Centro Properties Group has hired Craig Barnes from Austock Group's property division as its institutional sales manager.
Barnes will be responsible for selling Centro's wholesale and direct property funds to institutional clients.
Before taking on the job at Centro, he had spells at HSBC Asset Management and National Asset Management.
Centro recently launched two funds directed at the wholesale market.
The $1.1 billion Centro America Fund, comprising 32 shopping centres across 15 states, and the $2.5 billion Centro Australia Wholesale Fund, comprising 28 shopping centres in Australia.
