments

Director

Robert Puzzolo

Asset Management

Director

Conor Whiting

Asset Management

Associate Director

Peta Borella

Investments

Associate Director

Ned McCormack

Investments

Associate Director

Jack Irving

Investments

Associate

Doris Sheng

Investments

Accountant