CHARTER HALL
Aidan Coleman , a business technology executive with more than two decades of diverse international experience , joined Charter Hall in 2014 fresh from a three-year stint delivering technology transformation at Stockland .
“ Charter Hall came to a realisation around three years ago that it needed to take a more strategic view of technology , and how it could be better utilised to both grow the business and to scale the business ,” Coleman says .
“ Property is interesting because it ’ s one of those industries that is a bit of a laggard when it comes to technology . IT is certainly a huge
focus for property businesses now and at Charter Hall we ’ re in a really good position . IT has now firmly got a seat at the executive table and we ’ ve started to deliver on the strong pipeline of solutions for improved services for our people and customers .”
As a property investment and funds management business focused on office , retail , and industrial property sectors , Charter Hall has experienced rapid growth over the last decade , a factor that was contributing to their immature IT strategy of three years ago .
It was Coleman ’ s task , as the incoming Chief Technology Officer , to establish a clearer strategy and
32 July 2016