Patrick Grove is co-founder of IPGA Limited, Asia’s No.1 online property group and Group CEO, Executive Chairman and major shareholder of the Catcha Media Group, one of South East Asia's most dynamic media companies and Malaysia’s largest English language magazine publisher.

Over the past decade, Patrick has built a number of significant media and internet businesses across Asia and has been independently recognised with numerous international awards including Global Leader of Tomorrow (2001) and New Asian Leader (2003) by the World Economic Forum; and as Young Entrepreneur of the Year (2004) by the Australian Chamber of Commerce, Singapore.

Chris Smith is National Sales Manager for Kohler. Chris works in the Newbuild sector.

Kohler, an American company was formed in 1873 and has been improving the lives of its customers with exceptional products and services with a diversity of products and powerful portfolio of brands leading the way in design, craftsmanship and innovation.

ARLA Operations Manager having spent 16 years as a letting agent working as a partner in a single office firm before joining a National Group. Was a National Council Member for ARLA from 1993 to 2006. Had responsibility at various times for finance and compliance matters as well as being involved with the conception of Buy to Let. A member of various working parties and stakeholder groups with interest in the Private rented Sector. Has a keen understanding of the problems faced by landlords and agents added to knowledge of tenant demand, area of the market place where landlord supply does not always come up to satisfying tenant demand. Worked in Banking for over 20 years and has and is aware of the problems of the current credit crunch and the changes being made by lenders. Represents ARLA on various bodies with interest in Tenancy Deposit Protection.

Kirkor is President of the International Relations Committee FNAIM, French Real Estate Federation French Riviera.  He’s a member of NAR National Association of Realtors, a member of the Board for the French Chapter of FIABCI France Vice-President Exchange Committee FIABCI International. Regional Representative FIABCI France French Riviera. Member of the Board of French Riviera & Regional Committee FNAIM. CIPS/TRC.

Nathan Hones is an architect and the General Manager of Stride Treglown – Abu Dhabi. Originally from Sydney, he graduated in Architecture from Sydney University in 1996 and has recently completed his MBA in Construction & Real Estate at Reading University.
Nathan has successfully delivered local UAE projects such as the Festival Centre in Dubai Festival City (including the largest IKEA store in the Middle East), logistics and commercial centres at IMPZ and the MENA headquarters for US oil magnate Baker Hughes.
Nathan has also worked on the Palazzo Versace Hotel in Culture Village and was development manager responsible for the 4.4 billion dirham high end residential tower, The Atrium, voted Cityscape Dubai’s most iconic building in 2008.
Nathan is responsible for the day-to-day operations of Stride Treglown in the Middle East, a top 20 UK architectural practice with education and health expertise, who opened their first international office in Abu Dhabi in 2009.

Hans-Ulrich Berendes - President of Berendes & Partner Consulting. Hans has worked in real estate since the ‘80s and has established his business as a leader in corporate real estate, brokerage, investment and development. Hans is also a member of FIABCI (German President), SIOR (member of international advisors board) and Uberseeclub Hamburg.

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Graham has been involved with CIC since 1989. Initially, as a member of the Council and its Executive Board, then as a Director. He was appointed Chief Executive and Secretary in October 1991.
Graham is responsible for the general policy and direction of the Council, for maintaining effective communication with Government, other external agencies and with members and for establishing and maintaining the CIC Secretariat.
He is also currently the Secretary of the Strategic Forum for Construction Olympic Task Force, which is hosted by CIC, and a Board member of both ConstructionSkills and Constructing Excellence.  Additionally he is a Visiting Professor at the University of Northumbria. He is an Honorary Fellow of the RIBA, CIBSE, the ABE and the Faculty of Building and an Honorary Member of the RICS and CIAT. He was awarded the President’s Medal of the CIOB in 2000 and the Peter Stone Award in 1996.
Prior to joining CIC, Graham was Chief Executive of the British Institute of Architectural Technologists (a member of CIC) from 1983.
Graham has had a lifelong involvement in the sport of fencing and his competitive career culminated with a Commonwealth Medal in 1990. In 1992, he captained the British Sabre team at the Barcelona Olympic Games. He is currently the Manager and Performance Director of the British Olympic Fencing Team and was the Team Leader at the 2004 Olympics Games.
Graham received an OBE at the New Years Honours in 2008 for his services to the construction industry. Graham is married with two children and he is also a devoted balletomane and dance writer

Having trained in England, Germany, the USA and Canada, Hendrik started his career as a landscape architect, A certified business manager, he soon realised that his passion was real estate and so established consultancy companies such as Experts BVBA in 1990, followed by Nelde NV and Gimov NV. By 1999 Hendrik had set up an office specialising in all aspects of residential property rental.
In 2002, this became the first office in Belgium to become a franchise of the market leading RE/MAX.

Pamela White serves the CEO of the Interior Design Society, a national association representing 3,000 residential interior designers.  She has worked within the real estate and housing industry for 10 years ranging from the Interior Design Society to the National Association of Realtors Housing Foundation.  Prior to working directly in the field of Real Estate and Interior Design; she was employed with Wickersham publishing as the editor of a local newspaper.
Her interests outside her professional career include serving in a volunteer position on the America’s Second Harvest National Board of Directors.

Ann Wright joined Primelocation.com in November 2006 as International Product Manager. Ann Wright joined Primelocation.com in November 2006 as International Product Manager. Following the formation of The Digital Property Group in 2008, which unites leading property brands Primelocation.com, FindaProperty.com, Homesandproperty.co.uk and FindaNewHome.com, and Globrix, Ann is now responsible for developing the overseas property channels of both Primelocation.com and FindaProperty.com.

In the past three years Ann has overseen significant growth in the Primelocation.com International channel, through the introduction of many new and innovative changes to the site and its offering.

Prior to joining Primelocation.com, Ann worked in a variety of marketing and database management roles within the UK, including two years with the Telegraph Group and 10 years working for the Consumers’ Association – publishers of Which? Magazine.

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James Bacon is the UK Account Manager responsible for Google's major property accounts.  He has 8 years media experience working across magazines, radio & online.  In his current role he works with a number of clients to help them build their online marketing strategies using Google's suite of products; from PPC to online video (Youtube) to free tools such as Google Analytics & Website Optimizer.  James lives in Earlsfield, SW London with his wife, Olivia.  When not working he enjoys recording music, travelling and playing tennis.

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Native to the Reno area, Mr. Clay is a professional broker who specialises in office/industrial sales and leasing. Mr. Clay is also very involved in land sales with developers and private individuals. He is a member of the Realtor Land Institute, Association of General Contractors, Certified Commercial Investment Manager, Certified International Property Specialist, and is the President of the American Chapter of the Federation Internationale de Profession de Immobilares (FIABCI) which is based in Paris.  Mr. Clay earned his BA from the University of Colorado, Boulder in economics/political science, and an MBA from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Australia.

Adrian Coolbergen is a successful entrepreneur having built up a large horticultural business supplying salads to Tesco. After selling the business in the late nineties he moved into property design and construction resulting in a number of successful commercial and residential builds and conversions. Adrian now works extensively with Savills and Quantum Homes Ltd. on the investment and refurbishment of numerous properties throughout London, Bournemouth and Poole and has won many special awards for sustainable designs in the Poole area. Adrian is the Managing Director of Starguard Development Ltd. and a director of Quantum Land Ltd.

Iris has worked within a cross section of the Interior Design Industry, ranging from working in the Interior Design division of Building Design Partnership  to an independent practitioner. Her experience has spanned all sectors, working on commercial offices and restaurants to residential and exhibition projects. Her teaching background has been integrated into her career and she started The Interior Design School in the early nineties to combine her design and teaching skills.
She was elected President of The British Interior Design Association in November having served three years as Education Director.

With has a total of 35 years experience in the engineering and hospitality industries, George Graham brings the disciplines of these areas to the key role of Development Director at the Five Red Star Gleneagles Hotel.  George joined Gleneagles as Technical Services Manager in 1981 after gaining hospitality industry experience with Thistle Hotels, and a career as an industrial engineer serving the public and private sectors.  As Technical Director from 1987-1992, George was responsible for all aspects of design and construction at Gleneagles.   From 1992-1995 he was Deputy General Manager, responsible for all support departments.  From 1995 to 1998 George held the role of Operations Director and from 1998 to 2000 was General Manager, responsible for the day-to-day running of all hotel operations.  But now, as Development Director, George has responsibility for developing additional products that will enhance the critical mass of the resort and so increase profitability in line with the overall Gleneagles Vision.
Since 1982, Gleneagles has invested more than £46 million and has recently redesigned public areas, The Club and a number of bedrooms and suites.

Christopher Hall, Honoured Past President of the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) is currently President of the International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI) World Networking Task Force and President Elect of the UK Chapter and Vice President of FIABCI World Networking & Marketing 09/11. Christopher holds the Transnational Referral Certificate designation awarded by NAR and has, for a number of years, been committed to helping improve the perception of property industry related people and has also strived to get a fair deal for the home seller with regard to the Government’s Home Information Packs.  Another of his passions is the introduction of property related self-regulation worldwide and has been party to the International Charter encouraging a common code of practice. He is a member of NAR’s International Speakers Cadre, speaks on and encourages referral making via agent to agent business activity  and is involved in various property related businesses including Home Staging where he lives by the 3Ps – Preparation, Presentation and Promotion. Christopher was born, bred and educated in Norwich UK, has travelled and worked extensively abroad and is clearly a  keen sports fan being an Associate Director of Norwich City Football Club he also enjoys rugby, cricket, tennis, skiing and golf and says he couldn’t do and achieve what he does without the fantastic support of his wife Wendy and family.

Michael Harris is editor of the UK’s most widely read golf magazine, Golf Monthly. Published by IPC Media, Europe’s largest magazine publisher, Golf Monthly is the world’s oldest monthly golf title and will celebrate its centenary in 2011. Michael is a member of Royal North Devon and Royal Liverpool golf clubs where he plays to handicap of 7. Michael has travelled extensively and played over 300 golf courses worldwide.

Lisa Hutchinson is the Sales Director for Real Estate across Domain and The Sydney Morning Herald. Lisa's portfolio includes; The Sydney Morning Herald - Domain Publications, Domain.com.au and Commercial Property in print and online. Lisa has worked in the newspaper industry for 17 years. Domain is is the leading destination for the property market. We provide tools and information for buyers, sellers and renters Australia wide - and a highly qualified audience for advertisers.

Mike Jordan of Cornish Stairways and a former Chairman of the School of Architecture at the University of Plymouth is a passionate stairway designer with an international reputation. He has worked for many years on global iconic buildings, most notably the Burj Al Arab Hotel, Dubai for Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince, and many others in the region. Mike also designs stairways for super yachts.  As a qualified engineer with a second degree in Business Management he has a strong background in architecture and has gained much experience in working with some of the world's best architects over the years.

Website: www.cornishstairwaysinternational.com

Christian H. Kälin is an international real estate, tax and estate-planning specialist and a partner at Henley & Partners, Switzerland. He is also a member of the board of directors of the International Financial and Legal Network (IFLN), Zurich, and one of the founding partners of Verica Trust & Capital Management, Zug, an investment advisory firm with a strong focus on real estate. He also specialises in real-estate structuring and real-estate investments and is the editor as well as one of the co-authors of the International Real Estate Handbook, a standard work in the field.

Editor of International Homes, English Homes and World's Best Developers and Estate Agents. Jill has edited a number of national and international magazines as well as being a radio presenter and newsreader, newspaper columnist, freelance writer and PR executive. While working in these different areas of the media, property has always been of foremost interest and this has culminated in her editorship of the UK's leading magazine for overseas home buyers. - International Homes

Des Kelly is a Daily Mail columnist specialising in sport and a regular broadcaster on BBC Five Live and BBC1's Inside Sport television show. He is a media consultant for the Hill and Knowlton global public relations agency, a director of the internet company Fastweb and a regular contributor to GMTV.
Des is the former Deputy Editor and Acting Editor of the Daily Mirror, Assistant Editor of the Daily Express, Chief Sports Reporter for Today and a past winner of the Sports Columnist of the Year award. He has been master of ceremonies at a number of corporate events alongside the likes of Jerry Hall, Cilla Black and Arsene Wenger. Des is also a judge for Laureus International Sports Awards and Football League and is Patron of the GB Blind Football Association. He lives in Clifton, Bristol.

Dean is Managing Director of Armstrong Keyworth Interior Design. Before setting up Armstrong Keyworth in 1997, Dean was an international marketing manager and uses this management experience as well as his creative flair to ensure that client projects run smoothly and efficiently.

Peter Bolton King started work in 1973 with a leading Warwickshire firm of chartered surveyors and estate agents, Locke & England. After working in different departments he qualified as a Chartered Surveyor and became the firm’s youngest ever partner. In 1987 the business was sold to Lloyds Bank and Peter Bolton King became an area director. More recently, the firm became part of Bradford and Bingley and he became area sales director for the largest area in the country.   In July 2003, Peter became Chief Executive of the National Association of Estate Agents, the largest professional body for estate agents with a membership in excess of 10,000.  

Earlier this year he was appointed Group Chief Executive of the National Federation of Property Professionals when a new company was set up which now incorporates the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA), the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA), National Association of Valuers and Auctioneers (NAVA) and the Federation of Overseas Property Developers Agents and Consultants (FOPDAC). 

Peter was awarded an honorary Certificate in International Property by the National Association of Realtors in recognition of his contribution to international agency.

Currently representing the NAEA on various Government committees relating to the proposed Home Information Packs and related matters, he also holds a number of other Industry Board appointments of behalf of the Federation. These include ICREA, FIABCI, Asset Skills and the Ombudsman for Estate Agents (OEA) Board and Council

Peter is passionate about raising standards in the industry and also raising customer awareness of the benefits of the Association.  He continues to lobby Government for minimum standards in the industry.

Roy is a Vice President with the Asian real estate investment banking team and is based out of Singapore. He is responsible for origination and execution of investment banking mandates for regional clients. Roy graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelors degree in Business Administration (Honors). He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst. Roy currently serves on the Board of Directors of the CFA Society of Japan and is also the Chairman of the Society’s Public Awareness Committee. He also serves on the PR & Events Committee of the Asia Pacific Real Estate Association. Roy was honored as one of 20 Rising Stars in Real Estate by Institutional Investor in March 2008. Prior to working for JPMorgan, Roy worked for Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs and Salomon Smith Barney, undertaking a diverse range of corporate finance, equity research and real estate financings.

Californian interior designer Ann Maurice has a truly unique combination of skills and experience that set her apart from others in her field. Prior to her ten-year Interior Design and Home Staging career, she spent thirteen years selling Real Estate in the San Francisco Bay area.

Twelve years ago she introduced the concept of property presentation to the UK on national television. As TV's House Doctor, she has gained a host of avid fans worldwide that tune in faithfully to watch her transform British homes. She has since become one of the top property / interior design faces on British Television, whose programmes attract in excess of 2.5 million viewers per episode

The House Doctor programmes are now broadcast in a number of countries including USA, UK, South Africa, New Zealand and Canada and are rapidly gaining in popularity as in the U.K.

Ann's most recent programme is called ‘Ann Maurice Interior Rivalry’. In this programme Ann Maurice puts hundreds of home-staging wannabes through their paces in an arduous set of tasks to test their design skills. The prize is a chance to start their own business in Home Staging. The second series of Interior Rivalry aired on Channel 5 in the UK in Spring 2007.

Ann has published six books 'Ann Maurice, House Doctor'; 'Ann Maurice, House Doctor - Quick Fixes'; 'House Doctor - Instant Makeovers'; 'The Best of House Doctor', 'The Property Book' and 'House Doctor: A-Z of Design'.

Aside from her filming and publishing commitments, she writes a regular feature for Real Homes magazine, and for a quarterly publication called American in Britain magazine, as well as taking on a host of private design projects.

 

Ann also conducts a series of courses on Property Presentation and Home Staging. Created and led by Ann, the courses cover techniques of Property Presentation, from both practical and aesthetic points of view. Her advanced level courses are designed to prepare and train individuals for a career in residential home staging, with a primary focus on presentation techniques for the real estate sales market.

Jason is a registered Australian architect with many years of professional post experience working in architecture and design. His background is extensive covering all areas of the design process from project start-up through to construction. With well developed concept design skills Jason’s expertise lies at the front end of the design process.
Jason has worked extensively throughout Australia and China and is now permanently based in Beijing where he has been a resident for 6 years. Whilst working in China Jason has been Principal in Charge of more than 48 projects which has given him an in depth knowledge of project delivery, market drivers, and issues that surround projects in China.
Working primarily on large scale projects Jason has obtained a thorough understanding of mixed use and tall building developments including architectural master planning. Jason is dedicated to servicing clients in the Asia region with high quality international design solutions supported by the Woods Bagot global network.

James Mattin has over 14 years experience in the property industry.  Having studied at the University of West of England, James started his career in property at Andrew Grant Estate Agents.  Prior to joining Midlands-based Property Investment & Auction Company Bond Wolfe and becoming Managing Partner at the tender age of 32, James specialised in the sale and acquisition of hotels and commercial property at Christie & Co.  Since joining Bond Wolfe James has been instrumental in winning a number of tenders including British Waterways, and a number of local authorities and has also played a major role in increasing the size of the company’s auctions from an average of 40 lots per auction to over 100 lots.  James has also personally conducted a number of charity auctions for organisations such as Cure Leukaemia and Sense.

As Managing Director of Crestron UK, Robin van Meeuwen sees at first hand the difference technology can make to our homes. His belief in providing the very best in customer service coupled with truly innovative technology has put Crestron at the forefront of control and automation market in the UK. As Robin himself says, 'By using our products, people interact with, and experience, the best of the technology in their homes, offices, schools, and in hotels and leisure parks worldwide. Technology should protect you, entertain you, keep you comfortable and give you more free time for the things that really matter.'

Fiona Nixon has established herself as a premier Architect in the Asia Pacific region. She is currently the Chairman to the Australian Institute of Architects, International Committee and has won a plethora of awards throughout her career.

Currently the Design Director at RMJM, a global firm spanning more than 15 countries and employing over 1200 employees.

 

Jonathan Price is the Managing Director of Business Centre Capital Co, B3C, a sector specialist real estate fund management advisory company. B3C is the world's leading fund manager for business centres and serviced offices, matching up major investors with the high yields and growth opportunities available in value added real estate.

Paul Tayler is vice chairman of the Residential faculty board of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and chair of the Estate Agency group. He has more than 20 years of estate agency experience including being Central London Director variously with Savills, Sotheby's and Hampton's. He is recognized as a specialist in the highest value Belgravia, Mayfair, Kensington, and Chelsea markets and has acted on behalf of several of the main landowners here including the Grosvenor Estate, the Cadogan Estate, and the Crown Estate. He is currently a consultant valuer to the Grosvenor Estate, was recently chair of the working group to revise and re-issue the Manual of Estate Agency for the RICS, and he sits on one of the working groups for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister on Home Buying Reform.

Thijs Stoffer has an extensive international experience in US and European business development and strategic consulting. He has a wide ranged network and speaks multiple languages. Thijs worked as consultant to the International Consortium of Real Estate Associations since 2004 before becoming its CEO in 2007. Thijs was awarded an honorary CIPS (Certified International Property Specialist) designation in 2005. As manager of business development, Thijs Stoffer worked for the Dutch subsidiary of a US corporation selling business information systems and direct marketing services. Thijs Stoffer was trained in strategic communications, political science and international relations.

Mark studied furniture design and interior design at the London College of Furniture, before working for Habitat and going on to help launch Next Interiors in the early 80's. From there he moved to Jane Churchill, Colefax & Fowler then onto Laura Ashley Design Service where he worked around the UK and helped establish their franchise businesses in the Middle East. Mark has been involved with 100% Design, Decorex, BBC Good Homes, Grand Designs, The Country Living Fair and the Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition, as well as designing show homes and is currently representing Silent Gliss in Central London. He is passionate about good design and architecture.

Ben is responsible for the expansion and development of the Property sector for Google in the UK.
He has over 12 years experience in the world of advertising, encompassing National and Regional Press, Online Display and Search.
His role at Google is to work closely with clients and agencies across the world of property, providing education, consultation and in-depth market analysis.
Ben is now responsible for the growth and strategy of this market across the UK and has worked to develop major advertiser’s online search strategies for clients like Barratt Homes, Rightmove and Primelocation.
Ben lives with his wife and three young children in Kingston Upon Thames.