James Dunn

Gerard joined Colliers International after 6 years working for listed property funds, KIPT and DNZ Property Fund in both leasing and shopping centre management roles.

Gerard has solid knowledge and experience in management, leasing, redevelopment and strategic planning.

At KIPT, Gerard was part of the Centre Management and project team responsible for delivering the recently redeveloped Centre Place, Hamilton.

More recently, his role with DNZ Property Fund saw him managing the fund's retail assets in Johnsonville, Wellington and being involved with the strategic planning of the proposed redevelopment of that site.

David has a strong Goverment/Corporate background having worked in the industry since 2004, working in Facilities related roles with Inland Revenue, Te Papa and  CBRE where he was seconded into ANZ before joining Colliers International in April of 2015.

Florence started out her career as a CAD technician at City Landmark Associated Limited (UK) where she worked on several design and drafting projects. She went on to practice architecture at Studio 360 Architects (Nigeria) briefly before moving on to work as an Investment Analyst at Cordros Asset Management Limited (Nigeria). Florence successfully managed assets and liabilities on behalf of the company and ensured income growth during the period. She was also part of the team that spearheaded the successful IPO (Initial Public Offering) sales and operations of the Cordros Money Market Fund which was launched in August 2016. Florence recently moved to New Zealand and started out as a tutor at Victoria University of Wellington in a bid to pass on the knowledge gained while working in several industries over the years, before joining the team at Colliers International (NZ) Limited in August 2017.

Bradley joined Colliers International after working as a Commercial Property Manager in Auckland, New Zealand.

He has a demonstrated history of working in the commercial real estate industry as well as tenant and corporate representation.

Having a bachelor's degree in Property Valuation, Management and Finance, Bradley's strengths include but are not limited to Real Estate Management, Strategic Planning, Lease Management, OPEX Budgeting and Forecasting.

For over 35 years I have provided retail consulting, leasing and management sevices throughout New Zealand.

 I have worked for Colliers Real Estate Management since 2011 in both Auckland and Christchurch offices, leasing established Shopping Centres and new Retail developments across New Zealand. I have worked with many of the major and also individual owner including Kiwi Property, Precinct, Stride and NZRPG.

John joined Colliers International in January 2017 after spending over 11 years in the Financial Services industry. Prior to joining Colliers, John spent 8 years at BNZ where he was a Partner in the Property Finance team. This involved managing a Senior Property Finance portfolio with heavy involvement in various Commercial investment and development property transactions through-out New Zealand.

John leads the  Commercial Real Estate Management team for Colliers nationally. The team provides core property management services as well as Strategic Asset management consultancy with a specific focus on identifying ways to maximise the value of an asset but furthermore identifying additional income streams for their clients.

Richard leads Colliers International’s Real Estate Management team. The team comprises nearly 160 employees across the country. Richard has 20 over years’ experience in the property industry.

Richard’s background has been across large scale assets, predominantly retail with some commercial properties.

He is actively involved in project leasing, retail consultancy and development opportunities, and leads the strategic positioning of assets to maximise value to owners.

Richard joined Colliers  following 12 years at Kiwi Property Group, where he held various leasing and management roles.

He has extensive knowledge and experience in management, leasing, redevelopment and strategic planning.

Richard consults across a wide variety of clients including listed property trusts, private clients, off-shore funds and syndicates.

Sarah brings 10 years' industry experience and has recently returned home to Wellington after being in Melbourne for six years.  In Melbourne Sarah worked as a Commercial Property Manager for CRS Property and as a Residential Property Manager for Knight Frank Australia. Prior to moving to Melbourne, Sarah was based in Wellington and worked in the Corporate Solutions team at Colliers International.

Jane has over 20 years' experience in retail, property and business development with vast experience in developing strategic direction through identifying and developing new corporate business across a wide range of industries. 

Jane comes from Westfield, where she  had nearly 15 years in leading a national team in providing marketing solutions in a retail environment for brands and retail businesses via activations and sponsorships in the right locations.

Jane will look at opportunities for centres in New Zealand managed by Colliers International and independently managed, and will add value across the portfolio to get the best outcome for the relevant owners

Simone Bishop is a senior marketing professional with proven ability and specialised expertise in brand development, marketing strategy, customer led experiential marketing and event management.

With over 20 years experience in the property and shopping centre industry, she has been successful in inspiring teams to deliver strategically sound, innovative marketing solutions which have effectively lifted customer traffic and sales and exceeded centre objectives and client expectations.

Marketing solutions can be customised to fit individual assets and comprise of services including;

• Development and implementation of centre marketing plans
• Brand development and management
• Social media and digital management
• Touchpoint reviews
• Brand experience and activations
• Marketing research and analysis
• Event management
• Corporate communications and public relations
• Leasing collateral
• Project consulting

Instrumental in developing and delivering new shopping centre brands and rebranding. Recent projects include WestCity Waitakere, Silverdale Mall and the BNZ Centre.

Specialist experience in transitioning shopping centres through the change of ownership process, relevant to the marketing function including SCentre Group selling WestCity to Angaet Group 2017, Westfield selling Downtown Shopping Centre to AMP NZ Office and Westfield selling Shore City to Aviva Investors in 2012.

Tailor REM Marketing service outputs based on client requirements, budgets, objectives.

Event and project management from a stratgeic level to the day to day implementation.  Experience in organisig  trans-tasman events, National Real Estate Management conferences, shopping centre opening day campaigns, centre stabilisation promotions, site activations, school holiday events and more.

Responsible for developing and implementing successful online strategies for retail centres.

Responsible for setting up ISO Certified Marketing SOP's.

Over 15 years experience in the retail property industry.