John Harkness
Independent Director
Civil Engineering
Goodman Group Stapled
Australia
Biography
John is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He was a partner of KPMG for 24 years and National Executive Chairman for five years. Since leaving KPMG in June 2000, John has held a number of non-executive director roles. He is currently Chairman of Charter Hall Retail Management Limited (director since August 2003), the management company of Charter Hall Retail REIT. He is also Chairman of the Reliance Rail group (since 2011). John is a member of the Territorial Headquarters and Sydney Advisory Board of the Salvation Army and the Chairman of the National Foundation for Medical Research and Innovation.
Research Interest
Business Management, Infrastructure and Architecture