Julie Drago

Julie Drago has been the chief executive of industrial property developer Hero Property since 2019, and Realside Ovest since July 2021.

Ms Drago learnt the ropes at a young age, helping in her family’s fabrication business and as they moved into industrial property development in the 2000s. She joined industrial and commercial property development and management group Hero Properties in 2008 as executive director and stepped up to chief executive in 2019.

Ms Drago launched property fund Ovest Industrial in 2021, with Realside Property. The fund aimed to acquire more than $100 million of Western Australian industrial assets.

Ms Drago became a member of the Property Council of Australia WA’s divisional council in 2018 and its industrial lands and infrastructure committee in 2017. She is also a non-executive director of Mendolia Seafoods, director of Fairbridge Investments, and a committee member of the City of Kalamunda.