Our Team

OUR

Executive Team

Adam Barclay

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Adam is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Gallery Group. Adam has over 20 years’ experience in property development and property investing. Adam founded the Gallery Group in 2011 and has built the business to become a highly successful, vertically integrated property development and investment management group, employing a large team of property and investment professionals

throughout Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane. Adam has been instrumental in acquiring a property development pipeline in excess of $300mil. Prior to founding the Gallery Group, Adam was Managing Director of Oliver Hume Real Estate Group (QLD). Adam is a Director of Gallery Securities and member of the Gallery Securities Investment Committee.

Mark Dimou

CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER

Mark is highly experienced in all aspects of property related finance (debt and equity), investment management and property development gained at ASX listed Group – Sunland (ASX: SDG) where he was integral in delivering a $4 billion development pipeline and instrumental in the exponential increase of Sunland’s market capitalisation during his tenure with the Group.

Prior to leading finance, investments and development at Sunland, Mark was a Consultant at PwC in Private Client Services – Audit. Mark is General Manager for the Gallery Group and is a Board Director of Gallery Securities. He is a Chartered Accountant (CAANZ) with extensive international experience spanning strategy, finance, debt financing, accounting, product management, business development, and industry systems.

Graham Cox

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HEAD OF FUNDS MANAGEMENT

Graham is a Director of Gallery Securities Investment Management and Head of Funds Management for Gallery Securities. Graham has over 15 years’ experience working in private equity, digital infrastructure, property development and funds management and has owned and operated successful related businesses throughout Australia, Asia, and the Middle East.

Graham has been responsible for raising and investing capital for several wholesale investment funds and has developed strong relationships with superannuation funds, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, institutions, wealth managers and family office investors.

Kym Barclay

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Kym is a Director of Gallery Securities and Creative Director of the Gallery Group, which she co-founded in 2011. Kym is an accomplished company director and businesswomen, having been a finalist in the prestigious Telstra Business Awards and is a former winner of the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award.


Kym has over 20 years’ experience leading, managing and scaling businesses throughout the real estate, hospitality and e-commerce sectors which have led to several successful exits. Kym holds a Bachelor of Business majoring in Accounting and holds post graduate qualifications in Marketing.

Robert Carter

RESPONSIBLE MANAGER

Rob is a former senior executive at QIC Limited (a Brisbane, Australia based global funds manager). During his 23 years with QIC, Rob held various positions in funds management and property operations including the Head of Property Funds Management and Managing Director, Global Real Estate, which during his tenure grew to a $9 billion global property investment portfolio.

Rob was supported by an in-house management team of around 170 professionals in disciplines such as funds management, development, property management, leasing, asset management, finance and accounting. He was integral in the establishment of QIC’s global property funds management platform. Rob is currently a Principle at Evolution Private, a boutique property investment and advisory company.

Graeme MacLaren

RESPONSIBLE MANAGER

Graeme is an experienced Australia financial service licence Responsible Manager, company director and executive with over thirty years' experience in banking and financial services.

Graeme has held numerous senior positions within the Commonwealth Bank of Australia involving audit, property investment, finance, operations and compliance.


He currently acts as an independent director and executive director for a number of companies and as an external member on a number of compliance committees.

Graeme's qualifications include a Bachelor of Business, Postgraduate Diploma in Banking Management and a Masters of Business Administration from Macquarie Graduate School of Management.

Graeme is a member of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants, Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia

OUR

Independent Investment Committee

Dr Michael Drew

INVESTMENT COMMITTEE (INDEPENDENT CHAIRMAN)

Michael serves as a trustee director and member of the investment committee of QSuper, is a member of the Investment Advisory Board of the Petroleum Fund of Timor-Leste and, a Trustee and Member of the Finance, Audit, and Risk Committee of Mary Aikenhead Ministries.


Michael is a consulting financial economist specialising in the areas of investment governance, asset allocation, pension plan design, and outcome-oriented investing. He is currently the Managing Partner of MGD Private and a Professor of Finance at Griffith University. He has held previous academic appointments at the Australian National University and QUT, and senior industry appointments with J.B. Were & Son, Myer Family Company, Ord Minnett, QSuper, QIC, and Wilson HTM.

Michael was awarded the inaugural Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) Pinnacle Award in the category of Most Outstanding Thought Leader. Michael is an active company director holding a range of non-executive appointments and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Governance Institute of Australia and is a Life Member of FINSIA.

Philip Garling

INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER

Philip serves as Independent Non-Executive Director of ASX listed property investment management company, Charter Hall (ASX: CHC), Chairman of Energy Queensland Ltd and Non-Executive Director of Downer EDI Limited (ASX: DOW), amongst several other board roles. Philip has over 35 years’ experience in property and infrastructure, development, operations and asset and investment management.

His executive career included nine years as Global Head of Infrastructure at AMP Capital Investors and 22 years at Lend Lease Corporation, including five years as CEO of Lend Lease Capital Services. Philip holds a Bachelor of Building from the University of NSW and has completed the Advanced Management Program at the Australian Institute of Management and the Advanced Diploma at the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Australian Institute of Building and Institution of Engineers, Australia.

Joanne Dawson

INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER

Joanne is currently a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Investment Committee of Vision Super and a Non-Executive Director of Bank First Ltd and Templeton Global Growth Fund Ltd. Her previous roles include Chair of EL&C Baillieu Ltd, and Non-Executive Director of Catholic Church Insurance Ltd and CCI Asset Management Ltd.

Dr. Adam Walk

INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER

Adam is Partner at MGD Private and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Notre Dame–Australia. He is a financial economist specializing in the areas of investment governance, pension finance, and investments. He serves as a director and member of the Investment Committee at Rest, an adviser to the Group Capital and Investment Committee at RACQ Group, a board member of the Archdiocesan Development Fund of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane, and deputy chair and a trustee of Campion College Australia. Adam received his PhD in financial economics from Griffith University, Queensland, Australia. He is an Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst and a Certified Investment Management Analyst designee.

Michael Cox

INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER

Michael is Executive Director of Busines Strategy - Real Estate investments, developments and assets with the Public Investment Fund "PIF" (the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia which is among the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world with total estimated assets of US$382 billion). Michael leads a large investment team to drive over US$5 Billion worth of investment strategies for real estate

assets in the Kingdom, including a portfolio of Residential, Hotels and retail aimed at the entertainment industry to support the Governments 2030 vision. Michael has over two decades of funds management, sovereign wealth fund, property development and property investment industry experience spread across multiple assets classes & geographic regions. He has been associated with global top tier developers, investors and contractors such as Dubai Holding, ALDAR (UAE), Portman Holding (Shanghai), Samsung (Philippines), and UE Group (Singapore).

Robert Carter

INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER

Rob is a former senior executive at QIC Limited (a Brisbane, Australia based global funds manager). During his 23 years with QIC, Rob held various positions in funds management and property operations including the Head of Property Funds Management and Managing Director, Global Real Estate, which during his tenure grew to a $9 billion global property

investment portfolio. Rob was supported by an in-house management team of around 170 professionals in disciplines such as funds management, development, property management, leasing, asset management, finance and accounting. He was integral in the establishment of QIC’s global property funds management platform. Rob is currently a Principle at Evolution Private, a boutique property investment and advisory company.