Olivia Whiteside
B.A., B.Comm
National Manager | Marketing & Communications
Project Leaders
About
Professional Summary
Olivia's passion for pursuing a career in the property industry was ignited when she joined a prominent residential real estate firm after graduating with a double degree in Commerce/Arts at Curtin University in Western Australia. With a major in marketing, her scope included Anthropology & Sociology, Brand Management, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing. While gaining broad experience across a range of diversified marketing roles, she chose to apply her skillset to a career in property from recognising the significant opportunity for growth and continued engagement in such a diverse industry.
With 6+ years of Marketing experience, a background of residential property gave her the foundations to tackle commercial property after moving to Sydney in 2018 to further her career. In 2018 Olivia joined Colliers as the National Marketing and Communications Manager, primarily focused on the Retail Leasing and Large Format Retail sector. Olivia worked closely with the Head of Retail across the National Retail Business to deliver strategic marketing collateral, support and expertise to the national team.
In May 2021, Olivia joined the Colliers Project Leaders team to deliver stratgeic marketing and communications initatives, enhance productivity and drive exceptional results for the national team. This role sits across all business lines including Commercial Office, Retail, Residential, Industrial, Healthcare and Retirement Living.
Education
Arts/Commerce Double Degree: Anthropology & Sociology and Marketing Major.
Services
Service Lines
Property Type
My Team
My Team
Michael Bate
Head of Retail | Retail
Retail Agency
Sydney CBD
My professional knowhow stems from an extensive career in retail property development, project leasing, site acquisition and disposals and property management.
I joined Colliers International after holding the position of National Business Manager for Stockland Commercial for 9 years. During this time I was responsible for the acquisition and disposal of just over $750M worth of Retail and Commercial assets.
Prior to my Capital Transactions role in Commercial Property, I was the Regional General Manager Leasing for the Stockland Shopping Centre portfolio.
Prior to Stockland, I was the National Leasing Manager for Lend Lease Retail here in Australia. I worked on some of Australia’s leading Retail projects including, Casuarina Darwin, Melbourne Central, Sunshine Plaza and Smithfield in QLD and Woden in the ACT. I was the Lend Lease Asset Manager for the Kiwi Income Fund and worked on several of their retail projects in New Zealand.
Prior to Lend Lease, I was a National Director with Jones Lang Wootton in both WA and NSW and ran the National Project Leasing team for again some of Australia’s best retail assets and Portfolios.
I also have a lengthy career in the media working for John Fairfax and Sons in TV and Radio for many years.
Scott Anderson
Managing Director | Project Leaders
Project Leaders
Sydney CBD
Scott joined Colliers International in August 2017 after Colliers acquired NixAnderson where he was previously Managing Director. As Managing Director of the Project Leaders division at Colliers, Scott leads a team of 60 talented and dedicated professionals. The team have a presence nationally and deliver projects for both landlords and occupiers across multiple asset classes including office, retail, industrial, hospitality sports & Leisure, health care and retirement living, and residential. Scott recently delivered the Northern Beaches hospital, a project Colliers is proud to represent.
With 20 years of industry experience Scott has been involved in all stages of the project life cycle, from delivering major complex projects through the bid, feasibility and inception stage, to design and construction and finally the asset handover to the end client.
As Managing Director of Project Leaders at Colliers International, Scott takes a personal and dedicated approach to ensure the needs of all clients are fully understood and delivered to a high standard.