Board of Directors

Tim was appointed Chair of Stride in 2009. He has more than 30 years’ business experience across a range of sectors and has practised as a lawyer in Australia and New Zealand, retiring from the Bell Gully partnership in 2006. Tim is a member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand (Inc) and is a director of JustKapital Litigation Partners Limited (ASX Listed) and a number of private companies.

Michelle has more than 20 years’ experience in the property industry and was most recently the General Manager of Business Development and Strategy for the National Australia Bank Global Institutional Bank. Prior to this, Michelle was Fund Manager of the $3.8 billion GPT Wholesale Shopping Centre Fund for ASX50 company The GPT Group. Michelle holds a Master of Business Administration, a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts (Journalism & Communication). Michelle is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Women on Boards Australia and the Women’s Leadership Institute Australia and is an Associate of the Australian Property Institute.

Philip brings more than 30 years of extensive experience gained within funds and property management entities (both listed and unlisted), in senior management and CEO roles and directorships, throughout New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom and Asia Pacific. Most recently, Philip was CEO, Asia Pacific, of LaSalle Investment Management, a Chicago-based global real estate funds manager with assets under management of $USD58 billion, chairman of the Asia Pacific Investment Committee and a member of LaSalle’s Global Management Committee. Philip is a Chartered Surveyor, a Professional Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a former Fellow and President of the New Zealand Institute of Quantity Surveyors. He holds a BSc and MSc from the University of London.