Chris Lepherd

Mr. Chris Lepherd is Maniging Director at Principal Global Investors.
He is on the Board of Directors at Principal Global Investors.
He joined the firm in April 2003 as a senior member of the property securities team.
He has over 16 years of property and investment banking experience across a broad spectrum of disciplines including property securities research, real estate valuation, corporate real estate consultancy and real estate acquisitions and divestitures.
Before joining Principal Global Investors, he provided property and equities investment advice to a range of institutional clients including National Australia Bank, Fairfax and Australian Ethical Investments.
Prior to that he was a senior equities analyst with Bankers Trust Australia, specializing in property.
Earlier in his career he held the roles of senior property analyst with JLW Advisory and property analyst with Knight Frank Hooker.
He holds a Bachelor of Business (Land Economy) and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment.
He is a Fellow Member of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA).