Brisbane, Australia-based Cromwell Property Group has appointed Nigel Batters as CFO, Europe, effective as of April 2020. Based in Amsterdam, Batters will be responsible for Cromwell’s corporate finance operations across Europe.
Batters has a strong international background spanning more than 20 years in commercial finance and property, principally as a senior audit executive with Ernst & Young U.K., where he worked with a number of large international companies such as Investec Plc, National Australia Bank (including Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks), Royal Bank of Scotland, ING Lease, Siemens Financial Services and Chicago Mercantile Exchange from 2004 to 2011, as well as a stint at ABN AMRO.
He is a chartered accountant, registered company auditor and is currently the audit partner at a mid-tier Australian chartered accounting firm, Baker Tilly Pitcher Partners.