Queensland State Conference

Prior to becoming one of Australia’s top speakers and entertainers, Anthony built and ran a joinery company in the South West of England. Starting the business at the young age of 21, Anthony learned quickly that in order to win trust and influence not only his team but his clients, the way he behaved and interacted played a huge role in being successful.  While being a driven entrepreneur, outside of business Anthony had a reserved, shy personality. It was his interest in magic however, that Anthony found was a great way to fast track connecting with people. It allowed him to connect and create intrigue instantly.  In 2003 Anthony took a big hit in business. Suffering a huge financial blow, he quickly found himself spiralling into a world of stress and turmoil. Once driven and focused, Anthony was now reacting negatively to the world around him.  In the midst of his turmoil, a close friend delivered a very confronting and revealing truth; this one truth flicked a switch and changed the course of Anthony’s life forever.  It was this moment in time that Anthony realised the importance of living consciously.  Anthony hit the reset button and in 2009 moved to Australia consciously focused on creating a new life for himself.  Hitting the ground running, Anthony performed 40 shows in 40 nights in 40 venues around Australia to raise money and awareness for the McGrath Foundation. This was the start of Anthony’s quick rise to the top. In 2012 Anthony was the first ever mentalist to perform on Australia’s Got Talent, making it through to the top 3 of the semi-finals and securing his position as Australia’s pre-eminent mentalist.  In 2014 Anthony was requested to join the cast of the world’s biggest touring magic show ‘The Illusionists’.  At the time of writing Anthony has performed over 850 live shows, been seen by more than 5 million people on TV, has appeared on over 100 radio shows and featured in 120 newspapers.  Realising the true power of the skills he had learned and honed, Anthony decided in 2016 to focus his attention on helping others live a more conscious life. Using his demonstrations of mentalism as a vehicle, he began to educate and inspire others to live more consciously.  In 2018 Anthony created his signature program called ‘Ultimate Confidence’, designed help entrepreneurs and professionals looking to increase their confidence, and attract and connect with their ideal clients.

Mark is an Australian academic, and commercial lawyer who grew up and was educated in Melbourne. He graduated in Law and Economics from Monash University and in Education from LaTrobe University. Subsequently he completed his master’s degree in Industrial Relations at the University of WA and won the BHP prize as the top student. He completed his doctoral degree at Griffith University in Employment Relations and Corporations Law. He has worked for nearly 40 years at seven Australian universities He has also worked as a lawyer and administrator, both in industry and private practice, as well as a consultant for the Australian government. He has written two textbooks and numerous journal articles and conference papers. He has taught Contract Law, Employment Law, Corporations Law and Negotiation and dabbled for a few years in Property Law, Tax Law, Administrative Law and Health and Safety Law. He has taught Negotiation at Griffith and Bond Universities for the last twelve years. His hobbies include travel, languages, history, and politics. He has the dubious honour of having been a member of both the major Australian political parties. He is married and lives on the Gold Coast.

Majella is a partner in the Clayton Utz Public Sector Group.  She works on a variety of government infrastructure projects, providing legal advice on the front end corridor acquisition, including native title issues, and the back end property litigation.  Majella had her first Land Court case in 1995.  At the beginning of her career Majella worked primarily in property, litigation, employment and planning and environment law. She also worked for more than a year as the Associate to the now Chief Justice of the High Court when Justice Kiefel was in the Supreme Court and then the Federal Court.  Majella is a trusted adviser to government and statutory authorities.

Gavin has over 30 years of experience in property valuation and advisory. Gavin is a Certified Practising Valuer and Managing Director of Herron Todd White Brisbane. Gavin also leads the Brisbane residential development team dealing in all specialised residential property valuations, including apartment projects, land subdivisions. Gavin’s early training as a valuer was within the Queensland Government before commencing with Herron Todd White in 1994 where he progressed from a junior valuer to previous National Chairman and current National Board Director. Gavin has been a member of the Valuers Registration Board of Queensland. Gavin is a Fellow of the Australian Property Institute, a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Quantity Surveyors and a Graduation of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Peter has 35 years' experience in the design and construction of hotels, hospitality and high-rise residential in Australia and Asia. He also has recognised expertise in university, residential, retail and commercial projects, churches and large-scale urban design., and has been awarded several State and national awards in architecture, planning, sustainability and urban design. Peter is design architect for a mixed-use, city-block development under construction in Xi’an which includes an InterContinental Hotel, residential, retail and commercial buildings. Peter brings commercial acumen and urban design capability to bear and has an urbanist approach to environmental design.  These skills were used in conjunction recently in the National PIA award-winning Cairns City Image Study, where Peter contributed commercial design strategies to stimulate sustainable development in the Cairns City CBD. Peter is Senior Executive of Peddle Thorp, specialising in Emerging Markets and Integrated Living. He has a passion for true integration of senior’s housing, for responsible and sustainable town planning regulation, solar energy and for the development of truly sustainable buildings.

Hugh has been a Certified Practising Valuer of the API since 1986. Hugh started his own firm Bristow and Associates, established in 1993 who act as an independent property valuation and advisory firm and remains so to this day. Hugh will be leading the audience through valuing in a falling market because of his experience: At College during the oil shock crisis/recessions of mid 70’s: Worked in London through winter of discontent: Came to Australia in middle of 81-82 recession: Endured 1987 crash: Started own business in aftermath of “recession we had to have": Endured GFC: Still going in biggest economic shock on record. To summarise, Hugh’s been adapting to change for over 45 years.

Sheila is the General Manager – Standards and Compliance at API.  Sheila has been in the legal industry in London, Tokyo, Sydney and Brisbane for over 20 years.  She is a lawyer as well as an educator and accredited executive coach.  Sheila is based in Brisbane and is a die hard F45 gym junkie.

Allen career in property commenced in February 1973 undertaking property accounting for the AMP Society.  He later moved into property management at Centrepoint in Sydney and then in valuation and project management with AMP society.  Allen is currently the Managing Director of Chesterton Corporate Property Advisors. Allen has been a Registered Valuer, originally NSW, since 28 June 1981, is now a Certified Practicing Valuer and a Specialist Retail Valuer in Queensland.  He was elevated to the status of Fellow of the Australian Property Institute (“API”) in 1994.  He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS”) in March 2005. Currently, Allen is on the Standard Setting Committee for International Property Standards after spending 5 years as vice chair.  He is an Assistant Member of the Valuers Registration Board (QLD).  He is also on the Australian Standards Steering Committee of the API and a Member of the Industry Advisory Committee for Bond University.

Lisa is a State Director of JLL Queensland Valuation and Advisory services team and joined JLL in 2014 to establish the Gold Coast office.Lisa’s personal valuation focus is in the Investment property markets in South East Queensland with a particular focus on the Gold Coast and Northern NSW.    Lisa has over 25 years in the property industry and has worked in both the  public and private sectors. Lisa has broad experieince in all investment property types includin going concern valuations, including Marinas, Child Care Centres and Manufactured Home Parks. Lisa is a Specialist Retail Valuer and is regularly appointed to Determine Rental Disputes. She has also acted as an Expert Witness for Litigation Purposes. Lisa has a passion for retail property and has undertaken valuations, rental assessments and determinations for a number of major corporations and individuals.     Lisa has been a Board Member of the Queensland Valuers Registration Board since 2016 and was a Finalist in the Lesley Bennett API Women in Property Award in 2019.  Lisa also serves on the Property Council’s Gold Coast Committee and the Office Grading and Occupancy Committee’s.

Marcus Johnson is a property lawyer based in Brisbane, with over twenty-five years of experience in the industry. Prior to being admitted as a lawyer, Marcus worked as a qualified property valuer for twenty years, equipping him with the skill set to be able to understand processes related to commercial property, land valuation, and compulsory acquisitions from both the legal and valuation perspectives. Following this, Marcus was a principal lawyer in two firms before establishing Marcus Johnson Legal in 2014. Marcus has previously lectured in property valuation courses on a variety of subjects.  Marcus is an independent investigator for the Valuers Registration Board of Queensland and is appointed to investigate complaints made against property valuers. From time to time, he is also appointed as an independent arbitrator by the Australian Property Institute, to determine commercial lease disputes between landlords and tenants. 

Tom is an Associate Director of Research at CBRE in Brisbane. He is responsible for commercial property and economic research for the Queensland business. Tom has worked in various research roles in both Australia and Hong Kong. His role largely involves educating clients on the Brisbane commercial property markets and developing thought leadership on key new trends within the sector.