SYNOPSIS:
With the New Zealand economy predicted to attain “Rock Star” Status in 2014, how does the role of CRE
play a significant lead in ensuring business reaps the benefits of the opportunities on the horizon? What
key skills do CRE Execs possess that can influence change and show an overall understanding of business?
Are the days of caution, cost cutting and bench marking changing across all sectors as the emphasis
moves to value creation?
Carey Oldfield
Executive General Manager DTZ.
Carey has been involved in the property industry for over 30
years, initially as a civil engineer and thereafter in the fields of
project management and property development. For the past
20 years Carey has been the General Manager – Properties,
for a large corporate organisation with overall responsibility
for a significant owned and leased property portfolio.
He has extensive expertise in transforming organisations into
fully functioning commercial entities including overseeing the
commercialisation of the property function of New Zealand Post and
developing the strategy for a new model for both South Africa and
AnPost (Ireland).
Carey has the overall responsibility for DTZ’s NZ business, leading
and managing DTZ’s service stream through the delivery of facilities
management and maintenance services.
Carey holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) and a Masters of Corporate
Real Estate. He has an in depth knowledge in Corporate Real Estate and
Facility Management, was the previous chair of CoreNet Global – New
Zealand Chapter, and was an inaugural board member of the
New Zealand Green Building Council.