People on the Move – 14 July 2015

People on the Move – 14 July 2015New national business development manager at the Property Council; Nik Karalis moves up at Woods Bagot; Colliers announce promotions; m3property expands industrial and commercial valuations team.Jeanie Crowder (pictured) has been appointed as the Property Council’s National Business Development director. Crowder has worked with the Property Council for the past seven years, most recently as NSW director, Marketing & Business Development responsible for the NSW division’s commercial activities. She previously held marketing and business development roles with AFTRS, NSW Department of Premier & Cabinet, and Serco Gardner Merchant, as well as co-owning a modern Italian restaurant in Darlinghurst.Nik Karalis is Woods Bagot’s group new managing director and CEO. The interior designer and masterplanner has been with Woods Bagot for more than 20 years. Outgoing group managing director and recently-appointed executive chairman Ross Donaldson says Karalis’ proven achievements and future vision for Woods Bagot will stand the company in excellent stead.Cottee Parker Architects has made three internal promotions – Naveen Dath to equity director and Meg White and Dee Passenger to the role of associates. Dath, joined Cottee Parker in 2008 after 20 years in Asia and the Middle East specialising in the design and delivery of landmark projects and tall buildings. Since joining Cottee Parker Architects in Melbourne seven years ago, White has been involved in the design, documentation and delivery of Upper West Side. Passenger has been the lead interior designer at the firm for the past two years.Colliers International has promoted eight new national directors, eight new directors and 16 new associate directors in its mid-year promotions. The new national directors are:Dylan O’Donnell, Operations, Corporate Solutions, SydneyJock Gilchrist, Office Leasing, SydneyCurtis Field, Residential, SydneyTom Phipps, Capital Markets, BrisbaneJason Lynch, Capital Markets, BrisbaneAngus Barrington-Case, Rural and Agribusiness, SydneyBen McCallum, Valuation and Advisory Services, MelbourneBaden Mulcah, Hotels, BrisbaneThose promoted to director are:Stefanie Frawley, Director, Corporate Solutions, MelbourneTrent Gallagher, Industrial, Sydney SouthZoe Ware, Residential, MelbourneChris Beatty, Real Estate Management, NewcastleKyia Maidens, Residential, Gold CoastBrendan Jones, Real Estate Management, CanberraDaniel Wolman, Investment Services, MelbourneTodd Hadley, National Franchise Director, PRDnationwide, SydneyIn Melbourne, Andrew Chrapot has joined Colliers in the position of executive, Industrial, based in the Melbourne East office in Clayton. He was previously with Kelemen Commercial.m3property has expanded its Industrial and Commercial Valuations team to include an expert in the markets of South Sydney, Eastern Suburbs and CBD Fringe. Joel Ducey joins the firm as an industrial and commercial valuer after 10 years’ experience in global property services and property/credit risk.Manny Bikakis has joined the Victorian Government’s property development agency, Places Victoria, as general manager, Corporate Services, and will oversee the organisation’s Finance, Human Resources, Legal and ICT functions. Prior to joining Places Victoria, Bikakis was Australia and New Zealand Finance director at PPG Industries.DTZ has appointed commercial leasing executive Chas Keogh to the position of director of Office Leasing, Victoria. Keogh has over a decade’s experience in commercial property with a particular focus on office leasing, most notably with CBRE Office Services where he held a number of senior positions in New Zealand, Sydney and, more recently, in Melbourne as state director – Office Services, a position he held for two years prior to his most recent role as leasing manager – Property Services at RMIT University.