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Personnel profiles

Peter Aynsley
Peter Aynsley, Director and senior consultant, is a professional with more than 30 years experience in senior management across a range of industries including property development, construction, resort facilities, telecommunications, media and technology. Extensive experience in providing due diligence services and third-party advisory services with a specialty in large and complex projects. Peter holds a BSc (Architecture) degree from UNSW; is a Member of the Australian Institute of Project Management; a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors; and a Member of the American Management Association. Peter’s roles have included corporate management; business advisory; feasibility analysis; strategic planning; business plan development; marketing; and both project management and development management. Peter has been involved in more than 200 construction/property development projects with a combined value in today’s terms of more than $10 billion. In addition, he has held General Manager, CEO, Executive Director and Team Leader roles in businesses in a number of different industries since 1980. Peter has developed numerous skill-sets as a result of the diversity of activities undertaken and the depth of involvement in many of these activities. He has particular expertise in the analysis of complex projects; due diligence investigation; negotiation and documentation of multi-party agreements; hands-on project management; management of multiple teams; and determining viable commercial solutions across many industries. [more details]

Neville Thomas
Neville Thomas, senior consultant, has been practicing architecture for more than 35 years. Over this period he has been involved in a broad range of building types, including commercial offices, residential, hotels & resorts, SEPP5/seniors living, health care, industrial facilities and projects for the Australian government. He has particular expertise in site analysis, documentation review, problem solving and rational building design. When Neville graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1971, he was awarded the Silver Medal of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects – the highest award granted to graduating students in Architecture in Australia. Since that time he has worked with a number of leading architectural firms – initially with Brewster Murray & Partners and Ian McKay and Partners; followed by 24 years with the multidisciplinary architectural/planning firm of Jackson Teece Chesterman & Willis. [more details]

Neil Macdonald
Neil Macdonald, Director and senior consultant, is a management professional who has more than 30 years business experience – the last twenty of which has been at senior management and/or Director level. He holds a Bachelor of Business and a Masters of Business Administration. Neil’s early training came from being placed in a fast-track program in the banking industry, culminating with his appointment as Corporate Finance Manager (NSW) for the National Australia Bank in 1984. From 1985-1989, while completing his MBA, Neil worked as a management consultant to a number of companies, specialising in restructuring. He also undertook work for financial services organizations in the area of venture/equity capital raisings and syndicated debt finance. Neil has continued to specialise in financial packaging for small/medium sized businesses. [more details]

Sulser, Michael
Michael Sulser, senior consultant, is Christiana’s Tourism & Hospitality expert, with more than 30 years experience in the development and operation of diverse and multi-faceted properties around Australia. His experience derives from the positions he has held as General Manager or Managing Director of properties including: Sponar's Chalet, Kosciusko; Guthega Hotel; Ocean Blue Resort, Surfers Paradise; The Island (Contiki) Whitsundays; All Seasons Rottnest Island WA; Freycinet Resort, Coles Bay Tasmania; Karri Valley Resort, Pemberton WA for Accor Asia Pacific; Caves House, Yallingup WA; and Wilpena Pound Resort, in the Flinders Ranges SA. Michael’s strong involvement in all aspects of Sales & Marketing, Human Resources, Financial Control, Events co-ordination, Project Development (including liaison with statutory authorities), Site Management (construction), Contractual negotiations, Environmental Practices and Risk Management & Training have enhanced his consulting expertise.[more details]

Bostridge, Kevin
Kevin Bostridge, senior consultant, has an extensive commercial background, having owned and operated his own businesses since 1985. Kevin's broad-based experience led him to establish his own business in 1985 and over the next several years he grew this to the largest of its kind in NSW - with involvement in export, commodities and most facets of the agricultural industry over an eight year period. This was followed by Director and senior management roles for both private and publicly-listed companies located in both Europe and Australia. Kevin continues to be an investor in public and private companies and brings a wide range of experience at senior management and board level across a diversity of industries to Christiana's consulting team. [more details]