NZ Leadership Team
Carey Smith – NZ Chief Executive
Becoming involved in the real estate industry at the age of 17, Carey has spent his time predominantly with the Ray White Group as a salesperson, franchise owner, development manager and since 1997 as the Chief Executive of New Zealand operations. In recent times he has also taken responsibility for the growth of the Ray White Group Asian operations. His corporate career started in Sydney in 1990 as a development manager and auctioneer. In 1994, after running a business for two years he became involved with the Western Australian operations to amalgamate and merge Mair & Co and Peet & Co into Ray White. In 1996 Carey came to New Zealand on behalf of Ray White when the company traded through NZ with 58 offices as United Realty. In late 1997 he took leadership of the operation with the conversion through to Ray White United and subsequently Ray White Real Estate. Today the NZ group stands at 134 offices transacting approximately $4.7 billion worth of property. The company has shown continued growth which now sees the business as one of the preeminent real estate groups in New Zealand.
64 21 999 035
Celia Burbery – Property Management BDE
Celia’s role in the corporate team supports the growth of the property management department nationwide. With a passionate approach to the property industry, Celia’s numerous awards are a reflection of her commitment and achievements in sales, management and property management. Celia’s constant pursuit of success was evident from her initial introduction to the industry as a young receptionist in 1983 and has excelled and experienced a range of different markets, companies and regions including Tauranga, Whangamata and Auckland. Focused and enthusiastic in the development of resources and services to ensure systems, processes and people are the best in the industry; Celia thrives on the opportunity to contribute to the unlimited potential of Ray White’s property management offering.
64 21 835 555
Graeme Fraser – Auckland Business Performance Manager
Graeme joins the corporate team at Ray White with over 30 years of senior management experience in the financial services and real estate industries. He has particular strengths in general management, sales, planning and business growth and performance. Graeme spent eight years at Harcourt’s, in both the national management team and business ownership; two years in Blenheim as a principal/partner in Century 21 whilst looking after his ailing parents; and five years with Harvey’s as a regional manager in both Wellington and Auckland. More recently Graeme has been with Premium Real Estate for four years as General Manager and CEO. During his time in Real Estate, Graeme has built a successful track record in residential, rural/viticulture, commercial and property management. personal and office performance. Graeme is impressed with Ray White – the brand, the leadership, its growth in tough times, its systems and people, and is looking forward to working with franchise owners in the Auckland region to further consolidate and grow Ray White’s market share. Graeme is married with two sons and four grandchildren. He has been actively involved in sport, both as a player and administrator, and has a strong interest in community matters.
64 21 834 330
Patricia Love – Group Training Facilitator
National Certificate in Real Estate (salesperson), Accredited REAL ITO Work Place Trainer, Certified Personnel Consultant
Patricia was a very successful real estate salesperson on Auckland’s North Shore before she joined REINZ in 2007 as a Qualifications Training Adviser for the ITO. She was involved in supporting the transition from the old salespersons course to the new era of the National Certificate in Real Estate (salesperson) and has a thorough knowledge of the curriculum for the National licensing qualifications. She conducted orientation workshops on the new qualifications and supported and mentored trainees completing on job training through the REAL ITO course work. Many of you will have met her at zone meetings, or on the Graham Cruise/ITO road show on Risk Management and Compliance under the new Act, which toured NZ.
Patricia has joined corporate as Group Training Facilitator and is excited about the opportunity of working with our network in induction and salespersons development training and the delivery of the compulsory REAA Verifiable Continuing Education which she will deliver via workshops around the zones.
Prior to real estate Patricia spent 20 years in Personnel, Recruitment and Training. She has two teenage sons who are both at university, loves theatre and is a keen competitive sailor.
64 21 226 6099
Sarah Pearce – Growth Performance Executive
Sarah joined the corporate team in April 2011 and is delighted to take on the role of Growth Performance Executive. She brings with her skills and experience from an award winning career in real estate. As a salesperson in 2003 Sarah achieved Top 10% award for the Auckland/Northland region. Early 2004 she moved to Ray White and enjoyed a significant leap in business growth as a result, quickly achieving the Ray White Premier status that year. She then grew her business to include a team of sales assistants known as the “Property Matchmaker” team and went on to attain and maintain Ray White Elite Award status for four consecutive years.Sarah now works actively to assist Ray White business owners with their ongoing recruitment within the group, as well as initiating opportunities outside the Ray White group to contribute to its ongoing growth and success.
64 27 0275 4434