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Councillor Shayne Mallard |
Shayne was elected to the City of Sydney Council in March 2004. Shayne is the first Liberal Party candidate to be elected to the City of Sydney. Previously, Shayne had served on the, now abolished, South Sydney City Council.
Shayne is a young, progressive Liberal. He loves Sydney and wants to make Sydney the best city in the world to live.
He bases his public policy and community service on his strong belief in liberalism characterised by:
- Personal freedom with responsibilities
- Acceptance and understanding of others
- Freedom of speech
- Minimal government interference in our day-to-day lives
- Low taxation
- Strong Parliamentary democracy
Shayne works as a corporate marketing and communications consultant operating a small business in East Sydney. Shayne has worked previously in media, advertising and government. Shayne also owned and operated a successful nursery and garden design business in East Sydney in partnership with his brother.
Shayne was born and raised in outer western Sydney, spending much of his childhood on farmland in Castlereagh where the Olympic rowing lakes are located today. He attended a one teacher country school and later state schools in Penrith. He completed a degree in political science and Australian history at Macquarie University. Shayne's parents and extended family now live in Dubbo in central NSW. Shayne moved to the inner suburbs in the early 1990s. He lives with his Danish partner Jesper in Potts Point.
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Edward Mandla’s career spans more than two decades in business. He has held leadership roles in Australian and multinational technology organisations. Edward now runs his own business, Alt-U Asia Pacific Executive Search.
In a voluntary capacity, Edward spent four years as National President and Immediate Past President of the Australian Computer Society (ACS) – the peak representative body for technology professionals in Australia with 15,000 members. As head of the ACS, Edward’s key initiatives included lobbying to ensure all school children are computer literate and all homes have broadband Internet access.
Edward has been Treasurer of a CBD Strata for five years with 174 units, helping steer the building through fire orders, building defects and a number of problems which resulted from previous defective council certification.
Edward also assisted in the set up and promotion of the ACS Foundation to encourage both private and public sponsorship of technology higher education and research projects.
In March 2007, Edward was the Liberal Candidate for the State Seat of Sydney.
Edward has a distinguished academic record. He received 1st Class Honours in Commerce from the University of New South Wales majoring in Information Systems. Edward won the “Datec Prize” for Best Honours Thesis relating to Information Systems techniques used for commercial applications. He was also awarded the 1st University Medal for outstanding academic achievement in Information Systems.
Edward has three children Blair (19), Jessica (16) and Ryan (14) and two city dogs that come to work each day and enjoy being out on the campaign trail. Edward also hosts Sydney’s hottest Dance music show “WeeKenDance” every Saturday night 8-10pm on 2RDJ 88.1 FM.
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Rebecca Lau has been living in the City of Sydney for more than 10 years. She graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor of Commerce degree.
Rebecca has a background in marketing and has worked for several years in the publishing industry both in Australia and in the UK. She is now the Director of a fashion company based in Sydney and is regularly interviewed in magazines and on TV. She is passionate about living in a city that is recognised as one of the best in the world.
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After completing an economics degree at the University of Sydney and a graduateship with BHP Georgina went to New York to study acting. Upon her return Georgina trod the boards in Sydney and established her own business in the city as an independent mortgage broker.
Georgina was the candidate for the seat of Sydney in the 2007 Federal election and she is a member of the Pyrmont Ultimo Chamber of Commerce, a thriving local organisation that brings together businesses and locals in the community.
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David is a resident of Pyrmont. David studied engineering and obtained his honours degree in engineering from the University of Surrey UK in 1970.
Working in the capacity of designer and project manager his early years was involved with the design and development of many buildings from hospitals in Saudi Arabia, civic centres in UK, to computer centres in Australia. In recent years, David has operated a consultancy service that provides software development and analysis to blue chip companies.
David has been married for 39 years to Marilyn and has raised three children and there are now, three grandchildren. During those years, of being a parent, both, David and Marilyn have been heavily involved with youth activities. David was a referee for rugby union for several years having been a player, while Marilyn was a guide leader with a group that flourished under her direction. David became a group leader of the local scout group, which contained two joeys, three cub packs, two scout and one senior group, which created several Queen Scouts during his tenure. Having been a scout as a boy David sees the advantage of youth groups with the easy ability to be involved in many activities of caving, canoeing as well as learning how to work together. It was a way of enjoying the outback, while providing essential youth support.
David is currently chairperson of the owners’ corporation of a large city strata building and has learnt how the community has to adopt the newer style of city living; while Marilyn has been involved with the administration of the Pyrmont Ultimo Chamber of Commerce. Both believe strongly in developing local community associations.
David sees the need to maintain the prosperity of all citizens in the beautiful surroundings of Sydney, which derives its wealth from being a major commercial and tourist hub of the world.
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Glenn Phillips is a solicitor who specialises in corporate, commercial and intellectual property law. He is currently the general counsel and a senior manager with an Australian-based manufacturing company.
Glenn has previously worked as a tax consultant with Coopers & Lybrand, as a solicitor with Mallesons Stephen Jaques, as the principal of boutique legal practice Hallgath Phillips and as in-house legal counsel at Sumitomo Corporation in Tokyo and Consolidated Electric Power Asia in Hong Kong. He has also been an investment banker with Sanwa Bank in Tokyo where he focused on project financing Australian and Thai power projects. Up to 1999 he spent a total of almost five years working in Asia as a lawyer and banker.
Glenn is active in the community including various gay and lesbian groups. For a number of years he was one of the organisers of the Mardi Gras Film Festival and he remains a trustee of the Stephen Cummins Film Trust. He is currently working with the organisers on arrangements for the Under the Blue Moon Festival, the annual goth festival in Newtown and Enmore.
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Adrian Bartels has ten years experience in the finance industry. For the last three years, Adrian has had his own finance broking business in Kings Cross.
On a community level, Adrian is involved with the Kings Cross Partnership, as treasurer. He is chairman of the Owner's Corporation. He has volunteered at the Wayside Chapel, St. Canices Church, and with the Jesuit Refugee Service. He has more recently become involved with Amnesty International.
He has a Bachelor of Economics and Social Sciences (Political Economy and Government and International Relations).
He has been with his partner, Shane Perdue, for 9-years. Together they share a passion for human rights and social justice.
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Giovanni was born in Cape Town, South Africa. His immediate family immigrated to Australia in 1992. After spending two years in Adelaide, he moved to Townsville where his parents worked as paediatricians.
Giovanni was a member of the Townsville Youth Council and graduated from Pimlico State High School in 2004. After graduating, he lived for a year in Chile, where he became fluent in Spanish and learned to appreciate the good fortune that Australians enjoy.
Giovanni now lives in the Glebe. He is currently completing a Bachelor of Arts (Advanced) with a major in Latin at the University of Sydney.
Giovanni’s particular policy interests include heritage, energy and transport policy. He is a believer in decentralisation of service delivery and political power: “Let's harness the creative and collaborative energies of our society, and watch it soar“.
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Jeff was born in Singapore and grew up in Sydney. He is a Financial Advisor working in the CBD who walks to work from his home in Pyrmont.
He attended the University of Western Sydney where he was active on the student council. A music lover, Jeff plays both electric and acoustic guitar. He is a regular at St Bedes Church, Pyrmont where he plays guitar for the Choir. Jeff worked full time as a volunteer for World Youth Day.
Noting that the median age of the City’s residents and workers is 32 compared with 37 for Australia, Jeff is concerned about the lack of voices for younger people on the City Council and is keen for a Youth Council to be established to help young Sydney residents have their opinions heard by local politicians.
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