Allan Fife

Allan Anthony Fife  (born October 1954) is an Australian business man.

Early life and education
Allan Fife was born October 1954 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.  

Fife was educated at Turvey Park Public School, Canberra Grammar School, Macquarie University and Western Sydney University.  He holds a bachelor's degree in Arts, a master's degree in Commerce (Hons) and is a Doctor of Philosophy.  His doctoral dissertation was in economics, in the field of pricing theory. He is also a registered real estate valuer.

Career
Fife joined the family business, Fifes Produce Pty Ltd, in 1975 and initiated the redevelopment of its retail premises, later embarking on a career in real estate and finance with Jones Lang Wootton (now JLL). 

Between 1990-2006, Fife was a director of investment bank Grant Samuel and established and led Grant Samuel Property.  Fife specialised in real estate and infrastructure finance and investment and the management of complex asset transactions.  He has developed financial instruments and capital arrangements to facilitate the development of private and public sector assets and the effective sale and leaseback of corporate real estate. He was co-author of ‘The Sale and Leaseback of Real Estate’ published by the Australian Property Institute (API) in 2013.

In 2006 Fife founded Fife Capital on the foundation of three generations of family real estate investment activity as a private capital real estate investor, and the firm subsequently became a diversified alternative investment house specialising in real estate.  Fife has held the role of Chief Investment Officer of Fife Capital since the firm was established and is Chairman of the investment committees of the Group, including those of the Terra Australis investment partnerships. 

In July 2019, Fife Capital won The Urban Taskforce Development of the Year for 2019 award for their 40-level York&George development. York&George is a mixed-use development in the heart of Sydney's central business district, providing 199 residential apartments and commercial and retail space.  

Fife has been Adjunct Professor of Property, School of Economics and Finance, College of Business, Western Sydney University since 2007. In 2007, he received the University's Partnership Award for services to the University. He has also served as a member of the Judging Panel for the NSW Excellence in Property Industry Awards. In 1997, Fife was appointed to the Board of Anglican Retirement Villages (ARV), an aged welfare arm of the Sydney Diocese of the Anglican Church in Australia.  He became Chairman of ARV in 2008, stepping down from this role in 2014.

In 2019, Fife was described as a "property luminary and insightful mentor", by Human Potential podcast host, Oliver Freer.

Honours
Fife received the Medal of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day 2017 Awards for service to aged welfare, to business, and to the property sector. Fife has twice been a recipient of the Peter Barrington Gold Medal Award for research in the field of Land Economics in 1994 and 2002.

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Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
Category:1954 births
Category:Macquarie University alumni
Category:Western Sydney University alumni
Category:People from Wagga Wagga
Category:Australian business executives
Category:Living people