Peter Cortis-Jones

Head of Property

Peter Cortis-Jones jointly established Arkadia with Greg Karedis back in 2006.

Since its inception, Arkadia has continued to innovate and evolve. Today, Peter remains responsible for charting the course of the business, together with delivering growth of assets under management.

He was previously a Director at CB Richard Ellis. Prior to that, Peter held roles with GPT and Lend Lease.

George Mihailou

Senior Portfolio Manager

George Mihailou is the Portfolio Manager of all shopping centre assets within the group. George also works together on projects and major tenant leasing for the group, including new shopping centre projects. George has formerly held Asset Management roles within AMP Capital Investors and Jones Lang LaSalle. George also holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Property Economics) degree.

Joshita Kumar

Senior Property Finance Manager

Joshita Kumar is Senior Property Finance Manager for Arkadia Property Services.

Joshita is an experience Finance Professional and Business Partner with over 25 years’ broad management and finance experience gained with large listed, public and private corporations across Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific regions and across various industries and organisations specialising in Property; some of the organisations include KPMG, CBA, Westfield, Scentre Group, GPT, Lendlease, Stockland, CharterHall and KIPT(subsidiary of CFSGAM).

Joshita brings extensive experience from all facets of finance (incl capital transaction, development and leasing), management, reporting & analysis, due diligence, strategy, compliance, investor relations, forecasting, budgeting and planning, stakeholder management/business partnering, change management, business & process improvement, people leadership, audit, advisory and tax. Key strengths include leading, supporting senior executives, stakeholder engagement/partnership, improvements, analytics and project management.

Thea Mahony

Regional Marketing Manager

Thea Mahony is the Regional Marketing Manager, responsible for branding and strategy for  large format and neighbourhood centre assets within the group.

With over 6 years’ experience in media, retail and property, she believes that creating a meaningful consumer journey with a focus on place-making, branding and marketing is vital. Thea has a great understanding of client relationships and possesses the ability to develop meaningful strategies to solve business objectives.  

She previously held marketing positions at Bauer Media Group, Australian Geographic and Lederer Group

Steve James

Leasing Manager

Steve James is a Leasing Manager for Arkadia. Steve is responsible for new leasing, major tenant relations and major project leasing. Steve is a specialist in large format retail and retail leasing. He has completed a Master of Property Development, Graduate Diploma in Property Development, Advanced Diploma in Property Valuation and Diploma of Property in Real Estate. Steve is a registered Valuer and a Licensed Real Estate Agent.
Steve has recently joined Arkadia from CBRE, where he was the Manager of Large Format Retail for NSW.

Nick Bradbury

Leasing Manager

With 20 years property experience in both the public & private sector, Nick has extensive retail property knowledge Australia-wide.

This has included key leasing roles across Melbourne & Sydney, as Senior Leasing Manager for The Rocks & Darling Harbour precinct with NSW Government - and REITs including Vicinity (formerly CFSGAM) and as Senior Leasing Manager at Aventus Group.

In addition to his proven leasing experience in development projects over the years, Nick has established invaluable retailer relationships.  

Jessica Cant

Centre Manager

Jessica Cant is the Centre Manager for Homemaker The Valley and Aspley Homemaker Assets.

Jessica has more than 10 years’ experience in leadership, business development, marketing, and property management roles. With diverse experience supported by well-rounded expertise, Jessica has strong industry knowledge and business relationships which help drive consistent project completion, customer satisfaction and team retention.

Jessica previously was the Queensland portfolio Asset Manager for Aventus Group, and prior to that worked at Scentre Group where she held Centre and Retail Management, Commercial Delivery and Marketing Executive positions.

Melanie Dravitzki

Retail Manager

Melanie Dravitzki has over 10 years of experience within property and real estate. Specializing in Business Development, Melanie has previously worked with Ray White, LJ Hooker and Savills Real Estate.

She brings a wealth of knowledge to Arkadia joining as Retail Marketing Manager, located in our centre at Homemaker The Valley. Melanie has a great understanding of client relationships, strong determination and problem-solving abilities.

Karen Young

Property Team Assistant

Karen Young is the Property Team Assistant responsible for supporting the team in all aspects of the daily running of the office. With over ten years’ experience as an Executive Assistant and thirteen years in residential real estate sales and rentals, Karen understands the importance of client relationships and assisting the team to achieve their goals.

Andy Bouman

Operations Manager

Andy Bouman is the Operations Manager of Homemaker The Valley. Andy has held various operations, facility management and project management roles for the past 30 years across all property sectors.  Andy’s previous roles throughout Australia and the UK have resulted in a wealth of experience across a diverse portfolio of properties. Andy previously held roles with CBRE and JLL.

Dina Psarianos

Property Accountant

Dina Jenkins has specialised in property accounting over the past 13 years for Stockland, Colonial First State Global Asset Management and Jones Lang LaSalle. Prior to this she worked for 10 years in Funds Management with Perpetual Trustees, IPAC and CBA. Dina is a qualified CPA.

Melly Lim

Property Accountant