Hobson Leavy is pleased to announce the appointment of Nick Jacobson as an independent Director for Stride Property.
Nick has extensive international real estate advisory and capital markets experience, gained primarily with some of the world’s leading investment banks. He is currently Managing Director at CapStra (formerly Pepper Property) in Sydney, Australia, and was previously Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking Services at Goldman Sachs in Sydney, and Chairman of Goldman Sach’s Real Estate Investment Banking division. Nick has considerable capital markets experience and has completed a significant number of direct and indirect real estate sector transactions.
Chairman Tim Storey has welcomed the appointment, commenting “Stride is very pleased to have Nick join the group. We consider that his strong background in investment banking and property will complement the current Board skills, and will be extremely valuable to Stride as we continue to execute our funds management strategy”.
This appointment will take effect immediately. In line with the NZX Listing Rules, Nick will retire and stand for election at the next Stride Annual Shareholder Meeting, due to be held in August.
Read more about Nick’s placement here.