Creating Synergy Podcast #72 - Grant Kelley, Owner of Adelaide 36ers & CEO of Vicinity Centres on Leadership, Strategy and High Performance
Grant Kelley joined Vicinity Centres in January 2018 and has over 30 years’ of global experience in real estate investment, corporate strategy, funds management and private equity.
Grant was formerly CEO at City Developments Limited, a Singapore-based global real estate company with operations in over 20 countries. Prior to this, Grant was the Co-Head of Asia Pacific for Apollo Global Management, leading their real estate investment activities in the region. In 2008, Grant founded Holdfast Capital Limited, an Asian-based real estate investment firm, which was acquired by Apollo in 2010.
From 2004 to 2008, Grant was the CEO of Colony Capital Asia where he guided acquisition and asset management activities in Asia. From 2002 to 2004, he was based in New York, where he was a Principal at Colony with responsibility for US and European investment opportunities.
Grant holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Adelaide, a Masters in Economic Sciences from the London School of Economics, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Grant is Chairman of the Adelaide 36ers, Chairman of Holdfast Assets, a Director of the Shopping Centre Council of Australia, Deputy Chair of the Board of Governors of Pulteney Grammar School, a Council Member of the Asia Society Policy Institute, and a Member of the Premier’s Economic Advisory Council (South Australia).
In this episode, Grant and Daniel talked about:
- his journey, career and how he found himself owning the National Basketball Team, the Adelaide 36's.
- key influencers throughout his life and factors for his personal and professional success, and he dedicate a great deal of his learning to the amazing relationship he has with Mother.
- His thoughts on the traits of a great CEO and described to us how a remarkable and high performing team work together.
- We deep dived into performance, and the areas he places his focus for business to be successful
- Grant provided his thoughts on how to manage family and business - we can't be workaholic, prioritise the family, how something as simple as walking with your dog brings can bring alot of joy and escape
- We also discusses the the world of basketball and why he decided to become to be the owner of 36ers
- How he manages all of his work and emotions of it all and how he has the ability to compartmentalise it all.
- I also asked a big question of When does enough becomes enough ?
Books mentioned in this episode:
- Leadership - Lessons From My Life in Rugby By Eddie Jones
- Good to Great - Why Some Companies Make the Leap... And Others Don't - By Jim Collins
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