Sam Tarascio Snr

Salta Funds Salta IC Chairman

The ability of Salta Properties Founder and Executive Chairman Sam Tarascio Snr to consistently see opportunities in the property marketplace has been central to our growth as one of Australia's largest privately owned companies.

Performing an integral role in the day-to-day operations of the company, it was Sam Snr's decision to construct a warehouse for our former sister company Westgate Logistics that led to the establishment of Salta Properties. That was in 1974 and at the time the company was called Westgate Storage. Today Sam Snr's vision has led to Salta Properties being one of the largest and most diversified privately-owned property companies in Australia.

Sam Tarascio

REF Chairman, Salta and Pentacle IC member

As Managing Director of the Salta Group, Sam Tarascio is responsible for the day to day running of the group's development, construction, asset management and funds management activities.

After a long informal education in property through Salta's founder, Salvatore Tarascio, Sam now has more than 10 years formal hands on experience in the property industry. Following a brief stint at corporate advisory firm Coopers & Lybrand, Sam started his career in property at Jones Lang LaSalle gaining experience in their property management and then sales and leasing divisions. Sam joined the family company, Salta, in 1999 first in the group's asset management business before moving on to take an active role in the company's largest development at the time, the Victoria Gardens mixed use residential, commercial, and retail precinct.

Since that time, Sam has been actively involved in the rapid expansion of the Group, and took on the position of Managing Director in 2005. During his time as Managing Director, the company has significantly grown its development pipeline and has overseen the growth of Salta Constructions to become one of the largest commercial builders in Australia.

Sam is a licensed real estate agent and is also a Director of the St Vincent's Institute Foundation which support the activities of the St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research.

Professor Robert Officer

REF Compliance Committee Member

Emeritus Professor University of Melbourne; Former Chairman of Victorian funds Management Corporation (retired on 28 May 2006); Chairman of Acorn Capital Limited; Deputy Chairman of Tactical Global Management Ltd; Director of OFM Investments Group Ltd; Director of Babcock and Brown Direct Investment Fund Limited, Director of Colonial Foundation Limited; Trustee of Buckland Foundation.

Patrick Crammond

Re Funds Management Chief Operating Officer

Patrick has operated the Pentacle Funds since inception in 2006 and Salta Funds since 2008. Prior to joining the Salta Group, Patrick spent over 15 years as an investment banker working in the European, Asian and Australian capital markets specialising in the raising of equity capital. Most recently Patrick worked for Merrill Lynch where he was co-head of the Equity Capital Markets team in Australia and completed a number of transactions in the property and infrastructure sectors. Patrick has held day to day responsibility for the management of the Pentacle Funds for the last 3 years and recently took responsibility for the Salta funds.

Charles Veevers

Re Funds Management Chief Executive Officer, Board Member
Salta Funds Investment Committee Member

Charles has over 40 years' experience as a lawyer across a broad range of commercial activities. Charles has been a director of the Salta Group for over 20 years and is a partner in the Melbourne law firm Logie-Smith Lanyon. Charles has extensive experience in land purchase, town planning and construction documentation in property, resource and infrastructure developments together with mergers and acquisitions.

Andrew Brest

REF Board Member, REF Compliance Committee Member and Salta IC Member

Andrew started with the Salta Group in the early 1990's and became CEO of Westgate Logistics. Andrew is currently a Director and Company Secretary of a number of Salta Group companies and is responsible for finance and administration for Salta Properties Pty Ltd. and Andrew's current responsibilities include the evaluation of projects, administration of joint venture entities, project financing for the group and project administration for property projects.

Kerry Duncan

Re Funds Management Compliance Committee Chairman

Kerry has over 38 years experience as a senior commercial/corporate lawyer including 22 years as a partner, including 8 years as state chairman, of Minter Ellison. Kerry has an unwavering commitment to excellence and professionalism, ethical and principled behaviour, due process, governance and best practice principles. Kerry is a member of the Australian Compliance Institute and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

John Farlow

Re Funds Management Compliance Officer and Accounting, Company Secretary
Pentacle Funds Company Secretary

John has over 16 years' experience in accounting and 21 years in information technology. For the last 16 years John has focused on the banking and finance sector with the last 5 years focused on property funds management working with the Salta/Pentacle group and Ceramic Funds Management. Whilst at Ceramic John developed an in-house IT system to manage their funds' custody, accounting and registry systems. John is currently responsible for providing accounting and company secretarial support for the Salta group's funds management operations and will be responsible for managing an in-house fund accounting, registry and custody system.