Zac Fried

Zac Fried worked closely with David Di Pilla and the team who founded and established the consortium to acquire HomeCo in 2016. Zac is the Executive Deputy Chairman of Spotlight Group Holdings (SGH). Established in 1973, SGH owns three major and iconic Australian retail brands: Spotlight, Anaconda and Mountain Designs. The group also controls one of Australia’s largest privately-owned property portfolios, Spotlight Property Group, and operates a significant family office engaged in extensive investment and philanthropic activities. With 8,000 employees and 200 big box retail outlets across four countries with large greenfield redevelopment opportunities throughout the group, SGH is one of Australia’s leading retail and property industry participants.

Zac’s focus at SGH includes the oversight of the group’s property development and leasing portfolio. He has almost 30 years of retail and property industry experience and a demonstrable track record of successful site identification, property value creation, and the fostering of many longstanding and close lessee relationships. Zac has played the central role at SGH in the development of many of Australia and New Zealand’s premier retail, office, and homemaker centres.

In addition to his role at SGH, Zac is the President of the Large Format Retail Association (LFRA). The LFRA is the preeminent industry association responsible for representing the Australian retail industry interests of operators, investors, property owners, developers and service providers that collectively generate c. $80 billion or 25% of all retail sales in Australia.