Alan took over as Managing Director in 2006 when his father and company founder, Robert (Bob) Short, semi-retired. His focus is sales and marketing, building Fire & Emergency Services SA's profile among property and facility managers, aged care providers, and hotel maintenance teams across South Australia—making him a familiar face at Property Council and Facility Management Association events.
John Trowbridge has a distinguished career as an actuary, consultant, executive, company director and regulator, working mainly in financial services with an emphasis on insurance-related businesses.
He founded Trowbridge Consulting in the 1980s, which became a leading actuarial and management consulting firm in Australia and Asia, specialising in insurance, and merged with Deloitte in 2000.
John Park is a Senior Associate in Clayton Utz's Dispute practice in the Canberra office, with extensive experience in litigation and dispute resolution in various commercial contexts. John has advised a number of owners corporations in the ACT on a wide range of issues, including on claims involving the internal governance and procedures of owners corporations and executive committees, building and construction defects and non-compliance with owners corporations rules.
Geoff Shaw is a Partner in Clayton Utz's Dispute practice in the Canberra office, specialising in commercial litigation, dispute resolution and advisory work in contentious matters. Geoff has extensive experience advising owners corporations in ACT on a variety of issues, including in contested proceedings in the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal. He regularly advises on issues arising under contract, common law and statute (including under strata legislation), with a focus on legal, commercial, and reputational risks.
Queensland strata legislation has quirks that frustrate committees, exhaust managers, and cost lot owners money. In one of LookUpStrata’s most enlightening sessions to date, advocates Will Marquand from Tower Body Corporate and Chris Irons from Strata Solve took turns pitching legislative reform proposals to judge Michael Kleinschmidt from Bugden Allen Group Legal. One argued the case, and the other played devil’s advocate, tearing the submission down. Michael then delivered his verdict, and the audience voted in real time via live polls.
I have a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the Australian National University and I am currently an Associate at Mahoneys. Since 2021, I have specialised in body corporate law. I have experience with a variety of body corporate matters, including exclusive use and improvement matters, maintenance issues, by-laws and disputes under the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 (Qld).
Andrew is a Mechanical Engineer with over 27 years of lifts and elevator industry experience.
Over the years Andrew has worked in design, engineering, sales, management and consulting with leading lift manufacturers. His knowledge of local elevator industry combined with the experience provides unique expertise which Andrew is always willing to share.