PEET & Company Limited was founded in 1895, by James Peet, and incorporated in 1905, making it one of Western Australia’s oldest companies.
In that time, the company has had a continuous presence in land subdivision and expanded its operations to include residential developments in Victoria in 1997, Queensland in 2002, and New South Wales this year.
Approaching its century of trading in 2005, for most of its history the company has specialised in the project management, marketing and selling of large subdivisions and the formation of syndicates for the purchase and development of selected land parcels.
Tony Lennon and Warwick Hemsley purchased a controlling interest in the company in 1985 and both have strong backgrounds in property and the WA community.
Mr Lennon has held several positions including former Real Estate Institute of WA president, Peppermint Grove Shire President, deputy chairman of the National Australia Day Council, chairman of the Australia Day Council of WA, and chairman of the Perth Inner City Living Task Force.
Mr Hemsley is currently on the Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s board, and a former chairman of its Capital City Committee, a member and former Chairman of the REIWA Land Advisory Committee and a member of its Policy Advisory Group.
He was Australia Day Council of WA chairman from 1999 to 2001 and is a past national board member of Kids Helpline Australia. From 1996 to 1999, Mr Hemsley was treasurer of St George’s Charitable Trust.
Ian Palmer became a director of Peet and Co at the same time as Mr Lennon and Mr Hemsley and has been a qualified valuer for more than 30 years.
He has been an active Rotarian, and is a former Olympic representative in sailing, a sport he is still actively involved in.
