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An Adelaide team, directly involved.

Kaizen buys property and coordinates residential developments across South Australia.

Riva Semaphore Park: artist's impression of a Kaizen project

The people behind the projects

Sudi Gorle

Founder and Director

Leads acquisitions, partnerships and project direction.

More about Sudi

Sudi has managed residential projects totalling more than 2,300 homes and led a $250 million, 500-dwelling development. He brings that experience of delivering housing at scale to every Kaizen site.

He holds a Bachelor of Accounting, Finance and Business, and master’s degrees in Project Management and in Planning, so he looks at a site through its numbers, its approvals and its delivery.

At Kaizen he oversees site selection, the numbers, design direction and every key decision. Owners and investors deal with him directly.

Qualifications
B. Accounting, Finance and Business · Master of Project Management · Master of Planning
Focus
Acquisitions, feasibility, design and delivery

Silky Zhou

Acquisition Director · Zen Fulfilment

Screens purchase opportunities.

More about Silky

An engineer turned financial strategist, Silky leads Zen Fulfilment, Kaizen’s acquisitions arm. She brings more than 10 years of international banking and financial services experience to screening the purchase opportunities that come to Kaizen.

She is known for clear thinking and commercial judgement, and covers metropolitan Adelaide and regional South Australia.

Background
Engineering, then 10+ years in international banking and financial services
Focus
Screening and assessing purchase opportunities

Rishi Gorle

Chief Information Officer

Runs the systems behind the business.

More about Rishi

Rishi leads Kaizen’s technology: project management and investor reporting platforms, cloud systems, cybersecurity and marketing analytics.

His work gives the team faster, better-informed decisions, from modelling a site before purchase to keeping clients and investors informed after settlement.

Focus
Technology strategy, reporting and data
Expertise
Platforms, analytics, automation and security

Mary Tiquia

Finance Manager

Capital, cash flow and investor reporting.

More about Mary

Mary oversees capital structuring, cash flow, feasibility and investor reporting. She models how a project performs if costs rise or settlement moves, so each development is tested before it proceeds.

She prepares the written reports investors receive.

Focus
Capital, cash flow and feasibility
For investors
Regular written reporting

Experience before Kaizen: a waterfront renewal of up to 500 homes

Better with every project.

Kaizen means continuous improvement. We test the numbers, coordinate the work and carry what we learn into the next project.

Firms we work with

Across our projects, not on every project.

Architecture and design

  • 365 Design Studio
  • Gitianni Design Studio

Civil engineering

  • Delta Civil Engineers

Surveying

  • Alexander Symonds
  • State Surveys

Sales agent for new homes

  • One Point Eight Real Estate
  • Michael Kris Real Estate
  • LJ Hooker
  • Ray White

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