Jess Keppel

I am responsible for the oversight and management of Valuation & Advisory Services; Strategic Advisory & Healthcare & Retirement Living  businesses in Australia.  Ensuring Colliers remains best in class providers in their respective markets. 

COMPANY EXPERIENCE
Managing Director, Valuation & Advisory Services 2013 - Present
National Director, CBD Commercial Valuation, Sydney CBD Office 2006 - 2013
State Director, Consultancy and Valuation, Sydney CBD Office 2003 - 2006
Associate Director, Sydney CBD Office 2002 - 2003
Senior Valuer, Sydney CBD Office 1998 - 1999
Valuer, Sydney West Office 1995 – 1998

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS | OFFICE VALUATION & ADVISORY

Some of the more prominent clients that I regularly undertake national valuation appointments from include The GPT Group, AMP Capital Investors, DEXUS, Brookfield, and Lendlease.

Some of my more recent valuation instructions of Premium and A grade commercial office assets undertaken are as follows:-

‘Governor Phillip’ & ‘Governor Macquarie Towers’, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney
‘RBS Tower @ Aurora Place’, 88 Phillip Street, Sydney
‘Darling Park’, 201 Sussex Street, Sydney
‘Grosvenor Place’, 225 George Street, Sydney
1 Bligh Street, Sydney
120 Collins Street, Melbourne
530 Collins Street, Melbourne
8 Exhibition Street, Melbourne
‘Bourke Place’, 600 Bourke Street, Melbourne
One One One Eagle Street, Brisbane
1 William Street, Brisbane
Central Plaza I, II & III, Brisbane
‘Bankwest Tower’, 108 St Georges Terrace, Perth
‘Brookfield Place', 125 St Georges Terrace, Perth
‘Ernst & Young Centre’, 12 Mounts Bay Road, Perth

PRIOR EXPERIENCE

Prior to joining Colliers, I worked within the Research Department of the Property Council of Australia (PCA), then with a boutique firm of Valuers & Land Economists, where I was involved in the valuation of residential property predominantly for first mortgage security purposes, as well as commercial and retail rental advice.

Phil leads the National Government Property Services – Valuation and Advisory team in Australia, delivering a diverse range of services to our many Government clients, at a Federal, State/Territory and Local Government level.

With over 30 years’ experience in the Australian and New Zealand Government property sector, Phil brings an extensive, in-depth understanding of Government property, valuations, asset strategy, Government relations, risk management, quality assurance, governance and a diverse knowledge of a range of regulations and legislative frameworks.

Phil has specialist knowledge and expertise in the valuation of Government property assets for the purposes of financial reporting, Just Terms compensation, asset realisation and purchase and disposal requirements.

Additionally, Phil also provides advice to clients on strategic asset management, as well as property tax advice (including valuations for Council rating and State land tax).

Of note, Phil was the New South Wales Valuer General for 11 years until late 2014. In this role, Phil was responsible for a valuation system that provided annually in excess of $3 Billion in land tax revenue for the State government and in excess of $4 Billion in rates revenue for local government councils. Phil was responsible for many significant enhancements to the valuation system, including improved transparency of valuations and supporting information being provided to landowners. 

Jonathan has over 16 years’ experience in the property industry being focused on the provision of valuation and professional advice in relation to institutional grade office assets within the Sydney CBD, in addition to both residential and commercial developments. In additional Jonathan has played a significant role in the development and controlling the subsequent roll out of the CIVAS Discounted Cash Flow model to all Australian offices and throughout Asia. He leads the national Valuation & Advisory Services Office team across Australia and has recently worked on the following prominent valuations:

• Tower 2, International Towers Sydney;
• International House, International Towers Sydney;
• 25 Martin Place, Sydney;
• 1 Farrer Place, Sydney;
• 126 Phillip Street, Sydney;
• Darling Park & Cockle Bay Wharf, 201 Sussex Street;
• Macquarie Bank Building, 1 Shelley Street;
• Ernst & young Centre, 580 George Street; and
• King Street Wharf Retail Precinct.

John is Head of Agribusiness nationally within Valuation and Advisory Services in Australia. In this role, John leads the experienced and diverse team, and is responsible for the oversight of the specialisation on a national platform. Having grown up on the family property in South Australia's Lameroo district, John has first-hand knowledge and experience of rural property operations. John commenced working with Colliers International in 2012 in Adelaide and moved to Sydney in 2019 to re-establish and grow the New South Wales division.

John has particular experience in the valuation of dryland and irrigated cropping, high rainfall and pastoral grazing, vineyard, forestry, irrigated horticulture (broad hectare potato & onion production and permanent tree crop), dairy and poultry assets.  In addition to these sectors, John also has extensive experience in the valuation of leased agricultural assets.

John has valued some of Australia's largest agricultural landholdings and portfolios, with work undertaken across all states and territories of Australia for a wide range of institutional, corporate, government and private clients.

The valuations he has worked on have been for a number of purposes including Mortgage Security, Financial Reporting, Potential Acquisition/Disposal, Estate Planning/Settlement, Compulsory Acquisition and Insurance purposes.

Jennifer began her career with Colliers in 2011  as Team Assistant to the Valuation & Advisory Services  team. During her career at Colliers Jennifer has continued to climb the career pathway from Personal Assistant to Executive Assistant   to Dwight Hillier | Managing Director of Valuation & Advisory Services.

More recently Jennifer has taken on the role of Manager, Operations Valuation & Advisory Services, Strategic Advisory and HRL Transaction Services. Whilst at the same time still supporting Dwight Hillier in an Executive Assistant capacity.

As Manager, Operations Jennifer has a strong  focus on delivering operational excellence to ensure the smooth running of the Portfolio. 

My role has continued to evolve since joining Colliers in 2014. Colliers International has a significant depth of experience in providing valuation, advisory and transaction services across a broad spectrum of asset classes nationally and for a diverse range of finance, corporate, institutional, government and private clients. Now, as Head of Business Operations & Risk Management, I oversee risk management, valuation standards and business operations for our Valuation & Advisory business and Strategic Advisory and Healthcare & Retirement Living Transactions teams. I am also delighted to have been appointed as Chair of our Diversity & Inclusion Council for 2021.  Our goal this year is to foster an environment allowing diverse perspectives and a culture of inclusiveness through respect for our colleagues, clients and community.

I work closely with our managing director to provide a strong oversight on the performance of our people and continued refinement of our quality assurance and risk management functions. I coordinate external industry body audits and undertake my own internal audits of every valuer and consultant. I have successfully introduced and implemented an industry-rated, risk management framework across our Valuation & Advisory business.

My specialties are mitigating client and internal risk and ensuring all client briefs are met in accordance with industry standards and QA methodologies. My 25 plus years’ experience in property and finance makes me a trusted point of contact for our clients.