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In this exclusive profile, Michael Dempsey, Founder of Ezidebit shares his remarkable journey in building & scaling his global payments business prior to selling for $305m in 2014.Michael Dempsey is a prominent Australian entrepreneur and investor, best known for founding Ezidebit, a leading payments processing company that revolutionized the way Australian businesses manage electronic transactions. Starting in 1998, Michael leveraged his engineering background to create a scalable platform that rapidly gained traction in the market. Ezidebit grew to become one of the most trusted names in payment solutions, processing billions of dollars annually. In 2014, the company was acquired by Global Payments, marking a significant milestone in Michael’s career.After his success with Ezidebit, Michael shifted his focus to investment through Pipeline Capital, his family office established to target high-growth industries, particularly fintech. With his entrepreneurial expertise and a deep understanding of both technology and business operations, Michael now invests in innovative companies, helping them scale and thrive in competitive markets.Throughout his career, Michael has shown a keen ability to identify market gaps, develop technology-driven solutions, and lead companies to success. His journey from a tech startup founder to a respected investor demonstrates his vision, leadership, and commitment to fostering innovation in the Australian business landscape.Founder & Host - Rob LangtonProduced exclusively by Ready Media Group.https://readymedia.com.au/https://pipecapital.com/#ausbiz #businessnews #richlist #theinterviewau #readymedia
Today, we are privileged to sit down with Karl Morris, the CEO and Managing Director ofOrd Minnett, one of Australia’s leading wealth management and financial services firms.With over 30 years of experience in the financial industry, Karl’s leadership has been pivotalin steering Ord Minnett through significant growth and adaptation in an ever-changingmarket.A proud Brisbane native, Karl’s career path began with a foundation in business andcommerce, earning his degree at Griffith University, before joining Ord Minnett in 1990.Over the years, he has held various leadership roles, including State Manager, BranchManager, and Executive Chairman, before becoming CEO in 2004.Under Karl’s stewardship, Ord Minnett has maintained its reputation for excellence in clientservice and strategic growth, all while navigating the evolving landscape of financialtechnology, market trends, and regulatory changes.In this exclusive feature profile, we’ll explore his journey, the evolution of Ord Minnett, andhis insights on the future of financial services.
Joining our program on this episode is self-made billionaire Grant Petty - the founder and CEO of Blackmagic Design, the company behind some of the most game-changing technology in the film, television, and live production industries.From cinema cameras to colour grading software to live switchers, Blackmagic has redefined what’s possible—and who gets access to it.What started in Grant’s garage in Melbourne is now powering everything from Hollywood blockbusters to independent YouTube channels.But more than a tech founder, Grant is a filmmaker at heart—driven by a belief that creativity shouldn’t be held back by cost or complexity.In this conversation, we dive into the early days of Blackmagic, how Grant’s rural upbringing influenced his approach to innovation, and why he’s so obsessed with democratising creativity.Founder & Host - Rob Langton
Our guest on today’s episode is investment legend, Morry Waked - the low profile but high-achieving Founding Principal & Managing Director of Vinva Investment Management. Vinva Investment Management is an independent, global investment firm that specialises in managing active equity strategies across Australian & global equity markets, with a remarkable $25bn of funds under management - in 2024, Magellan acquired a minority equity stake in Vinva for a reported $138.5m. Prior to founding Vinva in 2010, Morry’s career encapsulated a diverse range of positions including Global Head & Chief Investment Officer of Barclays Global Investors – BGI for short - (Global Active Equities), Chief Executive Officer of Barclays Global Investors (Australia & New Zealand), Head of Australian Equities at BGI and Head of Quantitative Research at Rothschild Asset Management. In 2023, Morry was inducted into the Australian Fund Manager Hall of Fame as one of only twenty-two fund managers since its inception. He is a Graduate of Macquarie University, having completed both a Masters degree and a Bachelors degree in Economics, majoring in actuarial science and statistics. In this exclusive feature-length profile, Morry shares his journey, from the son of a taxi driver to the pinnacle of financial markets, along the way charting the challenges he encountered, the opportunities he pursued and the lessons he’s learnt from a lifetime in one of the most competitive industries in the World. Founder & Host - Rob Langtonhttps://readymedia.com.au/https://vinva.com/
In this exclusive feature profile, Perth businessman, investor & rich-lister Ross Norgard shares his business career - from working as a chartered accountant in the halcyon days that was Western Australia in the 1980's, to the high-achieving deal-maker famed for rescuing and listing hundreds of businesses on the ASX over a four plus decade journey.More recently, Ross was the Founding Chairman of NearMap - a business that was acquired by US private equity in a $1.1bn deal and currently invests privately in a number of mining, property & technology ventures. Founder & Host - Rob Langtonhttps://readymedia.com.au/
An exclusive profile of self-made multi-millionaire & entrepreneur, Rory Vassallo - sharing his extraordinary self-made journey in building one of Australia’s most successful childcare businesses, ultimately culminating in a circa $65m deal to sell 22 centres to G8 Education in 2014 before embarking on a number of private ventures including more recently, taking back management control of fourteen centres. In this fascinating discussion, Rory reflects for the very first time on his background, early endeavours, business career and the fundamentals required for overcoming challenges & chasing long-term success. Founder & Host - Rob LangtonProduced by Ready Media Group.
We’re fortunate to have the opportunity to be joined on today’s episode with Nick Wakim - the self-made Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Phoenix Lithium, a pure-play developer embarking on a globally significant journey tobecome one of the World’s largest producers of lithium.Born in Melbourne to parents of Lebanese heritage, Nick’s upbringing saw him move multiple times across the World from an early age, transitioning variously across Papua New Guinea, Lebanon, England & Chicago.Emulating the entrepreneurial pursuits of his father, Nick’s business career has taken him across the World, from securing landmark deals across the Middle East to acting as a corporate advisor, personal investor & macro strategist to individuals, companies & Governments across a range of industries.Prior to launching Phoenix Lithium in 2009, Nick was involved in the establishment of a number of businesses including Vision Financial Group, a business that provided corporate finance & advisory services, Intercorp Group, an organisation that led joint venture & technology transfers and Phoenix Group, a business through which he advised senior ministers of Australia and Saudi Arabia on trade negotiations.Under Nick’s leadership, Phoenix Lithium is today best known for their remarkable pursuit to create North America’s largest lithium project, with their East Brawley project combining an enormous 23,000 acres of surface & mineral rights through which the company projects to be able extract enough lithium to produce in excess of a million electric vehicles per annum.Alongside his professional commitments, Nick established the Wakim Family Office (WFO), a private investment vehicle through which he deploys capital across residential & commercial real estate, technology ventures & horse-breeding.Owing to personal tragedy, Nick also founded the Farid Wakim Foundation in 2023 through which the family channel their philanthropic endeavours.In this rare & exclusive profile, Nick shares his extraordinary journey in both life & business, filmed on-location at his private residence in Melbourne, Australia.Founder & Host | Rob LangtonProudly produced & distributed exclusively via Ready Media Group.Further Information: https://www.phoenixlithium.com/https://readymedia.com.au/Subscribe | www.youtube.com/theinterviewau
Joining our series for his first exclusive, in-depth profile is self-made businessman & healthcare entrepreneur Dennis Bastas - Executive Chairman & CEO of DBG Health, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Arrotex Pharmaceuticals and Chairman of burgeoning consumer health enterprise, VidaCorp.In this exclusive interview, Dennis takes us on a journey throughout his remarkable career, from the pivotal moments that led him into the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, to the growth and evolution of DBG Health - along the way, exploring the key lessons, achievements, challenges, and successes that have led him to become one of Australia’s preeminent businesspeople.Founder & Host | Rob LangtonProudly produced & distributed exclusively via Ready Media Group.Further Information:https://readymedia.com.au/https://dbghealth.com.au/
Joining our program in this exclusive feature profile is Tony Quinn - Founder of Quinn Family Office.A visionary, pioneer & the man with the Midas touch, Tony’s remarkable business success is a journey across three Countries, wherein his innate corporate nous combined with a relentless work ethic has enabled him to scale to the top of a diverse range of industry sectors including fresh pet food, confectionary, motorsport & commercial real estate investment. Though perhaps best known for his early success as the founder & driving force behind global market leader VIP Petfoods, the business he established from the ground up in 1994 before selling a majority stake to Quadrant Private Equity in a $410m transaction in 2015, Tony’s business achievements extend far beyond the VIP deal & incorporate a number of other triumphs; not least of which being the rapid turnaround & re-structuring of the infamous Darrell Lea Confectionary business, a company he acquired in 2012 for $25m before selling six years later in a $200m deal.Alongside his well popularised feats with both VIP & Darrell Lea Confectionary, The culmination of this financial success over a long period of time led to Tony establishing his own private investment vehicle Quinn Family Office (Quinnfinity Group) in 2015, a company through which he channels his considerable resources & expertise to invest in a broad spectrum of domestic and international businesses, commercial property assets throughout the World & venture opportunities.In this rare & exclusive profile produced and distributed by Ready Media Group, Tony Quinn details his extraordinary life, from growing up in a caravan in Aberdeen, Scotland to becoming one of the World’s most successful self-made business owners & investors - this is Tony Quinn, in his own words, filmed in his adopted hometown on Queensland’s Gold Coast, Australia. Founder & Host - Rob Langton.
Joining our program on this episode is prolific developer, agricultural investor & businessman Gerard O’Brien - Founder & Director of Silverleaf Investments, a privately held commercial real estate investment company.For over three decades, Gerard has been an instrumental figure across Western Australia’s real estate & business communities, playing an integral role particularly throughout Fremantle wherein his award-winning retail, commercial and residential projects have significantly added too & boosted the appeal of the City. Alongside his development / re-development projects in Fremantle, Gerard also has extensive commercial holdings throughout Perth & Hobart in addition to a number of private farming interests.In this exclusive profile, Gerard walks us through his background, his approach to real estate investment & development, how the Cities of Fremantle, Perth and Hobart have evolved over recent decades & the types of opportunities he sees on the horizon for sophisticated investors.Founder & Host - Rob LangtonProudly produced & distributed exclusively via Ready Media Group.https://readymedia.com.au/
Joining our program on this episode in what is a unique & exclusive profile is Dan White - a 4th generation, executive member of the venerable White family real estate dynasty who currently serves as Managing Director of Ray White Group & Chairman of White & Partners.Established in 1902, the Ray White Group is Australia’s largest & most successful real estate agency business, encompassing some twelve thousand plus members working across over a thousand agency offices throughout Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong & the Middle East.Now it’s fourth generation of family leadership, Dan White was appointed Managing Director of the Ray White Group in 2015 wherein he leads the businesses diverse global operations, managing turnover that exceeds $35bn per annum, as well as serving as Founder & Chairman of the family’s private investment office, Ray White Capital, a business he established in 2001. In this exclusive interview, Dan discusses the remarkable journey & success behind the Ray White Group, his personal career trajectory & learnings from his time at Arthur Anderson and Macquarie Bank, the opportunities and challenges involved in running a 12,000 person international business and the importance of legacy in maintaining the sustainability of the Ray White Group business for its future custodians. Founder & Host - Rob Langtonhttps://readymedia.com.au/https://www.raywhite.com/people/dan-white
Joining our program on this episode is Denis Wagner, Co-Founder & Non Executive Chairman of Wagners and Director of Wagner Corporation.With a family association to Queensland’s Darling Downs region that predates an astonishing one-hundred-and-fifty years, Wagners & Wagner Corporation are unquestionably two of Australia’s largest and most successful businesses, with operations across manufacturing, construction, commercial property, aviation and mining services.Tracing its roots back to 1896 when your great grandfather started business in this region, Wagners was officially established in 1989 as a partnership between Denis, his father Henry & siblings John and Neill Wagner. The firm launched with a single concrete plant, added a second in 1996 and by 2010 was operating 19 concrete plants in fixed locations throughout Queensland in addition to expanding it’s construction materials operations both domestically and globally including in composite fibre technologies, bulk haulage, aggregates & earth-friendly concrete. Over the course of the past three decades, Wagners has solidified its reputation with the firm being selected by blue-chip companies throughout Australia to deliver an enviable list of landmark projects - in 2012, Wagners undertook its own Nation-changing project with the construction of the circa $200m Wellcamp Airport, the first commercial airport to be built in Australia since the 1960’s. In less than two years, construction of Toowoomba’s Wellcamp Airport was complete, with seventy-five scheduled flights a week including direct cargo flights into Asia - the precinct now also includes Wellcamp Business Park, a 500 hectare estate that incorporates aviation maintenance & training, manufacturing, factory outlets, transport logistics, warehousing & distribution and commodity processing. Across both the listed entity, Wagners, and the private family business, Wagner Corporation, the Wagner Family now employ some 1,100 personnel with revenues exceeding $500m per annum.In this rare and exclusive profile, Denis discusses the family’s long-held ties to Toowoomba, the launch and evolution of both Wagners and Wagner Corporation, the fundamental lessons & skills required for success that he’s learnt across his career & what the next chapter in the remarkable Wagner family story will look like over the years ahead.Host - Rob LangtonProudly produced by Ready Media Group.
Joining our program on this episode is prolific entrepreneur Jamie Pherous - Founder & Managing Director of Corporate Travel Management.Launched in 1994 as a start-up with just two personnel, Corporate Travel Management (CTM) has since grown to become one of Australia’s largest home-grown business success stories.As of May 2024, the firm boasts a market capitalisation in excess of $2.2bn, revenues exceeding $500m per year and some 3,000 staff stationed across the World including in Europe, North America & Asia.In this exclusive interview, Jamie unpacks his background, the launch and evolution of CTM, the fundamentals required for delivering sustained success & the opportunities and challenges he’s encountered across a corporate career spanning more than three decades.Proudly produced and distributed exclusively by Ready Media Group.Hosted by Rob Langton.
Joining our program on this episode to share what is undoubtedly one of Australia’s most remarkable self-made business success stories is Billionaire Trevor Lee, Founder & Principal of Australian Country Choice Group- the largest & most successful, privately-owned, vertically integrated beef processing company in Australia.In this rare & exclusive profile of one of Australia’s most successful yet private businessman, Trevor charts his incredibly journey, from being told his academic future was limited whilst a student at Brisbane’s Anglican Church Grammar School, to working the harsh lands of Queensland’s rugged, remote environments, ultimately culminating in the decision to follow his instincts & launch his own a business - a business which has changed not just an industry, but a Nation too, all the while cementing his legacy & the legacy of future generations of the Lee Family for decades to come.
Joining our series on this episode is Co-Founder & Managing Director of ACFS Port Logistics, Arthur Tzaneros.Alongside his father Terry, Arthur launched ACFS in 2005, growing the business over the course of the past two decades to become Australia’s largest private owned container logistics operator.With National operations across transport, warehousing and freight logistics, ACFS has some 1,500 personnel working across company-owned facilities in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane & Auckland, providing a diverserange of services to its blue-chip customers including Bunnings, Coles, Nestle, Kmart & Super Retail Group.Arthur was born in Sydney & attended The Scots College, graduating in 1995 before working across the logistics sector in New South Wales including as General Manager, NSW for Smith Brothers Trade & Transport and NSW Landside Logistics Manager for P&O Transport Australia.In this exclusive interview, Arthur shares the extraordinary journey of ACFS, the opportunities & challenges he’s encountered throughout his business career & the key learnings that have driven his success.
Joining our series for an exclusive feature profile is Jack Hutchinson - Director & Board Member of Australia's oldest & most successful privately-owned construction firm, Hutchinson Builders.Established in 1912, Hutchinson Builders is one of Australia's preeminent construction firms, having completed a remarkable 7,500 projects with an end value in excess of $35bn.Jack is a qualified quantity surveyor and a licenced builder. He holds an MBA from the London Business School and a Bachelor of Property (QS & CM) from Bond University. Before being appointed as a Director in 2022, Jack worked across various project and operational roles within Hutchies, as well as within other property, construction, and financial firms in both Australia and the United Kingdom.Proudly produced by Ready Media Group.https://readymedia.com.au/https://www.hutchinsonbuilders.com.au/
Our special guest on this episode is prolific hospitality entrepreneur & commercial property investor, Graham Hardie - Chairman & Founder of Hardie Finance Corporation & principal of Entertainment Enterprises. A stalwart of Perth’s business scene for over four decades, Graham established and led more than thirty venues across the City including renowned names such as Paramount, Arcadia, Underground, Bill’s, Empire Bar, Havana & Tiger Lil’s.Graduating from Wesley College, Graham studied accounting, later attaining his Chartered Accountancy qualification and rising to become a Partner at a leading firm before launching his first hospitality venture, Knightsbridge’s Eagle One Nightclub in 1979. Whilst continuing to pursue his hospitality interests via Entertainment Enterprises, Graham also diversified into commercial property investment, acquiring & developing a number of significant assets across Northbridge, South Perth, Perth City and Lathlain. In addition to his commercial property & hospitality interests, Graham has also sat on the board of a number of public and private companies and currently serves as a Non Executive Director of Peel Mining.In the first & only interview of his extensive career, Graham takes us through his background, his professional accounting career, his pivot into hospitality & property and the key lessons he’s learnt in both life & business along the journey.
In a rare & exclusive profile, Founder of Costa Asset Management & high-profile member of the revered Costa Family dynasty, Robert Costa joins our series on this episode to discuss his diverse professional career which extends across wholesaling, retail, commercial property investment & philanthropy. The son of Sicilian migrants who commenced their grocery business with the purchase & evolution of Geelong’s Covent Garden in the mid 1930’s (originally established in 1888), Robert was born in Geelong and attended St Mary’s Primary School & later, Lovely Bank’s Chanel College.Upon graduation, he joined the family’s rapidly expanding Costa Group fresh produce business in the 1970’s alongside his brothers Frank & Anthony, with the company rising to become Australia’s largest horticultural and fresh produce supplier over the course of the next four decades.Following more than thirty years in a variety of management positions within Costa Group that focussed predominantly on managing the firm’s asset base & liquidity position, Robert launched a new venture, Costa Asset Management, in 2011 alongside his brother Anthony.Today, Costa Asset Management (CAM) functions primarily as an investment office with a diverse portfolio of assets across fixed income, private equity, venture capital, commercial property investment, property development & international real estate.In addition to Costa AM, Robert & the late Anthony Costa jointly founded their philanthropic enterprise, The Anthony Costa Foundation in 2011 which seeks to make a positive impact in the communities in which the family operates in through providing grants, strategic advisory & resources to a range of causes including homelessness, food insecurity, opportunity in education and mental health. Outside of his corporate interests, Robert has also variously held a number of professional roles including Mayor of Geelong West, Chair of Monash & RMIT University’s Global Reconciliation bodies, Chair of the Geelong Region Innovation and Investment Fund, Director of the Geelong Performing Arts Centre Trust & Life Governor of the Barwon Health Foundation. In this exclusive, in-depth interview, Robert shares the insights & achievements behind his distinguished four-decade plus career as well as the fundamentals involved to achieve sustained success in both business & life. Produced and distributed exclusively by Ready Media Group.Host - Rob Langtonhttps://readymedia.com.au/
Joining our series for an exclusive & in-depth profile on this episode is highly regarded businessman & entrepreneur, John Rothwell AO - Non-Executive Chair, Founding Director & the driving force behind Austal, the World’s largest aluminium shipbuilding company. Having established Austal in Perth, Western Australia in 1988 with no more than five employees & $200,000 in cash, John has grown the company over the past three decades into a global maritime behemoth with over 4,300 personnel delivering over 350 world-class vessels as well as technological solutions for military, commercial and civilian applications - including for the United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, United States Marine Corps, Royal Australian Navy, Australian Customs, Government of Saudi Arabia & Euroferrys to name a few.With a customer base that spreads across more than one-hundred operators in fifty-nine Countries, Austal has become one of the most successful businesses in Australian corporate history, with an order book in excess of $2bn per annum, operations spread across seven shipyards in five countries and a share register that includes blue-chip institutional & private companies including BlackRock, Tattarang Ventures, UniSuper, Vanguard & Pendal. As Founding Director of Austal, John has led the business in various capacities throughout its thirty-six-year history including as Chief Executive Officer, Executive Chairman and since 2008, Non-Executive Chairman.Prior to launching Austal, John founded a small structural engineering company which later became a leisure craft business known as Star Boats in 1972, a company that upended traditional boat-building practices by utilising aluminium rather than fibreglass for its lightweight hulls and which he grew for over a decade before selling to Christopher Skase backed Precision Marine (now Quintex Corporation) in 1984. On a personal level, John migrated aged ten with his family from Holland in 1954 and completed three years of primary / secondary school before entering the workforce at fifteen - over the course of the following eight or so years, he held a number of roles working in steel fabrication, welding, transport & land clearing.In a highly decorated career, John been the recipient of a number of awards including Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2004, Australian Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young in 2002, Western Australia Citizen of the Year in 1999.In this exclusive interview, John walks us through his remarkable career, the evolution of Austal over the course of more than three decades, the opportunities & challenges in running a global manufacturing business from Australia and the fundamentals required to achieve sustained success in both business and life.Produced, licensed & distributed exclusively via Ready Media Group.Host - Rob LangtonFurther information:https://readymedia.com.au/https://www.austal.com/#ausbiz #businessnews #austal #australia #perth
Joining our program on this episode is prolific Western Australian entrepreneur & company director, Michael Malone - Founder of iiNet, the homegrown Australian success story he built to become the Nation’s second largest listed ISP with over 2,000 personnel, over 1m customers & $1bn in annual revenue prior to its sale in 2015 in a circa $1.5bn deal.In this rare & exclusive interview, Michael details his extraordinary personal & professional successes, the journey of iiNet, his unique philosophy and approach to business, the evolution in Western Australia’s start-up scene and what he considers his most seminal achievements.Presented exclusively by Ready Media Group.Host - Rob Langton
A rare and exclusive interview with legendary Perth businessman, John Hughes - Founder & Chief Executive Officer of John Hughes Group.• Founded 1969• $500m revenue per annum• 540 staff• 2,500 cars sold per monthExclusively presented by Ready Media Group.Host - Rob Langton
Joining our series on this episode is special guest Charlie Bass, Founder of Bass Group & renowned businessman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.For more than five decades, Charlie has been an instrumental figure in corporate Australia, playing a leading role in the establishment and success of companies in a diverse range of sectors, including mining, resources development, technology & entrepreneurial research.Born in Reading Pennsylvania, Charlie was raised in Florida to entrepreneurial parents, with his father a small business owner who frequently moved the family in pursuit of new opportunities including to Toronto, wherein Charlie later completed his secondary school education. With a passion for the outdoors from a young age, Charlie enrolled in university studies in geology, mining and later mineral processing, completing undergraduate and post-graduate degrees, culminating in a Scholarship to complete a master’s degree at Queens University in Ontario. Following two years working in the US with mining firm Amax Inc, Charlie re-located to Australia in 1978 and began working on Amax’s Mount Newman Iron Ore project, later establishing a software mining company known as MeTech in 1980.Alongside fellow Western Australian business identity, Tony Poli, Charlie Co-Founded Eagle Mining Corporation in 1992, a business that grew throughout the course of the 90’s and fast became one of the most successful local exploration firms, before being acquired five years later in 1997 in a c. $250m deal.Three years later in 2000, the pair combined again to establish Aquila Resources Limited, an ASX-listed business initially focused on gold exploration but that later transitioned into other resources including coal, manganese & iron ore. In 2014, Aquila Resources was acquired in a c. $1.4bn deal between Baosteel-Aurizon, enabling Charlie to pursue a number of external interests and pursuits in the technology, internet & venture capital sectors. Charlie is also the Founder and Managing Director of Eagle Mountain Mining (EM2), a copper focussed exploration and development company which he established in 2017 with the core objective of becoming a low emission producer to supply the rapidly growing green energy market. In 2006, he launched the Bass Family Foundation, a charity vehicle purposely designed to provide education for disadvantaged children (particularly in remote area’s) as well as to provide resources & support to indigenous programs throughout Western Australia.Charlie is also the Founder of the Centre for Entrepreneurial Research and Innovation (CERI), an organisation established in 2015 and which is primarily funded by the Bass Family Foundation to provide targeted programs, grants, events and resources to power the entrepreneurial pursuits and business ideas of future generations of Western Australians.To-date, CERI has raised over $7.5m in funds to support more than 600 aspiring entrepreneurs.Charlie was also named 2024 Senior Western Australian of the Year and invests privately through his family office, Bass Group.Our exclusive interview with Charlie Bass explores his background, his transition from the US to Australia, the key pillars of his success, fundamentals he’s learnt from a lifetime in business and what he regards as his key achievements in a remarkable five-decade long career.Host - Rob Langton | Ready Media GroupThe Interview - Australia's most watched business series.
Joining our series for a rare and exclusive interview on this episode are Mick Power AM & Scott Power - the father-son pair behind one of Australia’s largest and most successful privately owned urban development & construction firms, the BMD Group.Established in 1979, the BMD Group has grown exponentially throughout the course of more than four decades - from humble beginnings in Brisbane to a leading National business that now boasts an international footprint, encompassing 2000 team members, revenues exceeding $2bn per annum and over fourteen offices positioned strategically across Australia.Though it’s early foundations concentrated largely around providing engineering services on a smaller-scale in the residential subdivision space, the BMD Group has evolved and expanded rapidly, with the firm now incorporating five distinct business divisions, including BMD Constructions, BMD Urban, Empower Engineers & Project Managers, JMac Constructions and Urbex - the sum total of which combine to provide their public, institutional and private clients a full-service offering across the property development, engineering design, transport infrastructure, civil construction and project management sectors.A family business at its core, BMD was established five decades ago as a partnership between Mick Power, his wife Denise, his brother in law Bevin and sister Beverly, and whilst Mick & Denise acquired the remaining shares in the business from Bevin and Beverly twelve-months after launching, the firm’s unwavering commitment to its people remains evident through its emphasis on ‘family’ as a fundamental value within its operating model.Mick Power AM has served as the company’s Founder & Group Board Chairman for more than forty years - he commenced his career aged 19 with Leighton Contractors in 1969 as their first cadet, working on major infrastructure and mining projects as Manager of Central Queensland before steadily rising through the firm to eventually become the Area Manager of the Gold Coast region.Following a decade with Leighton and combined with the firm’s move away from smaller scale (sub-$200k) contracts, Mick saw an opportunity to launch his own business, BMD, and utilising a $12,000 superannuation payment from Leighton, began undertaking lower-priced residential subdivision work with Hooker Rex (now known as Fraser Property Group), completing infrastructure and civil works across a number of residential subdivision projects.In his current role as Group Board Chairman, Mick provides high-level oversight & guidance to the Board of Directors and across the BMD business whilst also having pursued a number of other interests, including 27 years as a Board Member of the South Bank Corporation, Board Member of the Brisbane Lions Football Club, Honorary Ambassador to the City of Brisbane, accreditations by Engineers Australia, Surf Life Saving Foundation Vice Patron, BMD Northcliffe Surf Life Saving Club Patron, Wynnum Golf Club Patron, Honorary Lifetime PGA Membership and Wynnum Manly Leagues Club Patron.Following in his father’s footsteps, Scott Power currently serves as the BMD’s Group Chief Executive Officer, a role he has held since November 2020 following a career of nearly three decades with thecompany.Scott is a graduate of the Queensland University of Technology, having completed a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng., Hons.) as well as a graduate of MIT’s Sloan School of Management, having completed a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree.In addition to leading BMD through its next phase of growth, Scott is a Board Member of Infrastructure Partnerships Australia as well as a Board Member of Australian Owned Contractors.Proudly produced by Ready Media Group.
Joining our series on this episode is prominent company director & corporate advisor, Tony Howarth AO.Tony’s extensive five-decade plus career has taken in the heights of Australia’s financial and banking sectors, including high-profile roles leading renowned organisations Challenge Bank & Hartleys as Chief Executive Officer as well as Chairman positions with Altina Energy and Home Building Society.He has also held a number of board positions including as a Non Executive Director of WesFarmers (2007 - 2019), Deputy Chair of the Bank of Queensland (2007 - 2010), Non Executive Director of private investment vehicle AWB and Non Executive Director and Chair of St John of God Health Care.Across a broad portfolio of current roles, Tony serves as a Board Member of Coventry Group, BWP Trust, Viburnum Funds and Altina Energy.Born in Bathurst, Tony left school in year 10 and joined the local bank branch, studying an accounting degree at Tafe whilst working his way up through the ranks including to General Manager of Community Banking at the State Bank of New South Wales (managing 300 branches) as well as gaining experience in retail & commercial banking in Sydney, London and New York.In 1991, Tony moved to Perth and was appointed Chief General Manager and later, Chief Executive Officer of Challenge Bank, a period which saw him leading the bank through a strong re-build before it was acquired by Westpac four years later in 1995.Since that time, Tony has been a trusted sounding board for both public and private organisations and has built an enviable profile across Perth’s business community.Tony served on the University of Western Australia Senate for 12 years, and was an inaugural Chairman of the University Club and was a key driver in the creation of the UWA Business School where he led the Fund Raising and served as Deputy Chair for over a decade.Tony ‘s community involvement included Chairman of Western Australian Rugby Union; inaugural Chairman of the Committee for Perth; President of both the Western Australian and Australian Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the International Chamber of Commerce of Australia.https://readymedia.com.au/https://www.viburnumfunds.com.au/tony-howarth/
Joining our series for an exclusive profile is Kevin Maloney, Founder & Chairman of family office investment firm, Tulla Group.Born in Sydney in the late 1940’s to parents Joseph, a retired army major who upon discharge, went into the hotel business and Florence Maloney, Kevin was one of eight siblings whose early exposure to business was formed through his parent’s acquisition and management of the Zetland Hotel as well as their interests in horse-racing, a passion which continues to be prevalent throughout his life today.From humble beginnings in Sydney’s western suburbs, Kevin left school at age fifteen and began working as a clerk at ANZ, progressing through the firm to become the youngest person in its history to be appointed to a management role.During this time, Kevin’s thirst for hard work and his ambitious nature began to take shape, working full time at ANZ whilst also juggling roles three other part-time roles including as a poke machine attendant at the South Sydney Junior Leagues Club, a bookies clerk, and a taxi driver.Following a two-decade career with ANZ, Kevin left the firm and became a Founding Executive Director and the inaugural Chief Executive of Elders Resources Finance in 1986, a business which provided capital to finance resource projects across the World to the tune of more than $4bn in the gold, oil, gas, forestry, and silver industries.In the early 1990’s, Kevin established Tulla Group, a private investment vehicle to direct a number of ventures including diverse forays into jewellery, retail apparel, copper mining and building materials.By 1996, Kevin foresaw a unique opportunity to provide high-quality accommodation services to mining sites across Australia, launching MAC Services Group, a business which specialised in prefabricated buildings and constructed villages for mining communities via its seed asset in Queensland’s Moranbah.Over the course of the decade, MAC Services Group grew to encompass over 3,300 rooms across five villages, with revenues exceeding $69m per annum, ultimately culminating in the decision to float the business on the stock exchange in April of 2007.Under Kevin and his son Mark’s leadership, MAC Services continued to expand throughout Australia post public listing, with new villages opened in Western Australia whilst rooms under management exceeded 5,000 for the first time.In December of 2010, MAC Services (The MAC) was acquired by Oil States International Inc in a $689m deal, with investors receiving four times their money back in just three years whilst sowing the seeds for Tulla Group’s next chapter as a family office.Tulla Group is today one of Australia’s most successful and diversified family offices, with investments across mining and resources, technology, racehorse breeding, property & venture capital.Our discussion with Kevin charts his background, his early business successes and challenges, the extraordinary rise of MAC Services, his key career achievements, and the investment focus of his family office.Produced, licensed & distributed exclusively via Ready Media GroupHost - Rob LangtonThe Interview | Australia's flagship business series.
Our special guest on this episode is highly-respected corporate advisor and doyen of Western Australia’s business community, Mr. John Poynton AO.In a diverse career that encapsulates a range of industry sectors including investment banking, corporate advisory, stockbroking and private investment, John has been an instrumental figure for over four decades, establishing an enviable track-record as a strong deal-maker and confidant to leading organisations from throughout Australia.https://readymedia.com.au/
Joining our series for a rare and exclusive profile is special guest, billionaire Shesh Ghale - Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of MIT Group, renowned property developer & global philanthropist. In an extraordinary tale of success defined by resilience, adaptation and hard-work, Shesh has risen from a childhood spent in the rugged mountains of Nepal in the early 1960’s through to an early education in the Former USSR of Ukraine, ultimately culminating in the decision to re-locate to Australia in 1990 and embarking on a career-defining pursuit into the educational and property investment industries.Following his high school education in Nepal, Shesh moved to Ukraine and studies a Bachelor / Master of Civil Engineering at Kharkiv National University on a Government Scholarship, graduating in 1986 before returning to Nepal to work as a project engineer in the Government’s transport department.Seeking greater access to career opportunities, Shesh then moved to Australia in 1990 and embarked on further study, enrolling in a Master of Business Administration degree at Victoria University graduating in 1994 - his wife, Jamuna Gurung followed and re-located to Australia in 1991.Having experienced first hand the quality of education offered through the university system in Western countries, Shesh identified an opportunity to provide world-class study pathways largely targeted toward international students in Melbourne, therein establishing the Melbourne Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1996 alongside Jamuna. Over the course of the past twenty-five years, Shesh & Jamuna have grown MIT into one of Australia’s most successful private tertiary education institutions, with purpose-built campuses in both Melbourne & Sydney and a cohort of over four-thousand students per annum.Capitalising on their natural entrepreneurial institution, the pair began investing in commercial property in the early 2000’s, successfully acquiring and divesting of multiple assets across Melbourne’s CBD including Tomasetti House, The Argus Building, Sir Charles Hotham Building, 386 - 412 William Street, 388 Lonsdale Street and 154 - 158 Sussex Street in Sydney’s CBD amongst others.In addition to his extensive domestic property interests, Shesh also has a number of investments globally including Sheraton Kathmandu Nepal held through his family office, The Ghale Group - he has also donated his time and considerable resources to a number of philanthropic and community-based organisations. Our exclusive interview with Shesh Ghale explores his background, his passion for education, his deal-making in the commercial property sector and the key ingredients that have enabled him to become one of Australia’s most successful individuals.Host - Rob LangtonProducer - Ready Media Group
Our guest on this episode is highly respected businessman, corporate advisor and private investor, Mark Barnaba AM.A trusted advisor in both public and private-sector capacities, Mark’s career extends across a range of institutions wherein his diverse experiences in management consulting & investment banking have been a valuable commodity for organisations for more than three decades. Mark enrolled in a Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of Western Australia, graduating with High Distinction (winning the JA Wood University Medal) in 1985 before enrolling in an MBA at the revered Harvard Business School where he graduated with the highest distinction. After recognising Mark’s remarkable academic achievements, business heavyweight and legendary Australian figure Alan Bond employed him as an executive assistant, wherein he worked directly with Alan and his Bond Corporation for a period of two years. In the early 1990’s, Mark joined McKinsey & Company and worked across the firm’s operations for a period of five years including in its London, Johannesburg, and Sydney offices. Following his return to Perth, he co-founded banking & advisory firm Poynton & Partners alongside John Poynton in 1996, with their pair (alongside others) simultaneously launching a subsidiary known as GEM Consulting. Alongside the growth of Poynton & Partners throughout the late 1990’s, GEM Consulting became Perth’s leading corporate advisory and financial services business having been intricately involved in major transactions including across the mining, technology, resources, and commercial property sectors.Under the stewardship of Mark & John, GEM Consulting was acquired by AST Group South Africa in 2001 in a $44m deal.In 2004, Mark Co-Founded Azure Capital, an independently owned, specialist advisory firm he led as Co-Executive Chair for seven years prior to selling his stake in 2010. Mark served as the Inaugural Chairman of the University of Western Australia Business School Board for a period of eighteen years (2002 - 2020) and was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University in 2012. In 2012, Mark was appointed Chairman of Macquarie Group Western Australia, Chairman & Global Head, Resources Group & Chairman, Corporate & Asset Finance of Macquarie Group by then Chief Executive Officer Nicholas Moore AO - positions he held for a period of six years until 2017. Since 2010, Mark has served as a Non-Executive Director of Fortescue Metals Group Limited in addition to Lead Independent Director (2014) and Deputy Chair (2017).In August 2017, Mark was appointed to the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia and currently Chairs the Reserve Bank Board Audit Committee.Mark has also variously been Chairman of Western Power, Edge Employment, Alinta Infrastructure Holdings, the Black Swan State Theatre Company of Western Australia.He is also a Senior Advisor of EY Oceania, Chairman of the Investment Committee for HBF and Chairman of Greatland Coal. He also holds an extensive number of other positions including as Chair of GLX, Chair of the Investments Committee at HBF. Senior Advisor of EY Oceania, Senior Advisor of Appian Capital Advisory and Adjunct Professor at the University of Western Australia.Our exclusive interview with Mark unpacks his diverse career journey, from successfully launching his own ventures, to working with some of Australia’s largest and most revered institutions, he openly shares the fundamentals required to achieve success as well as the crucial lessons he’s learnt from more than three decades in business. Proudly produced and distributed exclusively by Ready Media Group.
Our special guest on this episode is Rod Jones - Co-Founder of global education provider Navitas & Executive Chairman of Hoperidge Capital.
Unquestionably one of Perth's leading business figures for more than three decades, Rod's remarkable career has scaled the heights of the education industry, initially through the launch of IBT Education and the Perth Institute of Business Technology.
In the 1990's, the business was renamed Navitas and launched globally into the UK, Europe, Canada and the US, before listing on the ASX for $1 per share in 2004 and with a market capitalisation of $350m.
By day’s end had, the share price had more than doubled to $2.40, valuing the business in excess of $800m.
Fast forward over the next decade and Rod led the business as Chief Executive Officer for some twenty-four years until 2018, navigating multiple economic and political cycles including constant changes in policy & direction both domestically and internationally.
In 2019, BGH Capital engineered one of the largest ever buyouts by an Australian private equity firm, acquiring Navitas and taking the company private in a $2.3bn enterprise deal, with shares ultimately valued at $5.825.
Utilising his expertise and financial resources, Rod now overseas his family office, Hoperidge Capital, a private investment vehicle with diversified holdings across the property, education, technology, medical innovation and energy sectors.
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Our guest on this episode is prolific Adelaide investor and developer, Anthony Lenzi, Managing Director of Thirteen Commercial.Thirteen Commercial is a dynamic construction and development company, founded by Adelaide entrepreneur Anthony Lenzi, who has more than eighteen years experience developing small and large scale properties across Adelaide.Headquartered in Flinders Park, Thirteen Commercial is spearheading several high profile industrial and commercial developments, throughout the Adelaide CBD and inner west.
Our special guest on this episode is globally respected business leader, Nicholas Moore AO.
In a remarkable corporate career that extends across more than three decades, Nicholas has established a formidable track record of success, predicated on an innate ability to recognise opportunity across investment markets well ahead of the curve.
Having been appointed in the depths of the Global Financial Crisis, Nicholas transformed the Macquarie Group business as Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director over the course of the ensuing decade (2008 - 2018) - de-risking the business model through strategic acquisition, global expansion into funds management & infrastructure investment, and an emphasis on annuity-style income.
In unquestionably one of the firm’s most defining decades across it’s storied fifty-year history, Nicholas ushered in a new era for Macquarie Group - building upon the firm’s unique risk management framework and celebrated bottom- up approach to the identification of opportunity and employee empowerment, he steered the organisation’s presence on a global stage, perhaps most distinctly illustrated via the lifting of the firm’s international income by 67 percent, a portfolio of assets under management that exceeded $550bn, a revenue base through which 70% of income was derived offshore and a 300 percent increase in shareholder returns - an extraordinary legacy of success.
Following a thirty-three year career at Macquarie Group, including close to eleven years as CEO, Nicholas stepped down in 2018 and began focusing on a number of projects and ventures that presented him with new opportunity to contribute his considerable skillset & expertise across both public and professional life.
In November 2022, Nicholas was appointed by the Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese, to the role of Special Envoy for South-East Asia to deepen economic engagement with Australia’s neighbours across the Asia-Pacific region.
Nicholas currently holds several significant chairmanships and directorships, including Chairman of Willow Technology Corporation, Screen Australia, The Centre for Independent Studies, The Smith Family and the National Catholic Education Commission.
He is also a member of the NSW Business School Advisory Council and an Honorary Doctorate in Business from the University of New South Wales.
Previously, he served as the Chairman of PCYC NSW for a period of over a decade (2002 - 2015) as well as the Sydney Opera House Trust (2015 - 2020). Nicholas is a confidant and valued sounding board for Prime Ministers, Premiers, and business leaders across Australia, having been engaged to provide strategic advice across M&A, corporate finance, receivership and banking matters.
He is also the Chairman & Founder of the Moore Family Office, his private investment vehicle.
In a rare and exclusive profile, Nicholas discusses his incredible journey, from re-shaping a global financial powerhouse with over 15,000 employee’s across the World, to leading some of Australia’s most important philanthropic organisations - sharing the key lessons for success, and life, along the way.
Our special guest on this episode is Terry Snow AM - Executive Chairman of Capital Airport Group, Co-Founder & Chair of the Snow Foundation & Owner of Willinga Park. Terry’s journey in both business & in life is undoubtedly one of Australia’s most remarkable & enduring - born in Canberra in 1943 to a family with a rich heritage and attachment to the ACT that dates back over two generations to his grandfather E.R Snow, the proprietor of the region’s first general store known as ‘Snows’, Terry has established a formidable career over the past sixty years that has changed the landscape for generations to come. Following graduation from Canberra Grammar School in 1961, Terry re-located to Melbourne and enrolled in an accountancy degree, later practising as a certified accountant in Canberra before finding the monotony of the profession limiting as compared with his love of dealing with people. In the 1970’s, a career change led him to real estate, a profession far more suited to his engaging personality and a field in which he excelled at over the course of a number of years. Utilising the skills he’d learnt from this period of his life, he then turned his hand to property development, initially through the development of small industrial projects before later building larger office assets through Capital Property Trust (CPT) - a vehicle established alongside his brother George that followed in the footsteps of their father’s business, Capital Property Group. Throughout the course of the 1980’s and early 1990’s & under the stewardship of Terry & George, Capital Property Trust grew to become the largest non-government owner of property in the ACT, incorporating over eleven assets, underpinned predominantly by long-term leases from Government tenants. The burgeoning success of CPT seeded the establishment of the Snow Foundation in 1991 with an initial $1m contribution, a philanthropic organisation that over the past three decades has assisted over four-hundred-and-fifty organisations through over $68m in disbursements - a division of the family’s diverse interests that remains one of its cornerstones. By 1996, Terry & George had grown Capital Property Trust into a business with over $530m of funds under management, laying the foundations for Mirvac to acquire a majority stake in a circa $70m deal, a transaction that enabled the pair to move away from the challenges that surround listed company ownership. Utilising the proceeds from the sale of CPT, Terry purchased Canberra Airport from the Federal Government in May of 1998 in a $65m transaction - a deal that has gone down in Australian corporate history as one of the most astute, with his private company Capital Airport Group transforming the site through more than $1bn of investment from sheep paddocks to an integrated accommodation, industrial, office, business park and aerotropolis precinct now valued in excess of $3.0bn. Alongside the remarkable growth of Canberra Airport over the past two-decades, Capital Property Group has undertaken a number of other precinct-defining projects including Constitution Place, Civic and the mixed-use Denman Prospect development to name a few - additionally, the group has also supported several early-stage firms through the strategic deployment of capital. In 2002 and spurned on by a long-held family association with the area, Terry began amassing landholdings in Bawley Point to create a 2300-acre equestrian parkland now known as Willinga Park - arguably the World’s finest equestrian precinct that also encompasses commercial farming, conferencing, training, and restaurant facilities. Our exclusive interview with Terry Snow AM explores his background, the evolution of Capital Property Group, his passion for philanthropy, the key drivers for success in both life and business and how both the Snow Foundation and Capital Airport Group are embarking on their next stage of growth.
An exclusive interview with Mark Couter - financial services specialist & Chief Executive Officer of diversified family office, Vitocco Enterprises.
Joining our series for a rare & exclusive interview are special guests, Johnny and Markus Kahlbetzer - members of one of Australia’s most remarkable and enduring business dynasty’s.
Our exclusive discussion delves into the family’s legacy, the major successes & challenges they’ve encountered along the journey, analysis of key deals and transactions across their respective businesses and the sectors & industries within which they see opportunities for investment in the years to come.
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Our special guest on this episode is billionaire Arnold Vitocco - Founder & Managing Director of diversified family office Vitocco Enterprises.Vitocco Enterprises is one of Australia’s most successful family-run private corporations, with a pedigree dating back some seventy years and a portfolio of assets that encompasses holdings across the property development, real estate investment, retail, agriculture and food and beverage sectors.
Our special guest is rich-lister Andrew Abercrombie, Chair & Founding Director of Humm Group and revered businessman, investor & philanthropist.Born in Sydney in 1957, Andrew re-located to Melbourne at an early age and before long, his entrepreneurial qualities were on display, establishing five paper rounds as a teenager before turning his hand to trading motorbikes, cars and eventually residential real estate.Following graduation from Scotch College, Andrew’s initial interest was in the field of medicine before a fortuitous change in circumstances coupled with his prior exposure to business led to him enrolling in an economics degree at LaTrobe University, graduating in 1976 before continuing his educational pursuits via a Master of Law degree at Monash University (1980).Andrew then completed his articles at Garrick Grey & Co specialising in tax-planning and property trusts, ultimately establishing the foundations upon which he launched, alongside several others, his own legal firm in 1982 that focused on taxation, film-finance deals & the representation of clients across the entertainment industry including Cold Chisel and INXS.Despite the early success the firm had over the course of the mid-1980’s, Andrew’s waning interest in the law culminated in a desire to explore other career options, and at age 30, he enrolled and was ultimately accepted into the ultra-competitive MBA course offered by IWD Switzerland, graduating in 1988.After a brief stint in New York and in the shadows of a deteriorating global economic environment, Andrew returned to Australia and by 1990, identified opportunities to unlock value in companies that were either facing bankruptcy or were in liquidation.One of those opportunities was a small leasing business that through a successful turnaround strategy implemented by Andrew during the course of the nineties and early two-thousands, grew to become listed on the stock exchange by 2006 and is now known as FlexiGroup.Our exclusive feature interview with Andrew charts his journey across both his business and personal life, unpacking the key deals and lessons that have inspired his success.Host - Rob LangtonProduced & distributed exclusively via - Ready Media Grouphttps://readymedia.com.au/https://www.shophumm.com/humm-group/#businessnews #businessinterview #meettheceo #ausbiz
Our special guest on this episode is Danny Gilbert AM - Co-Founder & Managing Partner of revered corporate law firm, Gilbert + Tobin.In a rare and exclusive interview, Danny walks us through his extraordinary career, from practising law in regional New South Wales in the early part of his life, to moving to Sydney and launching his own firm alongside Tony Tobin in 1988.From humble beginnings, Gilbert + Tobin is now one of Australia's most successful and prestigious legal firms, consistently ranked in the top three legal institutions in the Country with over 950 staff specialising in a diverse field of areas. Proudly licensed, produced and distributed exclusively via Ready Media Group.For further information, visit:https://readymedia.com.au/https://www.gtlaw.com.au/
Joining our series for his first ever in-depth interview is special guest - Jeff Chapman AM, Founder & Chairman of Bangarra Family Office & Bennelong Funds Management.As one of Australia’s most successful business & philanthropic figures, Jeff’s remarkable career and influence extends across a diverse range of industries, including professional sports, media production, property development, funds management & global equities.Born in the New South Wales town of Glen Innes in 1948, Jeff moved to Melbourne and attended Carey Grammar, wherein his sporting prowess was quickly recognised by his peers and culminated in him being appointed the school’s Football Captain.Upon graduation, Jeff signed with the Hawthorn Football Club for one season before transferring to the Melbourne Football Club in 1966.At the conclusion of his professional sporting career, Jeff transitioned into business, founding Sportsworld Media Group, an integrated production house that developed television programs, live broadcast events & magazines in 1991 before expanding the firm in Britain where it listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1998.Following the sale of his stakes in the business upon it’s listing, and again two years later, Jeff launched his investment vehicle Bennelong Group in 2000 with a mandate of investing in businesses and operating real estate across England, the Middle East & Australia.Over the ensuing two decades, Bennelong Group established itself as one of the Country’s most prolific investors, deploying capital across a range of sectors and industries including golf courses, commercial real estate projects and equities.Launched in 2002 as a division of Bennelong Group, Jeff launched Bennelong Funds Management, a global investment company that partners with boutique asset managers across the World and that now has in excess of $15bn of assets under management across ten boutiques and six offices.Jeff is also a highly respected philanthropist via the Bennelong Foundation in which his share of the profits from Bennelong Funds Management are channelled into a range of charitable causes in both Australia and the UK, with over fifty projects and seven-hundred grants distributed with an end value of in excess of $15m.Through the Bangarra Family Office, Jeff manages his extensive investment interests including in Crown Golf, Bennelong Funds Management & his commercial property holdings.Our exclusive discussion explores Jeff’s background, his professional football career, the rise of Sportsworld Media Group, his diversification into real estate and the significant rise and success of his global funds management house.Proudly licensed, produced & distributed exclusively by Ready Media Group.Host - Rob LangtonFurther information;https://readymedia.com.au/https://bangarragroup.com/https://www.bennelongfunds.com/
Our special guest on this episode is Michael Streicker, President of New York Headquartered, Global Investment powerhouse Sentinel Real Estate Corporation. Founded in 1969, Sentinel is a highly-respected, independently-owned real estate investment management firm with a portfolio of assets valued in excess of $13.5bn (AUD) and managed on behalf of over a hundred domestic & international clients.For over fifty years, the firm has built an enviable reputation for delivering outstanding results to it’s investor base, drawn from the knowledge & expertise of more than seven-hundred-and-fifty industry specialists who manage some 27,500 apartment units & over 5 million square feet of commercial real estate spread across three continents including North America, Europe & Australia.The business is renowned as a global leader in the multi-family / BTR sector, establishing it’s maiden investment in 1976 and cementing it’s expertise through involvement in over six-hundred multi-family communities comprising some 154,000 units.Closer to home, Sentinel’s operations in Australia have increased substantially since it first begun laying the foundations in 2011, becoming the first group to have a fully operational BTR community known as Element 27, which was successfully launched in Perth in Spring 2019.Since then, the business has expanded rapidly, with construction underway on a 172-apartment project in Victoria & the recent acquisition of a proposed 300-apartment project in Queensland forming part of it’s broader $1.5bn BTR fund in Australia. With regard to his professional life, Michael is the President of Sentinel Real Estate Corporation and sits on the firm’s Executive Committee & Investment Committee’s - he is a Graduate of both Princeton University (AB Degree) and the Columbia Business School (MBA).Our discussion with Michael explores the origins & evolution of the Sentinel Real Estate Corporation business, it’s expansion into international markets including Australia, the fundamentals for successful multi-family / BTR development & his long-term outlook for both the Australian and US commercial property markets.
Our special guest on this episode is Billionaire Mr. Robert Millner, Chairman of publicly listed, diversified investment group, Washington H. Soul Pattinson.Unquestionably one of Australia’s oldest & most successful integrated businesses, Washington H. Soul Pattinson’s roots date back to Sydney in 1872 prior to becoming incorporated & listed on the stock exchange in 1903.Through considered, long-term & strategic decision-making implemented throughout the course of its history by multiple generations of family leadership, Soul Patt’s has remarkably delivered a dividend to its shareholders, every year, for over one-hundred-and-twenty years - cementing its reputation in Australian corporate history & reinforcing its $10bn plus market capitalisation.WHSP’s existing portfolio includes varied interests across the telecommunications, financial services, pharmaceutical, property, private equity & energy industries to name a few, with substantial stakes in key businesses including TPG Telecom, Brickworks Limited, New Hope Group, Apex Healthcare & Pitt Capital Partners.On a personal level, Robert was born in Sydney (Beecroft) in 1950 before enrolling at Newington College, a boarding school in Sydney’s Inner South-West he attended from the age of eight until his graduation in 1968.Over the course of the next fifteen or so years, Robert worked briefly as a stockbroker for a period of two years, before returning to his father Tom’s family farm in Cowra and spending the next thirteen or so years working the land prior to joining the family business, Soul Patt’s as a director in 1984 - a business he has been intimately involved in through a number of Board positions ever since.Our exclusive feature profile of Robert unpacks his upbringing, the evolution of the Washington H. Soul Pattinson business, his investment philosophy, the macro-trends that drive markets & the fundamentals required for sustainable success on both a personal & professional level.
As a follow-on to our profile of Charles Goode AC and the Flagstaff Partners business in 2022, we’re fortunate to have the opportunity to again be joined by Charles on today’s episode, albeit in an environment that features vastly different political, geo-political and economic overlays than twelve months ago.
Our special guest on this episode is Audette Exel AO, Chair & Founder of Adara Group.Audette is unquestionably one of Australia’s leading business & philanthropic figures, having been intimately involved in a diverse range of corporations for over four decades including within the legal, finance, banking and corporate advisory spheres.Through determination & an extraordinary appetite for social activism, Audette has amassed a remarkable array of career experiences, from being appointed Managing Director of one of Bermuda’s largest banks (Bermuda Commercial Bank) aged just 30, to launching her own international development & advisory business Adara Group and sitting on the boards of some of the Country’s largest institutions including Suncorp Bank (2012-2020) and Westpac Bank (2021-present).Our exclusive discussion with Audette unpacks her career, from her first corporate position as a solicitor at Allens, to her leadership of an international banking institution as well as the launch of her own advisory business, Adara Group, a company with offices in five countries across the World including Australia, the United States, Uganda, Nepal & Bermuda. Proudly produced, licensed & distributed exclusively by Ready Media Group.https://readymedia.com.au/https://www.linkedin.com/in/rdlangton/
In another Ready Media Group exclusive interview, our special guest on this episode is Larry Kestelman - Executive Group Chairman of LK Group, a private, diversified family office that encompasses in excess of twenty businesses across the property, private equity, technology, sports & retail spheres.In a remarkable career extending across more than three decades, Larry has established a formidable reputation as an entrepreneur, deal-maker & turnaround specialist with an innate sense of being able to disrupt industries as diverse as telecommunications, real estate development, basketball & apparel to name but a few.Born in Odessa, Ukraine in 1966 to hard-working & highly educated parents (his mother was a Doctor, his father an electrical engineer), Larry’s childhood was characterised by modest and simple pleasures with the prevailing environment dominated by poverty & communism.By age eleven, fearing the rise of the Soviet Union and armed with the desire to find a better life, the Kestelman Family left Ukraine and spent six months living in Italy before arriving in Australia, and specifically, Melbourne in 1979.Over the course of the next forty-plus years, Larry’s work-ethic, business nous & unique ability to spot opportunities has led to the establishment, acquisition & divestment of a diverse range of businesses, not least including internet service provider Dodo, the National Basketball League (NBL), Brand Collective & Acquire Pacific - the culmination of which now sit under the umbrella of LK Group, one of Australia’s most successful organisations.In this rare & exclusive in-depth profile, Larry walks us through his extraordinary life, unpacking his background, his early wins in business, the transformational deals he’s undertaken and his key pieces of advice for those looking to emulate the successes of one of the Country’s very best business people.Produced & distributed exclusively by Ready Media Group - home of Australia's flagship business series, featuring over 250 interviews since 2015.Further information;Ready Media - https://readymedia.com.au/LK Group - https://www.lkg.com.au/
Our guest on this episode is Geoff Levy AO - Chairman & Founder of Monash Private Capital and one of the Country's most successful business leaders with an enviable track record of leading and influencing organisations across the investment banking, corporate advisory, legal, property and sporting spheres.Born in Victory Park, Johannesburg South Africa in 1959, Geoff completed his early educational studies at King David Primary & High Schools before graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Witwatersrand in 1980.Geoff then re-located to Australia in 1981 and studied a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of New South Wales, graduating in 1982 and joining Freehill Hollingdale & Page in 1983 as a solicitor.For the next decade, he worked at Freehill Hollingdale & Page, becoming a Partner of the firm in 1987 having led a number of significant M&A deals and transactions.Alongside David Gonski AC, Geoff became a Principal of Wentworth Associates for a period of eight years wherein following the sale to Investec in 2001, he became CEO and later Chairman.During the 1990's and 2000's, Geoff's business interests expanded rapidly, including with a number of high-profile board positions with Ten Network Holdings, Rebel Sport Limited, Freedom Group Limited, Mirvac and STW Group.Geoff has also held a number of Chairmanship's including as Chairman of Specialty Fashion Group (2005 - 2017), Cromwell Property Group (2008 - 2020) and Wentworth Williamson Management (2013 - present) to name a few.His current business activities extend to a range of institutions including as Chairman and Founder of Monash Private Capital, an independent investment firm providing capital and asset management, Chairman of the Advisory Board of OurCrowd, a leading global equity crowd-funding platform and Co-Founder & Partner of Our Innovation Fund (OIF Ventures), an Australian based Venture Capital firm.Our discussion with Geoff Levy AO explores his background, the genesis and growth of his business career and the key lessons he's learnt from an extraordinarily diverse array of experiences.Produced & distributed exclusively by Ready Media Group.For more information, visit;https://readymedia.com.au/https://www.monashprivatecapital.com.au/
We’re joined by special guest Nigel Satterley AM - Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Satterley Property Group.In a remarkable five-decade plus career, Nigel has become a cornerstone member of Australia’s property & business sectors, establishing the Satterley business over the past forty years to become the Country’s largest privately-owned residential development firm whilst cementing his extraordinary legacy through his contribution to a broad range of philanthropic causes.Born in the pastoral township of Cunderdin, Western Australia, Nigel moved to Perth in his late- teens armed with a thirst for knowledge and an uncompromising approach to ‘make it’ in the big City - his first break arriving aged 20 after being appointed State Representative & distributor for Western Australia of legendary retailer, Levi Jeans.Following the encouragement by some of Perth’s leading business identities to begin investing in & developing real estate, Nigel formed Statesman Homes in his 20’s, a business which went on to become one of the State’s largest residential home-builders generating some 650 completions per annum.By 1980 & following the sale of Statesman Homes, Nigel moved into broad-acre land development under the Satterley Property Group banner, upending the traditional approach to large-scale subdivisions by introducing master-planned communities which emphasised amenity & lifestyle facilities.Over the course of the ensuing forty plus years, Satterley Property Group has grown to have operations across Australia, most notably in Western Australia & Victoria, and has delivered over 180 masterplanned estates, sold 85,000 residential lots of land and boasts a pipeline of in excess of 45,000 lots.In addition to the success he’s achieved in the property industry, Nigel is highly-respected for his enormous contributions to both the State of Western Australia as well as a number of organisations across the Country.He currently serves as a Foundation Board Member of the National Portrait Gallery and has previously served on a number of boards and initiatives including as a Councillor of the WA Police & Community Youth Centres, Patron of the St John of God Hospital Cancer Centre and Life Member of the West Coast Eagles AFL club to name but a few.Amongst a number of awards, Nigel was also honoured a Doctor of Business from Edith Cowan University in 2015 for his contribution to the Western Australian Housing Industry and the community more broadly.In the first in-depth profile of his career, Nigel shares his remarkable journey, the challenges he’s been able to overcome & the fundamental drivers for success in business & in life.Proudly produced & distributed exclusively via Ready Media Group in partnership with Satterley Property Group.Further information;Ready Media - https://readymedia.com.au/Satterley - https://satterley.com.au/
Our guest on this episode is David Lamb - Managing Director of MLV Real Estate, Perth's leading commercial & industrial real estate experts.Having completed a Bachelor of Commerce (Property) at Curtin University, David has over 25 years experience in commercial and industrial real estate.For more information;https://mlv.com.au/https://commercialready.com.au/
Joining our series for a rare & exclusive interview is special guest, Paul Blackburne - Founder & Executive Chairman of Blackburne, one of Australia’s largest privately owned & integrated property development firms.Since inception, Blackburne has redefined the concept of luxury living, successfully delivering landmark projects in key locations across Perth, the result of which has cemented his legacy as one of the most successful property players in the State with a pipeline of in excess of $1bn of projects. Our exclusive discussion with Paul explores his background, his extraordinary career and the fundamentals required to become successful in both life & business. Produced & distributed exclusively by Ready Media Group.For further information, visit:https://www.blackburne.com.au/https://readymedia.com.au/
Our guest on this episode is Justin Sires - Chief Evangelist & Head of ESG at Five at Heart.Five at Heart are market-leaders in the design and implementation of end-of-trip facilities in commercial office buildings across Australia, working in close partnership with major office landlords including Dexus, Mirvac and Cromwell.For further information;https://fiveatheart.com/
Our special guest is Trevor Lowensohn - Founding Partner & Managing Director of Alceon Group. Launched in 2010, Alcon is a specialist advisory and investment house that boasts over $4.3b of funds under management across real estate, private equity, private credit & liquid strategies. Across its real estate exposures, Alceon has invested over $6.2b across more than 400 deals, generating a weighted average net IRR of 16.1%.Our discussion with Trevor explores his background, his executive positions in investment banking and the formulation of Alceon Group - one of Australia's preeminent investment groups.For further information, visit:https://www.alceon.com.au/https://readymedia.com.au/
Enjoy our discussion with Blake Goddard - Director, Head of Investment Sales, Capital Markets & Matt Barker, Director, Investment Sales, Capital Markets at Knight Frank Brisbane.
In another Ready Media Group exclusive interview, we're joined on this episode by Mr. Jon Adgemis - Executive Chairman of The JAGA Group and Founder of Public Hospitality Group, one of the Country's fastest growing pub conglomerates.Launched in 2014, The Jaga Group is a private investment group that has grown to encompass a portfolio of premium assets across Australia's Eastern seaboard, with a cumulative value of in excess of $600m.More recently, Jon also established Jaga Asset Management under The Jaga Group umbrella, a business which launched it's inaugural Alternative Income Fund in 2021 with $90m invested across a team of credit and asset management specialists.Prior to founding The Jaga Group, Jon spent over sixteen years in mergers and acquisitions & corporate advisory at KPMG, being appointed a Partner of the business at age 28 and later becoming the firm's National Head of M&A, a position which saw him provide strategic advice to high-profile family offices and business leaders throughout Australia.As a highly regarded investment banker, corporate advisor and confidant, Jon boasts exceptionally deep experience and expertise across a range of industries and sectors including technology, property investment and development, film production & distribution and mining.In addition to a number of other executive and board level positions, Jon is a Director of Laurus Energy Limited, an Australian public unlisted petroleum exploration company, and has been involved in a range of ventures including Whizz Technologies and Skyfii Limited.He is a previous Director of Eastern Property Group and is regularly called upon by private business leaders and organisations throughout Australia to provide strategic counsel.Proudly produced and distributed exclusively by Ready Media Group.https://readymedia.com.au/https://www.thejagagroup.com/https://www.whoispublic.com/
Our special guest is David Gonski AC - in a forty-plus year career across the law, corporate advisory, investment banking, finance and philanthropy, David has become one of Australia's most successful and recognised business figures.In this rare and exclusive interview, David unpacks his extraordinary career, from making Partner aged 25 at Freehill Hollingdale Page (now Herbert Smith Freehills), to establishing Wentworth Associates in 1986 and advising the likes of Kerry Packer, Kerry Stokes, Frank Lowy & Rupert Murdoch, to his Chairmanship of Barrenjoey Capital and Sydney Airport - enjoy practical insights from a legendary Australian. Proudly produced and distributed by Ready Media Group.https://readymedia.com.au/
In this episode, Commercial Ready is joined by Kyle Youngson and Richard McCouaig of Cushman Wakefield to learn about South East Queensland's commercial real estate market.Learn more here:https://www.commercialready.com.au/https://www.developmentready.com.au/agencies/cushman-wakefield-gold-coast
Our guest is Mr. John McGrath, Founder & Executive Director of ASX-listed property business, McGrath as part of our interview series.In a diverse career spanning in excess of three decades, John has established a formidable reputation across Australia as a real estate pioneer and businessman, owing as much to his success in building one of the Country's most recognised brands as his success as a best-selling author and panellist of Network Ten's Shark Tank television series.Following the launch of McGrath Estate Agents with a single office in 1998, the business has since expanded rapidly across Australia's East Coast, encompassing some one-hundred-and-eleven offices and two-thousand team members, transacting over $19bn worth of property in the past financial year - cementing it's position within the top echelon of real estate businesses in the Nation.Lauded as a visionary, John has become a highly-respected and sought-after leader, with his specialist industry knowledge regularly called upon in both a Board and Executive level capacity, including through a number of high-profile appointments over the past twenty-five years.Our discussion with John explores his background, the launch & success of the McGrath business, his approach in overcoming adversity & the key lessons he's learnt from his career in business.Proudly produced and distributed by Ready Media Group.
Our special guest on this episode is Michael Rothner – Principal of revered property investment house, AsheMorgan.Michael joined AsheMorgan in 1990 and leads investor relations, funds management and joint ventures for the group, with a focus on achieving enhanced risk adjusted returns via insightful and disciplined strategies.He has substantial experience in development and construction as well as asset and investment management and has been an instrumental figure in expanding AsheMorgan’s business and partnerships both domestically and internationally.Our discussion with Michael explores his background & the success of the AsheMorgan business over the past three decades.Proudly produced & distributed by Ready Media Group.
Our guests on this episode of our podcast series are Henry Burke & Guillaume Volz – National Directors of Colliers within the Residential Development Site sales team. The pair have formed a formidable partnership in transacting multi-billion dollars’ worth of major residential and commercial development opportunities across Sydney, establishing strong relationships with some of the Country’s largest and most prolific organisations. Our discussion explores current market dynamics, where opportunities for both developers and investors exist across Sydney's metropolitan market, and their perspective on the short-to-medium term outlook of Sydney’s commercial real estate sector.Proudly produced and distributed by Ready Media Group.https://www.colliers.com.au/https://commercialready.com.au/https://www.developmentready.com.au/
Our guest is Paul Fraser of CBRE Hotels.
Paul specialises in all asset classes across the hospitality industry. Paul’s core focus is across large style pub / tavern and accommodation style assets across Queensland.
Our special guest is Anthony Bell OAM - Founder & CEO of Bell Partners, Australia's leading independent diversified advisory, consulting & accountancy firm.
Established in 1997, Bell Partners has experienced exponential growth throughout the course of the past two decades, cementing it's reputation in providing top-tier accountancy services to clients whilst also leading to the formation of additional business units including Bell Partners Wealth Creation in 2002, Bell Partners Legal in 2012 and Bell Partners Insurance & Finance in 2014.
As a credit to Anthony's business acumen, determination & relationship building skills, the business has established a diverse client network that extends across the Country and includes high-net-worth individuals, family offices, captains of industry & sporting identities - reflecting a deep level of trust in both the team and the advice provided.
In addition to Bell Partners, Anthony established the Loyal Foundation in 2009, a charitable organisation with a major focus on the supply of medical equipment for children in need - to-date, the foundation has raised an extraordinary $10m and purchased over 400 pieces of life-saving medical equipment.
Outside of his immediate interests in business, Anthony is heavily involved in sport via his passion in yachting, having competed in five editions of the famous Sydney to Hobart Yacht race, including winning line honours in 2011 as well as the record-breaking victory in 2016 aboard his yacht, Perpetual Loyal.
Anthony is a graduate of Charles Sturt University having completed a Bachelor of Business (Commerce & Accounting).
Our exclusive feature discussion with Anthony explores his background, career learnings, the fundamentals required in growing a successful business and the nexus between business & sport.
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Our special guest is Adrian Loader, Co-Founder of Allegro Funds - one of Australia's preeminent private equity firms with a capital base exceeding some $4bn of assets under management and a highly-successful eighteen-year track record of producing outstanding investment results.
Alongside Chester Moynihan, Adrian established Allegro Funds in two-thousand-and-four with a specific mandate on sourcing turnaround and transformational deal opportunities, including from within sectors as broad as tourism, transportation, logistics, retail and healthcare - partnering with existing management teams & stakeholders to enhance value and create more resilient operating models.
Following the success of its inaugural fund, the business has since launched three separate funds to market including Allegro Fund II (now closed), Allegro Fund III (active) and Allegro Fund IV (active).
In addition to his current position as Managing Director of Allegro, he is also Chairman of Toll Global Express, Chairman of Discovery Parks Group & Chairman of JSW Australia.
Adrian is a graduate of the Australian National University with a Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws degree and is a Qualified Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
He is also a Chartered Accountant and previously served as both the President (2010-2011) and Chairman (2011-2012) of the Turnaround Management Association of Australia - the peak industry network dedicated to encouraging boards and directors to engage with turnaround professionals early in the event of significant distress or uncertainty.
Our exclusive discussion with Adrian explores his investment journey, the launch and growth of Allegro Funds, his principles for success and the industries likely to offer the greatest growth potential in the decades to come.
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Joining our podcast series on today’s episode is Ricardo Cappelletti and Fergus Pragnell of CBRE Melbourne.
Ricardo and Fergus sit within CBRE’s advisory & transaction team and form part of the middle markets division, specifically focusing on the industrial sector.
The pair focus on sales and leasing of vacant industrial property as well as serviced land sales, with the criteria for middle markets typically encompassing warehouses between 2,000 – 8,000sqm of built form and land parcels from between 500 – 30,000 sqm.
Forming a strong partnership over the past five years, Ricardo and Fergus are part of the wider Western team that now includes eight specialists with a combined leasing market share above 4,000sqm of 63%.
Throughout the past few years, Australia’s and indeed Melbourne’s industrial property markets have experienced substantial growth, with land values in the West of Melbourne essentially doubling in the last two years alone.
Our guest on this episode of our podcast series is Toby Silk - Associate Director, Metropolitan Investments, Australia at CBRE.
With over a decade of experience in Sydney's commercial real estate market, Toby has quickly become one of CBRE's most trusted advisors, representing a diverse base of prolific high net worth, private and institutional investors & developers, providing strategic advisory and transactional services that assist in ensuring client's asset portfolio's are ideally positioned to capitalise on prevailing market conditions.
Our discussion with Toby explores his perspective on current market dynamics, where opportunities for both developers and investors exist across Sydney's metropolitan market, and his forecast for the remainder of 2022.
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Our guest on today's episode is Tom Gibson – Director of CBRE Capital Markets Hotels, Asia Pacific.
For the past twelve years, Tom has been involved in numerous hotel and resort transactions throughout the Asia Pacific and the Americas, exceeding over $4.5bn worth of deals.
Prior to his current position at CBRE, Tom worked in the United States with JLL Hotels in Miami as well as their global headquarters in Chicago, working across the key markets of the Mid-West, Florida and the Caribbean.
Our discussion with Tom will delve into current market dynamics, recent transaction activity & the key themes occurring across the sector.
https://www.commercialready.com.au/agencies/cbre-hotels
It's a pleasure to welcome to our program the Co-Founders of highly-respected property development and investment firm, REVELOP, Charbel Hazzouri & Anthony El-Hazouri.
Since launching in two-thousand-and-eight, Revelop has become one of Australia's most prolific and active real estate companies, having delivered over sixty projects to market including high-profile assets in the retail, commercial, co living and residential sectors.
The business has a forward development pipeline of in excess of $1bn in value, building upon it's existing portfolio of assets that is diversified across Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia and represents some 1,500 tenants across 300,000sqm of gross lettable area.
Revelop has been an extremely active market participant over recent years, with notable acquisitions including Forestway Shopping Centre for $100m, the City Cross Centre for $60m, Tramsheds Sydney for $52m, Newton Village for $35m, Lachlan's Square Village for $30m and Eastwood Village / Churchill's West Place for $30m.
Our exclusive feature discussion with Charbel & Anthony explores the genesis of the Revelop business, how the pair have navigated it's growth over the past two decades, the investment fundamentals that underpin the commercial real estate sector and the defining trends that will shape future growth prospects.
Proudly produced & distributed by Ready Media Group in partnership with Commercial Ready and Development Ready.
In partnership for over eight years, Demi Carigliano & Anthony Pirrottina of Knight Frank South Sydney have established a formidable team, transacting major assets including development sites and commercial investment opportunities on behalf of a diverse client base of institutional, high-net-worth and private groups.
Our discussion explores the major thematics occurring across South Sydney's commercial property sector, the prevailing opportunities and challenges that are affecting investment decisions, and their short-to-medium term outlook.
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An exclusive interview with legendary property investor Julius Colman AM - Founder of MCS Property.
Ready Media Group, in partnership with Belle Property Commercial is pleased to announce the launch of a brand new series, 'Women in Property & Business'. This exclusive new program aims to showcase the most inspiring and successful women in the property, finance, consulting, not-for-profit & management fields, uncovering the secrets behind their success and sharing their insights for future generations. Each week, Tamara Gross will highlight the achievements, challenges and learnings that each guest has experienced throughout their extraordinary careers. Enjoy this week's discussion with Vanessa Fajnkind Founder & Director at Brook Recruitment. Find the latest episodes on Spotify & across the Ready Media Group network.
In this episode, Development Ready sat down with Robert Dune - Director at Savills Brisbane to hear about the key trends for Queensland's development site market and the prevailing opportunities and challenges that exist for property developers in the region.
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In this episode, we chat with Chris O’Driscoll, National Director of Healthcare & Retirement Living Transactions, and with Ian Sanders, Head of Transaction Services of Asia Pacific Healthcare and Retirement Living, from Colliers Healthcare.
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An exclusive discussion with Michael Naphtali AM - Partner of venture capital firm Rampersand, Board Member of ErdiGroup, Co-Chairman of Hindal Corporate, former CEO of the Pratt Group and a Former Executive Director of Credit Suisse.
In this episode, we chat with Antonio Mercuri - Principal & Director at GV Property Group.
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In this episode, we chat with Michael McCullagh - Managing Director & Partner, and Tom Barr - Director & Head of Investment Sales at Ray White Commercial QLD.
https://www.raywhitecommercialqld.com/
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In this episode, we chat with Tony Williams - Director at Ray White Queensland.
Tony joined the Ray White Commercial team in 1992 and since then has obtained vast experience in all facets of Real Estate including Residential, Commercial, Industrial, Investment, Retail and Development sites.In the past fifteen years Tony has been in the Special Projects Division and has solely concentrated on the residential development site market, specialising in the sale of residential land estates, subdivision sites, broad acre land holdings, englobo land and medium and high density residential unit sites.
Tony is joint owner and Director of Ray White Special Projects (Queensland).
https://www.developmentready.com.au/agencies/ray-white-commercial-queensland
In this episode, we chat with Mark Witheriff and Darrell Irwin from CBRE Gold Coast & Robina Group.
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In this episode, we chat with James Crawford - Director, Investment Services at Colliers Gold Coast.
Our guest is Patrick Allaway - one of the Country's most highly respected company directors and businessmen.
His current interests include as Chairman and Non-Executive Director of the Bank of Queensland, Independent Director of Dexus Funds Management Limited, Non-Executive Director of Allianz Australia and Chairman of the Giant Steps Endowment Fund.
Prior to these roles, he was a Board Member of Nine Entertainment and Fairfax Media, as well as a Non-Executive Director of Woolworths South Africa, Country Road Group, David Jones & Metcash Limited.
Upon graduating from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Law degree, Patrick spent more than two decades in the financial services and investment banking industries both domestically and internationally, including five years as Managing Director, Capital Markets at UBS London and three years at Macquarie Goodman.
In 2003, he Co-Founded and became Executive Chairman of Saltbush Capital Markets, a privately owned boutique corporate advisory business.
Today's discussion will explore Patrick's background in further detail, his perspective on prevailing economic market trends and his role in the ongoing digital transformation of BoQ.
An insightful discussion with two of Queensland's leading commercial real estate agents in Tim Jones & Sam Byrne of JLL Brisbane.
Ready Media Group, in partnership with Belle Property Commercial is pleased to announce the launch of a brand new series, 'Women in Property & Business'. This exclusive new program aims to showcase the most inspiring and successful women in the property, finance, consulting, not-for-profit & management fields, uncovering the secrets behind their success and sharing their insights for future generations. Each week, Tamara Gross will highlight the achievements, challenges and learnings that each guest has experienced throughout their extraordinary careers. Enjoy this week's discussion with Kristy-Lea Moussi, Partner at Only Hospitality Group. Find the latest episodes on Spotify & across the Ready Media Group network.
Joining our podcast series on this episode, is Adam Grbcic - Commercial Sales Specialist with leading Gold Coast agency, Kollosche.
In this insightful discussion, Adam shares his thoughts on the key trends and deals occurring across the local market and where opportunities exist for commercial investors.
In this episode, we spoke with Jared Johnson & Dax Roep of Harcourts Coastal to explore the key investment and development trends occurring across the Gold Coast's commercial property market.
In this episode, Development Ready sat down with Adam Rubie - Associate Director, Residential at Colliers Brisbane to hear about the performance of Queensland's development site market and the prevailing opportunities and challenges that exist for property developers in the region.
It's a pleasure to sit down with Mark Clifford - Partner, Head of Industrial Logistics, Queensland at Knight Frank.
Ready Media Group, in partnership with Belle Property Commercial is pleased to announce the launch of a brand new series, 'Women in Property & Business'. This exclusive new program aims to showcase the most inspiring and successful women in the property, finance, consulting, not-for-profit & management fields, uncovering the secrets behind their success and sharing their insights for future generations. Each week, Tamara Gross will highlight the achievements, challenges and learnings that each guest has experienced throughout their extraordinary careers. Enjoy this week's discussion with Ingrid Filmer, the CEO & Partner of Burgess Rawson in Melbourne. Find the latest episodes on Spotify & across the Ready Media Group network.
In his first major in-depth interview, it's a privilege to have on our series legendary Australian businessman and founder, Ian Malouf.
Ahoy Club - https://ahoyclub.com/
Throughout a career spanning close to four decades, Ian has established an enviable track record of success, building industrial waste management & disposal business Dial-A=Dump Industries (DADI Group) four months after completing school and with a budget of only $700 to become one of the Nation's largest privately owned businesses.
In 2018, owing to the extraordinary growth that Dial-A-Dump had achieved over the proceeding thirty-four years, competitor Bingo Industries acquired the business in a $577m transaction, marking the beginning of Ian's legacy and providing him with an opportunity to explore opportunities in new industries and market segments.
Following completion of the sale of the business, Ian alongside his daughter Ellie, founded digital yacht chartering platform Ahoy Club, having grown frustrated at the industry's lack of innovation and the excessive commissions being charged by brokerage companies to yacht owners around the World.
Since launching four years ago, Ahoy Club has become the go-to platform for yacht charters globally, offering a multi-disciplined service across more than four-thousand professionally crewed charter yachts that offer Ahoy Club members best-in-class service with booking discounts of up to 30%.
In addition to his current business interests which span property investment, yachting and the development of waste-to-energy plants alongside fellow industrial magnate John Richards, Ian is a Board Member of Bingo Industries and dedicates his time and resources to a number of charitable causes.
Today's discussion will explore Ian's background, the extraordinary story of Dial-A-Dump Industries, the Ahoy Club platform and key lessons and advice he can share from over thirty-eight years in business.
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Ready Media Group, in partnership with Belle Property Commercial is pleased to announce the launch of a brand new series, 'Women in Property & Business'. This exclusive new program aims to showcase the most inspiring and successful women in the property, finance, consulting, not-for-profit & management fields, uncovering the secrets behind their success and sharing their insights for future generations. Each week, Tamara Gross will highlight the achievements, challenges and learnings that each guest has experienced throughout their extraordinary careers. Enjoy this week's discussion with Zara Seidler, the Co-Founder of The Daily Aus. Find the latest episodes on Spotify & across the Ready Media Group network.
It's a privilege to welcome to our series, special guest Michael Gutman OBE - Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Assembly Funds Management and one of Australia's most experienced property specialists.
Launched in 2019 in a partnership between Michael Gutman, the Lowy Family Group and Alceon, Assembly is a funds management platform targeting strong risk adjusted returns across the Australasian real estate sector with an opportunistic and flexible mandate to invest in assets across market cycles.
To-date it's inaugural fund, The Australian Diversified Property Fund 1 (ADPF) has secured over $285m of equity commitments for a portfolio of logistics, residential, mixed-use, large format retail & alternative assets with a target net IRR of 10-12% - the business has currently invested in twelve opportunities taking the fund to 70% drawn.
Prior to founding Assembly, Michael spent close to twenty-five years with Westfield, rising to Global President and Chief Operating Officer leading globally significant projects in Australia, the UK and the US including Westfield Fountain Gate and Doncaster, Westfield Century City and Valley Fair and Westfield London & Westfield Stratford City to name a few.
Under his tenure, Michael was directly responsible for over 1,000 personnel across the business including in the fields of development, design, construction, leasing, management and marketing working hand-in-hand with the company's senior leadership team and founders Sir Frank Lowy AC, Steven Lowy AM and Peter Lowy before the business was acquired by Unibail Rodamco in 2018 in a $23bn transaction.
More broadly, Michael has spent over four decades deeply embedded within global real estate markets via executive positions with Mirvac, Ellison Investments and Lendlease and was also recently a Director of the European Australian Business Council for some two and a half years.
In his first major in-depth interview, our discussion with Michael will explore his storied life, his participation in the leadership team responsible for Westfield's enormous success, his current business interests and the key learnings he can share for those looking to emulate the career of one of the Country's most successful business people.
Ready Media Group, in partnership with Belle Property Commercial is pleased to announce the launch of a brand new series, 'Women in Property & Business'. This exclusive new program aims to showcase the most inspiring and successful women in the property, finance, consulting, not-for-profit & management fields, uncovering the secrets behind their success and sharing their insights for future generations. Each week, Tamara Gross will highlight the achievements, challenges and learnings that each guest has experienced throughout their extraordinary careers. Enjoy this week's discussion with Gaby Rosenberg, the Co-Founder of Blossom App. Find the latest episodes on Spotify & across the Ready Media Group network.
Our guest is Ian Chambers – Managing Director, Head of Wealth Management Australia for global banking giant Morgan Stanley.
Ian brings over three decades of experience across equity markets and wealth advisory, having joined Morgan Stanley in 1998 to establish it's local equity practice before being appointed to his current position in February 2014 - prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Ian spent over six years with ABN Amro as Head of Equity Distribution.
He is a graduate of RMIT University having studied a Bachelor of Business degree following the completion of his high school studies at Haileybury College.
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Our guest on this episode is Phillip Cave AM, Executive Chair & Founder of specialised private equity firm Anchorage Capital Partners.
Throughout the course of an extraordinary four decade plus career, Phil has been at the forefront of corporate Australia, utilising his vast experience and skillset to facilitate the successful investment turnaround of numerous businesses including many high-profile, household names such as Sunbeam, Dick Smith and Golden Circle.
Based in Australia but with a mandate to invest both locally as well as in New Zealand and South East Asia, Anchorage has established three funds comprising over $810m of FUM since it's initial raise in 2008.
Prior to the launch of Anchorage Capital, Phil was the founder of Interbank Capital Partners, a boutique investment house providing capital and advisory solutions as well as an Executive Director of Macquarie Bank, recruiting another previous guest of the series in Bill Moss AO to the business in 1984 as well as establishing a long-running partnership with former CEO, Allan Moss AO.
In addition to his existing corporate interests, Phil is an active philanthropist and serves as the Chairman of Ability First Australia and Excelsia College - organisations working to support services for children and young adults with disabilities.
He is a graduate of The New South Wales Institute of Technology having completed a Bachelor of Business (Commerce) degree and is also a Fellow of the Australian Society of Certified Practicing Accountants.
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Ready Media Group, in partnership with Belle Property Commercial is pleased to announce the launch of a brand new series, 'Women in Property & Business'. This exclusive new program aims to showcase the most inspiring and successful women in the property, finance, consulting, not-for-profit & management fields, uncovering the secrets behind their success and sharing their insights for future generations. Each week, Tamara Gross will highlight the achievements, challenges and learnings that each guest has experienced throughout their extraordinary careers. Enjoy this week's discussion with Amy Carlson the Property Leasing Manager at Woolworths in Metro, Victoria. Find the latest episodes on Spotify & across the Ready Media Group network.
It’s a pleasure to have joining us on this episode of our podcast series Ray White Projects Western Sydney Managing Director, Mark Bernberg & Ray White Commercial Western Sydney Managing Director Peter Vines to discuss the recent expansion of the revered Ray White Projects division into the high-growth region of Western Sydney.
https://raywhitecommercialwesternsydney.com/
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On this episode, it's a pleasure to be sitting down with Yosh Mendis - Partner & Head of Agency, NSW at Burgess Rawson to discuss current market trends and thematics & the strength of the Burgess Rawson auction portfolio system.
https://www.burgessrawson.com.au/team/sydney/yosh-mendis/
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In this episode of our podcast series, it’s a pleasure to be speaking with Benson Zhou, Director, CBD & Metropolitan Sales and State Head of Asia Markets at globally recognised commercial real estate firm Savills.
Benson joined Savills in 2016 and has built an enviable reputation leading the group’s Asia Markets Team in Melbourne, a team which has been involved in negotiating and transacting over a billion dollars of commercial property assets across the Country.
He holds a Bachelor of Business (international marketing) from Victoria University, sits on the judging panel of the Australia Asia Property Award and has been a Member of Council for the Australia-Shanghai Business Association for over six years.
Our discussion focusses on capital market inflows and investment appetite into the Australian commercial real estate sector from the Asia-Pacific region, and in particular China.
https://www.savills.com.au/
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Our guest is Len Warson - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Glenvill, one of the Country's oldest and most successful property development groups, with a history dating back some sixty-four years.
Prior to joining Glenvill in 1984, Len was an insolvency accountant at Ernst & Young having studied a Bachelor of Economics, Accounting & Finance at Monash University.
In addition to his executive career at Glenvill, Len is the Chairman of the Lighthouse Foundation, an organisation actively involved in providing housing and care programs to youth affected by abuse and homelessness.
https://glenvill.com.au/
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It's a pleasure to welcome Peter Ivany AO, Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Ivany Investment Group as a guest on today's program.
Peter has been deeply embedded within corporate Australia for multiple generations, originally making his mark as CEO of Hoyts Cinemas throughout the 1980's and 1990's, growing the business from a small local chain of forty to an international powerhouse comprising over two-thousand theatres across the World.
In 1999, Peter sold the Hoyts business to Kerry Packer's Consolidated Press Holdings and in doing-so, commenced the next chapter of his career with a particular focus on philanthropy, the arts and the establishment of his private investment vehicle to pursue opportunities across the real estate, private equity and fixed-income spheres.
Peter's current roles include as a member of the Sydney Cricket Ground Heritage Trust, Chairman of the NIDA Foundation Trust & Chairman of the Sydney Swans Foundation - he is also a board member of Sydney Swans Limited, Allied Credit and the Loftus Peak Advisory Board to name a few.
Ready Media Group, in partnership with Belle Property Commercial is pleased to announce the launch of a brand new series, 'Women in Property & Business'. This exclusive new program aims to showcase the most inspiring and successful women in the property, finance, consulting, not-for-profit & management fields, uncovering the secrets behind their success and sharing their insights for future generations. Each week, Tamara Gross will highlight the achievements, challenges and learnings that each guest has experienced throughout their extraordinary careers. Enjoy this week's discussion with Emma Woodhouse, the Chief Operating Officer of Salta Properties. Find the latest episodes on Spotify & across the Ready Media Group network.
Ready Media Group, in partnership with Belle Property Commercial is pleased to announce the launch of a brand new series, 'Women in Property & Business'. This exclusive new program aims to showcase the most inspiring and successful women in the property, finance, consulting, not-for-profit & management fields, uncovering the secrets behind their success and sharing their insights for future generations. Each week, Tamara Gross will highlight the achievements, challenges and learnings that each guest has experienced throughout their extraordinary careers. Enjoy this week's discussion with businesswomen & philanthropist Patricia Ilhan. Find the latest episodes on Spotify & across the Ready Media Group network.
Joining our series on this episode is Kim Williams AM - legendary Australian businessman who has led some of the Country's largest media & entertainment organisations including NewsCorp Australia, Foxtel & Southern Star Entertainment via both Board and Executive level positions.
Kim has also had a decorated career via arts & cultural institutions, having previously been Chairman of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Australian Film Finance Corporation & the Sydney Opera House Trust to name a few.
Throughout the course of his extraordinary five decade plus involvement in the media, Kim worked directly alongside industry giants such as Kerry Packer, Bruce McWilliam, David Leckie & Rupert Murdoch, often playing a leading and decisive role in shaping the success of their respective businesses.
A selection of his recent / current positions include AFL Commissioner, Board Member of Myer Family Investments & Chair of the Copyright Agency, amongst a number of other high-profile interests.
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https://www.copyright.com.au/
Joining our series on this episode is Kris Daff - Managing Director of Assemble Communities & Make Ventures.
Kris has been one of Melbourne's most prolific developers & investors for close on two decades, having worked closely with Ron Walker & Ashley Williams at Evolve Development before founding his current businesses, Make Ventures in 2014 and Assemble in 2017.
https://assemblecommunities.com/
https://www.makeventures.com.au/
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In this exclusive interview, Ready Media Group sat down with Rahul Bharara, Managing Director & Head of Real Estate, Australia at Credit Suisse to discuss macro economic events & their potential implications on commercial real estate markets across Australia in 2022.
https://www.credit-suisse.com/au/en.html
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Joining our series on this episode is Leigh Jasper - serial entrepreneur & CEO of Saniel Ventures.
Leigh co-founded construction software & colloboration platform Aconex over the course of eighteen years before selling the business to Oracle in a $1.6b transaction in 2017 - since that time, he's been an active investor & holds a number of board roles including with Seek, LaunchVic, Salta Properties, SecondQuarter Ventures & the Burnet Institute.
https://www.secondquarter.vc/leighjasper
https://www.saniel.vc/
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Joining our series on this episode is Gerry Ryan OAM - revered businessman & Australian manufacturing icon.
Gerry's business interests extend beyond the Jayco Australia empire he established in 1975 to now incorporate wineries, resorts & sporting teams to name a few - generating annual revenues of in excess of $500m.
https://www.jayco.com.au/
https://mitchelton.com.au/
https://www.greenedgecycling.com/
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Joining our podcast series is Julian Heatherich, Director, CBD & Metropolitan Sales at Savills Melbourne.
Julian joined Savills in 2014 & offers over 15 years' experience in commercial real estate markets, working intricately with local & offshore investors, developers, government bodies, major institutions and private clients.
Our guest is Charles Goode AC - Founder & Chairman Emeritus of Flagstaff Partners.
Flagstaff Partners is Australia's pre-eminent independent financial and strategic corporate advisory firm, having advised on over $120bn worth of transactions across M&A, divestments, debt advisory, government privatisations, equity capital markets advice and complex & special situations.
Prior to launching Flagstaff Partners in 2009 alongside Tony Burgess, Charles was a Director of Woodside Petroleum Ltd (WPL) from 1988 and Chairman from 1999 to 2007, a Director of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ Bank) from 1991 and Chairman from August 1995 to February 2010, and a Director of Singapore Airlines (SAI) from 1999 to 2006.
Charles is currently Chairman of Australia United Investment Company Ltd (AUI), Diversified United Investment Ltd (DUI) and Chairman Emeritus of Flagstaff Partners Pty Ltd.
He is Chairman of The Ian Potter Foundation and has, over a number of years, been involved in a wide range of community activities.
https://flagstaffpartners.com/
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Our guest is renowned litigation & corporate advisory specialist, Leon Zwier.
Throughout the course of a career spanning in excess of over thirty years, Leon has been intricately involved in some of this Nation's most high-profile and complex legal cases in his role as Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution, Litigation & Restructuring at Australia's most respected private law firm, Arnold Bloch Leibler.
His reputation as one the Country's top legal minds is evidenced through the clients for which he has acted for, including leading business & political luminaries who consistently retain his services courtesy of a fierce intellect and an uncompromising ability to pursue the best outcomes.
Our discussion explores Leon's upbringing, successes and insights drawn from an extraordinary career.
https://www.abl.com.au/
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Salta Properties are one of Australia's leading private property development, real estate and technology companies, with a history dating back over 50 years and which now boasts a portfolio of assets that are frequented by thousands of Australians each and every day.
We are privileged to have joining us Founder and family scion Salvatore (Sam) Tarascio & Managing Director of Salta Properties Sam Tarascio - an extraordinary gathering of the true pioneers behind the revered Salta business.
https://www.salta.com.au/
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Joining our series on this episode is David Minty - Senior Manager, Melbourne City Sales & Development Sites at CBRE.
David provides a detailed overview of Melbourne's commercial & development site market, exploring the key themes that have dominated transaction activity over the past twelve months as well his forecast for both buyer and vendor sentiment in 2022.
https://commercialready.com.au/
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https://www.cbre.com.au/people-and-offices/david-minty
Joining our series is Andrew Myer AM - Principal of A V Myer Group & a Director of Myer Family Investments.
As a member of one of the Nation's most storied family dynasty's, Andrew has amassed a diverse array of career experiences over the course of the past thirty-five years spanning the fields of property development, domestic and international equity investment, film production & philanthropy.
Through his interests as a property developer, Andrew has spearheaded a number of significant projects including the Fawkner Apartments in Toorak, 9-11 Claremont Street in South Yarra & The Well, a mixed-use commercial, residential & retail precinct in Camberwell.
As a film producer, Andrew has been the driving force behind nine Australian feature films including the award winning movies Look Both Ways & Romulus My Father - he was has also previously been Deputy-Chair of the Melbourne International Film Festival & Deputy-Chair of the Australian Film & Television Radio School.
From a philanthropic perspective, Andrew established the Andyinc Foundation, a venture which supports & provides resources toward projects involved in the environmental, sustainability, social justice, humanities and arts fields - he is also a Trustee of the Sidney Myer Fund and a member of The Myer Foundation amongst a number of other roles.
He is a graduate of the University of Melbourne having completed an MBA at the Melbourne Business School.
https://www.avmyergroup.com.au/
https://myerfamilyinvestments.com.au/
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Our guests are Matt & Andy Mullins - Co-founders of privately owned, Melbourne based hospitality business Sand Hill Road Group.
Following the launch of the business in the year 2000, Sand Hill Road has gone on to own, develop & operate over twelve distinct venues, adding their own design flavour throughout the process and reinvigorating traditional notions of how hotel & leisure assets are managed.
The business currently owns and operates high profile venues including the Hotel Esplanade in St Kilda, Garden State Hotel, Waterside Hotel, Prahan Hotel, Bridge Hotel, Richmond Club Hotel, Terminus Hotel, The Posty & Holliava - previously, they've also been actively involved in The Commercial Club Hotel, The Loft & the Heritage Hotel in QLD.
In March 2020, it was reported that private-equity backed Australian Venue Co had secured a $100m+ deal to acquire eight SRG assets, though the resulting Covid-19 crisis halted those plans, at least in the short-term.
In hindsight, the fog & difficulties of the past twenty-one months may ultimately prove to be a blessing in disguise for the group, with pub assets trading at record highs and the re-opening of the Victorian economy resulting in a strong re-bound in patronage across the sector.
https://www.sandhillroad.com.au/
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Joining our series on this episode is revered private equity investor & corporate advisor Tim Sims AM - Co-Founder & Managing Director of Pacific Equity Partners.
Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) is the Nation's largest & most experienced private market fund manager, with over $7.1b of assets under management & a globally recognised reputation as a leader in the field of private equity.
Launched in 1998, PEP has advised on, or invested in, over thirty-six operating company's and over 120 bolt-on acquisitions across a broad range of industries & sectors via buyout, infrastructure & credit investment strategies.
Prior to the launch of Pacific Equity, Tim was Managing Partner of Bain & Company for a period of five years working across Australasia, as well as a Founding Member & Managing Partner of L.E.K Consulting for close to ten years.
He is a graduate of both Harvard University, having completed a Master of Public Administration, and of the University of Oxford, having completed a Bachelor & Master of Arts.
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https://www.pep.com.au/
Joining us on this episode of our series is business & racing royalty, Matt Allen AM - Former Managing Director of UBS Japan & revered yachtsman, having competed in an extraordinary thirty Sydney to Hobart yacht races for a return of three victories on overall handicap.
In a diverse corporate career that extends over four decades, Matt initially worked in Australia throughout the 1980's and early 1990's managing teams trading public sector debt, fixed-income & foreign exchange products, before becoming involved in building propriety trading systems.
In 1997, alongside his partners, he sold a 50% stake in his trading system company to Swiss Bank Corporation, a condition of the deal in which required Senior Management of SBC to move to Asia - Matt re-located to Japan the same year and became principally involved in the three-way merger between SBC, UBS & LTCB Securities.
Matt was later appointed Regional Chief Executive & President of UBS AG Japan until his return to Australia, wherein following a lifelong involvement in ocean racing, he became involved in the sport through Board & Member roles with the CYCA, Australian Olympic Committee, World Sailing Committee, Australia Day Regatta & the Royal Ocean Racing Club to name a few.
He currently serves on the advisory board of a number of businesses including Approach Solutions & Growing Teams.
Our discussion explores Matt's career, his key lessons & achievements, his perspectives on the current business & economic environment and of course his expectations for the 2021 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.
Joining our series on this episode is Phil Pearce - Chief Executive Officer of ESR Australia & Non-Executive Director of ESR Funds Management Limited.
Throughout the course of the past two decades, Phil been deeply entrenched within the commercial property sector both domestically and internationally, commencing his career as an asset manager with AMP Capital before joining Goodman Group in 2002 as a Portfolio Manager within their Singapore office.
By 2006, he was appointed Managing Director of Goodman Group China based in Shanghai, before being appointed Managing Director of the company's Greater China operations by 2009 based in Hong Jong - his steady leadership of the business during this significant phase of growth led to him being appointed an Executive Director & Board Member of Goodman Group for a period of close to four years.
In 2017, he joined ESR Funds Management Limited in Singapore and led the business's expansion into Australia via the acquisition of Commercial & Industrial Property as well as the acquisition of PropertyLink Group in 2019.
Phil was appointed CEO of ESR Australia in 2018 and manages the groups $8bn of domestic assets as well as the teams functions across site selection, acquisition, design, construction & project management, operations and funds management.
https://au.esr.com/
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In the last episode of our podcast series with Marshall Condon, Wefund Co-founder, we are exploring the future state of Property and development finance.
Our guest is investment banking veteran & legendary corporate advisor Trevor Rowe AO.
For over four decades, Trevor has been at the forefront of capital markets, banking, deal-making & advisory both domestically and internationally via senior Board & executive level positions with a roll-call of some of the largest institutions including Rothschild & Co, Citigroup Global Markets, Salomon Brothers, QIC, UGL & the ASX.
Today's discussion forms part two of our interview with Trevor, with the first episode via podcast format delving into key macro themes across the economy & geopolitical environment whilst our conversation this afternoon will focus on his career achievements, his lessons for success & how he see's the growth of corporate Australia into the future.
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Joining our series on this episode is Phil Clark AO.
Phil’s executive career extends across a range of disciplines, from the law, investment banking, corporate advisory & the public-sector, wherein he has played a pivotal & often decisive role in shaping the strategic direction of both companies & industries alike.
His current positions include (but are not limited to) as Chair of SCA Property Group, Member of J.P. Morgan’s Australia Advisory Council, Chair of the Australian Antarctic Science Council & Chair of Trustees for the NSW Public Purpose Fund.
Previously, Phil is perhaps most well known for his ten year tenure as Managing Partner & Chief Executive Officer of top tier law firm Minter Ellison, Director & Head of Corporate for ABN Amro Australia, Director of Ingenia Communities Group, Director of the Garvan Foundation & Director of ING Management Limited.
He has also held a number of significant leadership positions across both State & Federal Government bodies.
Phil is a graduate of the University of Sydney having completed a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Law degree before completing an MBA at Columbia University in New York.
https://www.scaproperty.com.au/
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Ready Media Group, in partnership with Belle Property Commercial is pleased to announce the launch of a brand new series, 'Women in Property & Business'.
This exclusive new program aims to showcase the most inspiring and successful women in the property, finance, consulting, not-for-profit & management fields, uncovering the secrets behind their success and sharing their insights for future generations.
Each week, Tamara Gross & Rob Langton will highlight the achievements, challenges and learnings that each guest has experienced throughout their extraordinary careers.
Enjoy this week's discussion with Mandy Mandie - Executive Director of the Koala Kids Foundation.
Find the latest episodes on Spotify & across the Ready Media Group network.
Our guest is Luke Sayers AM - Founder & Executive Chairman of Sayers Group.
Sayers Group is an independent corporate advisory, wealth management and investment firm that offers clients an alternative approach to legacy thinking in favour of innovative, tailored solutions to the unique challenges of the 21st Century.
Since launching in February of 2021 and against the backdrop of unprecedented global uncertainty, Sayers Group has grown to incorporate ninety team members across such business lines as strategy & deals, investments & advisory and technology.
Prior to establishing his own firm, Luke worked within PwC Australia for close to thirty years, rising through the ranks to become Partner (at age 29) & National Managing Partner, culminating in his appointment as Chief Executive Officer in 2012 - a role he held for the maximum limit of two, four year terms.
Outside of his corporate interests, Luke has been Chair of e.motion21, a not-for-profit organisation providing bespoke programs to children and young adults with Down syndrome for six years, a member of the Australian Women in Sport Advisory Group for over two years and a member of Monash University's Industry Council of Advisors for close on seven years.
Luke has also been and continues to be a Board Member of the Carlton Football Club and was recently appointed as the Club's next President.
https://sayers.group/
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Our guest on this episode of our podcast series is Dick Lester AM - Executive Chairman of Lester Group & legendary real estate investment pioneer.
In a career spanning in excess of fifty years, Dick has been at the forefront of the commercial property industry in Australia, having built a diverse career of experiences and specialist knowledge across the disciplines of real estate sales, market research, valuations, acquisitions and property trusts.
Alongside Greg Paramor AO, Dick was the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Growth Equities Mutual Limited - one of the Nation's original unlisted property trusts which grew to encompass some $1.6b of assets under management before later being sold to Lend Lease Corporation in 1994.
He has also held a number of corporate positions, including as a Board Member of Wesfarmers Limited for a period of thirteen years, Chairman of the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research for a period of seven years & a member of the Murdoch University Senate for a period of six years.
Dick is also a noted philanthropist & patron of the arts, having established The Lester Prize for visual art in addition to contributions to education, health & medical research.
https://lestergroup.com.au/
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Joining our interview series on this episode is Michael Ullmer AO - one of the Country's preeminent business figures, having been deeply entrenched within corporate Australia via a number of significant appointments that stretch throughout a period of in excess of thirty-years.
Michael's experience & leadership extends across a number of industries within which he's extensive strategic, financial and management expertise has been highly sought-after at both Board and executive level.
He is currently Chairman and Independent Non-Executive Director of Lendlease Corporation, a globally integrated real estate and investment group with a market capitalisation of over seven billion dollars and thirteen thousand employee's Worldwide that has delivered landmark projects across the Globe for over five decades.
Having joined the Board in late 2011, Michael became Chairman of the business in November 2018 and has overseen the group's growth & operations across four regions including Australia, Europe, the Americas and Asia.
Until recently, he was also a Non Executive Director of Woolworths Group, one of Australia's largest retailers with domain expertise built across key brands including Woolworths supermarkets & discount department store, Big W – a position he held for over nine years.
Michael also has a revered history across the financial services sector, having spent oven seven years at National Australia Bank including as Deputy Group CEO, seven years at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia as Group CFO & head of the Institutional & Business Banking division.
He has also held a number of other corporate positions including as a Director of Fosters Limited (four years), Partner of Coopers & Lybrand (five years) and a Partner of KPMG for a period of ten years.
Other significant appointments include as a Member of the European Australian Business Council (ongoing), Chairman of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (fourteen years) & Trustee of the National Gallery of Victoria (nine years) to name a few.
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Ready Media Group, in partnership with Tamara Gross of Belle Property Commercial is pleased to announce the launch of a brand new series, 'Women in Property & Business'.
This exclusive new program aims to showcase the most inspiring and successful women in the property, finance, consulting & management fields, uncovering the secrets behind their success and sharing their insights for future generations.
Each week, Tamara Gross & Rob Langton will highlight the achievements, challenges and learnings that each guest has experienced throughout their extraordinary careers.
In this episode, we speak with Melanie Green – National Leasing Manager, ISPT.
Find the latest episodes on Spotify & across the Ready Media Group network.
https://www.bellecommercial.com/
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Joining us on this episode of our podcast is Karl Morris AO - Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director of Ord Minnett.
Ord Minnett is one of the Country's leading wealth management groups with a revered history in providing full-service stockbroking, financial planning & funds management services to private & corporate clients for over seventy years.
The business has amassed some $57b of funds under advice across a network of three hundred private clients advisers working in twelve offices throughout Australia & Hong Kong.
Since joining the business in 1990 as a State Manager, Karl rose through the ranks and was appointed CEO & Managing Director for five years during the period 2004 - 2009, before becoming Executive Chairman of the firm for a period of eleven years - early last year, he re-joined the company's management team in the hands-on role of CEO.
Outside of his immediate interests in Ord Minnett, Karl holds a number of corporate and philanthropic positions, including as Chairman of the Brisbane Bronco's NRL team, Chair of the Braveheart's Foundation Fund & board member of J.P Morgan's Australia Advisory Council.
He is also a Former Chairman of QSuper and the Stockbrokers & Financial Advisers Association of Australia and a former Board Member of RACQ.
Karl is a graduate of Griffith University having completed a Bachelor of Business & Commerce degree and has completed Diploma's with the AICD, FINSIA & the Stockbrokers Association of Australia.
https://ords.com.au/about-ord-minnett-ords/
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In this latest episode, Commercial Ready sat down with leading Gold Coast commercial property agents, Jared Johnson & Lachlan Marshall of Harcourts Coastal Commercial to discuss the key trends, buyer & vendor sentiment and forecasts for the year ahead.
Commercial lending. Today the market is highly unregulated and we know changes are coming but does that affect the ability to secure funds for your next project?
Join us, as Marshall Condon, Co-founder of Wefund talks us through what to expect in the foreseeable future when it comes to regulations, and how you can prepare for the proposed changes.
Our guests on this episode are Charbel Hazzouri & Anthony El-Hazouri, Founders of RevelopAU.
Revelop is an independent, private-owned property development firm which specialises in the development, acquisition and ownership of assets across the commercial, residential and retail real estate sectors.
Launched in two-thousand-and-eight, the company has established a substantial portfolio of over fifty properties spread throughout New South Wales, Victoria & South Australia, comprising over a thousand tenants and some 250,000sqm in gross lettable area.
With a future development portfolio in excess of over $1b in value, Revelop has become one of the Country's most active property groups, having outlaid significant capital this year for opportunities in both New South Wales & South Australia.
https://www.revelop.com.au/
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On this episode of our podcast series, Commercial Ready spoke exclusively with David Schaefer - Chief Executive Officer of AEW Capital Management Asia-Pacific.
AEW is one of the World's leading real estate investment advisors, managing over $88.6b of property and securities on behalf of global investors.
With headquarters based in Boston, USA, the business has over seven-hundred-and-seventy employee's across offices in Los Angeles, Madrid, London, Paris, Hong Kong, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney & Tokyo to name a few.
As part of both AEW's Asia Investment Committee & Global Executive Committee, David has broad oversight of the businesses investments across the Asia-Pacific region which recently closed it's fourth Asia-Pacific Value-Add fund with commitments totalling in excess of $1.5b.
Prior to his current position at AEW, David was the Managing Director and Head of Asia Pacific for Citi Property Investors for close to five years and Executive Director, Head of Property-Asia for Macquarie Bank for a period of close to six years.
David is a graduate of Cornell University, having completed a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts.
https://www.aew.com/
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Ready Media Group, in partnership with Tamara Gross of Belle Property Commercial is pleased to announce the launch of a brand new series, 'Women in Property & Business'.
This exclusive new program aims to showcase the most inspiring and successful women in the property, finance, consulting & management fields, uncovering the secrets behind their success and sharing their insights for future generations.
On this episode, we speak with Adriana Zuccala – Managing Director of private real estate investment firm, Supra Capital.
Find the latest episodes on Spotify & across the Ready Media Group network.
https://supracapital.com.au/
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Joining our series on this episode is Felicity Emmett - Senior Economist at ANZ bank.
As one of the industry's most respected economists, Felicity brings more than twenty years of experience across financial markets and has previously worked for the Royal Bank of Scotland, ABN Amro & BZW Australia.
She is a Graduate of Macquarie University having completed Master of Economics and Bachelor of Economics degrees, and is also a Committee Member of Australian Business Economists and a State Advisory Council Member of the Committee for Economic Development Australia (CEDA).
https://esacentral.org.au/business-listing/3768/0/322006/felicity-emmett
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On this episode, we sit down with two of Victoria's most active commercial real estate agents operating across the hotel & leisure sector in Will Connolly & Nick MacFie of JLL's Hotel & Hospitality division.
https://www.jll.com.au/
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Our special guest is Simon Ranson - Head of Investment Banking, Australia & New Zealand at J.P. Morgan.
In an extensive career forged over the course of more than three decades, Simon has been deeply embedded within financial markets, having variously held the roles of Vice-Chairman for J.P. Morgan as well as Head of M&A and Real Estate Investment Banking at Citigroup.
Simon is a highly-respected figure within the industry, having worked on significant appointments throughout his career.
He completed the first hostile takeover of a REIT for Stockland in acquiring Flinders Industrial Property Trust, the first IPO of a development trust, the BT Sydney Development Trust and the first IPO of an Australian listed property trust owning US property.
More recently, while working at J.P. Morgan from 2019 to 2021 he has helped with raising $6.8bn for clients including Charter Hall, Dexus and Centuria. Simon has also advised clients on some of the largest real estate M&A deals including Investa Office Fund on its A$4.5bn defence, Blackstone on the $3.8bn sale of logistic properties and National Storage on its $2.5bn defence.
He is a Graduate of The University of Queensland having completed a degree in Commerce & an honors degree in Law and previously worked as a Solicitor at Baker & McKenzie.
https://www.jpmorgan.com/AU/en/about-us
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Our guest on this episode is Bryan Dorman - Co-Founder & Non-Executive Director of Regis Healthcare and Chairman of private investment office, Dorman Capital.
Founded in 1991, Regis has grown to become one of Australia's largest & most successful aged care & retirement living companies, operating in excess of sixty-five facilities across the Nation incorporating over six-thousand places.
In 2014, the company was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and has a present market capitalisation exceeding $600m - over the course of the past decade or so, the business has also generated investment interest from some of the Country's most revered institutions including Macquarie Capital and Washington H. Soul Pattinson.
Via his private investment vehicle, Dorman Capital, Bryan is an active investor in both operating businesses and property development, with recent capital deployments including in the PETstock chain and the revitilisation of the Mernda Town Centre.
https://www.dormancapital.com.au/
https://www.commercialready.com.au/
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Joining our series this morning is Simon McKeon AO - Former Australian of the Year, investment banking doyen, corporate deal-maker and noted philanthropist.
Throughout the course of an extraordinarily diverse career, Simon has been intricately involved in some of Australia's largest instituions, Government bodies and charities, having built a forty-plus year network of experience and domain expertise across a wide variety of fields including but not limited to; investment banking, capital markets, finance, law, sports, tourism, education & health.
Current positions include as Chancellor of Monash University, Non-Executive Director of National Australia Bank, Senior Independent Director of Rio Tinto Limited, Co-Chair of the Federal Government's Disability Employment Advisory Committee, & senior consultant to Macquarie Group.
Previous positions include as Chairman of CSIRO, Chairman of AMP, Chairman of MYOB, Chairman of Greater South East Melbourne, Founding President of the Australian Takeovers Panel, Advisory Board Member of PGA Group & Advisory Board Member of GFG Alliance Australia, among a host of other executive and consultancy-based positions.
In addition to these positions, Simon has also been deeply embedded in a number of NFP company's including MS Research Australia, World Vision Australia & the Global Poverty Project Australia to name a few.
Today's discussion with Simon will focus predominantly on his thirty-five year career with Macquarie Group, wherein he rose to became Executive Chairman of the business's Melbourne Office, as well as his current board involvements in the banking, mining and university sectors.
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Our guest on this episode is Australian investment legend, David Paradice AO - Founder & Managing Director of Paradice Investment Management.
Paradice Investment Management is a privately-owned boutique fund manager established some twenty-one years ago that now has over $17b of active funds under management and is widely-regarded as one of the Nation's preeminent investment firms.
The business is led with a focus on four core themes being; capital preservation, generalist market outlook, limited capacity strategies and a healthy risk v. reward appetite.
Following the launch of it's inaugural fund, the Paradice Australian Small Cap Strategy in the year 2000, the business has since expanded to offer investors exposure through a further five dedicated funds, being Australian Mid-Cap, Australian Equities, Global Small Cap, Global Emerging Markets & Equity Alpha Plus.
David's career has been well documented through a number of interesting profiles over the years so today's discussion will focus primarily on his perspective of prevailing market dynamics and the ensuing opportunities it presents for his firm.
https://www.paradice.com/international/
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Our guest is Dale Sanftl - Founder & Chief Executive Officer of 1010 Capital. 1010 Capital is a purpose-built, private investment office with a mandate focused on providing exceptional wealth advisory, portfolio administration and asset allocation services to high-net-worth clients & individuals, including those at the forefront of the next generation of successful business entrepreneurs throughout Australia.
Launched less than twelve months ago, the business has already amassed some $1b of funds-under-advice drawn from a discreet client pool of ten private families, with expectations for this growth to treble to $3b and twenty clients represented prior to applications for new business being halted.
Prior to founding 1010 Capital, Dale spent more than seven years at PwC, initially as a Principal working within the Private Clients division before being made a Partner of the business in June 2015 specialising in advisory for ultra-high net worth families, family offices, private enterprise and entrepreneurs.
He also spent more than seven years as a Client Director at The Myer Family Company (Mutual Trust), one of Australia's oldest and most successful investment institutions.
https://www.1010capital.com.au/
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Our guest is investment banking veteran and industry legend, Trevor Rowe AO - without question, one of the Nation's preeminent businessman having forged a forty-plus year international career as a specialist in capital markets, investment banking, deal-making & corporate advisory.
Trevor is currently a Senior Advisor to Rothschild & Co Australia, having previously been Executive Chairman of the company for a period of some seventeen years.
Immediately prior to this role, he spent twenty-three years at Citigroup Global Markets, holding a number of senior positions on Wall Street, in Asia and later in Australia, before rising to become Chairman of Investment Banking - his time at Citi also coincided with the acquisition of Salomon Brothers, the Australian division of which he launched in 1983.
Major roles and appointments throughout the course of the past twenty years include but are not limited to; Chairman of Queensland Investment Corporation (nine years), Chairman of UGL Limited (eleven years), Non-Executive Director of the ASX (eight years), Member of the Takeovers Investment Panel (three years), Member of the Australian Foreign Affairs Council (ten years) and Chancellor of Bond University (six years).
Given the extraordinary depth of Trevor's experience, our interview today will form part of a broader two episode series, the first of which will explore his perspectives on prevailing market conditions whilst the second will focus on his career achievements & learnings.
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Joining our series is Barry Cawthorn - Managing Director of Sydney-based commercial real estate agency and asset management firm Bawdens.
Throughout the property industry, Bawdens is a highly credentialed and well-respected business owing to it's history which dates back to 1966 and it's track-record, having listed, leased and sold multi-billion dollars worth of commercial, industrial, retail and residential assets during the course of the past fifty-five years.
Bawdens also manages over $2b of real assets on behalf of their diverse client base, a testament to the strength of their team and their expertise & experience across almost all sectors of the commercial property market.
Today's discussion with Barry will explore the Bawdens business, the major thematics driving transaction activity and to what extent he forecasts the fluid market conditions over the past five years in particular will continue into the future.
https://bawdens.com.au/
https://www.commercialready.com.au/
Our special guest is Greg Miles - one of the Country's preeminent commercial property identities having spent over two decades as a senior leader inside Westfield, including as President & Chief Operating Officer of the company's US operations and more recently as Chief Operating Officer of Westfield Australia owner, Scentre Group, for close to five years.
Greg's intricate knowledge and experience in retail property, design development and consumer behaviour was highly valued within the Westfield business including by it's founding members, the Lowy Family, with these experiences and insights paving the way for him to become a Co-owner and Director of the IP Generation platform, a specialist retail investment fund manager, alongside recent guest of the program Chris Lock.
Outside of his immediate corporate interests, Greg is also the soon-to-be Chairman of RAM Property Funds Management Limited, a soon to be listed essential services property fund with circa $700m of assets under management.
He is also Chairman of fintech Till Payments and a former Director of industry group the Shopping Centre Council of Australia.
https://www.ipgeneration.com.au/
https://www.commercialready.com.au/
Our guest is Paul Constantinou AM - Chairman of C&D Capital and Former Chairman of Quest Apartment Hotels, a business he founded some thirty three years ago and built to become the largest serviced apartment group in Australasia.
By 2017, the Quest group encompassed some 190 properties comprising over 9,000 apartments under management, leading to the strategic acquisition of 80% of the company by Singaporean business Ascott Group for a reported $180m.
Recently, Paul officially retired as Non-Executive Chairman and Board Member though retains a 20% equity holding in the company.
Today, his business interests are concentrated via his family office investment vehicle C&D Capital, a global investment fund focusing on listed private equity & credit opportunities.
https://www.cdcapital.com.au/
https://www.commercialready.com.au/
Welcome to the new podcast series, 'Women in Property & Business' - a collaboration between Tamara Gross of Belle Property Commercial & Rob Langton of Ready Media Group.
Each week, we'll be sharing the stories, insights and career journey's of Australia's leading business figures to uncover what makes them tick.
Enjoy our latest episode with Samantha Taylor of KPMG and follow our channel on Spotify by searching 'Ready Media Group'.
https://www.developmentready.com.au/content-hub/article/new-series-women-in-property-business
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Our guests are two of Melbourne's most experienced commercial real estate specialists in Julian White & Justin Dowers, both of whom are Partners of Stonebridge Property Group.
With a cumulative 31 years of experience between them, the pair have an intricate & detailed understanding of all aspects of commercial property, having each transacted more than five billion dollars of quality assets throughout their careers.
For the past fifteen years, Julian has specialised in the sale of development site opportunities in both on-market and off-market settings to a diverse client base comprising private high net worth investors, family offices, superannuation funds, sovereign wealth funds and global property firms.
Since 2009, Justin has been considered as one of the industry's most respected leaders in the retail property sector having been appointed by Australia's most renowned retailers, REIT's, companies and private investors to manage the sale of key assets across their portfolios.
https://stonebridge.com.au/
In the first episode of our new Gold Coast Development Series, we're joined by one of the region's most active local players in Christie Leet - Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Sherpa Property Group.
Sherpa Property Group is a Gold Coast based, private property development business that boasts over thirty years of experience in delivering exceptional land estates and boutique high-end luxury residential projects on the famous beachfront of one of Australia's most recognisable cities.
Active developments underway include Perspective Two Sea, Perspective 488 & 202 Perspective - all absolute beachfront assets in Palm Beach and Bilinga that are set to redefine the concept of full-floor luxury living.
Past projects include quality developments in the Whitsundays, Hamilton Island and Cabarita Beach to name a few whilst upcoming projects include offerings in Biggera Waters & Palm Beach.
https://www.sherpapropertygroup.com.au/
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Our guest is Peter Icklow - Chief Executive Officer of The Monarch Investments Group, a business that has been entrenched in Australia's urban development industry for over six decades.
Founded in 1955 by Peter's father Sidney, Monarch is highly-regarded across the property industry for it's large-scale land estates and mixed-use residential developments including the $350m Macquarie Links Estate, the $150m The Meadows at Bardia Estate and the $80m Narellan Garden Estate to name a few.
Peter has been an integral part of the Monarch business since his appointment as CEO in January of 1970, leading the company through multiple peaks and troughs including recessions to become one of the Country's oldest & most successful private property development firms.
Our discussion explored the Monarch business, Peter's perspective on the current environment and the prevailing challenges and opportunities over the years ahead.
http://monarchinvestments.com/about-us/our-team/
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Joining our series is Peter Clemesha - Executive Director of Avenor.
Avenor is an Australian property development, investment and services firm with a venerable track record of success in the initiation and delivery of complex projects across the commercial, residential & mixed-use sectors.
https://www.avenor.com.au/
Our guest is Warren Ebert - Executive Chairman & Chief Investment Officer of Sentinel Group Australia.
Sentinel Group is undoubtedly one of the Country's most experienced real estate investment firms, with over eighteen active trusts comprising some fifty-eight properties across five regions.
Consistently rated as one of the leading commercial property groups in Australia, Sentinel's mandate focuses on finding opportunistic risk-weighted investments that provide positive growth upside through hands-on asset management & identification and realisation of value-add potential.
With a total portfolio value of real assets in excess of $1.3b, the business has an established presence in the unlisted wholesale property fund market with exposure across a number of key sectors including retail, industrial, development & regional office.
Warren established Sentinel Group in 2009 following more than twenty years of experience across the property industry, including via directorships with Citimark Properties, CBRE & Queensland Property Corporation.
Our guest is renowned businessman, deal-maker, resource industry veteran and sports owner, Tony Sage.
Throughout a career spanning in excess of thirty years, Tony has been at the forefront of Australian business, particularly through his corporate interests in Okewood Pty Ltd, International Goldfields, Cauldron Energy & Cape Lambert Resources.
In one of his most infamous deals, he sold a magnetite project in 2008 to a Chinese corporation for a speculated $400m having purchased the asset less than eighteen months earlier for $20m.
Tony is also well known in business and sporting circles for his ownership of A League Club Perth Glory FC as well as his philanthropic endeavours, particularly through his involvement in Breast Cancer Care WA & Parkerville Children & Youth Care.
https://www.okewood.com.au/
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Ready Media Group, in partnership with Belle Property Commercial is pleased to announce the launch of a brand new series, 'Women in Property & Business'.
This exclusive new program aims to showcase the most inspiring and successful women in the property, finance, consulting & management fields, uncovering the secrets behind their success and sharing their insights for future generations.
Each week, Tamara Gross & Rob Langton will highlight the achievements, challenges and learnings that each guest has experienced throughout their extraordinary careers.
Find the latest episodes on Spotify & across the Ready Media Group network.
Our guest is Lou Pirenc - Head of Property & REIT's at Jarden.
Jarden is one of Australia & New Zealand's leading investment banking firms, with deep expertise & experience in providing sophisticated advisory and investment solutions to clients operating in both wholesale and retail markets.
Established in New Zealand some sixty years ago, the highly-regarded business expanded it's presence across Australia in 2020 and has built a formidable team locally with specialists across a number of key sectors including it's real estate research division.
Prior to joining Jarden in October of last year, Lou spent over eighteen years at Morgan Stanley, initially as a Property & REITs Analyst for over eleven years, before rising to become Head of Australian Equities Research, a role he held for six years.
During his time with Morgan Stanley, he was also appointed Global Head of Data in the firm's research division based in New York.
Given his extensive career experience, Lou is regularly called upon to present at industry property forums as well as provide expert analysis on the key themes affecting the commercial real estate sector to a number of domestic & international news publications.
https://www.jardengroup.com.au/our-people/lou-pirenc/
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In this exclusive episode, we cross to New York to speak with Australian business leader, Rob Hilmer - Founder of Goanna Capital.
Goanna Capital is a boutique investment firm with a mandate to invest in privately-held companies operating within the technology, consumer & financial services industries.
Since launching in November of last year, the business has amassed some $500m of funds under management and has recently launched its second fund, following the success of if it's inaugural $150m US fund which generated an extraordinary 55% IRR since inception.
Having now been based in the States for the past decade, Rob has held a number of positions with investment banks including RBS and Goldman Sachs, and also spent time working in Silicon Valley with trading platform Forge.
More recently, he spent two years as Head of Private Markets Execution at Coatue Management, a global investment business that manages over $50b in assets on behalf of retail & wholesale investors.
Rob is a graduate of the University of Queensland having completed a double degree in commerce / law.
https://goannacapital.com/
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Our guest is Chris Lock - Founder & Managing Director of IP Generation, an active investor & boutique fund manager operating within the commercial real estate sector.
Since launching in late 2017, IP Generation has built a substantial portfolio of assets valued in excess of $700m, with exposure across retail, office & property development projects.
The business has been an active market participant in some of the largest property deals in recent years, including the acquisition in June of this year of a $300m portfolio of neighbourhood mall assets in New South Wales from vendor Paul Lederer.
https://www.ipgeneration.com.au/
We’ve all heard the terms Proptech and Fintech but what does this actually mean for commercial real estate finance?
Join us, as Marshall Condon, Co-founder of Wefund helps us explore the difference between traditional finance and digital debt advisory.
In this episode we will discuss how technology has influenced business efficiency, the future state of tech and why you should consider adopting technology for better project feasibility.
https://wefund.com.au/
During this interview style podcast, Marshall Condon, Co-founder and CEO of Wefund provides an interesting insight into the world of commercial real estate finance, breaking down the ins and outs of private lending and demystifying common misconceptions.
Join us, as we walk you through who’s who in the zoo, how the pandemic has shifted the state of our economy and most importantly, the good, the bad and the finance structures that can make you money!
https://wefund.com.au/
Our guests are Ben & Jono Isaac, Co-Directors of Isaac Property - one of Australia's leading developers of convenience retail with a family background within the sector dating back some forty years.
As one of the most experienced retail development businesses in the Nation, Isaac Property has over forty sites either in planning or in development at any one time with recent projects throughout New South Wales including fast-food, childcare & hospitality assets.
Prior to the launch of their own business, Ben & Jono learnt from and worked in their father Tony Isaac's business - himself a veteran of the property industry having worked intimately with both the Coles Group & Woolworths Property throughout the 1980's and 1990's to develop over 100 shopping centres, including pioneering the latter's 'Marketplace' concept.
Outside of their property interests, Ben & Jono formed a consortium in 2019 and acquired Sydney's acclaimed Boathouse Group, a highly-regarded hospitality & accommodation business with popular offerings in Palm Beach, Whale Beach, Shelley Beach & Rose Bay.
http://www.isaacproperty.com.au/
https://www.theboathousegroup.com.au/about-us-1
Ready Media Group, in partnership with Belle Property Commercial is pleased to announce the launch of a brand new series, 'Women in Property & Business'.
This exclusive new program aims to showcase the most inspiring and successful women in the property, finance, consulting & management fields, uncovering the secrets behind their success and sharing their insights for future generations.
Each week, Tamara Gross & Rob Langton will highlight the achievements, challenges and learnings that each guest has experienced throughout their extraordinary careers.
Find the latest episodes on Spotify & across the Ready Media Group network.
Our guest is Ben Hopkins - Principal & Executive Director of Futuro Capital.
Futuro Capital is a leading independent real estate investment firm focusing specifically on opportunities across Australia & New Zealand with a deliberate mandate that seeks to invest, develop and generate superior returns as compared with traditional market benchmarks.
Driving Futuro's investment philosophy is the strategic analysis and acquisition of assets in sectors with market dislocations and management inefficiencies that ultimately result in significant downside protection whist offering considerable upside opportunity.
Prior to his involvement in Futuro since late 2019, Ben was previously Managing Director of Singapore-based Roxy Pacific Holdings and Country Manager for Savills Singapore specialising in development and project management.
An exclusive discussion with Charlotte Vidor AM - Founder of Toga Group.
https://www.toga.com.au/
https://www.bellecommercial.com/
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Our guest is Rob Morrison - Founding Partner & Co-Head of Property at Barwon Investment Partners.
Barwon Investment Partners is an independent fund manager with a successful fourteen year track record of managing instituional and wholesale capital and has over $2b of active funds under management.
The business's investment structure is concentrated across three core divisions being healthcare property, real estate finance & global private equity opportunities.
Prior to launching Barwon in 2006, Rob held senior positions at AMP Capital including as Director of Property & Director of Asian Investments, and is currently a Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chair of Ingenia Communities.
https://barwon.net.au/
https://commercialready.com.au/
Our special guest is Mr. Bill Bowness AO - Chairman and Founder of Wilbow Corporation.
Bill is one of Australia's most successful yet private business identities with interests in property development, private equity and corporate finance established during a career spanning in excess of forty-five years.
In his first ever in-depth interview, today's discussion will explore his background in investment banking, the origins of Wilbow Corporation, his interests both domestically and internationally and the partial sale of his Australian property holdings in 2006.
https://wilbow.com.au/
https://www.developmentready.com.au/
https://www.commercialready.com.au/
Welcome to the first episode of a new podcast series in partnership between Tamara Gross of Belle Property Commercial & Ready Media Group.
Our guest on this inaugural episode is Chrissie Maus - General Manager of The Chapel Street Precinct Association, the largest retail & entertainment precinct in Australia.
https://chapelstreet.com.au/contact/
https://www.bellecommercial.com/south-melbourne/tamara-gross/
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Joining us on this episode is Daniel Wolman, National Director & Head of Investment Services, Victoria at Colliers.
Over the past decade, Daniel has specialised in the Middle Markets asset class listing opportunities for sale between $20m - $200m, with an enviable track record of success with recent highlights including 139 Collins Street for $68m, 422 Little Collins Street for $45m, 411 Collins Street $40.5m, 226 - 232 Finders Lane for $40m & 170 Queen Street for $30m+.
Recent appointments over the past twelve months have included 300 Flinders Street for $90m, 11 Wilson Street for $70m & 175 Flinders Lane for between $20 - $25m.
https://www.colliers.com.au/en-au/experts/daniel-wolman
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Ready Media Group has formed an exclusive partnership with leading visualisation software provider Inspace.
In this podcast, Founder of Inspace, Justin Liang and Ready Media Group CEO, Nick Materia discuss the alliance.
Our guest is Ilya Melnikoff, Founder & Managing Director of Luxcon Group – one of Australia’s premier integrated, luxury property groups founded on the basis of delivering high-quality developments in only the best precincts across Australia.
Founded in 2004, the business has developed some of Sydney’s most sought-after projects including ‘The Aristocrat’ in Rose Bay, ‘The London’ in North Sydney & ‘Residence Al Mare’ in Neutral Bay – all of which have been received well across their local markets and set a new precedent for luxury living.
More recently, the business expanded to Melbourne with the $30m acquisition of 380 Albert Street in prestigious East Melbourne wherein a $130m upmarket development will take shape featuring 22 apartments across 10 levels.
Just in the past fortnight, Luxcon acquired a $16.65m site at 103 Beach Street, Port Melbourne and also has another project in the works known as ‘The One’ in Sydney’s Bellevue Hill.
https://www.luxcon.com.au/
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Our guest is Adrian Redlich - Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Merricks Capital.
Merricks Capital is a multi-strategy wealth & fund management business established in 2007 and that specialises in providing alternative finance solutions across agricultural, commercial real estate & infrastructure asset classes.
To-date the business has managed over $5b in global investment opportunities and traded some $250b of securities and commodities.
Prior to launching Merricks Capital, Adrian held senior roles with Citadel Investment Group & Merrill Lynch and offers more than 25 years of market experience.
https://www.merrickscapital.com/merricks-capital/
Ready Media Group’s Managing Director Rob Langton recently sat down with Burgess Rawson (Canberra) Managing Director Guy Randall for a compelling chat about the Canberra property market.
Our guest is Michael Lasky - Executive Chairman of Lascorp Investment Group.
Throughout the course of an extraordinary fifty plus year career, Michael has forged a reputation as one of Australia's most respected and astute property investors, with a particular emphasis on developing shopping centre, retail & hotel assets.
https://lascorp.com/
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Our guest is acclaimed property developer, commercial property investor, philanthropist and recent Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia recipient, Mr. Greg Shand AM.
Despite preferring to keep a low profile of his personal successes, the extraordinary track record of his business, Barana Group speaks for itself, having been intricately involved in some of this Country's most significant property transactions across a range of asset classes and geographic markets.
In his first ever media interview anywhere in Australia, today's exclusive discussion with Greg will delve into his career, his business successes and his passionate advocacy for a range of cultural & community institutions that have been established over many years.
Our guest is property royalty, Robert Hamilton AM.
Alongside architect Henry Pollack, Bob co-founded development giant Mirvac Group in 1972 and led the company through extraordinary growth as Managing Director for over thirty years.
Under Bob and the management team's leadership, the business was floated in 1987 with an initial market capitalisation of $100m.
In 2005, he passed over leadership of the firm to another of our guests, Greg Paramor AO, by which time the business had delivered in excess of thirty thousand residences across world-leading precincts such as Beacon Cove in Melbourne & Olympic Village in Sydney and with a market capitalisation of over $3.5b.
Today, the business has a market capitalisation of near on $12b and still utilises Bob's extensive industry experience as a sounding board for new initiatives from time to time.
Our guest is Daniel O'Brien - Chief Executive Officer of newly formed commercial real estate group, X Commercial.
https://xcommercial.com.au/
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Our guest is Phil Green - Founding Partner of Alceon Group, a privately-owned financier and multi-strategy alternative investment manager.
Phil brings over 30 years of experience across property, financial assets & infrastructure and was a Partner of Babcock & Brown for over 24 years culminating in his appointment as Chief Executive Officer upon it's listing on the ASX in 2004.
Alceon Group was established in 2010 and has invested over $4b of capital across real estate, private equity, credit & liquid strategies.
https://www.alceon.com.au/
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https://www.developmentready.com.au/
https://www.commercialready.com.au/
Our guest is leading Australian investment banker, corporate advisor, sports commissioner and philanthropist, John Wylie AM.
Over the course of an extraordinary thirty-five plus year career, John has been directly involved in a roll call of some of the Nation's largest institutions.
Post University, his first role was working in the City of London for two years with Hill Samuel & Co. before moving to New York to work with First Boston.
Following a four year period working on Wall Street, John moved to Melbourne in 1991 where he later became managing director of Credit Suisse First Boston for some six years.
Alongside fellow investment banking legend, Mark Carnegie AM, John formed Carnegie Wylie in 2000 which later sold to Lazard seven years later.
John stayed on with Lazard and later became managing director of the business in 2013, working with major clients including Coles Myer, Telstra & Toll Holdings.
Today, John is the Founder & CEO of Tanarra - a diversified alternative asset investment firm with five main business lines consisting of long-term value, private equity, ventures, credit partners & Tanarra philanthropic advisory.
Outside of his corporate positions, John was previously Chairman of the MCG Trust for 15 years as well as Chair of the Australian Sports Commission during the period 2012 - 2020.
He is also President of the State Library of Victoria board and was previously Honorary Treasurer of Florey Neurosciences Institutes.
https://tanarra.com/
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Our next guest is Mr. Richard Sheppard.
Richard is one of the Nation's most experienced executives - his career expands across the fields of banking, finance, property, entertainment & infrastructure wherein he has played an instrumental role in the success of both public & private enterprises.
His current positions include as Chair (six years) & Non-Executive Director (ten years) of Dexus Property Group, one of the Country's largest property institutions.
Richard is also a Non-Executive Director of Star Entertainment Group, Australia's leading integrated resort, hospitality and gaming company, as well as a Non-Executive Director of Snowy Hydro Limited.
In his previous positions, Richard spent over thirty-six years at Macquarie Bank wherein he rose to become Chief Executive Officer during the period 2007 until late 2011 as well as Deputy Managing Director of Macquarie Group Limited from the period 1996 to 2011.
During this time, he worked closely with fellow Macquarie heavyweights Bill Moss AO, Allan Moss AO, Tony Berg AM and Nicholas Moore.
Our guest is Mark Carnegie - Founder & Principal of MH Carnegie & Co and one of Australia's most recognised & respected venture capitalists, corporate advisors & thought-leaders.
Our guest is Josephine Sukkar AM - Co-Founder & Principal of Buildcorp, a privately owned construction business that has been intimately involved with region defining projects for over thirty years and with revenue in excess of over six hundred million dollars per annum.
Josephine was also recently appointed Chairman of the Australian Sports Commission, the first female to hold the position, and is also an Independent Director of Washington H. Soul Pattinson, an ASX listed investment company.
Other notable roles she holds or has held include as a Non-Executive Director of Growthpoint Properties, Director of Opera Australia, Director of the Green Building Council of Australia and Chair of the Buildcorp Foundation.
www.buildcorp.com.au
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Our guest is Mark Harrison, Managing Director of Property at acclaimed private finance and investment house, Wingate.
Mark brings over twenty years of experience in the Australian property & property finance sectors and has been a Director of Wingate for over twelve years.
Since joining the business in 2008, Mark has overseen significant growth of its property division into becoming one of the Nation's most active and experienced real estate debt and equity investors.
Outside of his property interests, Mark is an immediate past board member and former President of the King David School and was also a Director of AFL team Carlton Football Club for close to six years.
www.readymedia.com.au
www.wingate.com.au
www.developmentready.com.au
www.commercialready.com.au
Our guest is John Knowles OAM - one of Australia's leading aged care developers & Founder of Knowles Group, a privately owned group of companies with particular interests in aged care, retirement living & property.
The business encompasses J&G Knowles, their in-house construction company, Arcare, one of Australia's most innovative aged care providers with over 4,000 beds Nationwide, and Sencia, a retirement community developer and operator.
Born to a working class family in the Victorian countryside, John built his first house aged 17, eventually entering the large-scale retirement-village and aged-care sectors and building a business that today employs over 3,000 people.
https://www.developmentready.com.au/
https://arcare.com.au/
Our special guest this morning is Angelo Scasserra - Co Head of Investment Banking & Capital Markets Australia at Credit Suisse.
Angelo brings close to seventeen years of experience within the banking and finance sectors and also held the role of Head of Real Estate Investment Banking for close to six years.
Previously, we've also had the pleasure of chatting with Rahul Bharara - Head of Real Estate, Australia for Credit Suisse who reports directly to Angelo.
An exclusive Ready Media Group podcast.
https://readymedia.com.au/
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Our guest this morning is Shaun Bonett - Founder and CEO of Precision Group, one of the Nation's most innovative and pioneering private investment and development organisations.
Precision Group has an extensive property portfolio and development pipeline, with interests across the retail, commercial office and hospitality sectors.
Precision Group has a major financial interest in Prezzee, the leading eGift card provider that has a significant customer base both nationally and more recently internationally.
Additionally, the group is a major shareholder of Skyfii, an Australian software technology company providing analytics and data driven marketing products.
Skyfii is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX: SKF) with an international presence in the United Kingdom, North America, South America and South Africa.
Shaun is a Non-Executive Director of iSelect, an ASX-listed consumer comparison service, Managing Director of Lenders Direct, a private equity finance company, and the Chairman and Non-Executive Director of Litigation Lending Services, a litigation funding solutions provider.
He also holds a number of key positions within the arts and philanthropic sectors, including as a Co-Founder of Heartfelt Foundation, a President's Council Member of The Art Gallery of NSW and Deputy Chairman of Life Education Australia.
Shaun is also a qualified Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of Australia.
https://www.precision.com.au/
https://www.readymedia.com.au
https://www.developmentready.com.au
This morning we're speaking with Mark Witheriff - Managing Director of CBRE Gold Coast who is one of the City's most respected and knowledgeable real estate figures with an intimate understanding of local market conditions.
Our next guest is David Evans - Executive Chairman & Founder of Evans & Partners, a specialist equity investment firm that offers extensive investment solutions to private high-net worth individuals & institutional clients.
Founded in 2007, Evans & Partners provides private wealth, capital markets, asset management, research & execution capabilities across Australian equities, fixed interest and global equities.
The business has over 140 staff across it's offices in Melbourne & Sydney, services some 9,000 clients throughout Australia and has funds under advice of over $21b.
David graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Economics before commencing his stockbroking career with leading independent Australian firm, JB Were & Son where he rose to become it's head of retail business and member of the Board.
Following the merger of JB Were with Goldman Sachs in 2003, David ran the Private Wealth & Institutional Equities businesses before rising to Managing Director and Chief of Staff.
Outside of his involvement in Evans & Partners, David is also a Non-Executive Director of Seven West Media, a member of the Victorian Police's Corporate Advisory Group & Chairman of Cricket Australia's Investment Committee.
https://www.evansandpartners.com.au/
https://readymedia.com.au/
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A candid discussion with preeminent property investor & Founder of Drapac Capital Partners, Michael Drapac.
A Ready Media Group exclusive.
https://drapaccapital.com/
https://readymedia.com.au/
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Our guest is Robert Magid OAM.
Bob is the Founder of TMG Developments, one of the Country's most experienced property development groups with investments across the residential, commercial & hotel asset classes.
Alongside his property interests, Bob is a media owner with high-profile assets including Australian Jewish News & Property Weekly Magazine.
He is also a movie producer, with his critically acclaimed Eyeless In Gaza documentary opening to strong reviews in 2014.
Bob is a former Director of the Ten Network, a former Director of the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce & a highly regarded philanthropist with involvements across a number of charitable causes.
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Our guest is Simon Mordant AO - one of Australia's leading investment bankers, philanthropists, businessman and art collectors.
Simon is the Executive Co-Chairman of Luminis Partners, an independent corporate advisory firm founded in 2015 to provide strategic expertise on strategy, mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, divestments & capital market activities.
Prior to Luminis, Simon was the co-founder of financial advisory group Caliburn Partnership, which sold to US based Greenhill in 2010 in a $200m deal.
Outside of his business interests, Simon is an Adjunct Professor at the Catholic University of Milan (UCSC), an Honorary Professor at the University of Melbourne, a Trustee of the American Academy in Rome, an executive of the International Council of the Tate and a Board Member of The Centre of Independent Studies.
He is also a Director of the Gavan Institute of Medical Research, Vice President of The Museum of Modern Art in New York & Chair of the NSW Government's Visual Arts Board.
Simon's previous roles include as a Director of the ABC, Board Member of Opera Australia, Director of Ord Minnett & Chairman of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
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Our next guest is Peter Fahey - Managing Director, Clarence Property Corporation.
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Our guest on the podcast is James Jorgensen – Senior Director & Victorian Head of Industrial & Logistics at CBRE.
James has been actively involved within the industrial property market with CBRE for close to ten years today and brings a wealth of experience in mandates with some of the Country’s largest institutions.
Our guest on the podcast is Ingrid Filmer - Managing Director & Principal of leading commercial real estate agency, Burgess Rawson.
Trained under the founding partners, Ingrid rose up through the ranks to become Head of Property Management, before being appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Group in 2016, later being appointed Managing Director in 2018.
In 2017, Ingrid implemented a strategic plan across the group to unite it's functions across it's operations in five States, creating a truly National & award winning privately-owned commercial agency.
In 2020, Ingrid was named Principal of the Year in the REB Women in Real Estate Awards and has also been a finalist in the Telstra businesswoman of the year awards.
Our guest is David Dicker - Chairman & CEO of Dicker Data.
Dicker Data is an ASX listed, Australian owned and operated technology hardware, software & cloud distributor that has just recorded over $2b of revenue for the full year for the first time since it's inception in 1978.
The business has over 400 employee's and works with over 5,500 resellers throughout Australia.
According to The Australian's most recent 'Richest 250' list, David is ranked at number 126 with an estimated fortune of $932m, though rather than pay himself a salary, the company employs a 100% dividend payout ratio, an idea he picked up from Kerry Packer.
David joins us this morning from New Zealand.
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Our guest is Simon McGrath AM - Chief Executive Officer of Accor Pacific.
Simon offers over three decades of experience and insights across the tourism and hospitality industry and joined the Accor business in 2006.
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Our guest is Phil Ruthven AM - Founder of revered business intelligence group, IBIS World.
Over a fifty-plus year career, Phil has been Australia's leading, go-to forecaster & commentator on business trends, strategic services and thought leadership.
Founded in 1971, his legendary firm, IBIS World provides trusted industry research on thousands of industries worldwide, leveraging economic, demographic and market-data to provide critical and unique insights that assist decision makers across the globe.
Today, IBIS World has over 400 employees in 6 offices across the World including Melbourne, Los Angeles, New York, London, Frankfurt & Beijing.
In 2017, Phil launched the Ruthven Institute to assist Australian businesses achieve World's best practice profitability through functional excellence.
Outside of his corporate interests, Phil is a recent past board member of the Melbourne Institute, CEDA as well as a past Director of Open Family Australia, a role he held for some 18 years.
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Our next guest is Greg Paramor AO - one of only a few inductees of the Australian Property Hall of Fame and who brings more than forty-five years of experience across a roll-call of this Nation's largest real estate institutions.
Greg is Non-Executive Director of Charter Hall Limited, Chairman of Leftfield Investments, Former CEO of Mirvac Group, Former Chairman of LJ Hooker, Former Director of Leighton Properties and Former Managing Director of Folkestone Limited.
In addition to these roles, Greg is also a past National President of the Property Council of Australia, a former Director of the Green Building Council of Australia and was the Co-Founder of both Growth Equities Mutual and Paladin.
Outside of his corporate positions within the property sector, Greg is a past Chairman and Director of the National Breast Cancer Foundation, a position he held for six years, and is also a Director of both the Sydney Swans and the Sydney Swans Foundation, a role he has held for thirteen years.
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Our guest is corporate insolvency and re-structuring expert, Mark Korda.
Mark began his career at former global accounting powerhouse Arthur Andersen, making Partner at aged 31 before joining forces with Mark Mentha in 2002 to co-found legendary advisory and investment group Korda Mentha.
Mark is interim co-president of the Collingwood Football Club, where he has served for nearly fourteen years as a board member, and is also an Advisory Board Member of Swinburne University's faculty of business and law.
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Our guest is Dr. Jerry Schwartz, co-founder of Schwartz Family Company.
Schwartz Family Company is Australia's largest privately owned hotel group, with a portfolio comprising some fifteen hotels representing more than four thousand individual hotel rooms and with an employee count of some two thousand two hundred people.
The business owns and controls blue-chip assets in both metropolitan and regional markets, including the Hilton Surfers Paradise, Sofitel Darling Harbour and the Four Points by Sheraton at Central Park.
Outside of the hotel sector, SFC has a diversified portfolio with interests in the aviation, medical and events sectors.
Jerry is a graduate of the University of Sydney & Monash University and continues to practice as a surgeon at his medical centre in Sydney.
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Our guest is David Smorgon OAM - member of one of Australia's most recognised business dynasty's and CEO of Pointmade, the Nation's pre-eminent family advisory firm.
For over 25 years David was a senior executive at Smorgon Consolidated Industries, one of Australia's largest private companies before being elected President of the Western Bulldogs Football Club, a role he held for some 15 years.
David was also Executive Chairman of family business advisory at PwC and is current Chairman of Generation Investments - his family investment company.
Our guest is Mark Leibler AC - one of Australia's pre-eminent businessman, whose legal nous, corporate acumen and political skills have been relied upon by generations of this Nation's most influential and successful businesses, entrepreneurs and Prime Ministers.
Brae Sokolski is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of MaxCap Group - one of Australia's leading commercial real estate debt & investment specialists.
Development Ready’s interview series delves into the lives of Australia’s premier property & business identities and uncovers what makes them tick.
Our next guest is the Founder & Managing Director of Wel.Co - a multifaceted development business specializing in building Australian communities.
Norm Rix is one of the Gold Coast's most prolific property developers, boasting over 60 years of experience creating, designing, building and ultimately shaping the way the Gold Coast has transformed from what was once a sleepy village town to now becoming a major city.
Ready Media Group had the exclusive opportunity to sit down with Mr. Rix at his residence in the Isle of Capri to discuss his career, how the Gold Coast has changed and what legacy he wants to leave in the years to come.
We have the great honour & pleasure to have as a guest on our series, Mr. Maha Sinnathamby AM - Founder & Chairman of Springfield City Group.
Greater Springfield is Australia's first private City and represents one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken anywhere in the developed World.
Aptly expressed by Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as 'a Nation-building project of National significance', Greater Springfield encompasses over six suburbs, 17,000 homes, 11 schools, a hospital, multiple childcare centres, health precincts, commercial precincts and over 40,000 residents.
The scale and significance of what Maha has achieved is extraordinary - Moelis Australia Managing Director Andrew Pridham described the development as 'the global benchmark for City creation'.
Ready Media Group is the home of Australia's best property & business interview series - with over 100 high-profile guests joining our program since 2016.
Our guest is David Kobritz - Founder & Managing Director of iconic Melbourne property development group, Deal Corporation.
Ready Media Group is the home of Australia's best property & business interview series - with over 100 high-profile guests joining our program since 2016.
Spanning three generations of its namesake, delivering more than 45,000 individual homes (and still counting) and sitting among the top five homebuilders in the nation, Simonds Homes is an iconic force within the property industry.
Patriarch of the family, Gary declares that no one is born a volume builder. In his view, it takes “a lot of hard work, dedication and application – and a supportive family”. The recipe may be a little bit more complex than that, but what stands out significantly is his sincerity with regard to family contribution.
Over the past 70 years, Simonds has enjoyed more triumphs than can possibly be retold in a single sitting. Conversely, they’ve gone through numerous hardships too. Through every moment, however, the narrative has been shaped by the concept of family. Theirs, yours and ours.
An exclusive interview with leading Sydney property developer, Danny Avidan - Founder of Dare Property Group.
After an extensive & successful career in the rag trade, Danny turned his skillset and experience to developing boutique, luxury projects throughout Sydney's blue-chip Eastern suburbs.
Ready Media Group is the home of Australia's best property & business interview series - with over 100 high-profile guests joining our program since 2016.
Our next guest is Harry Triguboff AO - an extraordinary individual who has changed the landscape of Australian cities and redefined the meaning of success for generations of aspiring business & property leaders to come.
Ready Media Group is the home of Australia's best property & business interview series - with over 100 high-profile guests joining our program since 2016.
Our next guest is Allan Fife OAM - Founder & Chief Investment Officer of Fife Capital. Allan Fife is responsible for the performance of the Group’s funds and investments. Leading the executive team, Allan is engaged in the evaluation of investment opportunities, structuring investment products for clients and meeting mandated undertakings of the company.
Ready Media Group is the home of Australia's best property & business interview series - with over 100 high-profile guests joining our program since 2016.
As the first episode in our new business series of interviews, we have the pleasure of being joined by Michael Kroger - Michael is a well-known Melbourne businessmen with interests across the fields of politics, banking, corporate advisory and the law.
He brings to the table relationships with many of Australia's leading businesses and business figures and is well placed to provide frank insights into the current environment from a political & economic perspective.
An exclusive discussion with Leonie Wilkinson - Senior Vice President, Brookfield Asset Management.
Our guest this afternoon is Gordon MacLeod - Chief Executive Officer of Ryman Healthcare.
Ryman Healthcare is New Zealand's largest retirement village & aged care operator and is listed on the NZX with a market capitalisation of over $6.6b AUD.
Ryman has over 34 operational villages across New Zealand.
It opened it's first Australian village in Melbourne in 2014 and has since expanded with villages across 10 locations including in Highett, Mount Eliza, Mount Martha & Ocean Grove.
Ash Wain is a Director of Forza Capital and has over 24 years of property development and property investment experience.
His core competencies include critical analysis of growth markets and identification and management of risk.
Forza Capital itself is an independently owned, property investment group which provides strategic investment opportunities to high-net worth investors and family offices.
Rahul Bharara is the newly appointed Head of Real Estate, Australia for Credit Suisse following seven years as a Director of their Real Estate Investment Banking division.
At Credit Suisse, he has broad responsibility and expertise across the Australian Real Estate Sector with engagements in capital raising, private and public equity capital and debt capital markets.
Rahul is also a member of the Division Council of the Property Council of Australia alongside key figures from Blackrock Investment Management, Charter Hall Group & Australian Super.
Mark Stevens founded Kokoda Property in 1997, following a career in the retail industry which concluded with his position as a board member of Jeans West.
His vision was to bring a new level of luxury and sophistication to new residential builds across Melbourne's most revered suburbs.
Today, Kokoda Property's brand has become synonymous with high-quality craftsmanship in projects across Melbourne and in subsequent years in Brisbane.
Mark's enthusiasm for pushing the envelope and thinking outside the traditional methods employed by other developers have contributed to his on-going success.
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Ozzie Kheir is Founder & Managing Director of Resimax Group - one of Australia's most dynamic & diversified property groups.
Outside of property, Ozzie is a highly-respected entrepreneur with interests across the hotel, hospitality and racing sectors.
Ozzie is the owner of the Adelphi Hotel, Baroq House & Bond Bar and also one has achieved the rare feat of winning both The Everest and the Melbourne Cup, amongst many other Group 1 races across Australia.
Development Ready’s interview series delves into the lives of Australia’s premier property identities and uncovers what makes them tick.
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Joseph Gersh AM is the Executive Chairman of Gersh Investment Partners - a specialist real estate investment firm focused specifically on property finance, property development & principal real estate transactions.
Joe is a well-regarded businessmen, lawyer and strategic advisor across the public and private sectors and his career has included Directorships at the Reserve Bank of Australia Payments Board, Federal Airports Corporation & Australia Council for the Arts.
In 2018, he was also appointed to the Board of the ABC by the Turnbull Government.
Joe is a proud contributor to several philanthropic causes within the arts & Jewish communities.
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From humble beginnings migrating to Melbourne from Italy at the age of four, Mario Salvo has come to be one of Australia’s most prominent & respected business identities.
After many years in the automotive industry, Mario transitioned full-time into property creating the highly successful Salvo Property Group.
Over the past decade SPG have developed in excess of 3,000 apartments with a market value of more than $1.5 billion. We recently sat down with this self-made success story to explore his 45+ years of experience and insights.
Development Ready’s interview series delves into the lives of Australia’s premier property identities and uncovers what makes them tick.
With over 25 years experience in both the local and international property industry, Michael Fox has (almost) seen it all. We recently sat down with him to unlock some of his industry insights, and to hear about the current operations and vision at his latest venture, CostaFox.
Development Ready’s interview series delves into the lives of Australia’s premier property identities and uncovers what makes them tick.
Vantage Property Investments is a Melbourne-based, boutique funds manager that actively sources 'value add' opportunities, assets in emerging locations and opportunities to purchase assets at below replacement cost or where short-term valuation upside is readily achievable.
Joining us is Matt Spring, now Managing Director of Vantage Property Investments who joined the business in 2005 and is an industry professional who brings high-level expertise formed over a 26-year career in commercial property and property investment.
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Development Ready is pleased to present our exclusive interview with Mr. Theo Onisforou.
Theo is the principal & founder of Angus Property & Development - a property investment group that recycle’s interesting, unusual, non-homogenous, high quality and neglected buildings.
They approach unusual buildings with the passions of an obsessive collector and with the opinion that homogeneous architecture depreciates whilst historic, unique, quality and interesting architecture appreciates.
Development Ready’s interview series delves into the lives of Australia’s premier property identities and uncovers what makes them tick.
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Development Ready is pleased to present our exclusive interview with Mr. Marco Gattino.
Marco is Managing Director of Goldfields Group - a Melbourne-based property developer with vision, expertise & a proven track record in the property development industry.
Goldfields has a vast wealth of experience across multiple facets of property development including residential apartments, townhouses, masterplanned land communities, commercial office towers and mixed use projects.
Goldfields has amassed a project pipeline totalling over $2bn as of early 2020, with projects underway or proposed across Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane.
Our discussion centres around Marco’s background working as a lawyer, before moving to Asset One to work directly alongside renowned Melbourne figure, Clement Lee.
We also discussed the evolution of Goldfields Group since it’s inception in 2010, and what different markets across Australia offer in terms of opportunity within the office, residential & commercial sectors.
Development Ready’s interview series delves into the lives of Australia’s premier property identities and uncovers what makes them tick.
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In today's episode, we catch up with Josh Twelftree & Marcello Caspani-Muto of CBRE's Healthcare & Social Infrastructure division.