Providing leadership and management expertise drawn from extensive experience in property and funds management.
The GDI Board is comprised of three independent Non-executive Directors and a Managing Director who have extensive experience across property, investment and development, funds management, financial markets and accounting.
Mr Giles Woodgate
Chairman
Mr Woodgate is a highly respected chartered accountant with more than 40 years’ extensive professional practice experience in audit, compliance and turnaround and insolvency, both locally and internationally. Having worked for prominent firms like KPMG and Deloitte, as well as being responsible for publishing several widely acknowledged articles and presentations on topics such as insolvency, voluntary administrations and bankruptcy, Mr Woodgate has been the senior partner of Woodgate & Co. since its inception in 1989. He was appointed as a director of the company in November 2017.
Ms Patria Mann
Independent Non-Executive Director
Patria is an experienced non-executive director and is currently on the Boards of GWA Group Limited and Bega Cheese Limited, and until recently was a non-executive director of EVT Limited and Ridley Corporation Limited. Patria was previously a partner at KPMG and she brings over 20 years of non-executive director experience to the Board of GDI.
Ms Susan Hilliard
Independent Non-Executive Director
Susan Hilliard joined the Board on 3 June 2024. Susan has had a distinguished career at King & Wood Mallesons, and was one of Australia’s most highly regarded corporate lawyers. She has over 30 years’ experience advising A-REITs and other real estate sector clients across a wide range of matters, including public and private M&A, IPOs and capital raisings, regulatory issues, and funds management. Susan is currently a non-executive director of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra.
Mr Stephen Burns
Managing Director and CEO
Mr Burns was the Managing Director at Stanton Road Partners and previously held the position of head of real estate investment banking at Credit Suisse, Australia, a role he held for nine years after holding a similar position at Deutsche Bank, Australia. Mr Burns possesses vast experience as a Real Estate specialist advisor and expertise in capital markets, mergers, acquisitions and other corporate transactions. Mr Burns has expert skills and deep relationships demonstrated over many years and multiple cycles, over the past +30 years.
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27/08/2025