Andrew May Chief Executive Officer, StriveStronger.com

Andrew May is recognised as one of the world’s leading Mental Skills Coaches, with clients including the Manly Sea Eagles, Tim Tszyu, elite athletes and sporting teams, CEOs, and organisations.

He is the host of the Performance Intelligence Podcast, a leading speaker, best-selling author, and a regular on ABC TV’s News Breakfast. Andrew is the founder and CEO of StriveStronger.com, a digital physical and psychological wellbeing consultancy and is on a mission to wake people up to a better way of living, working, and leading.

Eliza Owen Head of Australian Research, CoreLogic Australia

As Head of Residential Research at CoreLogic Australia, Eliza Owen has a wealth of experience in property data analysis and reporting. She worked as an economist at Residex and spent several years as a research analyst before taking on the role of CoreLogic’s commercial real estate and construction analyst.

She specialises in descriptive and inferential data analysis, data visualisation and framing data trends with broader economic concepts.

Alongside her career in property data and research, Eliza is passionate about explaining economic concepts to broader audiences. She unpacked housing affordability on the TEDX stage, and has been a regular commentator for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and commercial radio and television.

Eliza is also a popular keynote speaker, having presented to thousands in real estate, construction, banking and finance and property development, as well as consumer audiences.

Rachael Robertson Leadership and Teamwork Speaker, Rachael Robertson Pty Ltd

Rachael Robertson returned to Australia after 12 months in the Antarctic, where she successfully led the 58th Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition to Davis Station. She was only the second female to ever lead a team at the Station and one of the youngest ever leaders.

This leadership role is a truly unique experience. Antarctica in winter is totally inaccessible which means once the last ship leaves at the end of February, no one can leave the base under any circumstance (not even if you are dying) until the ship returns in November. it’s a 24 hour a day, every day of the year, leadership role.

Rachael was responsible for all aspects of life on the Station, from the safety and welfare of over 120 expeditioners in Summer, to the delivery of the Australian Government’s $30mn science program. In any circumstance, this would be a tough role, but for a female in a male dominated environment, it was also a very challenging one!

Prior to this Rachael held senior operational management roles for 16 years in a range of complex and challenging environments and now works in the field of leadership development sharing her experiences.
Since returning to Australia, Rachael has completed her MBA and written two best-selling books. The first, Leading on the Edge, is based on her year in Antarctica. In 2020 she released her second best-seller, Respect trumps Harmony which provides the tools to build resilient, high performing teams based on research and case studies collected over 15 years.

She is an international keynote speaker and has presented at over 1,500 conferences around the world.

Sandy Paravizzini General Manager, Retail

Following the completion of a degree in Commerce and a successful Banking career with ANZ of over 17 years, Sandy joined Resolve Finance to establish the business in Victoria in 2011.

He has driven the growth of the Resolve business in the state through partnerships with residential builders and is focused on growing the team’s distribution network. Sandy brings fantastic relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, which has assisted in increasing the awareness of Resolve Finance’s strong capabilities in both the consumer and industry space.

Well-known and reputable within industry circles, Sandy Paravizzini is a knowledgeable source of all finance related information.

Don Crellin Managing Director, Resolve Finance

Over the past 10 years, Don has grown Resolve Finance into a successful and award winning mortgage broking business. For six years running, Resolve Finance has ranked in the top ten of The Adviser’s national Top 25 Brokerages poll – one of Australia’s most respected lists of mortgage brokers and has won numerous other industry awards. Since inception in 1997, Resolve has financed over 21,000 homes and now operates in WA and Victoria.

A wealth of knowledge and expertise that spans over three decades, Don Crellin is one of Western Australia’s leading financial minds.

Andrew Roberts Chief Executive Officer, ABN Group

Andrew Roberts joined ABN Group in 2018. As Chief Executive Officer, he is responsible for overseeing the ABN Group’s operations and providing strategic direction for the Group’s more than 20 property, construction and finance companies.

Before joining ABN Group, Andrew was Executive Director at Gerard Marc & Co, a Sydney-based boutique consulting and advisory business. Prior to this, he worked at Arrium Limited as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer where he was responsible for a portfolio of businesses including mining, steel manufacturing, steel distribution, recycling, infrastructure and mining consumables.

Dale Alcock Managing Director, ABN Group

Dale Alcock is a homegrown success story, from bricklayer to Australia’s leading home builder. His reputation has become synonymous with quality, excellence and distinction.

He commenced his career as an apprentice bricklayer in 1979 in the small Wheatbelt town of Kellerberrin. Under the direction of his father, Dale learned practical skills that would stay with him for life. But more importantly, he gained valuable tactical knowledge and experience that would shape his career and ultimately the future of Australia’s building industry.

Under the leadership of Dale as Managing Director, the ABN Group operates in Western Australia and Victoria and has built almost 70,000 homes across the two states. It is comprised of 20 companies with more than 1400 employees, approximately 100 apprentices and 1500 contractors.