Illawarra Future Directions takes off
The Illawarra Future Directions committee is a group of under 35 year-olds which provides a platform to network with like-minded contemporaries, meet new people in the property industry and to further develop professional skill sets in an open and positive environment.
The Future Directions provides a platform to network with like-minded contemporaries, meet new people in the property industry and to further develop professional skill sets in an open and positive environment.
Future Directions advocates for the future leaders of the industry. The group is strengthening the future of the property industry, and allowing emerging leaders the opportunity to get ahead and pave a pathway to becoming a more significant player with the Property Council and the industry as a whole.
Name: Sarah Bourke
Position: Business Development Manager
Company: New England Constructions
Highlight: I love completing a project and watching people envelope the space. Everything we do must be for the betterment of future generations and it’s the reason I love what I do.
Name: Olivia Yeatman
Position: Lawyer and Local Government Coordinator
Company: RMB Lawyers
Highlight: Working in the beautiful town of Kiama and contributing to the region where I grew up by assisting Councils and private clients with town planning and local government matters.
Name: Harriet Mourd
Position: Project Sales and Marketing Consultant
Company: MMJ Real Estate, Wollongong
Highlight: Getting to know amazing people and their stories as I help them to achieve one of their biggest personal and financial goals – purchasing a property!
Name : Jarrod Poort
Position: Commercial/Industrial Sales & Leasing Associate
Firm: MMJ Real Estate Wollongong
Highlight: Working in this great regional hub and seeing the trending increased sentiment towards the greater Illawarra region from a vast array of investors, developers, REITs and national/global tenants seeing value in the region.
Name: Tim Wilson
Position: Senior Structural Engineer
Company: GHD
Highlight: Developing innovative and efficient designs to help achieve the vision of structures I’m worked on. I also feel pretty chuffed I can point a whole bunch of things out to my children as developments I’ve been involved with or designed structurally. Though not property development, some explosive demolition work which was really fun to be involved with as well.
Name: Renee McGuinn
Position: Graduate Architect
Company: Edmiston Jones
Highlight: Watching the region grow! From the fantastic burgeoning small bar and hospitality scene to the major residential and retail developments throughout the CBD. One of my morning rituals is counting the cranes in the sky and knowing that the industry is alive and well.
Name: Kady Leggett
Position: Executive Assistant | Investment Services
Company: Colliers International Wollongong
Highlight: Working in this great region and watching it transform and grow.