Optivest is led by Jeff Gardner. He has been involved in the Australian property industry for many years and along the way, has held Senior Management and Development Management roles with property firms like CM Group, Delfin Lend Lease, and Property Solutions in Australia, Tobishima Corporation from Japan, and MEPC from the UK.
He was responsible for project delivery across the retail, industrial, commercial, and residential sectors and has developed market insight products for corporates with large geographically distributed networks, including St George Bank.
Since 2008, Jeff has developed various digital properties, including Motorhomes.com.au, which was sold to CarSales.com Limited.
In 2010, he sold his then-fledgling AFSL property funds management entity, Optivest Investment Partners Limited, to Hong Kong-based Dampier Finance.
Jeff now produces the CRE TALKS podcast, publishes the Builtworks online archive of notable Australian projects, and is developing, testing, and tweaking Propbotica, an AI-powered sidekick for commercial real estate professionals.