The Property Council of Australia has appointed Mike Zorbas as its new CEO.
Zorbas, the fifth CEO within the organisation’s 54-year historical past, began within the position final week.
Previous to the appointment, he had collectively acted within the CEO position since December. He additionally beforehand labored at Lendlease Australia, Grocon, and Stockland in roles which engaged governments across the nation. Earlier than these, Zorbas additionally served because the Property Council’s chief advocate to the Australian Parliament.
David Harrison, nationwide president of the Property Council, stated Zorbas has the trade perception, monitor report of optimistic coverage outcomes and folks management, and a deep understanding of members’ pursuits wanted to ship the council’s bold three-year strategic plan.
Zorbas “is a robust and revered voice for our trade,” Harrison stated. “He’s educated and passionate in regards to the position property performs in shaping our cities for the higher and he understands and champions members’ pursuits throughout the nation. Mike has the imaginative and prescient to steer our trade ahead in difficult occasions and his potential to interact with governments in any respect ranges is a major asset because the regulatory atmosphere turns into more and more complicated.”
Harrison stated he was assured that Zorbas would “proceed to advance our trade and its repute and, in doing that, to ship for all Australians whose lives are improved by the property we create each day.”
Zorbas stated he was honoured to just accept the position and would make sure that the council would proceed to be the strongest voice for its members in difficult occasions.
“With our three-year technique in place, I stay up for working with members, allies, and all ranges of presidency to unlock the potential of our nice Australian cities,” he stated. “Australia must harness the perception and thought management of the property trade to get the subsequent decade proper for our communities.
“We want higher planning for our cities and considerably extra home and abroad funding. We should proceed our globally recognised management on sustainability, and we should assist governments get smarter about creating extra new and extra environment friendly properties throughout the housing spectrum and throughout the nation.”
“I stay up for working with our proficient Property Council group to make our more and more numerous trade and our personal organisation nice locations to work.”
Zorbas succeeded Ken Morrison, who resigned final 12 months to pursue new alternatives after eight years as CEO and 25 years as an worker.
“Ken served a mixed 25 years on the Property Council. We’re grateful to him for his excellent advocacy and industrial achievements and his loyal service, and we want him nicely for the subsequent part of his profession,” Harrison stated.
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