I am honoured to have my life’s work acknowledged by my peers. Thank you it means a lot to me.
When Henry Pollack and I started Mirvac in 1972, it was my ambition to build a quality development and investment Company. I soon realised however that although Henry and I had certain skills, we needed others to fill the gaps.
It took us a number of years to build a great core team. Roger Fortune, Barry Neale and Dennis Broit worked with me for over 25 years. Each were responsible for their divisions and each built their own team. Because we worked so closely together, all their teams worked together. With a flat management structure we all took pride in producing quality projects. Unfortunately Dennis and Roger are currently overseas but Barry is here tonight and I would like to thank him for 25 years of support and for the major role he took in building Mirvac.
There are a number of Mirvac people also here who I worked with and I thank them for their support tonight and loyalty over so many years. We worked hard but we also had a lot of fun, a lot of great times.
I would also like to thank my wife Jocelyn. We have been together for over 30 years and for over 20 years she has had to put up with me for 24 hours a day working as my PA. Mind you quite often I wasn’t sure if she was my PA or I hers.
I have been lucky in working so many talented people. I enjoyed every minute in this great and rewarding industry.
Thank You.
Robert Hamilton