STRATEGY
While acknowledging each sector is an established market, Macarthur strategy is to embrace innovation that will enable the Company to offer something different and deliver opportunity by creating its own market segment. By creating identifiable individual brands within markets, the Company will remove itself from the clutter of established direct competition. This strategy facilitates easier promotion and market penetration and ultimately greater financial performance.
The first part of this planned differentiation in the Early Learning Education and Childcare sector is a commitment to the intelligent learning concept developed by Montessori Beginnings. Macarthur intends to build its exposure in the Early Learning Education and Childcare sector, promoting the unique Montessori Beginnings brand as both a business operator and as a facility property owner utilising a own, develop, manage model.
The second component of this dual strategy will be direct participation in Retirement Living and specifically in the land lease community sector. Macarthur intends to focus development in attractive country locations and rural communities where additional resort style amenities can be incorporated alongside housing.
“Demand for early childhood education is expected to increase as Australia’s population grows. By 2034, children aged five years and under will make up 14.7% of Australia’s total population, requiring a potential additional 35,000 childcare centres, at current average ratios.*”
*Australian Bureau of Statistics 2019, Populations Projections, Australia, 2017-2066
“Demand for early childhood education is expected to increase as Australia’s population grows. By 2034, children aged five years and under will make up 14.7% of Australia’s total population, requiring a potential additional 35,000 childcare centres, at current average ratios.*”
*Australian Bureau of Statistics 2019, Populations Projections, Australia, 2017-2066
INVESTOR
CENTRE
Registry Direct Limited
PO Box 18366
Collins Street East
Melbourne VIC 8003:
T: 1300 55 66 35 (within Australia)
T: +61 3 9909 9909 (outside of Australia)
F: +61 3 9111 5652
OUR TEAM
Henry Townsing
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Qualifications
Associate Diploma of Valuation
Experience
Mr Townsing brings over 35 years’ experience in investment management across real estate, private equity investment in early stage companies and corporate finance.
His real estate career has spanned residential, commercial and agricultural real estate sectors. His recent residential real estate experience has focussed on the creation of new residential communities within established metropolitan areas where he has led large scale in-fill urbanisation and high rise residential projects.
He is Chairman of Vita Life Sciences a company listed on the ASX.
Dr Les Fitzgerald
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Qualifications
RN., RM., Dip Teach Nurs., BEd., MNursStud., PhD
Experience
Dr Fitzgerald has over thirty-eight years of education experience in the higher education and health sectors.
He has extensive experience in curriculum design and development of undergraduate and postgraduate courses and their professional accreditation and qualification. In a senior leadership role he has implemented online learning, inquiry based learning, clinical practice simulation and flexible learning models throughout major metropolitan and regional hospitals. Currently he leads the development and implementation of a Montessori based education curriculum for early childhood learning and a training program for staff.
He is an accomplished writer and national and international speaker with thirty peer-reviewed publications, book chapters and papers to his name.
Dennis Wilkie
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Qualifications
MBA.
Experience
Mr Wilkie has over 40 years’ experience in Australian and international capital markets.
He has specific experience in corporate advisory, private equity and all forms of capital raising both listed and unlisted, including raising capital for three large scale renewable energy infrastructure projects in Australia and overseas. He has a strong understanding of the challenges of start-up and early stage growth companies, including acquisition and disposal. He is active and experienced Board Director well versed across a diverse range of industries including IT, labour hire, property and hydro power generation.