Matthew Hardy

Matthew has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of Centuria Property Funds Limited (CPFL), the responsible entity of Centuria Office REIT (COF), since July 2013 and was appointed Chairman of the Board in June 2021. He is also a member of CPFL’s Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee. He brings more than 30 years, senior-level experience across direct real estate, equities and funds management to the Board.

His career spans UK and Australian markets in direct property valuation and consultancy for global companies including Richard Ellis (now CBRE) and Jones Lang Wootton (now JLL). Previous roles include Hambros Equities’ senior REIT analyst and Barclays Global Investors’ Head of Property and Director of Property Investments, where he managed property securities funds as well as Listed and Wholesale property funds.

Matthew has been the Managing Director, Head of Australia for Real Asset Search and Consultancy Group Ferguson Partners since 22 February 2021. Since 2002, Matthew has been a founding Director of real estate specialist executive search and consultancy, Conari Partners, and its corporate predecessor, Thomas Hardy.

Prior to assuming his current Board positions, Matthew was General Manager to the Mirvac-managed, listed REIT, Capital Property Trust. He was also Mirvac Fund Management’s Head of Investments and Developments where he drove strategy and new business development. After leaving his executive position at Mirvac, Matthew served as a Non-executive Director of Mirvac Funds Management.

He is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). Matthew holds a Bachelor of Science (Urban Estate Surveying) from Nottingham Trent University.

Matthew is also the Chairman of Centuria Healthcare Asset Management Limited.