A local of over 25 years, Simon knows what makes Queenstown tick. He holds a masters degree in commerce and worked for over a decade in tourism and marketing before developing and co-managing a dedicated apartment and lifestyle investment division for a local Queenstown real estate agency in 2007.

Recognising the ongoing need for specialist representation, especially for the sale of managed apartments and lifestyle investment propositions, Simon established Invest Queenstown (IQ) in 2015 and has since gone on to build a reputation as the town’s resident expert in this dynamic sector of the local real estate market.

A father of 3 (plus a dog and a couple of ponies) and with a family history in the area dating back to the 1860s, Simon is a passionate and active member of the Queenstown community. Moving to Queenstown in 1996 to take on the role of Marketing Projects Manager for one of the region’s largest tourism operators, Simon went on to work as a tourism and marketing consultant providing business development, strategic planning, branding and sales advice for a host of major local businesses, tourism operators, Destination Queenstown and Queenstown Lakes District Council.

Alongside work in tourism and marketing, Simon is also an accomplished entertainer and event manager, having starred in a host of major musical theatre productions and performed at concerts and special events all over the country. He spent 7 years at the helm of the Queenstown Winter Festival, has produced a number of theatre productions and special events and continues to perform (rarely) when the right opportunity arises.

A keen golfer, skier and surfer, when not in the office you’ll find him on the fairway, on the slopes or down south surfing some of his favourite breaks.

He sat on the board of the New Zealand Event Association for 3 years, was a committee member for Showbiz Queenstown and was a founding trustee and board member for the Wakatipu Community Foundation. Over the years has produced a range of local charity events that have helped raise in excess of $300,000 for charity and he continues to lend a hand as much as possible for anything that will benefit the local community.

Over the last decade in real estate, Simon has worked alongside major property developers, directing and implementing marketing and sales campaigns both domestically and off shore, managed relationships with management companies and financial institutions and co-ordinated the collective marketing and sale of over 100 individual investment properties in the Queenstown market.

Since establishing Invest Queenstown in 2015, as well as managing the sale of existing managed apartments and lifestyle investment properties, Simon continues to work alongside developers to maximise the potential of their projects, delivering a complete end-to-end project marketing and sales service.

Simon’s expertise in the managed apartment sector is unmatched and Invest Queenstown represents Simon’s dedication to providing the highest levels of service and representation in this unique part of the Queenstown’s property market.