Abacus Storage King

John is the Independent Non-Executive Chair of the Board and has over 45 years of experience as a corporate lawyer, investment banker and company director. In his executive career, he was an M&A and corporate partner at the law firm now known as Herbert Smith Freehills for 20 years, General Counsel at Commonwealth Bank of Australia for 5 years and Executive Chairman of Credit Suisse Investment Banking and Capital Markets, Asia Pacific for 10 years.

John is Chair of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Audit & Risk, Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Steven was appointed Managing Director of Abacus Group in April 2018 after joining Abacus in October 2017 as Chief Investment Officer and Head of Strategy. Steven brings extensive experience in real estate funds management, asset management, equity and debt capital markets and M&A transactions, as well as valuable insight and connection to global real estate investors. Steven focuses on whole business and investment strategies, capital allocation and developing third party capital relationships.

Before joining Abacus, Steven was an Executive Director in Macquarie’s Asset Management Division, developing Macquarie’s Real Estate strategies as part of its Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) division in the UK and Australia. Steven supported the development and expansion of MIRA’s platform in key markets. Prior roles included, Managing Director and CEO of Federation Centres (now Vicinity Centres), an ASX-listed REIT with then A$23 billion of Australian shopping centres under management, and CEO of Macquarie CountryWide Trust (now Charter Hall Retail REIT) with shopping centre holdings in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and US. Over this period Steven served six years as Chairman of the Shopping Centre Council of Australia, and Director of the Property Council of Australia.

Steven is a member of Nomination Committee.

Stephanie is an Independent Non-Executive Director and has over 25 years’ experience, is a Chartered Accountant, a former Transaction Services partner of Deloitte and KPMG and an experienced listed company Audit and Risk Committee Chair. Stephanie currently chairs the Audit and Risk Committees of HomeCo Daily Needs REIT, HealthCo Healthcare and Wellness REIT and Future Generation Australia. Stephanie is also a former Audit Committee Chair of Superloop.

Stephanie is the Chair of Audit and Risk Committee and a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Mark is a Non-independent, Non-Executive Director and has an extensive 36 year career as a Finance Executive in Australia, Canada and South Africa, with his most recent role as Chief Financial Officer at Scentre Group up until April 2019, having previously served as Deputy Group CFO at Westfield Group. He acts as a consultant to Calculator Australia Pty Limited. Mark is also a non-executive Director of AGL Energy Limited, Pacific Smiles Group Limited and EBOS Group Limited.

Mark is a member of the Audit and Risk, Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Karen is an Independent Non-Executive Director and has over 25 years of experience across the legal and finance industries, both in Australia and overseas. Karen has worked as a solicitor with UK magic circle firm, Linklaters, as well as in the structured finance business of Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Most recently she spent over 10 years running mergers, acquisitions and operations for the ASX-listed Challenger group’s balance sheet business. Karen is a qualified (non-practicing) lawyer in England and Wales as well as a Chartered Financial Analyst and experienced board member. Karen is also currently a non-executive director of Cricket New South Wales.

Karen is the Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk and Nomination Committees.