Speakers at Student Accommodation Development World 2018
Vickie BanksVickie has an extensive background in higher education commercial transactions and operations having worked at the University of Wollongong for over 10 years. In 2014 / 2015 she assisted the team to deliver on the University of Wollongong’s student accommodation transaction including document due diligence and preparation. In 2016 Vickie joined Assured Solutions as an Associate and has been supporting a number of universities in the strategy, development, mobilisation and / or operations of their student accommodation portfolio, including:
- University of Melbourne
- Australian National University
- University of Queensland
- University of Wollongong
- University of Tasmania
After working with the University of Melbourne since early 2017, Vickie took on a secondment role in 2018 to lead their delivery of the student accommodation program. The strategy includes implementing a mixed portfolio approach through the development of its first owned portfolio in addition to providing opportunities to partner with the private sector.
John Aspinall
Director
STEELFOX micro
John is the Director of STEELFOX micro, which develops affordable living opportunities, combining elegantly designed modular buildings, with innovative financial options for purchase or rent.
They are active in social and key-worker housing, aged care accommodation and health care. Currently developing projects in Australia, the UK and Qatar.
Rebecca Bendall
President
South Australian Student Accomodation
Laura Burge
Student Experience Manager
Deakin University
Raj Chandramouli
Head of Development
Campus Living Villages
Raj is currently the Head of Development at Campus Living Villages, having previously held the role of Investment Director for almost 9 years. Raj has a strong background in finance and holds a Masters degree in Applied Finance from Macquarie University.
Brian Mariotti
Director
Allen Jack + Cottier
Brian believes that apart from birth, death or (arguably) marriage, attending university is one of life’s rites of passage.
He takes great pleasure in creating places for people who are young, living away from their family and often away from their home country for the first time in their lives, knowing they are encountering new experiences, many of which will shape and define the rest of their lives.
Brain is an accomplished architect whose work has been recognised with numerous design competition appointments, and his work on Urbanest’s D1 Haymarket been shortlisted for the 2018 World Architectural Festival Awards in two categories. He was also a student once and refuses to give up the lifestyle by tutoring architectural design at UTS.
Richard Middleton
Principal
architectus
Richard has 20 years’ experience in the design and delivery of award-winning buildings and interiors for tertiary education, luxury and affordable multi-residential, retail, arts and hospitality projects. He places an emphasis on collaboration, innovation, quality and delivery at the core of every project he undertakes, is passionate about delivering design that is informed and contextual, and strives to exceed his clients’ expectations on every project. During 2006 to 2008 Richard worked for leading Singapore-based practice Kerry Hill Architects designing Urban Suites, a residential tower located in central Singapore, and led the University of New South Wales Changi Campus project through early works and design development stages.
In 2012, Richard formed Richard Middleton Architects (RMA), delivering on-campus student housing at RMIT and Monash University, mixed use towers, urban renewal, resort and performing arts projects.
Honi McNaughton
Industry Development Manager
Asia-Pacific Student Accommodation Association (APSAA)
Honi McNaughton is the Industry Development Manager for APSAA, the Asia Pacific Student Accomodation Association. Her responsibilities include:
- Journal Editorial Committee Chair
- Industry Advancement Committee
- Professional Development Committee
Conal brings over 12 years specialist sector experience advising both universities and private sector clients. He has extensive experience in valuation and advisory and student accommodation transactions. He relocated to Australia at the start of 2013 after having worked in the UK since 2004.
Conal is a Registered Valuer (UK and New Zealand) and a Certified Practicing Valuer (Australia). In the UK Conal acted for a large number of UK developers and funding institutions providing formal valuation advice. Some of Conal’s major clients included Unite Group Plc and Universities Partnerships Programme (UPP).
From 2013 – 2016 Conal has worked for the majority of the top Australian commercial operators and provided valuation advice on an asset and portfolio basis to clients. He also advises a number of universities including the University of Sydney, UNSW, UTS, Macquarie University, The University of Melbourne, RMIT, Deakin University, the University of Queensland and QUT.
His UK experience includes successfully completing UK student accommodation transactions comprising 10,000 bedrooms with total combined project finance value of over £550 million. In Australia, he acted on behalf of Transfield Group on the sale of RMIT Village in Melbourne, the first large-scale off-campus operational student accommodation property offered to the market in Australia. The sale completed in February 2014 for $60 million. He completed the sale of UniLodge @ Metro in Adelaide in October 2015 and worked on the sales team on the divestment of UniLodge @ UNSW in Sydney which completed in August 2016. Most recently he has negotiated the sale of a 280 scheme in Adelaide for over $45 million which was announced in March 2017.
Luke Nolan
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Student.com
Luke is Founder and CEO of Student.com, the world’s leading marketplace for international student accommodation. An entrepreneur at heart, Luke had the idea for a student accommodation marketplace when friends in Asia asked for help finding accommodation while they studied abroad. An initial platform - Overseas Student Living - was created in 2011 and became the first online marketplace for Asian students to access student
accommodation in the UK.
Luke quickly realised there was an opportunity to help a rapidly increasing global community of international students. In 2014, Shakil Khan and JP Jones joined the business as Co- founders, bringing the key strategic elements necessary to take the company to the next level and subsequently the rebrand to Student.com.
By 2015, Student.com had become the largest accommodation marketplace for international students studying abroad, and in that year alone the business did over $110M worth of bookings from students in over 100 countries worldwide.
A keen businessman, Luke was involved in the Chinese real estate sector prior to founding Student.com. Before moving to Asia, where he has lived for over 10 years, he had first-hand experience of being an international student, both in London where he received a bachelor’s degree in Banking and International Finance from Cass Business School and in Milan, where he received a aster’s in International Economics and Management from SDA Bocconi.
Though born in London to Irish-Portuguese parents, Luke grew up in Antwerp, Belgium so considers himself a truly international entrepreneur, speaking English, Chinese and Portuguese.
Donald Proctor
Executive Manager Strategic Assets
Compass Housing Services
Donald Proctor has an honours degree in architecture and a masters degree in urban & regional planning from the University of Sydney.
While at university, Donald became interested in co-operative housing and formed a group that successfully established STUCCO, a 38 room self managed, low cost student housing co-operative built within a derelict warehouse in Newtown, a few minutes walk to uni. The co-op recently celebrated its 25 th birthday by installing a major solar panel system with battery back-up.
Donald pursued a career in housing, working in local government, and with Housing NSW as an architect, strategic planner and asset manager for over 30 years.
Donald currently holds the position of Executive Manager Strategic Assets, Compass Housing Services, one of the largest Community Housing Providers, operating in Australia and New Zealand. Compass has recently won major government contracts to deliver social, affordable and disability housing, using debt and equity funding, mixed with government subsidy streams.
Donald is a past President of the Australasian Housing Institute, the professional body for social housing professionals in Australia and New Zealand.
“This student housing conference recognizes the need for good, stable housing to supportstudents’ effective learning and participating in communities. The financing and ownership mechanisms that have emerged in the student housing market offer solutions for Australia’s broader housing affordability crisis.“
Vincent Wilson is a CEO, Director, and Industry Leader. As the Chief Executive Officer of Deakin Residential Services he is responsible for the overall operational and strategic leadership of Deakin. Residential Services, a subsidiary of Deakin University, with the primary purpose of sustainably developing and managing outstanding and market leading student accommodation premises, services, and support for Deakin students.
Vincent is also the current President of AACUHO, the Australasian association for student housing, which advocates for excellence in the industry and boasts a broad membership including traditional colleges, Universities, and the private sector.
Eugene Yeo
Senior Vice President
GIC (Singapore)
Eugene is a Senior Vice President for Real Estate at GIC, based in Singapore. He is currently covering the Australia market, focusing on office, student accommodation as well as the aged care sectors.
He holds a degree in Business/Accounting from Nanyang Technological University.
Speaking opportunities are still available for Student Accommodation Development World 2018
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