The founders of CMF, Alan Knight and Ian Kilday, are supported by Chris White, Director in charge of CMF Commercial.
Alan Knight - Director
Alan Knight qualified as a chartered accountant in 1978. He has pursued a career in finance and advisory and now has over 23 years experience in the financial sector. The last 10 years of which he has spent as a director of CMF.
Ian Kilday - Director
Ian Kilday has had over 25 years experience in banking and finance, holding executive positions within leading Australian trading and merchant banks.
Ian has been a Director of CMF since 1994.
Chris White - Licensee / Principal
Chris qualified as a Real Estate Agent in 1972 when working with Jones Lang Wootten (Now Jones Lang Lasalle). Whilst at JLW Chris was employed initially in commercial sales and leasing before progressing to retail leasing and management.
In 1985 Chris joined International Real Estate Agents, Knight Frank, initially heading up the Sydney City Sales and Investment Division before taking over the management of the Retail Division. In 1987 Chris was appointed Director in Charge of Knight Frank's Hospitality & Tourism Division. During this time Chris sat on the Assessment Board of the Sydney Cove Redevelopment Authority; worked with The Blue Mountains City Council in developing their Tourism Strategy; and retained by the Maritime Services Board to sell and/or lease their numerous hotel, retail and bond store properties in the Rocks precinct
In 1990 Chris ventured out on his own as a hospitality consultant before accepting a role as senior consultant with International Accounting Firm, Arthur Andersen. Here Chris worked closely with the Corporate Recovery Division and the Real Estate Services Group in the delivery of a wide range of services aimed at the Hospitality and Tourism sector.
In 1998 Chris established Raine & Horne Hotels & Leisure specializing in the sales and marketing of hotels, motels, marinas, resorts and leisure oriented properties.
Prior to joining CMF Property Services Limited as Licensee Principal of their Real Estate arm, CMF Commercial, Chris acted for many hospitality stakeholders in a range of consulting activities including, marketing strategies; financial and operational reviews; business re-engineering and structuring; business plans and strategies; and brokerage. Chris has strong marketing and selling skills combined with over 36 years experience across a wide range of property services encompassing the hospitality, retail, residential, commercial and tourism sectors.
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