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

Bryan Froud

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

Annalese Hodge

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

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

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

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

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

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

Katherine Wilson

Head of Advocacy | Property Council
Topics: Public policy, advocacy, government relations, local and central government reforms, Property Council's advocacy workstreams.
Location: Auckland
govt relations

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, NZS3910 contract and use of this in the industry, women in construction
Location: Wellington
construction

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

Rebecca MacDonald

Senior Manager | Wellington Airport | Air NZ
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

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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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