Gavin Bishop

David is a National Director – Industrial at Colliers International and also holds the role of Director in Charge for the Sydney West Industrial department. Based in Parramatta, David's team of thirteen agents is one of the largest and highest performing teams in Australia.

Since joining Colliers' in 2016, David’s specialisation is within the key Western Sydney markets, with a heavy focus on large transactions of land, development projects as well as large leasing appointments and corporate mandates.

With an enterprising attitude, David brings a wealth of experience and creative thinking to some of the more challenging industrial property solutions, accelerating the success of his clients.

Michael is the National Director of Property Sales & Leasing at Colliers International and also holds the role of Director in Charge for the Sydney South office. Based in Mascot, Michael's team of eleven agents is one of the highest performing teams in Australia.

Since joining Colliers' in 2001, Michael's specialisation is core South Sydney, with a heavy focus on large transactions of land, investments and residential sites as well as large leasing mandates. Michael has worked on some of the largest deals in industrial history, including a recent transaction at Carter Street Homebush for over $660 million. 

Working in a changing and often challenging market Michael prides himself on providing creative agency solutions to his clients. keeping ahead of the trends, leveraging off Colliers' industry leading platforms, to ensure his clients achieve better results, faster.

Sean Thomson works for Colliers International as Director of Industrial Capital Markets, Australia, where he specialises in the sale of industrial & logistics assets nationally.

Sean works alongside Gavin Bishop (Head of Industrial Capital Markets, Australia) on a day-to-day basis and holds excellent relationships across a broad spectrum of corporate, private, institutional and international investors.

Having been involved in excess of $9.0 billion of strategic valuation advice, his experience and understanding of the levers which can best maximise value together with the capital markets team’s track record, is integral in achieving the strongest possible result for his clients.

Sean has been involved in many large-scale portfolio divestments including:

• The Greenlit Brands Portfolio ($171 million)

• Calibre, Eastern Creek ($130 million)

• The AMP Portfolio ($105 million)

• The Kaufland Portfolio ($100 million)

Sean holds an unmatched track record in divesting major distribution centres including:

• Toyota South Sydney ($171 million)

• 59 Lockwood Road, Eastern Creek ($107 million)

• 37-39 Wentworth Street, Greenacre ($100 million)

• 1 Eucalyptus Place, Eastern Creek ($91 million)

• 342 Hammond Road, Dandenong South ($87 million)

Sean has focused on building deep relationships with key global institutional clients, providing the latest in-depth information about the logistics market across Australia, which in-line with his extensive track record, has seen him achieve record-breaking results for his clients.

Adrian's real estate career has spanned 25 years , the last 17 years in industrial property, encompassing both agency and development roles. Adrian is known in the industry for getting the results for his clients across both sales and leasing, transacting major industrial assets and leasing major warehouses across South West and Western Sydney.
His knowledge of the market, negotiation skills and competitive nature leads him to get the best results for his clients.
Adrian's specialty is sales and leasing of industrial properties in South West & Western Sydney. Sales of industrial warehouses, land, investment properties and redevelopment sites. Leasing of industrial warehouses & land/yards.

John Carney has worked in the North Shore industrial/business park market for nine years. During this period, he has developed sound relationships with many of the owners, occupiers and developers in this market. John has a reputation for being hardworking, honest and reliable in the North Shore market.

Malcom is the Chief Executive Officer for Colliers in Australia, delivering on our business plan and driving our enterprising culture. Our company is underpinned by a clear set of values, designed to maximise the potential of property to accelerate the success of our clients and our people.  

Over his 27-year career with Colliers, Malcom has had the opportunity to build and grow a number of successful teams. Prior to his current role, he led the NSW business along with the national Industrial business for 15 years. In 2005, Malcom joined the National Executive where the leadership group has steered our business to achieve incredible growth and reinforced our market-leading culture. Our business stability and continuity continue to attract market leaders, empowering them to think and act differently to drive exceptional results.  

Colliers has an enterprising culture which underpins our strategy for success. The business has won multiple accolades as a Best Employer and best in class in many service arenas. We appreciate the loyalty of our people and our clients and we thrive on collaborating to create enterprising solutions that exceed expectations. 

Within Australia, Malcom has had the benefit of working with a highly regarded leadership team, including John Marasco and Simon Hunt, who are focussed on maximising the potential of property for our clients, through delivering enterprising solutions as we work through the market conditions of 2021. By keeping aligned to our values of being enterprising to exceed expectations and collaborating to drive exceptional results, Colliers are well positioned in 2021 to maximise the potential of property and to be a part of leading our industry into the future, not only in Australia but right across the Asia Pacific region. 

I lead the industrial marketing at Colliers, working with one of the largest and most specialised agency teams in the country. I am the brand guardian for our team of over 100+ industrial experts, working to ensure our clients benefit from the latest marketing technologies for their property. With a large, decentralised team, my role is to ensure our experts are leading and innovating with marketing to maximise the value of property for our clients.

I'm experienced in driving engagement in our platform, write extensive pitch and content pieces, and think critically about how we can continue to improve our offiering. I have a thorough educational background in services marketing including my Honours Thesis to contribute to exceptional technical understanding in marketing.

As the State Chief Executive of Queensland, Simon's responsibilities include overall supervision of the Queensland business comprising of 6 offices and over 200 staff. 

At Colliers, we work hard to connect internally to share knowledge about our clients and deliver better outcomes for them. This team ethos is a strong part of our culture and keeps our people highly engaged and it has kept Simon wanting to be part of this great business for the last 20 years.

Simon has over 25 years’ experience in the real estate industry and the agency having previously worked for Primac Elders as an auctioneer prior to joining Colliers International in 1998.

Simon's background is in industrial property where he has been responsible for some of the largest transactions in Queensland over the past 20 years.

In 2015 Simon was involved in the sale of the GIC/Frasers portfolio totalling $1.073 billion. This is the largest and highest quality industrial sale on record in the Australian market.

And in 2017 Simon had the pleasure of marketing the Coca-Cola Amatil Campus in Richlands which was sold to Charter Hall for $157m, making it the largest single industrial asset sale in Queensland's history.

Paul has been in the real estate industry virtually his entire working life, from his initial role in a small firm in Somerset, England to completing his degree in London and working there for 7 years before emmigrating to Australia in 2000. Paul has made Adelaide his home since emmigrating and have dedicated his career to the industrial sector focusing on agency, advisory and development projects of all sizes. Paul has been involved in several memorable projects including large land divisions, estate development, investment sale and tenant and purchaser advise. He has represented a wide range of clients from private landlords and investors to corporate and instituitional clients, and offers a broad spectrum of advice and service. Paul prides himself on service excellence and a "can do attitude".

2009 - Present - Director Industrial

2006-2009 - Associate Director Industrial

2000-2006 - Manager Industrial  - (CBRE)

1995-2000 - Surveyor - Kenningtons (UK)

1993-1995 - Surveyor - Robert Irving & Burns (UK)

1988-1991 - Junior Surveyor Humberts (UK)

With a Degree in Commerce from the University of Western Australia, I have put my various skills to good use in the commercial property and tourism industries at various times.

Having lived and worked in Western Australia for my whole life,  I have a strong network of contacts throughout the State, and have an excellent working knowledge of what makes WA tick. 

 

Luke has 10 years’ experience in property research and real estate advisory, providing strategic advice and research to private, government and listed groups. Luke currently heads up the national industrial research function at Colliers International, where he provides high quality research and advice on the trends impacting the sector to both internal business lines and clients.

Prior to joining Colliers International, Luke has held roles within the Real Estate Advisory Services (REAS) division at KPMG and the Research and Consultancy team at Knight Frank.

Luke’s areas of expertise include property research, demographic assessments, highest and best use analysis and supply and demand assessments across a broad range of property sectors including industrial, office, residential, student accommodation and retirement and aged care.