Janusz Hooker

Who is Janusz Hooker?

L. Janusz Hooker is the Deputy Chairman of LJ Hooker Limited. Prior to this appointment Mr. Hooker was Chief Executive Officer of LJ Hooker and was instrumental in the revitalisation of the business and driving market share growth. Mr. Hooker led a consortium of seasoned investors who acquired the LJ Hooker business from Suncorp in 2009.

Mr. Hooker has had a dynamic career including being the managing director of Asia for W.P.Carey & Co, a New York based investment management company that provides long-term sale-leaseback and build-to-suit financing for companies worldwide and manages a global investment portfolio of approximately $12.7 billion. Prior to this role he was the founder and CEO of TiNSHED, an Asia-Pacific investment firm comprising a group of the region's leading private investors; and in his early career he was investment officer at the Asian Infrastructure Fund in Hong Kong and a business analyst on the China desk at Price Waterhouse.

Mr. Hooker is passionate about youth education co-founding the Foundation for Kids in New York and the Kids to Coast Program for the Mutitjulu Community in Central Australia.

Mr. Hooker has a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of Business in the United States, with a concentration in finance. He is an avid sportsman and represented Australia at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games receiving a bronze medal in rowing.