Welcome to the Speaker Hub

Bringing balance to property industry events

Diversity is having a seat at the table,
inclusion is having a voice,
and belonging is having that voice be heard.

As part of the Property Council’s diversity and inclusion journey, the D&I Committee have created one central hub where the wider property industry can come to find top industry talent to present at industry events, panels and conferences.

One of the biggest hurdles to getting diversity in an event line up is talent hunting – we know there are hundreds of people out there who would make excellent speakers and we want to encourage them to put their hands up. To do so, we have developed this database of speakers – of all genders, backgrounds and ethnicities – which will be available for the wider industry to use as they wish. This offer is not exclusively for women or minority groups – as diversity comes in all shapes and sizes – this is an invitation to the property industry at large.

It is our hope that this directory provides opportunities for those members who have been under represented in the past, meaning there’s no excuses for a lack of representation on panels and at industry events.

We’re looking for the thinkers, the doers, the idea-generators, the experts. 

We’re looking for you.

Speaker Hub

Speakers are listed in alphabetical order by first name.

Andrew Eagles

CEO | NZGBC // Topics: Green building, sustainability // Location: Auckland
Sustainability

Annalese Hodge

ESG Lead | NDY// Topics: Sustainability, ESG, GRESB, GreenStar, WELL, LEED
SUSTAINABILITY

Ashleigh Moana-Howard

Associate | McVeagh Fleming // Topics: Landlord/Tenant Disputes, S&P Contractual breaches and remedies, Construction Contracts Act // Location: Auckland
PROPERTY LAW

Bryan Froud

DIRECTOR, CONSULTING | JLL // Topics: Workplace Design, Workplace Strategy, Change Management, Portfolio Strategy // Location: Auckland
BUSINESS

David Klosser

Director/Architect, Agents of Architecture // Topics: Architecture and design // Location: Auckland
DESIGN & ARCH

David Norman

Chief Economist, Australia New Zealand | GHD // Topics: Funding and finance tools for government, economic benefits, policy, economic analysis, housing affordability, strategy and change, and resilience economics. // Location: Nationwide
ECONOMICS

David Palfreyman

Director | Palfreyman Ltd // Topics: Negotiation, auctions, presenting, sales, real estate, interviewing // Location: Auckland
NEGOTIATION

Denise Martin

Principal Analyst | Oculus Architectural Engineering // Topics: Building science, moisture problems, energy efficiency, operational emissions of buildings, durability, building rating tools // Location: Queenstown, Auckland, Wellington
BUILDING SCIENCE

Emily Newmarch

Sustainability Lead | Warren & Mahoney // Topics: Global Sustainable Development, Sustainability Strategy, Embodied Carbon Reduction, Energy, Design // Location: Wellington
sustainability

Gerard Earl

NATIONAL DIRECTOR CORPORATE SOLUTIONS | COLLIERS // Topics: Property management, property development, future of our cities and our workplaces. // Location: Wellington
development

Giyora Barzilay

Real estate sales trainer & speaker // Topics: Real estate sales and related topics // Location: Auckland
REAL ESTATE

Hamish Fitchett

National Director | Research and Economics | Colliers // Topics: Macroeconomics, Forecasts for the economy, Commercial property trends, Market outlook // Location: Auckland
ECONOMICS

Something amiss?

While the information in our Speaker Hub is correct at the time of publication, we recognise it may not always be 100% current as people move roles and companies without notice.

If you see anything that needs fixing, please drop us a line.

Michael Hall

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER | CKL // Topics: Transportation planning, traffic engineering // Location: Auckland
TRANSPORTATION

Jane Holland

Partner | Bell Gully // Topics: Commercial property, leasing, green leasing // Location: Auckland
property law

Jason Zhou

Clarity Consultants // Topics: Land development, subdivision process, property development. // Location: Auckland
development

Joanna Pidgeon

Director | Pidgeon Judd // Topics: All aspects of property law, including unit titles and leasing, commercial property, Mission Homeground story, Career/family balance, Governance. // Location: Auckland


property law

Janine Van Leeuwen

Project Director | Inspira // Topics: Project leadership, complex delivery, and the human factors that determine whether programmes succeed or fail. // Location: Auckland and Queenstown
Project Leadership

Juanita Neville-Te Rito

Managing Director & Founder | RX Group // Topics: Retail property, CX / EX / TX, The future of shopping precincts, Transaction Storytelling, Purpose over profit. // Location: Auckland
retail property

Joseph Hickton

Business Development Manager / Property Manager | Barfoot & Thompson // Topics: property management // Location: Milford
property mgmt

Lena Mueller

Prinicpal, Workplace Strategy & Innovation | Unispace // Topics: Data-driven Workplace Strategy, The Future of Work, Change Management // Location: Auckland
future of work

Leonie Freeman

Chief Executive | Property Council // Topics: Property, policy, government relations, career, diversity and inclusion, governance, management, building a business, leadership. // Location: Auckland
leadership

Lisa Loong

Workplace Consultant | Meta5 Group // Topics: Workplace Strategy, Change Management, Technology Strategy // Location: Auckland
change mgmt

Matthew Cutler-Welsh

Senior Manager - Residential | NZGBC // Topics: Healthy, energy efficient, low carbon homes, Deep energy retrofits, Sustainable building, Environmental rating tools. // Location: Auckland
SUSTAINABILITY

Mark Fraser

GM - Urban Development and Delivery | Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities // Topics: Urban development and design, density, sustainable development, affordability, housing tenure models, public and private sector. // Location: Auckland
urban development

Mazharuddin Syed Ahmed

BIM Grad Program Leader | Ara Institute of Canterbury // Building Information Modelling, Building Performance Data Science, Digital Twin, Energy Benchmarking, Building Life Cycle, Carbon Footprint, Circular Economy. // Location: Christchurch
Building Science

Mike Westbury

GM | One Eighty Recruitment // Topics: Recruitment, employer brand, writing a great advert, how to read a CV, how to run an effective interview, how to get your offer accepted, why candidates leave jobs. // Location: Wellington
RECRUITMENT

Melodi Barzandeh

DESIGN MANAGER | METHOD GROUP // Topics: Diversity and inclusion, women in construction, leadership and mentoring the next generation of  Architects/Project Leads. // Location: Auckland
diversity

Natasha Garvan

Partner | Bell Gully // Topics: Green building/sustainability, resource management law and related topics. // Location: Auckland
Property Law

Natasha Possenniskie

DIRECTOR | Urban Outcomes Limited // Topics: risk, procurement, supply chain, Engineer to the Contract, PPP's, Independent Certifier, NZS3910 contract and use of this in the industry, women in construction, fairness and collaboration on projects // Location: Wellington
construction

Nathan Miglani

Managing Advisor | Squirrel Mortgages // Topics: Property, construction and development finance // Location: Christchurch
PROPERTY FINANCE

Something amiss?

While the information in our Speaker Hub is correct at the time of publication, we recognise it may not always be 100% current as people move roles and companies without notice.

If you see anything that needs fixing, please drop us a line.

Nicky Harrison

Development Manager | Eke Panuku Development Auckland // Topics: Urban Regeneration; Public and private partnerships; Brown and Greenfield developments; Property Law; iwi engagement. // Location: Auckland
development

Olivia Poulson

Executive GM Property | Kiwirail // Topics: Diversity and inclusion, Infrastructure development, Property development and partnering KiwiRail projects and different areas of interface with the broader property sector. // Location: Auckland
Infrastructure

Pamela Bell

CEO, Director, Consultant | NZIOB & Project Bellbird // Topics: Governance for the built environment; Innovation in the built environment; Women in the built environment; Futureproofing - connecting to green, digital and innovation global trends // Location: Auckland
innovation

Paula Bennett

Director - Strategic Advisory | Bayleys // Topics: Acquisition and divestment of commercial property, relationship and networking, public and private sectors. // Location: Auckland
strategic advisory

Paul Judd

Sales Manager | Barfoot & Thompson // Topics: Sales, negotiation, auctioneering. 33 years in local market. // Location: Auckland
sales & negotiation

Rebecca MacDonald

General Manager Capital Projects (Acting) | Fonterra // Topics: Diversity and inclusion, green building/sustainability, leadership and team building/managing people. // Location: Auckland
Diversity

Richard Ashton

GM | Brosnan Maintenance // Topics: Why maintain Property Asset Management, I have a new building - what next? What to do with Warranties and Operation & Maintenance manuals? The alternative to hiding in a drawer. // Location: Auckland
maintenance

Richard Rodden

Partner | Tavendale & Partners // Topics: Public Works Act and compulsory acquisition of private land under the Act. // Location: Auckland
property law

Ruth Allen

Principal Urban Regeneration | The Property Group // Topics: Urban regeneration, housing, transit oriented development, precinct planning, development feasibility, planning for growth, social impact assessment. // Location: Wellington 
urban planning

Sarah Wrait

Director & Property Manager | Azure Property // Topics: Retail property, including management, leasing. Project management and master planning. Entrepreneurship. // Location: Auckland
retail property

Scott Compton

Head of Design | Warren & Mahoney // Topics: The future of work. // Location: Auckland
workplace design

Tamba Carleton

Director | CBRE // Topics: Economic forecasts/research, property development, residential property. // Location: Auckland
research

Tamzin Letele

National Commercial Manager | Fletcher Construction // Topics: Diversity pays: the financial case for diversity and inclusion. // Location: Auckland
Diversity

Tessa Baker

Partner | Chapman Tripp // Topics: Overseas investment regime, Property development, Commercial property. // Location: Auckland
property law

Victoria Agyepong

CEO | Beyond3Generations // Topics: Attainable housing for working families, sustainable supply chain for property development, process automation for property management. // Location: Palmerston North
supply chain

Something amiss?

While the information in our Speaker Hub is correct at the time of publication, we recognise it may not always be 100% current as people move roles and companies without notice.

If you see anything that needs fixing, please drop us a line.

Join the Speaker Hub

Welcome, Amazing Speaker!

The Speaker Hub is an online database of talented property speakers. Speakers can present their knowledge in a variety of formats, such as a keynote, moderated conversation, or panel discussion. 

Thank you for helping foster an industry where we all belong.

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