Our Management

Grant Kelley joined Vicinity Centres in January 2018 and has over 30 years’ of global experience in real estate investment, corporate strategy, funds management and private equity.

Grant was formerly CEO at City Developments Limited, a Singapore-based global real estate company with operations in over 20 countries. Prior to this, Grant was the Co-Head of Asia Pacific for Apollo Global Management, leading their real estate investment activities in the region. In 2008, Grant founded Holdfast Capital Limited, an Asian-based real estate investment firm, which was acquired by Apollo in 2010.

From 2004 to 2008, Grant was the CEO of Colony Capital Asia where he guided acquisition and asset management activities in Asia. From 2002 to 2004, he was based in New York, where he was a Principal at Colony with responsibility for US and European investment opportunities.

Grant holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Adelaide, a Masters in Economic Sciences from the London School of Economics, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Grant is Chairman of the Adelaide 36ers, Chairman of Holdfast Assets, a Director of the Shopping Centre Council of Australia, Deputy Chair of the Board of Governors of Pulteney Grammar School, a Council Member of the Asia Society Policy Institute, and a Member of the Premier’s Economic Advisory Council (South Australia).

Peter Huddle joined Vicinity Centres in March 2019 and has over 20 years’ experience in Real Estate Development and Asset Management. As Chief Operating Officer (COO), Peter is responsible for leading the teams on all aspects within our shopping centres including Management, Operations, Leasing, Development and Marketing.

Prior to joining Vicinity, Peter has had extensive experience in multiple global markets through a number of senior roles within the Westfield Group. Peter was most recently COO of Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, USA post acquisition of Westfield. Before the acquisition, Peter was Senior Executive Vice President and Co-Country Head of the USA, where he led the US Development teams through a prolific period of expansion. Before the US, he was COO of a Westfield Joint Venture in Brazil. Prior to Brazil Peter had extensive Asset Management and Development experience within the Australian market.

Adrian Chye joined Vicinity Centres in June 2015 following the merger of Federation Centres and Novion Property Group (Novion). Adrian is an experienced finance executive with over 15 years’ experience in strategy, corporate finance and accounting roles.

Prior to his current appointment, Adrian was Director, Strategy and Corporate Finance. Previous to this, Adrian was Head of Strategy at Novion (formerly CFSGAM Property) and Head of Strategy and Corporate Transactions at CFSGAM Property.

Adrian is responsible for group strategy, mergers and acquisitions, financial planning and analysis, external financial reporting, capital transactions and strategic partnerships.

Adrian is a Member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

Carolyn Reynolds joined Vicinity Centres in May 2014 and has more than 20 years’ experience as a commercial litigation and corporate lawyer. In her current role, Carolyn has oversight of the safety, risk, compliance, company secretarial, lease administration and legal functions for Vicinity, and is a Director of the Vicinity subsidiary Boards.

Prior to her current appointment, Carolyn was a partner at law firm Minter Ellison from July 2003. Carolyn gained extensive experience over this time which featured work on Las Vegas Sands Corp.’s bid for the rights to develop and operate the Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort in Singapore. Carolyn has also gained diverse experience relating to boards from her legal work and involvement with not-for-profit organisations such as Ovarian Cancer Australia.

Carolyn is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Chief Executive Women and ACC Australia.

Carolyn Viney joined Vicinity Centres in October 2016 and has more than 20 years’ experience in construction, property development and real estate investment.

Prior to her current appointment, Carolyn was with Grocon where she held a number of senior roles over a 13-year period, including CEO, Deputy CEO and Head of Development.

Carolyn is an Advisory Board Member to the Victorian Government’s Office of Projects Victoria, and an Advisory Board Member of Women’s Property Initiatives, a not for profit housing provider to women and children at risk of homelessness. Carolyn is also a Non-Executive Director of The Big Issue and Homes for Homes, both of which are not for profit providers of employment and support to homeless, marginalised and disadvantaged people, as well as being a non-executive Director of the Walter + Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research. Carolyn is a former President of the Victorian Division of the Property Council of Australia.

David Marcun joined Vicinity Centres in June 2015 as part of the Merger of Federation Centres and Novion Property Group (Novion). David has more than 25 years' experience in the retail property sector, predominantly in finance and operations roles.

Prior to his current appointment, David was EGM Business Development. Previous to this, David was Chief Operating Officer and Head of Asset Management at Novion (formerly CFSGAM Property). Over this time, David played a significant role in the merger of Federation Centres and Novion, as well as the internalisation of CFSGAM Property from Commonwealth Bank of Australia in 2013-14. Having joined The Gandel Group in 1993, David was also involved in the acquisition of Gandel Retail Management by CFSGAM Property in 2002.

David is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

Justin Mills joined Vicinity Centres in June 2015 following the merger of Federation Centres and Novion Property Group (Novion) and has more than 19 years’ experience in the retail property sector. In this newly created role, Justin is responsible for developing and testing new concepts and ideas that are aligned to the corporate and departmental strategies, specifically where these can be accelerated and enabled by technology, digital and data. Justin oversees Enterprise Technology, Business Development, Energy, Media, Research & Insights and Data Science.

Prior to his current appointment, Justin oversaw the strategy function of Vicinity including Alternative Income, Data Science & Iinsights, Security and Intelligence, Sustainability, Strategy and strategic delivery, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations.  Justin has also held the positions of Executive General Manager Shopping Centre Management and General Manager, Retail Management and Strategy at Novion (formerly CFSGAM Property) from 2009. In 2002, Justin joined CFSGAM Property where his roles included Assistant Fund Manager of CFS Retail Property Trust, Centre Manager of Chadstone shopping centre and regional responsibilities across several Victorian assets.

Kah Wong joined Vicinity Centres in October 2016 and has nearly 20 years’ experience in global debt capital, FX and OTC derivatives markets. Kah is responsible for managing the balance sheet for Vicinity and its predecessor companies, Novion Property Group and Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM), since 2006. He also held the role of Acting CFO at Vicinity in 2019.

Kah has worked in the United Kingdom, Singapore and Australia, and has transacted complex financing across multiple jurisdictions including M&A transactions. Previous to this, Kah was Head of Treasury at CFSGAM, Associate Director at Westpac Banking Corporation and Fixed Income Fund Manager at Retail Employee Superannuation Trust (REST).

Kah holds a Bachelor of Engineering from Monash University, and an MBA from the Melbourne Business School.

Marie Festa joined Vicinity Centres in July 2021 with almost 20 years’ experience in corporate and ASX listed companies across a number of industries including property, fintech, mining and transport logistics.

Prior to joining Vicinity, Marie held the position of Executive Vice President, Communications and Investor Relations at top 20 ASX fintech company, Afterpay. Previous to this, Marie was the Head of Culture and Reputation at ASX listed property company Mirvac Group, which included responsibility for communications, human resources, investor relations, HSE&S and innovation.

With a strong background in communications and external relations, Marie has managed relationships with media, investors and other key stakeholders through several significant and complex corporate transactions including IPOs, capital raisings and major acquisitions and has provided strategic communications advice to Boards and executive teams in areas such as issues and crisis management, stakeholder engagement, brand, industrial relations and safety.

Tanya Southey joined Vicinity Centres in October 2019 and has more than 25 years’ experience in Human Resources. Prior to joining Vicinity Centres, Tanya held Executive Human Resources roles at General Electric, Jetstar and Carlton and United Breweries (CUB). In addition, Tanya has consulted within the Human Resources strategy space.

During her career Tanya has been involved in major cultural transformations, including due diligences, acquisitions, building employee value propositions and creating high performance cultures. In her time at CUB, Tanya was involved in the global transaction to sell SABMiller to AB Inbev, a US$106 billion deal which was the largest in the history of the London Stock Exchange. Tanya has worked in the United States of America, South Africa and Australia and has been accountable for Human Resources teams across the Asia-Pacific in multiple roles.

Tanya has been on the Victorian Board for The Hunger Project, a global organisation which aims to end world hunger through the empowerment of people in developing countries.