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A highly motivated, technically sound finance professional with over 11 years’ direct experience in structured real estate finance and infrastructure development and investment.

Experience has focused on competitive tendering for and transaction management of small to midsize social infrastructure developments and investments as well as the arrangement and provision of structured real estate development and finance to private, corporate and institutional clients.

Core strengths include establishing rapport and relationships with clients and capital partners ensuring service expectations are met and exceeded; bid management and transaction coordination; transaction structuring; analysing, assessing and mitigating transaction risks; submission preparation and compilation; and commercial negotiations.

Derek has over 40 years’ experience in the construction and property industry. Initially with Concrete Constructions Group Limited, where he was a Project Manager, he later moved to the Reed Group Pty Ltd where for over 17 years, he covered roles from Commercial Manager, and Chief Estimator to Project Manager, becoming a Director in 1988 before leaving and forming Nix Management in 1999. In 2014 Nix Management merged with Industry leading Infrastructure delivery expert Scott Anderson to become Nix Anderson Pty Ltd.

Over the past 18 years, Derek as Managing Director has overseen the delivery of $4B worth of projects without any formal dispute. Derek takes a hands on approach to all key requirements across the project working closely with each of the teams and keeping clients protected and informed at every stage. Clients have the confidence their project is being actively managed to control risks and take advantage of each opportunity.