The Interview
THE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
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44 MINUTES
GEOFF LEVY AO
With Rob Langton
CHAIRMAN AN D FOUNDER: MONASH CAPITAL
Geoff Levy AO is one of the Country’s most successful business leaders with an enviable track record of leading and influencing organisations across the investment banking, corporate advisory, legal, property and sporting spheres.
Holdings, Rebel Sport Limited, Freedom Group Limited, Mirvac and STW Group. Geoff has also held a number of Chairmanship’s including as Chairman of Specialty Fashion Group (2005 - 2017), Cromwell Property Group (2008 - 2020) and Wentworth Williamson Management (2013 - present) to name a few. His current business activities extend to a range of institutions including as Chairman and Founder of Monash Private Capital, an independent investment firm providing capital and asset management, Chairman of the Advisory Board of OurCrowd, a leading global equity crowd-funding platform and Co-Founder & Partner of Our Innovation Fund (OIF Ventures), an Australian based Venture Capital firm. Our discussion with Geoff Levy AO explores his background, the genesis and growth of his business career and the key lessons he’s learnt from an extraordinarily diverse array of experiences.
Born in Victory Park, Johannesburg South Africa in 1959, Geoff completed his early educational studies at King David Primary & High Schools before graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Witwatersrand in 1980. Geoff then re-located to Australia in 1981 and studied a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of New South Wales, graduating in 1982 and joining Freehill Hollingdale & Page in 1983 as a solicitor. For the next decade, he worked at Freehill Hollingdale & Page, becoming a Partner of the firm in 1987 having led a number of significant M&A deals and transactions. Alongside David Gonski AC, Geoff became a Principal of Wentworth Associates for a period of eight years wherein following the sale to Investec in 2001, he became CEO and later Chairman. During the 1990’s and 2000’s, Geoff’s business interests expanded rapidly, including with a number of high-profile board positions with Ten Network
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