Steve Coster

Managing Director
DEGW Asia Pacific

Steve Coster is Managing Director of DEGW, an international specialist consultancy advising in how the use of space improves organisational performance. Steve has extensive experience as a strategic advisor to clients with complex projects including leading workplace environments, commercial buildings, and strategic frameworks for city centres and universities. His work as a client-side advisor to ANZ Bank, Google, Stockland, SA Water and other organisations has included staff engagement, strategic briefing, design strategies, and change management strategies, as well as designing processes to select, engage and manage design teams.
 

Gwen Ewing

Change Manager
Newstead Office Project
ENERGEX

Prior to joining ENERGEX in 2003 Gwen worked for Praxa Limited in Brisbane and Melbourne for 5 years working in the fields of communications and marketing, before being head hunted to a position in marketing with TNT Vehicle Logistics in Sydney.

These roles gave Gwen a wealth of knowledge and experience that enabled her to move into her new role in the ENERGEX Corporate Development department that managed and coordinated major projects for the organisation.

The natural progression from this role was for Gwen to play a major part in the Transition project for ENERGEX.  This project consisted of the sale of the Retail arm of ENERGEX and the management of the resulting people and process changes involved.  This was an extensive and integrated project which was highly successful.

When ENERGEX sought an internal Change Manager to manage and oversee the Newstead Office Project, Gwen was the obvious choice due to her abilities, training and skills in communications established on other internal projects.

This project requires the consolidation of the CBD offices into one purpose built office at Newstead with the relocation of over 1500 staff in mid 2010.  This relocation for the organisation will drive significant cultural change.

Since joining the project in October 2007 Gwen has gone from strength to strength in the management and implementation of change and her experience ensures that the Newstead office project change management runs smoothly.

Beverley Honig

CEO
Honeylight Enterprises Pty Ltd

Beverley Honig BA LLB MBA is well known in industry circles as a strategic manager and business developer, and a lawyer with qualifications and experience in Australia, England and Israel. She has had many years of General Management experience at Coles Myer, where she gained unique experience working with and growing an asset portfolio worth $1.5 billion, with responsibilities for the redevelopment of 30 shopping centres around Australia.

Beverley is a proficient public presenter, and a sessional lecturer at Monash University in the area of business management, and quality and productivity management. She speaks at many public and international business forums, including at CoreNetGlobal conferences in China and the Middle East. She has won several business awards including being honoured for her achievements by being nominated for the awards of IWFCI/Drake International Businesswomen of the year, presented by The Federal Governments Treasurer and Telstra Business Women of the Year. In 2005, 2006 and again in 2008, Honeylight Enterprises received the prestigious Trade Award bestowed by the Prime Minister of Israel, in recognition of an outstanding contribution in the forging of international trade links. Beverley is entered in the Who’s Who of Business.

Beverley presented at the CORENETGLOBAL SHANGHAI SUMMIT on benchmarking the impact ad measurement of people and place within the real estate industry and has written and presented many papers since, including at the 2008 IDEACTION CONFERENCE in Queensland. She will also be presenting at the APRIL 2009 CORENETGLOBAL SUMMIT IN NEW ZEALAND, and at the 2009 IAOP ASIA PACIFIC SUMMIT on the topic of “The Future of Outsourcing and the Cultural Surprise” at Kuala Lumpar Malaysia. She also frequently presents at industry forums and conferences in Australia, some in conjunction with FMA including FM Performance Management and benchmarking, Change Management, Commercial Contract Management and Strategic Project Management.

As an internationally qualified lawyer with experience in the UK and the Middle East ,and since completing her MBA at Melbourne University's Business School she has been invited on many government, public and private boards to apply her people and property experience to enable business improvement and growth. Her diverse portfolio of board appointments includes, Director Centre for Adult Education, Director Melbourne Markets Authority, Chairman Occupational English Testing Board, Director Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce, and Presiding Chairman Essential Service Appeals.

Graham Kirkwood

Director
Resource Architecture Pty Ltd

Graham Kirkwood is a qualified architect and director of Resource in Melbourne.  Upon graduating in 1987 he worked as an architect in highly regarded practices in Australia and overseas.   In 1990,  he undertook an MBA at  Imperial College, London University and worked as a Researcher for DEGW in London. During this time he began to see a gaping hole in the Australian market for a team of architects that could apply business acumen to the art of design.

Joining  Geyer Design in 1995 as the national strategic planner, Kirkwood created business strategies used by architects to underpin their design brief. In 2000 he took the plunge and went out on his own, launching Resource in Melbourne with a core team of 3. It has now grown to a 6-member team offering a complete range of Facility Planning, Architecture, Design and Project Management services nationally.

Norman Neligan

General Manager
Intelligent Risks

Norman Neligan is General Manager of Intelligent Risks and an experienced business resilience consultant.

He is an internationally recognised expert in providing risk, crisis and business continuity advice to corporate and government sector clients. 

Norm has worked with the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, the Office of National Assessments and Qantas Airways in senior capacities.

Since joining Intelligent Risks in 2004, Norm has provided advice to clients in the financial services, retail, transport, and corporate sectors.  He has also undertaken projects for the organising committees of numerous major international events including the London 2012 Olympic Games and APEC 2007 in Australia.

Chris Marrable

General Manager
Strategy and Planning

Chris is well known in Australia for his expertise in corporate real estate planning for large organisations.  He is a registered architect, qualified land economist and accredited facility manager with 25 years experience in the property industry.
 
Chris was head of Workplace Planning for the NSW Government for six years.  Since then he has led major workplace projects for AMP,  Macquarie Bank, Zurich, Workcover, Veterans Affairs and State Rail.

Current clients include Australian Red Cross, Maunsell AECOM, NSW Dept of Education, National ICT Australia, NSW Health,  EnergyAustralia, RTA and Sydney Water Corporation.

Chris has a Masters degree (Hons) in Facility Management from the University of Sydney

Kirsten Smith

Director
Changeangels

Kirsten Smith is director of Changeangels, the change consultancy that specialises in optimising property, construction and facilities management industry development and change.

John Payne, who previously was Global Head of Property at ICI, is the Director Property at the City of Sydney.

Rodney Timm is director of Property Beyond Pty Ltd, an independent property management consulting practice providing advice on strategies related to the use, occupation and development of property.

Preeti Bajaj is the Manager Business Solutions at Brookfield Multiplex Services, who provide integrated property and facilities management solutions to property investors and users.