ISPT revamps executive

ISPT has recruited three new executives - Matthew Brown as group executive, head of funds management, William Walker as chief investment and development officer, and Amanda Steele as group executive, head of property - and promoted Steven Peters to the newly formed position of chief sustainability officer.

Walker was previously executive general manager development, and head of NSW for Cbus Property, and Brown was fund manager for the Charter Hall Prime Office Fund (CPOF), and head of office investment management at Charter Hall. Steele joins ISPT from CBRE where she was executive managing director, Pacific, property management.

The four appointments have followed a review of ISPT's internal structure by chief executive officer Chris Chapple, who joined the group last October.

"The result has been a transformation plan prioritising capability building, evolving how we do business to better support our stakeholders' needs, and simplifying our structure to unlock efficiencies. Alongside this, our focus is on driving efficient and effective portfolio management, underpinned by diverse products, and investment across geographies and asset types that are defensive and can produce a combination of both alpha and beta returns," Chapple said.

He said the group's ambition is to become a globally recognised leader in funds management, ESG and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

"We believe the world class talent, collaborative spirit and vision we now have in place across the business will drive ISPT's reputation as one of the sector's most progressive players in the market - an organisation with a commitment to ESG excellence embedded at the core, and an unwavering focus on innovation to drive the returns investors are looking for," ISPT chair Rosemary Hartnett said.