Georgina Holmes has been in the Design Industry for 12 years and has degrees in both Psychology and Interior Design. Before coming to Australia, Georgina was working for a French Interior Design House in Geneva that took her around Switzerland, France and Germany. Georgina has completed exclusive commercial and residential projects that include everything from luxury ski chalets to high end residential projects. Georgina has a wealth of experience and utilising her collective passion for lighting and colour and has completed projects for some of the top tier hospitality & residential developers in Australia where for the last 3 1/2 years she has worked for Coco Republic – one of country’s leading furniture and interior design firms employing over 300 people . Embracing her international experience, Georgina brings a hint of European influence to each of her projects, which results in truly unique and breathtaking results. In this wide ranging interview Georgina gives her expert insights on designing and styling everything from ski chalets in Europe to CGI’s in Australia.

This episode features Lisa Pennell. After two decades of working with some of Australia’s largest and most progressive real estate brands across a variety of different functions, Lisa is currently the head of marketing for the Ray White Group across all of Australasia. Lisa is a highly energetic, strategic leader & creative thinker who has assembled and manages a high performing team of industry specialists. Lisa is in charge of all aspects of the Ray White Australasian brand and adds a new dimension to the role with a particular interest in brand protection and crisis management. In this episode Lisa tells us how to maintain brand integrity – however arduous that might be, how she created Ray White’s first ever national brand campaign and gives us her insights on how to create healthy competition.

Justin Brown is a doyen in the world of residential project marketing in Australia and throughout the Asia pacific region. Currently Chairman of CBRE & founder of his own development company, Abadeen, Justin was a true pioneer of project marketing in Australia and has been the leading force in launching & selling new lifestyle destinations in some of Australia’s most valuable precincts for nearly 30 years. Throughout his career, Justin has personally sold, managed and or overseen the sales of over 80% of the premium off-the-plan mixed use & residential market in Sydney and has overseen the sales of over $200B worth of real estate internationally. He has constantly achieved new price benchmarks in some of the world’s most iconic projects including Bennelong , Darling Square, Sydney Wharf, Bondi Pacific, Barangaroo & the Opera residences in Sydney along with the HMAS site in Melbourne – amongst many others too many to mention. It was an absolute honour to have this chat with Justin – where we cover everything from pioneering & mastering FOMO, explore how to build a world class team to the emergence of COVID-19 and his prediction on it’s impact on the economy – bearing in mind our chat occurred on March 3rd – just prior to the proverbial hitting the fan. I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did and extract some key insights into the thinking of one of our industry’s most successful operators. Enjoy.

Adam is a director at SJB, one of Australia’s leading architectural firms. Adam Haddow is an architect and urban designer. A Churchill Fellow, Adam travelled the world investigating alternatives to conventional models of urban design. The sabbatical resulted in a research project entitled ‘Shall We Dense’ an examination into the state of modern density living in Australia. Adam’s diverse experience and creative expertise is recognised by numerous architectural accolades, including international awards for Casba, winner of the 2015 World Architecture Festival for mixed-use completed buildings; and Cleveland Rooftop winner of the 2018 Architizer A+ Award, residential apartment. In 2014, he was creative director of the Australian National Architecture Conference. In this episode Adam tells us how to engage positively with the community, understanding what good density means in a covid 19 world and how to achieve design excellence. Enjoy.