Ho Pan started his career as a cadet at a mid-tier accounting firm, before taking a graduate role at PwC. During his time at these accounting firms, he provided Business Advisory Services to a range of private businesses and high net worth individuals. In particular, he worked closely with several property industry businesses, which ranged from developers, funds and secondments at a listed property group. He then moved to London and worked in a Housing Association’s finance team which owned and developed social and affordable housing in East London.

On his return from London, Ho Pan started working for the Reed family to lead the finance function for their property development and commercial fit out businesses. As part of this role, Ho Pan worked closely with the Development team and sales team, being involved with the operations, project funding, reporting, land acquisitions and sale of the Waterlea Project.

Ho Pan was also part of the team which was responsible for the proposed development of 41 McLaren Street North Sydney. Ho Pan’s role included being part of the building management team, refinancing and was responsible for the completion of the sale of the building.

At Benchmark Property Partners, Ho Pan heads the finance function – covering funding, feasibility studies, transaction management, compliance, reporting and stakeholder management – using his deep knowledge of the full property development life cycle, from feasibility, acquisitions, planning, project funding, sales through to delivery and divestment.

Ho Pan is a member of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, holds a degree in Business from the University of Technology Sydney and has a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance.

Parag is a seasoned professional with over 12 years of experience in real estate, infrastructure, and corporate law, enabling him to take a highly commercial and strategic approach to real estate financing. His expertise lies in structuring, executing, and managing a wide range of real estate investment opportunities across the capital stack and various asset classes, ensuring optimal outcomes for clients. Parag’s extensive background in these sectors equips him with a deep understanding of the complexities involved in real estate transactions.

Prior to his current role, Parag gained valuable experience working in Real Estate Finance at the Eildon Capital Group. His diverse skill set and industry insights make him a highly valuable asset to any team. At Benchmark, Parag is responsible for managing the Benchmark Mortgage Fund, including sourcing and due diligence of lending opportunities, borrower and investor relations, loan compliance and reporting.

Greg entered the property sector early in his career working part time for Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) on their graduate program whilst completing his Bachelor of Property Economics at the University of Technology Sydney. Greg gained a diverse and valuable range of experience as he rotated across JLL’s various property divisions such as Project & Development Services, Corporate Solutions, Valuations and Research.

After graduation, Greg entered the construction industry working for a tier 1 builder as a contracts administrator and then project manager for several years where he gained a comprehensive understanding of the construction process managing time, cost and quality of various projects ranging between $20m and $50m.

After gaining extensive construction experience Greg wanted to pursue his true passion, property development. To fund this venture Greg went on to set up his own award-winning interior fitout and development business, RBG Services Group (RBG), which delivered high end projects for clients such as Lamborghini, Audi, BMW, and Brickworks. This business funded the transition through the acquisition of a portfolio of commercial and land assets, as well as provide working capital for the various approvals and improvements.

In 2014, Greg and his team took advantage of the housing market conditions in South East Queensland and focused the business on achieving an approval to develop 1,854 dwellings west of Ipswich. This project was launched in 2017 as the Waterlea Estate, which later became known as the Dawn Estate. Throughout the lifecycle of this project, Greg gained coal face exposure to all facets of the development process, especially in sales.

To create synergies with the development business, Greg went on to set up his own sales agency as well as an offshore marketing channel in Singapore. The ability to sell offshore was instrumental in the success of Waterlea in its early stages.

Since then, Greg and his team have diversified their land holdings in both NSW & QLD and are currently working with various landowners to unlock development potential. Joint Ventures and Landowner partnerships have become the main fain focus of the development business, creating win/win opportunities and a sustainable positive business practice.

After graduating with a degree in Civil Engineering and Finance from UNSW, Andrew spent the first years of his career working as an engineer in large scale civil construction. In this role Andrew developed valuable skillsets in civil construction, cost control, project management and commercial contract negotiation. Subsequently Andrew went on to work in residential and commercial construction and ultimately helped establish RBG Services with Greg Reed. RBG Services, a commercial fit out business, was established to deliver high quality projects and enabled Greg and Andrew to pursue property development projects by providing a source of funding.

In 2014, RBG started planning for the Waterlea Project, an 1,854 lot housing estate in South East Queensland, and Andrew moved into the role of Development Manager.  Waterlea was an extremely complex project with extensive flooding issues and no connection to sewer. Andrew’s engineering knowledge was critical to developing cost effective solutions to get the project going and his background in finance was valuable in creating the feasibility models and attracting initial investors. His knowledge of civil infrastructure and contracts was critical in negotiating the infrastructure agreements required to facilitate the provision of more than $35m of external trunk infrastructure to service the project. After gaining some early approvals, the project commenced in mid-2016 with the first settlement in early 2017. After trading for 5 years, Waterlea was sold in late 2021 at a total return multiple of approximately 20 times its 2014 valuation.

Overseen by Andrew, in 2019 the project team at Waterlea won the Stormwater Australia State and National awards for Stormwater Management and Master planning for their efforts on the flood strategy at Waterlea.

Andrew was also involved in the RBG’s proposed development of 41 McLaren Street North Sydney, completing the feasibility studies and coordinating the structural design development and project cost studies.

Andrew is an equity partner and director of Benchmark Property Partners, and his role extends from investment strategy and site acquisition to development and stakeholder management.