This article is from the Australian Property Journal archive
COLLIERS has announced a raft of changes to its Australian leadership team, including the appointment of Simon Hunt as chief operating officer Australia.
The announcement comes just days after it was confirmed that a cohort of Colliers agents and staff – including leading Melbourne-based agents Daniel Wolman and Oliver Hay – had left for Cushman & Wakefield.
Simon Hunt
Currently managing director of office leasing, Hunt will transition into the role of COO and help drive the firm’s Enterprise ’25 Growth plan across the Australian business. He will focus on innovating the Colliers platform, enhancing client engagement efforts and delivering strategy. Hunt will also become the managing director of occupier services.
After 12 years as the managing director of occupier services and 24 years in total at Colliers, Doug Henry will be retiring at the end of April.
Office expert Cameron Williams will assume the role of managing director of office leasing Australia. Williams, who Colliers says is responsible for the market’s largest and most complex pre-commitment and repositioning projects, has been the leader of the NSW office leasing business for the past 12 years.
John Marasco will transition into a newly created role as managing director office capital markets Australia, a dedicated position to accelerate the growth of Colliers’ office capital markets business.
Matt Meynell is stepping into the role of managing director of investment services, having grown the Australian investment services team to be one of the highest-performing divisions in the nation. He will also oversee transactions across Adelaide, Perth and Canberra.
Finally, Rob Joyes will assume the role of state chief executive of Victoria, having grown the Melbourne east business through strong recruiting, asset class strategy and development of the team. He will focus on the Melbourne CBD in addition to his existing Melbourne metro clients.
“These leadership changes present an exciting growth opportunity for the entire Australian business, as we continue to focus on expanding client relationships and accelerating the success of our people,” Colliers CEO Australia, Malcom Tyson said.
The changes follow a number of new leadership role appointments, including Julia Batterley as managing director of real estate management services; Karen Wales, head of hotel transactions and Michael Tuck, head of retail leasing for Australia.