Goodman appoints Jean-Francois Mounic as Regional Director Southern Europe

SYDNEY, Nov. 3, 2010 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Goodman, the integrated global property group, which owns, develops and manages industrial and office space, today announced the appointment of Jean-Francois Mounic as Regional Director Southern Europe, effective December of this year. He will also continue in his current position as Country Manager for Goodman France.

Announcing the appointment, Danny Peeters CEO for Goodman Continental Europe said: "Jean-Francois Mounic has an impressive track record and extensive expertise in the French property market and will strengthen Goodman's senior management team. The key focus of the Regional Director role is to further pursue the growth of the company in this region."

Jean-Francois will continue to be based in Paris with responsibility for the Group's operations in France, Spain and Italy and will report to Danny Peeters. In the Southern Europe region, Goodman currently has euro 734.6 million of assets under management and euro 84.3 million of developments under construction for parties such as LIDL and DSV.

Jean-Francois replaces Murray Barclay, who will return to Auckland as General Manager Property for Goodman New Zealand.

Jean-Francois has been with Goodman since March 2007. Prior to joining Goodman, he was Commercial Director, Marketing & Communications at the Heppner Group for eight years. He also worked for ABX Logistics for three years and at TNT for ten years.

Jean-Francois said he 'relished the challenge' of his new role. "I am delighted to take up the position of Regional Director Southern Europe, and I am looking forward to harnessing my skills to work closely with the talented teams in France, Spain and Italy to continue to deliver high quality logistics and business space for our customers in Southern Europe," he said.

Danny Peeters also paid tribute to the role played by Murray Barclay. "I am hugely grateful to Murray for the energy and commitment he displayed during his three and a half year assignment with Goodman Continental Europe, and wish him every success in his new role for Goodman in New Zealand," he said.

About Goodman

Goodman is an integrated property group that owns, develops and manages industrial and business space across Europe, the United Kingdom and the Asia-Pacific region. The Group invests in business parks, office parks, industrial estates and warehouse and distribution centres.

Goodman also offers a range of listed and unlisted property funds, giving investors access to a range of specialist services and property assets, and is working continually to build value in industrial property and fund management, with innovative new developments, and business and investment offerings.

With total assets under management of euro 11.4 billion and over 325 properties under management, Goodman is the largest industrial listed property group on the Australian Stock Exchange and one of the largest listed specialist fund managers globally. Its market insight and dedicated local teams create sound investment opportunities and develop properties and environments that meet each client's individual requirements.

With more than 750 staff and 32 offices in 16 countries, Goodman has the global reach to meet customers' needs as their businesses expand or evolve. In Europe, Goodman has offices in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and the UK. For more information please visit: http://www.goodman.com

    For further information, please contact:

     Goodman
     Majella O Doherty
     Communications Manager, Continental Europe
     Tel:   +32-2-263-4000
     Email: [email protected]

SOURCE Goodman Group