Dan White

CEO, White & Partners, CEO, Ray White

Dan White is the great grandson of Ray White and current CEO of Ray White. In 2001, Dan established White & Partners. He has extensive experience in the acquisition, financing and management of investment-grade real estate in a wide variety of asset classes and across the property cycle. In addition to Ray White and White & Partners, Dan has senior executive experience with Macquarie Bank and Arthur Andersen.

Dr Jonathan Kearns

Head of Financial Stability Department, Reserve Bank of Australia

Dr Jonathan Kearns was appointed RBA’s Head of Financial Stability Department in July 2017, on his return from a three-year secondment to the Bank for International Settlements

He was previously RBA’s Head of Economic Analysis Department.   He holds a PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) from the Australian National University.

RBA’s Financial Stability Department analyses the implications for financial system stability of developments in the macro-economy, financial markets and the financial sector more generally.  This includes the impact of bank and non-bank lending, and the impact of offshore property investors, in the Australian property market as it relates to financial system stability

Luke Doo Hwan Lee

Head of Funds Management, Visionary Investment Group

Luke is the Head of Funds Management for VIG’s funds management business, SR Capital. With over 15 years experience in the financial services industry, having previously worked at the ANZ Banking Group, National Australia Bank and Challenger Group. Prior to joining VIG, Luke worked for Uniting Financial Services, the Treasury and Investment service of the Uniting Church Australia Synod of NSW & ACT, as their Senior Portfolio & Credit Risk Manager responsible for alternate asset investments and credit risk. 
Luke is fluent in Korean and holds a Commerce Degree (Finance and Commercial Law) from the University of Sydney, and a Graduate Diploma from FINSIA.

Peter Laurance A.O.

Founder & Chairman, Pivot Group

Peter has specialized in developing property assets and mining ventures throughout Australia for 40+ years though his private investment vehicle, Pivot Group

His property ventures include developing, owning and operating theme parks, hotels, resorts, marinas, movie studios, shopping centres, low and high-rise office buildings and medical centres with an end value in excess of $2 billion.

Peter established Pivot Group in Western Australia in 1972, which grew into a publicly-listed corporation in 1984 and was then privatised in 1990.  He has seen through multiple booms and busts of Australia’s property industry including the massive Japanese buying spree of the late 80s.

Peter was also a major shareholder and Executive Chairman of Sea World and Warner Bros. Movie World, In Queensland. He was appointed by the State Government as Chairman of the Queensland Tourist & Travel Corporation in 1990, and in 1992 was invested as an Officer in the Order of Australia (A.O.) in recognition of his services to tourism, and his lifelong commitment to helping disadvantaged young people.

Through Pivot, Peter is also a major shareholder in the ASX listed developer Axiom Properties Group.  Oriental University City Holdings, which owns a university city in China with nearly 20,000 students, is also a major shareholder in Axiom.

Anna Cesarano

Chief Executive Officer, Doltone House

Anna Cesarano, is the Chief Executive Officer of Doltone House venue and catering collection. She is a NSW Board Member for Family Business Australia after having been inducted into NSW Family Business Australia’s Hall of Fame. She is co-founder of the Biaggio Signorelli Foundation, honouring her late father, founder of Doltone House Group, to raise funds for a cure and research into Mesothelioma (asbestos cancer).

Anna was featured in BRW discussing succession planning in family businesses. She also participated as a mentor in the NSW Family Business Australia Next Generation mentoring programme.

In 2013 she was Barnado’s Mother of The Year Awards’ Business Ambassador and was on the Judging Panel for the Barnado’s Mother of The Year Annual Awards Programme.

Anna continues to be profiled as guest speaker in a range of sectors, from meetings and events, former NRL Women in League Ambassador, to featuring in the Future Direction Network video promoting university to school leavers from Western Sydney.

David Chin

Managing Director, Basis Point

David Chin founded Basis Point 20 years ago to provide insights, connections, and investment platforms for the Aus-China & Aus-Asia institutional, wholesale and high-net-worth investment community. His has become a ‘thought-leader’ in the Significant Investor Visa (SIV) and Chinese investment flows into Australia.

His previous career background was in derivatives, futures and hedge funds, consulting to government and semi-government institutions and exchanges globally and in the Asia-Pacific. He was previously Head of Marketing at Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE), and is the author of Thy Fiefdom Comes, a fantasy/science fiction novel.

Philip lacovou

Director, Lefand Group

Philip is the Director of Lefand Group, a boutique company providing professional building management services to owner-corporations in residential and commercial buildings.

The group was established 25 years ago by his father. Under Philip’s leadership, Lefand now services and provides solutions which is relied upon by over 2,500 buildings and projects worldwide.

Philip’s unique approach to business is based on the principle of building and maintaining relationships with clients and key industry stakeholders with integrity and loyalty.

He is a member and sponsor of many boards such as the Philhellenic Business Chamber, the Australian/Lebanese Chamber of Commerce, Arab/Australian Chamber of Commerce, China-NSW Australia Business Council, UDIA (NSW), FMA, SCA, Master Builders Association, South West Bankstown Chamber of Commerce, NSW Business Chamber, Camp Quality and many more.

David Mao

Associate Director, White & Partners (moderator)

David is an Associate Director within the Investments and Debt Management teams of White & Partners. David is keen to build on Ray White’s presence in China and across Asia to help Chinese developers obtain financing and Asian investors explore attractive equity opportunities across all Australian real estate asset classes.