The Interview Australia

Our special guest is David Gonski AC - in a forty-plus year career across the law, corporate advisory, investment banking, finance and philanthropy, David has become one of Australia's most successful and recognised business figures.

In this rare and exclusive interview, David unpacks his extraordinary career, from making Partner aged 25 at Freehill Hollingdale Page (now Herbert Smith Freehills), to establishing Wentworth Associates in 1986 and advising the likes of Kerry Packer, Kerry Stokes, Frank Lowy & Rupert Murdoch, to his Chairmanship of Barrenjoey Capital and Sydney Airport - enjoy practical insights from a legendary Australian.

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Our guest is Mr. John McGrath, Founder & Executive Director of ASX-listed property business, McGrath as part of our interview series.

In a diverse career spanning in excess of three decades, John has established a formidable reputation across Australia as a real estate pioneer and businessman, owing as much to his success in building one of the Country's most recognised brands as his success as a best-selling author and panellist of Network Ten's Shark Tank television series.

Following the launch of McGrath Estate Agents with a single office in 1998, the business has since expanded rapidly across Australia's East Coast, encompassing some one-hundred-and-eleven offices and two-thousand team members, transacting over $19bn worth of property in the past financial year - cementing it's position within the top echelon of real estate businesses in the Nation.

Lauded as a visionary, John has become a highly-respected and sought-after leader, with his specialist industry knowledge regularly called upon in both a Board and Executive level capacity, including through a number of high-profile appointments over the past twenty-five years.

Our discussion with John explores his background, the launch & success of the McGrath business, his approach in overcoming adversity & the key lessons he's learnt from his career in business.

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Our special guest on this episode is Michael Rothner – Principal of revered property investment house, AsheMorgan.

Michael joined AsheMorgan in 1990 and leads investor relations, funds management and joint ventures for the group, with a focus on achieving enhanced risk adjusted returns via insightful and disciplined strategies.

He has substantial experience in development and construction as well as asset and investment management and has been an instrumental figure in expanding AsheMorgan’s business and partnerships both domestically and internationally.

Our discussion with Michael explores his background & the success of the AsheMorgan business over the past three decades.

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Our special guest is Anthony Bell OAM - Founder & CEO of Bell Partners, Australia's leading independent diversified advisory, consulting & accountancy firm.

Established in 1997, Bell Partners has experienced exponential growth throughout the course of the past two decades, cementing it's reputation in providing top-tier accountancy services to clients whilst also leading to the formation of additional business units including Bell Partners Wealth Creation in 2002, Bell Partners Legal in 2012 and Bell Partners Insurance & Finance in 2014.

As a credit to Anthony's business acumen, determination & relationship building skills, the business has established a diverse client network that extends across the Country and includes high-net-worth individuals, family offices, captains of industry & sporting identities - reflecting a deep level of trust in both the team and the advice provided.

In addition to Bell Partners, Anthony established the Loyal Foundation in 2009, a charitable organisation with a major focus on the supply of medical equipment for children in need - to-date, the foundation has raised an extraordinary $10m and purchased over 400 pieces of life-saving medical equipment.

Outside of his immediate interests in business, Anthony is heavily involved in sport via his passion in yachting, having competed in five editions of the famous Sydney to Hobart Yacht race, including winning line honours in 2011 as well as the record-breaking victory in 2016 aboard his yacht, Perpetual Loyal.

Anthony is a graduate of Charles Sturt University having completed a Bachelor of Business (Commerce & Accounting).

Our exclusive feature discussion with Anthony explores his background, career learnings, the fundamentals required in growing a successful business and the nexus between business & sport.

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Our special guest is Adrian Loader, Co-Founder of Allegro Funds - one of Australia's preeminent private equity firms with a capital base exceeding some $4bn of assets under management and a highly-successful eighteen-year track record of producing outstanding investment results.

Alongside Chester Moynihan, Adrian established Allegro Funds in two-thousand-and-four with a specific mandate on sourcing turnaround and transformational deal opportunities, including from within sectors as broad as tourism, transportation, logistics, retail and healthcare - partnering with existing management teams & stakeholders to enhance value and create more resilient operating models.

Following the success of its inaugural fund, the business has since launched three separate funds to market including Allegro Fund II (now closed), Allegro Fund III (active) and Allegro Fund IV (active).

In addition to his current position as Managing Director of Allegro, he is also Chairman of Toll Global Express, Chairman of Discovery Parks Group & Chairman of JSW Australia.

Adrian is a graduate of the Australian National University with a Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws degree and is a Qualified Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

He is also a Chartered Accountant and previously served as both the President (2010-2011) and Chairman (2011-2012) of the Turnaround Management Association of Australia - the peak industry network dedicated to encouraging boards and directors to engage with turnaround professionals early in the event of significant distress or uncertainty.

Our exclusive discussion with Adrian explores his investment journey, the launch and growth of Allegro Funds, his principles for success and the industries likely to offer the greatest growth potential in the decades to come.

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It's a pleasure to welcome to our program the Co-Founders of highly-respected property development and investment firm, REVELOP, Charbel Hazzouri & Anthony El-Hazouri.

Since launching in two-thousand-and-eight, Revelop has become one of Australia's most prolific and active real estate companies, having delivered over sixty projects to market including high-profile assets in the retail, commercial, co living and residential sectors.

The business has a forward development pipeline of in excess of $1bn in value, building upon it's existing portfolio of assets that is diversified across Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia and represents some 1,500 tenants across 300,000sqm of gross lettable area.

Revelop has been an extremely active market participant over recent years, with notable acquisitions including Forestway Shopping Centre for $100m, the City Cross Centre for $60m, Tramsheds Sydney for $52m, Newton Village for $35m, Lachlan's Square Village for $30m and Eastwood Village / Churchill's West Place for $30m.

Our exclusive feature discussion with Charbel & Anthony explores the genesis of the Revelop business, how the pair have navigated it's growth over the past two decades, the investment fundamentals that underpin the commercial real estate sector and the defining trends that will shape future growth prospects.

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An exclusive interview with legendary property investor Julius Colman AM - Founder of MCS Property.

An exclusive discussion with Michael Naphtali AM - Partner of venture capital firm Rampersand, Board Member of ErdiGroup, Co-Chairman of Hindal Corporate, former CEO of the Pratt Group and a Former Executive Director of Credit Suisse.

Our guest is Patrick Allaway - one of the Country's most highly respected company directors and businessmen.

His current interests include as Chairman and Non-Executive Director of the Bank of Queensland, Independent Director of Dexus Funds Management Limited, Non-Executive Director of Allianz Australia and Chairman of the Giant Steps Endowment Fund.

Prior to these roles, he was a Board Member of Nine Entertainment and Fairfax Media, as well as a Non-Executive Director of Woolworths South Africa, Country Road Group, David Jones & Metcash Limited.

Upon graduating from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Law degree, Patrick spent more than two decades in the financial services and investment banking industries both domestically and internationally, including five years as Managing Director, Capital Markets at UBS London and three years at Macquarie Goodman.

In 2003, he Co-Founded and became Executive Chairman of Saltbush Capital Markets, a privately owned boutique corporate advisory business.

Today's discussion will explore Patrick's background in further detail, his perspective on prevailing economic market trends and his role in the ongoing digital transformation of BoQ.

In his first major in-depth interview, it's a privilege to have on our series legendary Australian businessman and founder, Ian Malouf.

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Throughout a career spanning close to four decades, Ian has established an enviable track record of success, building industrial waste management & disposal business Dial-A=Dump Industries (DADI Group) four months after completing school and with a budget of only $700 to become one of the Nation's largest privately owned businesses.

In 2018, owing to the extraordinary growth that Dial-A-Dump had achieved over the proceeding thirty-four years, competitor Bingo Industries acquired the business in a $577m transaction, marking the beginning of Ian's legacy and providing him with an opportunity to explore opportunities in new industries and market segments.

Following completion of the sale of the business, Ian alongside his daughter Ellie, founded digital yacht chartering platform Ahoy Club, having grown frustrated at the industry's lack of innovation and the excessive commissions being charged by brokerage companies to yacht owners around the World.

Since launching four years ago, Ahoy Club has become the go-to platform for yacht charters globally, offering a multi-disciplined service across more than four-thousand professionally crewed charter yachts that offer Ahoy Club members best-in-class service with booking discounts of up to 30%.

In addition to his current business interests which span property investment, yachting and the development of waste-to-energy plants alongside fellow industrial magnate John Richards, Ian is a Board Member of Bingo Industries and dedicates his time and resources to a number of charitable causes.

Today's discussion will explore Ian's background, the extraordinary story of Dial-A-Dump Industries, the Ahoy Club platform and key lessons and advice he can share from over thirty-eight years in business.

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