The Interview Australia

Joining our series on this episode is Gerry Ryan OAM - revered businessman & Australian manufacturing icon.

Gerry's business interests extend beyond the Jayco Australia empire he established in 1975 to now incorporate wineries, resorts & sporting teams to name a few - generating annual revenues of in excess of $500m.

https://www.jayco.com.au/

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Our guest is Charles Goode AC - Founder & Chairman Emeritus of Flagstaff Partners.

Flagstaff Partners is Australia's pre-eminent independent financial and strategic corporate advisory firm, having advised on over $120bn worth of transactions across M&A, divestments, debt advisory, government privatisations, equity capital markets advice and complex & special situations.

Prior to launching Flagstaff Partners in 2009 alongside Tony Burgess, Charles was a Director of Woodside Petroleum Ltd (WPL) from 1988 and Chairman from 1999 to 2007, a Director of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ Bank) from 1991 and Chairman from August 1995 to February 2010, and a Director of Singapore Airlines (SAI) from 1999 to 2006.

Charles is currently Chairman of Australia United Investment Company Ltd (AUI), Diversified United Investment Ltd (DUI) and Chairman Emeritus of Flagstaff Partners Pty Ltd.

He is Chairman of The Ian Potter Foundation and has, over a number of years, been involved in a wide range of community activities.

https://flagstaffpartners.com/

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Our guest is renowned litigation & corporate advisory specialist, Leon Zwier.

Throughout the course of a career spanning in excess of over thirty years, Leon has been intricately involved in some of this Nation's most high-profile and complex legal cases in his role as Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution, Litigation & Restructuring at Australia's most respected private law firm, Arnold Bloch Leibler.

His reputation as one the Country's top legal minds is evidenced through the clients for which he has acted for, including leading business & political luminaries who consistently retain his services courtesy of a fierce intellect and an uncompromising ability to pursue the best outcomes.

Our discussion explores Leon's upbringing, successes and insights drawn from an extraordinary career.

https://www.abl.com.au/

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Salta Properties are one of Australia's leading private property development, real estate and technology companies, with a history dating back over 50 years and which now boasts a portfolio of assets that are frequented by thousands of Australians each and every day.

We are privileged to have joining us Founder and family scion Salvatore (Sam) Tarascio & Managing Director of Salta Properties Sam Tarascio - an extraordinary gathering of the true pioneers behind the revered Salta business.

https://www.salta.com.au/

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https://www.developmentready.com.au/

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Joining our series is Andrew Myer AM - Principal of A V Myer Group & a Director of Myer Family Investments.

As a member of one of the Nation's most storied family dynasty's, Andrew has amassed a diverse array of career experiences over the course of the past thirty-five years spanning the fields of property development, domestic and international equity investment, film production & philanthropy.

Through his interests as a property developer, Andrew has spearheaded a number of significant projects including the Fawkner Apartments in Toorak, 9-11 Claremont Street in South Yarra & The Well, a mixed-use commercial, residential & retail precinct in Camberwell.

As a film producer, Andrew has been the driving force behind nine Australian feature films including the award winning movies Look Both Ways & Romulus My Father - he was has also previously been Deputy-Chair of the Melbourne International Film Festival & Deputy-Chair of the Australian Film & Television Radio School.

From a philanthropic perspective, Andrew established the Andyinc Foundation, a venture which supports & provides resources toward projects involved in the environmental, sustainability, social justice, humanities and arts fields - he is also a Trustee of the Sidney Myer Fund and a member of The Myer Foundation amongst a number of other roles.

He is a graduate of the University of Melbourne having completed an MBA at the Melbourne Business School.

https://www.avmyergroup.com.au/

https://myerfamilyinvestments.com.au/

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Our guests are Matt & Andy Mullins - Co-founders of privately owned, Melbourne based hospitality business Sand Hill Road Group.

Following the launch of the business in the year 2000, Sand Hill Road has gone on to own, develop & operate over twelve distinct venues, adding their own design flavour throughout the process and reinvigorating traditional notions of how hotel & leisure assets are managed.

The business currently owns and operates high profile venues including the Hotel Esplanade in St Kilda, Garden State Hotel, Waterside Hotel, Prahan Hotel, Bridge Hotel, Richmond Club Hotel, Terminus Hotel, The Posty & Holliava - previously, they've also been actively involved in The Commercial Club Hotel, The Loft & the Heritage Hotel in QLD.

In March 2020, it was reported that private-equity backed Australian Venue Co had secured a $100m+ deal to acquire eight SRG assets, though the resulting Covid-19 crisis halted those plans, at least in the short-term.

In hindsight, the fog & difficulties of the past twenty-one months may ultimately prove to be a blessing in disguise for the group, with pub assets trading at record highs and the re-opening of the Victorian economy resulting in a strong re-bound in patronage across the sector.

https://www.sandhillroad.com.au/

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Joining our series on this episode is revered private equity investor & corporate advisor Tim Sims AM - Co-Founder & Managing Director of Pacific Equity Partners.

Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) is the Nation's largest & most experienced private market fund manager, with over $7.1b of assets under management & a globally recognised reputation as a leader in the field of private equity.

Launched in 1998, PEP has advised on, or invested in, over thirty-six operating company's and over 120 bolt-on acquisitions across a broad range of industries & sectors via buyout, infrastructure & credit investment strategies.

Prior to the launch of Pacific Equity, Tim was Managing Partner of Bain & Company for a period of five years working across Australasia, as well as a Founding Member & Managing Partner of L.E.K Consulting for close to ten years.

He is a graduate of both Harvard University, having completed a Master of Public Administration, and of the University of Oxford, having completed a Bachelor & Master of Arts.

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Joining us on this episode of our series is business & racing royalty, Matt Allen AM - Former Managing Director of UBS Japan & revered yachtsman, having competed in an extraordinary thirty Sydney to Hobart yacht races for a return of three victories on overall handicap.

In a diverse corporate career that extends over four decades, Matt initially worked in Australia throughout the 1980's and early 1990's managing teams trading public sector debt, fixed-income & foreign exchange products, before

becoming involved in building propriety trading systems.

In 1997, alongside his partners, he sold a 50% stake in his trading system company to Swiss Bank Corporation, a condition of the deal in which required Senior Management of SBC to move to Asia - Matt re-located to Japan the same year and became principally involved in the three-way merger between SBC, UBS & LTCB Securities.

Matt was later appointed Regional Chief Executive & President of UBS AG Japan until his return to Australia, wherein following a lifelong involvement in ocean racing, he became involved in the sport through Board & Member roles with the CYCA, Australian Olympic Committee, World Sailing Committee, Australia Day Regatta & the Royal Ocean Racing Club to name a few.

He currently serves on the advisory board of a number of businesses including Approach Solutions & Growing Teams.

Our discussion explores Matt's career, his key lessons & achievements, his perspectives on the current business & economic environment and of course his expectations for the 2021 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.

Joining our series on this episode is Phil Pearce - Chief Executive Officer of ESR Australia & Non-Executive Director of ESR Funds Management Limited.

Throughout the course of the past two decades, Phil been deeply entrenched within the commercial property sector both domestically and internationally, commencing his career as an asset manager with AMP Capital before joining Goodman Group in 2002 as a Portfolio Manager within their Singapore office.

By 2006, he was appointed Managing Director of Goodman Group China based in Shanghai, before being appointed Managing Director of the company's Greater China operations by 2009 based in Hong Jong - his steady leadership of the business during this significant phase of growth led to him being appointed an Executive Director & Board Member of Goodman Group for a period of close to four years.

In 2017, he joined ESR Funds Management Limited in Singapore and led the business's expansion into Australia via the acquisition of Commercial & Industrial Property as well as the acquisition of PropertyLink Group in 2019.

Phil was appointed CEO of ESR Australia in 2018 and manages the groups $8bn of domestic assets as well as the teams functions across site selection, acquisition, design, construction & project management, operations and funds management.

https://au.esr.com/

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Our guest is investment banking veteran & legendary corporate advisor Trevor Rowe AO.

For over four decades, Trevor has been at the forefront of capital markets, banking, deal-making & advisory both domestically and internationally via senior Board & executive level positions with a roll-call of some of the largest

institutions including Rothschild & Co, Citigroup Global Markets, Salomon Brothers, QIC, UGL & the ASX.

Today's discussion forms part two of our interview with Trevor, with the first episode via podcast format delving into key macro themes across the economy & geopolitical environment whilst our conversation this afternoon will focus on his career achievements, his lessons for success & how he see's the growth of corporate Australia into the future.

Part One - https://www.commercialready.com.au/co...

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