“ Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood ”
– Daniel Burnham
I am an Australian / South African multiple industry award winning C-Suite property development professional with over 26 years experience in Australia, The Middle East, Eastern Europe and Africa specialising in large mixed use masterplanned precincts, districts and cities driven by cognitive ,sustainable and human centric developments. A specialist in property sustainability strategy and ESG reporting I am originally from a construction background and I have spent most of my career in design, project ,development and Executive Management roles and have worked extensivly in private equity , REIT , development or income property fund structures and Government entities. I have a passion for good architecture and new urbanism with functionality at its core and have devoted myself to promoting sustainable and smart buildings in all the organisations I have worked in.
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As a specialist in Sustainability Strategy , I have led ESG reporting and Scorecard improvements to a point of being ranked in the Top 30 ESG reports in Corporate South Africa including best property fund ESG report ( FTSE/ Russell ESG Index) for 3 years.
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I am currently the Chief Operating Officer for THE LINE , a 170km Linear and net zero masterplanned vertical city in NEOM Saudi Arabia. I lead the master developer team implementing the real estate strategy in line with KSA Vision 2030 and NEOM's development stratagies.
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I was the Chairman and a Non Executive Director of the Green Building Council of South Africa and am an invited Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors , the world's most eminent body for property professionals. I am also an accredited Project Director with the Australian Institute of Project Management and a Green Building Council Accredited Professional Assessor.
Having been based in Warsaw, Johannesburg, Sydney , NEOM and Dubai ,I have worked on projects in 25 Countries and won industry awards for projects in Australia , South Africa and Canada and have developed over 1 000 000m2 of LEED and Green Star sustainably certified buildings .