Independent Awards night recognises top real estate agents

Independent real estate agents and property managers were recognised on Saturday night at the annual Independent Awards at Hotel Realm. This year the theme was ‘Le Circque Spectaculair’.

With 24 awards handed out on the night, the prestigious awards on the evening were Independent’s Salesperson of the Year awards. Three different awards were given based on an agent’s sales volume, highest gross commission income (GCI) and highest established GCI.

Mark Wolens and Nicholas Jacob of Independent Woden and Weston Creek took home Independent Salesperson of the Year, based on the highest sales volume. Mark Larmer, Tania Butler-Kemp and Aaron Lewis — who are all part of a team dubbed “Our Team” — snatched up both Salesperson of the Year for highest GCI and established GCI.

Three awards for Sales Office of the Year based on highest GCI, established GCI and sales volume were scooped up by Independent Inner North and City.

In the property management categories, Arti Delaney won the Rising Star Award; Emily Larsen took home Outstanding Performance by a Staff Member; Kayla Chesher won Team Member of the Year; and Kimberly Nugent won the Property Management Director’s Award.

Independent MD John Minns praised all the recipients of the awards and commended the work they have achieved at Independent.

“Despite a challenging year in 2019, we are incredibly proud of the performance of our team across all business units,” he says.

“It was also wonderful to recognise our annual award winners on Saturday night. Every one of them achieved the highest standard of performance, client experience and industry leadership.”

Other awards on the evening included Independent’s Outstanding Performance in Project Marketing, which was awarded to Meg Taylor. Independent Woden and Weston Creek duo Mark Wolens and Nicholas Jacob also took home the award for Outstanding Contribution to Project Marketing.

The awards also recognised Independent Strata Management’s Helena Pisano as Strata Rising Star; Maddy Power won Strata Team Member of the Year, and Geraldine Jones took home Strata Director’s Award.

Jarryd Kirchner took home Outstanding Frontline Performance; Dominic Sisa took home Sales Supporter of the Year in an admin capacity; Fiona Murray also took home Sales Supporter of the Year in her sales role; and Obi Shadmaan was awarded Rookie of the Year.

Independent also handed out awards for Role Model of the Year to Johnny Warren; Team Member of the Year to David Protas, and Team Leader of the Year to Ken Nichols. Jacob Stanton took home the We Do Award for Customer Experience and Sofia Ligeros took home the CEO Award for Outstanding Contribution.