Our guest is Phil Ruthven AM - Founder of revered business intelligence group, IBIS World.

Over a fifty-plus year career, Phil has been Australia's leading, go-to forecaster & commentator on business trends, strategic services and thought leadership.

Founded in 1971, his legendary firm, IBIS World provides trusted industry research on thousands of industries worldwide, leveraging economic, demographic and market-data to provide critical and unique insights that assist decision makers across the globe.

Today, IBIS World has over 400 employees in 6 offices across the World including Melbourne, Los Angeles, New York, London, Frankfurt & Beijing.

In 2017, Phil launched the Ruthven Institute to assist Australian businesses achieve World's best practice profitability through functional excellence.

Outside of his corporate interests, Phil is a recent past board member of the Melbourne Institute, CEDA as well as a past Director of Open Family Australia, a role he held for some 18 years.

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Our next guest is Greg Paramor AO - one of only a few inductees of the Australian Property Hall of Fame and who brings more than forty-five years of experience across a roll-call of this Nation's largest real estate institutions.

Greg is Non-Executive Director of Charter Hall Limited, Chairman of Leftfield Investments, Former CEO of Mirvac Group, Former Chairman of LJ Hooker, Former Director of Leighton Properties and Former Managing Director of Folkestone Limited.

In addition to these roles, Greg is also a past National President of the Property Council of Australia, a former Director of the Green Building Council of Australia and was the Co-Founder of both Growth Equities Mutual and Paladin.

Outside of his corporate positions within the property sector, Greg is a past Chairman and Director of the National Breast Cancer Foundation, a position he held for six years, and is also a Director of both the Sydney Swans and the Sydney Swans Foundation, a role he has held for thirteen years.

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Our guest is corporate insolvency and re-structuring expert, Mark Korda.

Mark began his career at former global accounting powerhouse Arthur Andersen, making Partner at aged 31 before joining forces with Mark Mentha in 2002 to co-found legendary advisory and investment group Korda Mentha.

Mark is interim co-president of the Collingwood Football Club, where he has served for nearly fourteen years as a board member, and is also an Advisory Board Member of Swinburne University's faculty of business and law.

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Our guest is acclaimed property developer, Terry Agnew - Founder of Tower Holdings.

A Ready Media Group production.

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Our guest is Dr. Jerry Schwartz, co-founder of Schwartz Family Company.

Schwartz Family Company is Australia's largest privately owned hotel group, with a portfolio comprising some fifteen hotels representing more than four thousand individual hotel rooms and with an employee count of some two thousand two hundred people.

The business owns and controls blue-chip assets in both metropolitan and regional markets, including the Hilton Surfers Paradise, Sofitel Darling Harbour and the Four Points by Sheraton at Central Park.

Outside of the hotel sector, SFC has a diversified portfolio with interests in the aviation, medical and events sectors.

Jerry is a graduate of the University of Sydney & Monash University and continues to practice as a surgeon at his medical centre in Sydney.

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Our guest is David Smorgon OAM - member of one of Australia's most recognised business dynasty's and CEO of Pointmade, the Nation's pre-eminent family advisory firm.

For over 25 years David was a senior executive at Smorgon Consolidated Industries, one of Australia's largest private companies before being elected President of the Western Bulldogs Football Club, a role he held for some 15 years.

David was also Executive Chairman of family business advisory at PwC and is current Chairman of Generation Investments - his family investment company.

Our guest is Mark Leibler AC - one of Australia's pre-eminent businessman, whose legal nous, corporate acumen and political skills have been relied upon by generations of this Nation's most influential and successful businesses, entrepreneurs and Prime Ministers.

Brae Sokolski is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of MaxCap Group - one of Australia's leading commercial real estate debt & investment specialists.

Development Ready’s interview series delves into the lives of Australia’s premier property & business identities and uncovers what makes them tick.

Our next guest is the Founder & Managing Director of Wel.Co - a multifaceted development business specializing in building Australian communities.

Norm Rix is one of the Gold Coast's most prolific property developers, boasting over 60 years of experience creating, designing, building and ultimately shaping the way the Gold Coast has transformed from what was once a sleepy village town to now becoming a major city.

Ready Media Group had the exclusive opportunity to sit down with Mr. Rix at his residence in the Isle of Capri to discuss his career, how the Gold Coast has changed and what legacy he wants to leave in the years to come.