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.
Bryan Froud
Topics: Workplace Design, Workplace Strategy, Change Management, Portfolio Strategy
Location: Auckland
David Norman
Topics: Funding and finance tools for government, economic benefits, policy, economic analysis, housing affordability, strategy and change, and resilience economics.
Location: Nationwide
Denise Martin
Topics: Building science, moisture problems, energy efficiency, operational emissions of buildings, durability, building rating tools
Location: Queenstown, Auckland, Wellington
Gerard Earl
Topics: Property management, property development, future of our cities and our workplaces.
Location: Wellington
Giyora Barzilay
Topics: Real estate sales and related topics
Location: Auckland
Michael Hall
Topics: Transportation planning, traffic engineering
Location: Auckland
Jane Holland
Topics: Commercial property, leasing, green leasing
Location: Auckland
Jason Zhou
Topics: Land development, subdivision process, property development.
Location: Auckland
Joanna Pidgeon
Topics: All aspects of property law, including unit titles and leasing, commercial property, Mission Homeground story, Career/family balance, Governance.
Location: Auckland
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Topics: Retail property, CX / EX / TX, The future of shopping precincts, Transaction Storytelling, Purpose over profit.
Location: Auckland
Joseph Hickton
Topics: property management
Location: Milford
Katherine Wilson
Topics: Public policy, advocacy, government relations, local and central government reforms, Property Council's advocacy workstreams.
Location: Auckland
Leonie Freeman
Topics: Property, policy, government relations, career, diversity and inclusion, governance, management, building a business, leadership.
Location: Auckland
Lisa Loong
Topics: Workplace Strategy, Change Management, Technology Strategy
Location: Auckland
Matthew Cutler-Welsh
Topics: Healthy, energy efficient, low carbon homes, Deep energy retrofits, Sustainable building, Environmental rating tools.
Location: Auckland
Mark Fraser
Topics: Urban development and design, density, sustainable development, affordability, housing tenure models, public and private sector.
Location: Auckland
Mazharuddin Syed Ahmed
Building Information Modelling, Building Performance Data Science, Digital Twin, Energy Benchmarking, Building Life Cycle, Carbon Footprint, Circular Economy.
Location: Christchurch
Mike Westbury
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
Melodi Barzandeh
Topics: Diversity and inclusion, women in construction, leadership and mentoring the next generation of Architects/Project Leads.
Location: Auckland
Natasha Garvan
Topics: Green building/sustainability, resource management law and related topics.
Location: Auckland
Natasha Possenniskie
Topics: risk, procurement, supply chain, Engineer to the Contract, PPP's, NZS3910 contract and use of this in the industry, women in construction
Location: Wellington
Nicky Harrison
Topics: Urban Regeneration; Public and private partnerships; Brown and Greenfield developments; Property Law; iwi engagement.
Location: Auckland
Olivia Poulson
Topics: Diversity and inclusion, Infrastructure development, Property development and partnering KiwiRail projects and different areas of interface with the broader property sector.
Location: Auckland
Pamela Bell
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
Paula Bennett
Topics: Acquisition and divestment of commercial property, relationship and networking, public and private sectors.
Location: Auckland
Rebecca MacDonald
Topics: Diversity and inclusion, green building/sustainability, leadership and team building/managing people.
Location: Auckland
Richard Ashton
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
Richard Rodden
Topics: Public Works Act and compulsory acquisition of private land under the Act.
Location: Auckland
Ruth Allen
Topics: Urban regeneration, housing, transit oriented development, precinct planning, development feasibility, planning for growth, social impact assessment.
Location: Wellington
Sarah Wrait
Topics: Retail property, including management, leasing. Project management and master planning. Entrepreneurship.
Location: Auckland
Scott Compton
Topics: The future of work.
Location: Auckland
Tamba Carleton
Topics: Economic forecasts/research, property development, residential property.
Location: Auckland
Tamzin Letele
Topics: Diversity pays: the financial case for diversity and inclusion.
Location: Auckland
Tessa Baker
Topics: Overseas investment regime, Property development, Commercial property.
Location: Auckland
Victoria Agyepong
Topics: attainable housing for working families, sustainable supply chain for property development, process automation for property management.
Location: Palmerston North
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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.