John Burton heads back to native Australia

John Burton

The former head of development for Westfield in the UK and Europe has taken up a position at Australian rival Lendlease.

John Burton (pictured), who Ðǿմ«Ã½ revealed was leaving the shopping specialist earlier this year, has become the managing director for urban regeneration at Lendlease in Australia.

At the time of his departure a Westfield spokesperson confirmed Burton, who originally hails from Canberra, was set to return to his native Australia.

She said: â€œJohn Burton has decided to move back to Australia after a very successful career at Westfield.

“The core development team will continue to work on the development projects and the delivery timelines remain the same.â€

Burton, who became head of development in August 2015, was a director at Westfield’s Stratford City project between 2004 and 2011.

He had also been running the specialist developer’s first project on mainland Europe â€“ Westfield Milano â€“ and the £1.4bn Whitgift Centre in Croydon, south London, before his departure.