Our Team
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MARTIN HILL |
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Martin is the founder of Estate Master Property Software which is now regarded in Australia as the industry standard in property feasibility software and used by more than 10,000 users in Australasia, the Americas, Europe and the UAE. Prior to Hill PDA Martin had 10 years experience in property development, property finance and investment. |
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| SARAH HILL PRACTICE MANAGER & PRINCIPAL BSc, MURP (Hons) MAPI, RTPI (eligible) |
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Sarah Hill is Hill PDA's Practice Manager, responsible for professional development and the management of the firm. With over 12 years of international planning experience, Sarah is also the firm's Principal Planner. Sarah specialises in the relationship between planning, economics and society. She leads on a variety of major projects for local and state government organisations as well as private developers. Key projects relate to employment and centre studies, economic and social impact assessments, major infrastructure projects and the preparation of statutory plans. Previously Sarah worked as a Principal Planner in London where she developed and led the London Borough of Hackney (LBH) Major Projects Team. While working for the LBH Sarah became a founding member of the London Olympic Joint Planning Authorities Team that successfully secured planning consent for the London 2012 Olympic Games and its Legacy. In turn, Sarah was made an Associate Director of EDAW London and acted as lead consultant for the London Olympic Delivery Authority on planning, design and environmental matters. In the United Kingdom Sarah gained extensive experience in the assessment of major developments, planning appeals as well as strategic planning. She worked on some of the largest and most complex urban regeneration projects in the United Kingdom, controversial tall building projects and transport infrastructure. Sarah has been the recipient of numerous planning awards including the Mayor of London's Award for Planning Excellence (2005), the 2005 Royal Town Planning Institute Award for Planning (2005) and the Australian Planning Institute Award for the most proficient student planner (2000). She has also been an active member of Planning Aid for London. Sarah is the current Chair of the PIA Consultant Planners Committee for NSW and is undertaking a PHD at the University of Sydney in the field of Planning and Economics. |
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ADRIAN HACK |
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Adrian manages the retail economics team in the preparation of both long-term strategies and specific development proposals. He developed and continues to refine numerous models in this field for expenditure analysis, retail floor space demand forecasting and economic impact assessment (for example gravity models). Regularly he provides expert advice and evidence in the land and environment court in the area of economic impact assessment (in relation to appeals and compulsory acquisition) and in highest and best use assessment (land valuation cases). Examples of cases included:
Adrian is also on the NSW Planning Institute's Economic Development Chapter. The chapter's role seeks to promote the understanding of economics, property and development in the Planning profession. Through much of the 1990's and the early part of the decade he was the principal architect of Estate Master, the industry standard in property development analysis software and he is still responsible for its continued development and refinement. |
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KEVIN ALKER |
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Kevin's experience includes property sales at Landcom of over $200 million, acquisition of several substantial redevelopment sites, including the 25 hectare Victoria Park site in South Sydney from the Commonwealth Department of Defence, and the realisation of numerous development opportunities presented by underutilised property assets in the Landcom portfolio. This experience is applied in a range of environments. Apart from his corporate advisory role at Hill PDA, he is a regular lecturer in urban estate management at the University of New South Wales, and is actively involved in the Urban Development Institute of Australia. |
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| RICHARD CLARK PRINCIPAL BSc(Hons)Land Management (University of Reading), AAPI, MRICS, CDP, CPP |
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Richard has over 25 years experience in the property industry in both the UK and Australia. He has worked in the private and public sectors specialising in urban renewal strategies and development management. Richard's experience includes the redevelopment of Ultimo, Pyrmont, Bays Precinct, Darling Harbour, and Redfern Waterloo. His responsibilities have encompassed strategic planning, development strategies, master planning and development approvals, feasibility analysis, land acquisitions and leasing, subdivisions, site marketing, stakeholder management, and community consultation. Richard also has extensive experience with government processes, policy and legislation for asset transfer and disposal, including his role a Director, Urban Renewal at the Redfern Waterloo Authority, including development of new infrastructure, the NICTA Building, and the Seven Network and Global Television Studios at the Australian Technology Park. At Hill PDA since 2009, Richard specialises in strategic property and feasibility advice, including master plans, affordable housing, developer contributions, market assessments, highest and best use, economic appraisals and transaction management. Recent projects include roles for the Callan Park and Goat Island Master Plans, affordable housing projects for local and state government, Blacktown, Mt Druitt and Seven Hills Master Plans, Part 3A applications in North Ryde and Eastgardens, and adaptive reuse of heritage buildings. With diverse experience in challenging renewal projects Richard focuses on providing advice and analysis for development strategies, infrastructure, master plans, project feasibility, market research and tender management.
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VICTORIA TOMPSETT |
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Additionally, Victoria regularly undertakes feasibility studies and financial appraisals, retail demand analysis, economic impact modelling, development staging advice, release strategies, developer contribution analysis, and due diligence of development submissions to government. Through her experience at Hill PDA, Victoria has provided input into various ACT and NSW State Government land asset management strategies which are critical in decision making at the Ministerial level. Some of Victoria's key clients include:
Victoria joined Hill PDA in 2005 after having worked as a qualified Land Economist with various other property consulting firms and agencies. Experience included strategic asset management, development feasibility analysis, valuation, site analysis and acquisitions, and property research. This range of experience allowed Victoria to focus on the provision of detailed project management advice on a range of mixed use and specialised development applications. In January 2011 Victoria Tompsett along with William Neal launched Hill PDA's new Melbourne office. |
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ESTHER CHEONG |
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Esther is involved in providing development consulting and valuation advice including evaluating the suitability of delivery methods, to inform risk management and mitigation strategies and optimising of development options. The assessment of development proposals and their appropriateness from a commercial and strategic perspective are among her areas of specialty. Another area of specialty is documenting trends in the property and construction markets drawn from extensive market research to inform property strategy for clients wishing to remain competitive and strategic. Clients serviced are from both the public sector representing all levels of government and the private sector including developers, investors, businesses and their consultants. Notable clients include Department of Premier and Cabinet, Department of Defence, State Property Authority, Redfern-Waterloo Authority, Sydney City Council, Housing NSW, Sydney Olympic Park Authority, University of Western Sydney, Maryborough Sugar Factory, Eclipse Financial Group Limited, Ku-ring-gai Council, Endeavour Energy and Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority. Professional affiliations include membership to Australian Property Institute (API), Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (ISM). Esther holds an Associate Professional Certificate in Expert Evidence (University of Sydney and API), she is also a NSW registered valuer and a QLD registered valuer. |
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DONNA BARBER |
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At Hill PDA, Donnas' focus is providing Strategic Property Advice, Feasibility Analysis, Urban Planning and Policy Advice. This work aligns to her experience working for both public and private sector clients including, Housing New South Wales, Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, Sydney CBD Metro, Carrington Centennial Care, University of NSW and some of the UK's largest landowners and developers (Land Securities, Tesco, Unilever and Church of England). Donna has worked on numerous portfolios of significant heritage importance: SHFA, the Rocks; Salisbury Cathedral, the Magna Carta Building (UK) and St Martins in the Field, Trafalgar Square, London, which required sensitive commercial and physical solutions to ensure long term viability of the assets. Donna appreciates the benefits associated with effective engagement of key stakeholders. This is reflected in her approach to the strategic advice she provides. Working for a large number of public sector clients, Donna understands the importance of and is able to articulate a transparent decision making process. In the United Kingdom, Donnas' commercial approach to policy and property advice was acknowledged by the Royal Town Planning Institute who awarded "Commendation" for her work on the Ropewalks Supplementary Planning Document (prepared on behalf of Liverpool Vision and Liverpool City Council, UK) and she was nominated as one of 20 leading Associate Directors, in Jones Lang LaSalle's European business, successfully completing the Associate Director Development Programme that focussed on developing essential skills to be a leader in business. |
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WILLIAM NEAL |
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William has completed a range of consultancies and valuations for mortgage, asset, sale and purchase advice, and rental assessments for commercial, retail and industrial property. This advice has been to a range of government and private clients across residential, commercial, retail, and industrial sectors, including Ballarat Council, Port of Melbourne Corporation, Sydney City Council, Land and Property Management Authority (NSW), Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, St George Bank, Westpac Bank, Ernst and Young, Ku-ring-gai Council, and Warringah Council. At Hill PDA, William's key roles include valuation, feasibility modelling, highest and best use analysis, economic evaluation, demographic analysis and the provision of economic advice in Masterplanning. In January 2011 William and Pricipal Victoria Tompsett launched Hill PDA's new Melbourne office. |
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TOM DUNCAN |
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Tom joined Hill PDA in 2010 after having worked in the UK private sector for five years. At Hill PDA Tom works in the retail economics team and provides expertise in a number of areas including financial analysis and forecasting, market and policy research, economic, retail and social impact assessments and development feasibilities. Working for two of the largest planning consultancies in the UK enabled Tom to gain experience in a broad range of projects for a wide variety of clients. In addition to developing his retail and economic speciality, he gained experience in a number of other key sectors including mixed-use development, leisure development, urban renewal and residential schemes. Since joining Hill PDA, Tom has worked on a diverse range of projects for a variety of both public and private sector clients including NSW Department of Planning, Housing NSW, Woolworths, ALDI, Mirvac, Landcom, Coles and Stamford. Clients Tom has previously worked for in the UK include Tesco, Walmart (ASDA), The Co-op, Sainsbury's, Marks and Spencer, Cheshire County Council, the London Borough of Lewisham and Manchester City Council. Tom's particularly strengths lie in numerical and statistical work, quantitative and qualitative analysis and the interpretation of data for real-life outcomes. Having had a breadth of experience with projects of different sizes and seeking differing outcomes, Tom is a commercially aware consultant who appreciates the conflicting nature of desires in the built environment. He understands how economics can help to make sense of this, aid in conflict resolution and achieve mutually agreeable solutions between stakeholders.
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REBECCA ZHENG |
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Rebecca joined the Hill PDA team in 2005 and has been primarily responsible for the accounting operations of the firm. Rebecca has more than 11 years experience in the accounting industry in both China and Australia and was awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award for her Advanced Diploma of Accounting by NAIS. Rebecca has also completed a Bachelor of Business at the University of Technology Sydney and has recently become an associate member of CPA Australia. |
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ALEX MARTIN |
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