Our people

Our on-the-ground team have strong industry relationships and a reputation for efficient transactions often getting exclusive or early access to opportunities. This bargaining power ultimately delivers better return for investors.

Our power is in our people

We take a commercial approach to finding solutions and build long term sustainable partnerships with our investors, industry and investment stakeholders. This is how we can deliver unique investment opportunities and above average risk-weighted returns to investors.

Our executive team is supported by an experienced board with combined property and investment experience of over 100 years and an in-house team comprising of analysts, financial management and client services.

Key management team

Jonathan Wolf

Jonathan Wolf Executive Director
Origination & Execution Jonathan is a founding partner of CPG and a member of the credit and investment committees. He is primarily responsible for the generation and execution of new transactions along with deal structuring and client relationship management. Prior to establishing CPG, Jonathan was with Ernst & Young for 9 years in Australia and Europe, including as an Associate Director in the principal investments and transaction advisory team.

B. Commerce (University of NSW)
Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia

Lyle Hammerschlag

Lyle Hammerschlag Executive Director Development & Asset Management Lyle is a founding partner of CPG and member of the credit and investment committees. He oversees due diligence, credit assessment and ongoing management of the transaction portfolio. Prior to establishing CPG, Lyle held roles with Charter Hall and Stockland encompassing real estate, finance, transactions, research and analytics.

B. Commerce (University of NSW), Masters in Property Development (University of Technology Sydney)
Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia

Paul Ford

Paul Ford Executive Director Centennial
Industrial & Logistics Paul joined CPG in 2018 to build the Industrial & Logistics division. He has over 20 years’ experience in this sector with c$5b in capital transactions and $3b in equity raising, most recently at Charter Hall where he drove and oversaw growth of the national industrial and logistics portfolio from inception into Australia’s second largest (>$5.5b FUM).

B. Business (Property) (University of SA)
Grad Dip in Applied Finance (Securities Institute of Australia)

+61 414 722 347 | paulf{a}centennial.com.au

Theone Star

Theone Star Director, Marketing
& Distribution Theone joined CPG in 2019 following 13 years with Australian Unity, where she was active in building assets under management to over $5.5bn. She drives the marketing strategy for CPG and is primarily responsible for distribution of funds and syndicate. She has over 20 years’ experience in investment banking, asset management and property.

Advance Diploma of Financial Services (Financial Planning) (Tribeca),
Diploma of Financial Services (Tribeca),
Certificate in Communication (Illawarra Institute of Technology)

Crystal Wang

Crystal Wang Director, Asia Desk Crystal joined CPG in 2016. She has more than 12 years’ experience in financial markets in Australia and Hong Kong, including roles with Morgan Stanley and Nomura Securities, encompassing real estate, institutional equities and corporate actuarial.

B. Actuarial Studies, B. Applied Finance (Macquarie University)
Associate of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia
Culture & language expertise: Mandarin and English

+61 407 668 680 | Wechat CPG亚太平台 | crystalw{a}centennial.com.au

Grant Traub

Grant Traub Head of Real Estate Grant joined CPG in 2018 as Head of Real Estate and is part of the senior leadership team. He has over 15 years’ experience in strategy, transactions and asset management, most recently at Dexus where he oversaw a $1.6b portfolio and completed c$5b of transactions.

B. Commerce (University of Cape Town)
Diploma of Surveying Practice (College of Estate Management- Reading University UK)

Mark Zukerman

Mark Zukerman Head of Lending Mark joined CPG in November 2017, following 10 years in Australian Unity’s Commercial Mortgage Trust business. He has more than 25 years’ local and global commercial lending and corporate banking experience and heads building CPG’s lending business.

B. Economics (University of Western Australia)
Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment (Securities Institute of Australia)

+61 423 820 835 | markz{a}centennial.com.au

Paul Macpherson

Paul Macpherson Chief Financial Officer Paul joined CPG in August 2018. He is an experienced CFO, having held executive roles in the property industry for over 15 years, focusing on financial and management accounting, treasury and process and systems improvement. Most recently Paul was with a private family office and has also held roles with listed entities Charter Hall and Multiplex.

B. Commerce (University of Newcastle)
Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia

Katie Whitford

Katie Whitford National Asset Manager Katie has over 10 years’ experience in developing and delivering asset strategies, asset repositioning, acquisitions, disposals, leasing and stakeholder management. Prior to joining Centennial I&L, she had similar roles at JLL (Lendlease Industrial Portfolio) and AMP Capital.

B. Business and Commerce (Property) UWS

Matthew Wakelin

Matthew Wakelin Investment Analyst,
Industrial & Logistics Matthew has over 20 years' experience in property valuations, capital transactions and property analytics in Australia and the UK, across all real estate asset classes. This includes roles with Colliers International and Valad Property Group.

B. Business (Property) (University of South Australia), Masters of Applied Finance (Kaplan)