Mark Baillie

Mark Baillie was appointed Chair of the Board of Directors at the United States Studies Centre in November 2015. He is also currently a director of the Perth USAsia Centre and was previously Honorary Treasurer of the Liberal Party of Australia, NSW Division.

From 2013 to 2018, Mark was Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of Folkestone Limited, a real estate funds management, investment and development company listed on the ASX. Prior to this, he was Macquarie Group Limited’s Head of Real Estate - North America and Europe. During his time at Macquarie, he was responsible for the creation and listing of three AREITs on the ASX and was an ASX-listed AREIT CEO for five years. He was located in Chicago, USA and London UK in order to establish and manage the growth of Macquarie Real Estate’s business in both regions. He was a director on the boards of all Macquarie’s listed AREITs.

In addition, Mark has been a director of the following real estate industry bodies, the Property Council of Australia, the Shopping Centre Council of Australia, the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (past Chairman), the European Public Real Estate Association and the American Australian Association Limited.