Business View Oceania | April/May 2022

19 20 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 4, ISSUE 4 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 4, ISSUE 4 Rather than aiming to be the biggest, Savills strives to be the best as judged by their peers. The organisation works to achieve this by continuously honing their internal policies and environmental, social, and governance standards, to ensure consistency with community expectations. “Woven into our corporate fabric is our ambition to continuously improve the way we do things. We value diversity and inclusivity, so we are always looking for individuals who can bring something new to the table- diverse skills, ambitions, knowledge, culture, values, and perspectives. Having a lateral approach to resourcing allows us to present more creative solutions to our client base, rather than reusing offerings from the past simply because we know they work. Innovation breeds positive creation. Ultimately, we work to maintain a culture of inclusivity, not just within Savills Australia, but everywhere. We want to break down borders across the globe and bring the whole world into one office.” Savills Australia supports clients across public and private sectors alike. Typical private clients tend to be institutional funds and investors with large asset bases, such as Charter Hall, QIC, ISPT, and Dexus. In the public sector, the organisation broadens their reach from not-for- profit organisations to local, state, and federal governments. Mr. Katzia explains, “Our project management and strategic property consulting division advises everyone from office towers, hospitals, art galleries, public realms, and government infrastructure. We don’t do rail, road, or other areas of hard infrastructure, but we do advise on sports and social infrastructure.” Recent challenges for the life sciences sector, Mr. Katzia shares, include the need to plan for Australia’s potential transition of innovation precincts from government-led to private sector models, as has been seen in overseas knowledge economies. “Current emerging trends show our government spending less and less money on knowledge infrastructure, and more on research funding. We need the private sector to step in and start taking the lead in terms of developing knowledge infrastructure on a sustainable, commercially viable basis. Issues like these are why we interface with a variety of investors, both private and public. For example, we work with a lot of property funds, and apply their influence as our clients to leverage positive relationships for infrastructure provision to public causes.” Moving forward, Savills Australia will continue supporting our national life sciences sector and working towards greater alignment between research disciplines and industry partners. SAV I LLS AUSTRAL I A PREFERRED VENDOR/PARTNER n Translational Research Institute https://www.tri.edu.au Brisbane’s Translational Research Institute (TRI) is one of the few institutes worldwide where new biopharmaceuticals can be discovered, produced, clinically tested and manufactured in one location. Based next to a major tertiary hospital, TRI is home to leading biomedical researchers, and a growing ecosystem of MedTech start-ups. It includes cutting-edge core facilities and clinical trial facilities.