About Us
Our vision is to deliver the maximum financial and social impact for our clients from their real estate projects and business activites.
We are passionate about projects that deliver sustainable social outcomes – and particularly projects that yield social and affordable housing.
We judge our performance on both the dollar value we add for our clients and the social value our projects provide to the wider community.
Our Skills and Experience
Real Estate
30+ years in Real Estate Industry, including 10+ years at Stockland
7+ years as National Business Development Manager at Stockland
8+ years as Independent Real Estate Consultant advising industry
Finance
Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment
20+ years experience in financial modelling and analysis
Expert in estate master modelling for development projects
Strategy
Masters of Business Administration (Southern Cross University)
10+ years experience developing and implementing strategy
Engagements with leading global consultancies as SME
Law
Bachelor of Law – First Class Honours (University of Queensland)
10+ years PQE at major international law firms (Slaughter & May, Allens)
3+ years as Senior Commercial Counsel at Stockland
Who we are
Gavin Zimmerle
Gavin Zimmerle is the Principal of ZSI and is a senior property executive and qualified lawyer with over 30 years’ experience in real estate advisory, business development, site acquisition and disposals, property development, strategy and law. Gavin has worked as a real estate lawyer for major international law firms, including Slaughter and May in London and Allens in Australia.
He has also held numerous senior executive roles over a 10-year career at Stockland, including Senior Commercial Counsel – Residential and the National Manager of Business Development. In 2017, Gavin established a specialist real estate and strategy management consultancy, ZSI, through which he advises many public and private sector clients such as Lendlease, Infrastructure NSW, Housing Australia, UNSW and Landcom, specialising in the delivery of affordable housing.
Gavin was the Chair of the Major Projects Advisory Committee at Parramatta Council (providing strategic advice on major projects to the CEO and Councillors) and is on the CHIA Professional Advisory Panel for Housing Australia Funding (assisting CHPs with accessing federal government funding to deliver affordable housing).
His qualifications include a Bachelor of Law (First Class Honours), a Master of Business Administration and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance & Investment.
