Peter J. VERWER AO

Peter is a non-executive director and strategic advisor.

He has been a Prime Ministerial Special Envoy and Deputy Secretary in the Australian Government, CEO and chair of several private sector firms, and an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore.

His longest-serving roles were as CEO of the Property Council of Australia and the Asia Pacific Real Assets Association.

Peter has chaired several leadership groups, including:

  • the Joint Australia-New Zealand Counter-Terrorism Committee’s Business Advisory Group on Mass Gathering Places;

  • Livable Housing Australia;

  • Australia’s Construction Forecasting Council;

  • the nine-government Development Assessment Forum; and,

  • the Kirribilli Dialogue on Universal Design (co-chair).


The Australian Government appointed Peter one of six Disability Community Ambassadors in 2011.

Peter also served on many Australian ministerial advisory bodies, including the Urban Policy Forum and the Australian Statistics Advisory Council.

Peter has also been a special adviser to CareerTrackers, Australia’s leading Indigenous internship program.

Peter is a:

  • Life Fellow of the Green Building Council of Australia

  • Life Fellow of the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council

  • Honorary Fellow of the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors

  • Honorary Life Member of the Property Council of Australia

  • Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.


​Peter was invested as an Officer of the Order of Australia in January 2019 for "distinguished service to the property sector, to sustainable development and construction and to professional bodies''.

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