Our People
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Specialising in banking & finance and real estate practice with Melbourne law firm Thompson Geer Lawyers, as a lawyer Adam advised on several landmark real estate transactions including the $600MN development of SX Towers in 2000 before he was approached to join real estate private equity practice Gersh Investment Partners Ltd in 2000.

In 2009, following 6 years as partner and managing director with GIPL (working in association with Babcock & Brown’s real estate transactions group), Adam left to establish IDA with the ambition to work on a more closely aligned basis with his development and investment clients.

To this day Adam has successfully maintained his ambitions by participating meaningfully as a principal co-investor and advisor in every IDA transaction.

Adam’s proven track record and extensive relationships across domestic real estate and capital markets has helped IDA become an established and trusted source of real-estate backed investment opportunities for sophisticated investors as well as a reliable source of intelligent and accretive capital solutions for middle-market developers.

In addition to Adam’s day-to-day role and responsibilities with IDA, he also maintains active involvement across a range of extracurricular social, philanthropic and commercial initiatives.

Adam is Chairman of technology incubator Papercloud Ventures and director of edutech start-up Vivi International Ltd. Adam is also a member of the King David School Council and Finance & Risk Sub-Committee and chairs KDS’ Property & Building Sub- Committee.

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With over 20 years of cross-border real estate investment, development and valuation experience in Australia, Singapore and India, Robbie is highly regarded for his investment approach and discipline, supported by his deep understanding of real estate capital markets, land economics and real estate development.

Utilising broad capital markets and asset management expertise, Robbie has funded, developed and acquired / managed assets across the residential, office, industrial and tourism sectors.

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Jeremy commenced his career at Macquarie Group’s real estate structured finance division providing tailored financial products for property development. Following this, he moved into Macquarie’s dedicated real estate and infrastructure funds management arm, focussing on opportunistic development investments.

Prior to joining IDA, he was a co-founder and director of Jameson Capital, a boutique real estate investment manager.

Jeremy currently sits on the State Committee for, and is Treasurer of, MND Victoria, the peak body for motor neuron disease support in Victoria. He is a Fellow of the Tax Institute and a Senior Associate of FINSIA.

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Prior to joining IDA, Olivia worked for MaxCap Group where she was the Director of Structuring and Execution (Investment) and, prior to that, the General Counsel. She has other prior experience, including working as a solicitor for one of Australia’s top-tier law firms, Minter Ellison.

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Gwen comes from an internal audit background of 10 years in the banking and finance sector in Malaysia and more than 10 years’ experience managing operations (middle and back-office processes) in the Australian property finance and investment management industry.

She brings a wealth of experience and knowledge from her previous roles in managing investment and lending operations for MaxCap, Qualitas and Arch Finance.

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Prior to IDA, Cheerag was responsible for commercial lending and portfolio management functions within the property team at Australian Unity.

Cheerag’s responsibilities include deal assessment, financial modelling and end to end transaction management.

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Prior to IDA, Shikha worked with a private real estate fund manager and a property developer, where she gained extensive experience in the funding of real estate assets.

Shikha’s role includes deal assessment, financial modelling and end to end transaction management.

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Trevor’s responsibilities include due diligence, financial modelling and analysis, transaction execution, and transaction management. In prior roles, Trevor was responsible for the valuation of a variety of asset classes at m3property, including institutional grade retail, commercial office, development sites, fast food retail, service stations, medical centres, and childcare centres. Prior to valuations, Trevor was part of JLL’s property and asset management team, where he was engaged by institutional shopping centre investors to drive value creation through the activation and monetisation of underutilised space.

Trevor holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Property from the University of Melbourne, and a Graduate Certificate in Finance from Macquarie University.

Linda is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the organisation’s finances, as well as assisting with general loan administration and operations.

Linda is highly capable, possessing over 8 years’ industry experience from financial and tax accounting disciplines having held roles with YK Partners and Emerson Randell Young.

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