Deborah Coakley is Executive General Manager of Funds Management at Dexus, one of Australia’s leading real estate groups. She has responsibility for managing its $17 billion funds management platform comprising a number of wholesale pooled funds and capital partnerships.

Deborah previously held executive responsibility for the management of marketing, people and communities, customer services, sustainability and process improvement. Prior to that her management portfolio included property management and asset solutions.

She has broad experience from outside the property sector, with more than 20 years' experience in management roles in consulting, human resources and outsourcing gained in organisations such as Deloitte, Qantas and Alexander Mann Solutions.

Deborah is a Director of the Property Council of Australia and President of their Capital Markets Division, an Ambassador for the Sydney Children's Hospital Foundation and a non-Executive Director of the Children's Cancer Institute, Australia.

Deborah is an experienced business coach and holds a Bachelor of Business degree from University of Technology Sydney (BBus) and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Australian Company Directors (GAICD).

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