Olivia's passion for pursuing a career in the property industry was ignited when she joined a prominent residential real estate firm after graduating with a double degree in Commerce/Arts at Curtin University in Western Australia. With a major in marketing, her scope included Anthropology & Sociology, Brand Management, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing. While gaining broad experience across a range of diversified marketing roles, she chose to apply her skillset to a career in property from recognising the significant opportunity for growth and continued engagement in such a diverse industry.

With 6+ years of Marketing experience, a background of residential property gave her the foundations to tackle commercial property after moving to Sydney in 2018 to further her career. In 2018 Olivia joined Colliers as the National Marketing and Communications Manager,  primarily focused on the Retail Leasing and Large Format Retail sector. Olivia worked closely with the Head of Retail across the National Retail Business to deliver strategic marketing collateral, support and expertise to the national team. 

In May 2021, Olivia joined the Colliers Project Leaders team to deliver stratgeic marketing  and communications initatives, enhance productivity and drive exceptional results for the national team. This role sits across all business lines including Commercial Office, Retail, Residential, Industrial, Healthcare and Retirement Living. 

Chris has more than 30 years’ experience in delivering significant major projects on behalf of the Commonwealth and State Governments, Private deveopers and institutions  across all industry sectors. Chris has managed teams in excess of 500 direct employees and managed development portfolios  in excess of $1.5bn

Industry sectors where Chris has delivered include Education, Health, Law, Defence, Hospitality, Retail, Aviation, Arts, Sport & recreation, and Commercial and residential premises.

Having delivered a number of State Significant developments from inception to completion, Chris has had extensive involvement at managing all elements associated with social infrastructure, stakeholder management and related components. 

Chris is cognizant in contract management and administration of Service Provider contracts, having managed hundreds of projects under varying contractual nature over his 30 years’ experience, including Consultant Services, GC21, AS4000 for Traditional and Design, Novate, Design & Construct. Chris, as a National Director of Colliers International Project Management is committed to the outcomes of projects to ensure the clients and key stakeholder needs are fully understood and delivered

I am a highly efficient, pragmatic, and intelligent professional with extensive experience in project management. My ingenuity and dedication to my projects and teams has led me to develop superior leadership, interpersonal, and management skills. I am particularly skilled in the development of processes and procedures, and in mentoring and managing teams to implement them, ensuring the ongoing success of programs and projects from inception. I have developed broad skills and expertise in a multitude of sectors, including fitouts, commercial, residential, sporting, leisure and government projects. I posses an exceptional ability to manage competing priorities and negotiate relationships to ensure the successful completion of projects.  

With a career spanning over 18 years within the Construction Industry, Phillipa has been involved in the leadership and management of commercial developments from concept to completion. Since joining NixAnderson (now Colliers International Project Leaders) in 2015, Phillipa has proven to be a dedicated and diligent Project Leader who understands the sensitivities of what a client needs to make their project successful.

Phillipa has project experience within a number of industry disciplines, including commercial, residential, retail, hospitality and education.

With experience working for Construction companies such as Multiplex Constructions and Reed Constructions, Phillipa’s experience with Commercial and Social Infrastructure projects provides valuable insight and support to the team.

By working directly with clients, consultants and contractors, Phillipa has developed a strong understanding of internal and external stakeholder management and how to effectively manage communication on a proactive basis. Phillipa believes the key to successfully managing projects is understanding the client, the appropriate selection and effective management of the specialist team involved and by creating an environment that promotes collaboration and engagement to enable projects to exceed client expectations.

Iain is a National Director within Colliers International Project Leaders and Government Property Services located in Canberra ACT.

Iain is an expert advisor in relation to the Commonwealth Government and provides expert leasing, transaction and project leadership services to key clients and Commonwealth Government entities. With this multi-disciplinary experience, Iain is excellently placed to provide the services required to successfully deliver any project.

Iain has delivered more than 133,000sqm worth of Commonwealth property projects and lease transactions in the past 5 years on both the Tenant side and the Landlord side.

Iain possesses strong skills in:

• Strategic Planning, Project Management, Project Delivery & Project Leadership.
• Commonwealth Property Management Framework.
• Programming and Financial Analysis.
• Commonwealth Procurement Rules.
• Commonwealth Government Approvals (PWC, Budget Approvals).
• Negotiation and management of the Agreement for Leases and Commonwealth National Leases.
• Contract Administration and Management of Key Stakeholders (Government Client, Consultants and Landlord’s).

Iain has received recognition for his project management skills from the Australian Institute of Project Management and been identified by the Property Council of Australia for both project and individual awards.

With over 40  years of construction industry experience in the Sydney Metropolitan area and across Australia & New Zealand, John has extensive experience in all disciplines attributed to this Industry. John’s experience is based on a broad range of projects for both major corporate and institutional clients across the private and public sectors up to the value of $200 million.

Over the years John has been responsible for the overall performance and management of profitability and delivery in all matters of Construction Contracts including Lump Sum, Design & Construction, Construction Management and negotiated projects.

John has played leadership roles for various reputable construction companies including Triden Constructions, Reed Group, KB Hutcherson, Beach Constructions and Leighton Contractors, as the Senior Project Manager, Construction and/or Commercial Manager.  Now representative of the Principal in the project managemnt process of construction, John has undertaken the PM role  since 2004  in leadership roles for Nix Managemnt, NixAnderson and with the acquisition of NixAnderson in  2017 by Colliers,  has worked with the Colliers team of over 60 professionals across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra Adelaide & Perth.

John’s experience with Key Stakeholder engagement on projects has involved all manner of design & authority disciplines, end users and property owners to provide an accomplished overview for strategic management of the projects now undertaken for our clients. He has particular experience working in live environments on various educational retail and infrastructure projects of a complex and staged nature that require a continuity of operations of existing environments whilst engaging with the project team to execute a successful construction delivery.

As National Director, John also has knowledge and experience in managing in accordance with NSW Govt Codes and procurement guidelines, GC21 contract format and NSW Govt Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems..  Contract monitoring, construction review and the continued implementation of the contractor’s developed WHSMP is  to focus a large project team’s effort to deliver a successful project in a safe manner.