1988 - Current

Managing Director of Agency and Commercial Property Management

LJ Hooker St Peters

LJ Hooker Commercial

LJ Hooker City Residential

In 1988, armed with just 4 years experience in Real Estate and a Diploma in Property, Mario and his business partners established two of LJ Hooker’s top performing and most awarded offices within the LJ Hooker global network.

Today, after 30 successful years focussing on commercial property management, Mario has worked for some of Australia's largest private Landlords, managing major retail and commercial assets across South Australia.

Driven by a strong desire to help people manage their properties and maximise their valuable assets, Mario takes great pride helping his clients build their commercial property portfolios and ultimately reach their financial goals. He also sits on a number of boards where the focus is on property and general business.

Mario is deeply committed to the ongoing development of his staff, helping them transform from young sales people, property managers and administration staff into highly respected RE professionals.

A proud family man and passionate supporter of many community events and sporting clubs, Mario believes we are all capable of achieving anything we set our minds to.

Mario’s list of recent accolades includes:

• 2007, 2008, 2009 – REISA (Real Estate Institute South Australia’s) COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL PRACTITIONER of the year

• 2009 – REIA (Real Estate Institute of Australia) COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL PRACTITIONER OF THE YEAR

• 2009 – Induction into the REISA HALL OF FAME for Commercial Industrial Practitioner

• 2009 – Invited to become an Admiral within the LJ HOOKER network

• 2011 – His Company is inducted into the REISA Hall of Fame for Commercial Industrial Management after having won this award in 2007, 2008, 2010

2013 – Made life member of the LJ Hooker Multimillion Dollar Chapter for Property Investment Management

2014 – Voted onto the LJ Hooker Franchise Owners Council Board..