Geoffrey Earl Grady

Mr Grady, aged 60, graduated from Queensland University with degrees in Commerce and Law (Hons) and is a Chartered Accountant. He was admitted to practice as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland.

Mr Grady is currently the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of Better That, an Australian e-commerce platform. Previously, he was the Executive Director and CEO of Aveo Group (“Aveo”), one of Australia’s largest retirement and aged care operators and its most innovative and expansive operator, from July 2013 to November 2019. In November 2019, Aveo was sold to Brookfield Property Group for A$2 billion introducing large institutional capital into the sector for the first time. From 2009, he was Aveo’s Chief Operating Officer and on becoming its CEO, he transformed Aveo from being an integrated property developer to a dedicated retirement and aged care operation. Before joining Aveo, Mr Grady was the CEO of the Mulpha Sanctuary Cove Group of companies following the sale of the resort to the Mulpha Australia Limited Group in 2002. Prior to this, he was a partner in the corporate recovery practice at KPMG Brisbane.

Mr Grady was appointed to the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 April 2020. He also serves as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee as well as a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee, and Nomination Committee.

Mr Grady has no directorships in other listed issuers or public companies in Malaysia.