The Ageing of Aquarius II Retirement Living Conference

Solutions Summit. 30 June - 1 July, Sydney.

Property Council of Australia

Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Robert Ezer

Strategic Adviser
Chatwell Seniors Housing REIT
Canada

Mr. Ezer is currently a Strategic Adviser to Chartwell Seniors Housing REIT, a Toronto Stock exchange (“TSX”) listed company. As one of the original founders, Mr. Ezer helped to successfully form the REIT in the fall of 2003, which included the acquisition of a portfolio of independent living, retirement and long term care communities across Canada.

Mr Ezer is also President and a Director of privately owned Spectrum Seniors Housing Development Corporation, Canada’s largest and fastest growing developer in the seniors housing business with over 80 projects.

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Richard Davis

CEO
Sanctuary Residences Limited

Richard has been Chief Executive of Sanctuary Residences Ltd since its inception in 2007. Sanctuary now owns and operates a retirement village in Auckland, has two additional development sites in Auckland and one in Queenstown. Through a joint venture with the Abacus Property Group, Sanctuary has development sites in Sydney and Melbourne.

Sanctuary’s strategy is to position itself at the top end of the market by building quality retirement villages offering a continuum of care in prime locations.

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Mark Bindon
Director
Oak Tree Group Pty Ltd

Mark Bindon is a Director of Oak Tree Group Pty Ltd located in Brisbane. The QLD group sources, develops and operates retirement villages with its Joint Venture partner ING Real State Community Living Group in QLD, NSW, VIC and Tasmania with some 1000 units under development.

Mark is also a Director of FMM Constructions Pty Ltd with building and Project Management experience in the Childcare, Retirement and high-end residential sectors.

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Paul Campbell
Aged Care Property Projects Administrator
The Salvation Army
Australian Eastern Territory

Paul has been working in the health care/aged care field since 1972 in the areas of operational consulting, design and commissioning of facilities. He joined The Salvation army in 2005 after 12 years overseas working in places like Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, The United Arab Emirates and Iran.

Paul’s current role is to manage the redevelopment of The Salvation Army’s aged care facilities and retirement villages to meet the new 2008 Accreditation standards.

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Roger Klem
National Agency Director - Healthcare & Retirement Living
Colliers International

Roger Klem is the National Agency Director - Healthcare and Retirement Living at Colliers International. During 19 years at Colliers International his professional experience covers valuation, commercial leasing and commercial sales with a curious side interest in the retirement sector and aged care business.

In just 2 years Roger, leading a dedicated sales team, has transacted over 4,000 independent living units and gross sale transactions in excess of $500 million.

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Arthur Koumoukelis
Partner
Gadens Lawyers

Based in Sydney, Arthur is the national partner in charge of Gadens lawyers' Aged Care and Retirement Villages practice group. His principal areas of work are advising developers, operators, institutions and approved providers on all aspects of planning, developing and operating facilities. This includes advising in all taxation, planning, contractual and regulatory aspects of the industry

He holds dual qualifications in accounting and law and has appeared in all courts and Tribunals relevant to the industry and acted in some of the most significant cases affecting the industry.

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Karen Mattingley
Head of Sales & Marketing
Aevum Ltd

Karen was appointed to the newly created role of Head of Sales & Marketing in December 2006 where she is responsible for implementing and overseeing the sales and marketing strategies for the entire Aeuvm Ltd group. Karen is a licensed Real Estate Agent and Strata Management Agent and has over 18 years’ relevant experience in the residential property industry.

Prior to joining Aevum Ltd, Karen had experience working for a number of medium to large residential property development and retirement living companies such as Sakkara Living, AVJennings and the Defence Housing Authority in senior sales and marketing roles.

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Michael Matusik
Founder and Director
Matusik Property Insights

Michael Matusik is the Founder and Director of Matusik Property Insights. Matusik Property Insights was established in 1998 and from that time, it has grown to become recognised as one of Queensland's leading research consultancies in the residential property sector.

Michael had worked in the Property Industry specifically related to residential property research for 17 years. Michael started Matusik with the knowledge that there were no independent services available to the industry.

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Peter McMullen
National Director
Jones Lang LaSalle’s Health & Aged Care Services

Peter provides consultancy advice, transaction support services, risks analysis, feasibility studies, valuations and market research services to the firm’s clients in this specialist sector, with a particular focus on market and demographic studies within the retirement living sector.

Prior to joining Jones Lang LaSalle in July 2006, Peter held senior positions with Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen. He is a Fellow of the Australian Property Institute, and a member of the Retirement Village Association and the Aged Care Association of Australia.

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John McNamara
Associate Director
Suncorp Corporate Development Finance

John has been in banking for 25 years, and is well known within the Retirement Living & Aged Care industries, having been involved in both sectors over many years. John has a keen interest in the development of the Retirement industry and is involved in growing Suncorp’s involvement in the sector on a national basis. John has qualifications in Accounting and Property Valuations.

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Ian Muir
Chief Executive Officer
ING Real Estate Community Living Group

Ian has 28 years experience in the property industry, including valuations, consultancy, sales, acquisitions, due diligence and funds management. Ian has been with ING Real Estate for nine years. Ian is a Fellow of the Australian Property Institute and is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.

He is a registered valuer in Queensland and New South Wales and holds a Diploma of Business (Real Estate Valuation) and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment.

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Simon Owen

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David Payne
General Manager
Retirement by Design

David has over 25 years experience in the property industry in Australia and over 20 years with Lend Lease working in a number of areas including funds management, development, construction and property management

David joined Retirement by Design in early 2006 as General Manager after successfully delivering Darling Park Stage 3 on behalf of the GPT Group, and formulating a number of other commercial office deals at Sydney Olympic Park and Victoria Harbour. Prior to that role he was CEO of Fox Entertainment Precinct and was responsible for the joint venture on behalf of Lend Lease and News Corporation.

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Gill Walker
Director
Evergreen Marketing Communications

Gill Walker is a director of Evergreen Marketing Communications, the first advertising agency in Australia and New Zealand dedicated to building campaigns that motivate and resonate with boomers and seniors.

In 2003 Gill completed a Masters thesis on Ageism in Australian Advertising (which included reviewing over 3500 advertisements and numerous focus groups). Before founding Evergreen in 2003 Gill was Managing Director for Sudler & Hennessey Australia, part of the WPP Group of companies.

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John Wood
Founding Director
National Lifestyle Villages

In 1999 John Wood founded National Lifestyle Villages with a passion to provide a new and affordable lifestyle option for people too young or fit for a retirement village but no longer wanting a high maintenance house in the suburbs.

John sits on a number of Government Committees representing the industry and has been a champion for new legislation to provide appropriate governance on behalf of people who would like to enjoy the benefits of lease hold lifestyles concepts without giving up security of tenure or certainty.

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