ELLIS CORPORATE - Key Persons


Brenda Heath

Brenda is our Trust Account Manager who comes to us with over 35 years of Financial and Real Estate Sector experience. She has worked in Property Management since arriving from South Africa in January 2011...

Daniel Dawson

Daniel has a BA (Business Law) degree and is a lawyer with over 20 years experience dealing with publicly listed companies. He has researched, invested in, and traded with many listed companies both in here and overseas. Daniel has successfully operated an import business in Australia, and an export business in the UK. He has previous experience as operations manager of a large West African trading company which owned and chartered cargo vessels. Daniel adds expertise to those clients who wish to sell to or acquire business from listed companies. Daniel has valuable experience in selling minority or majority shareholdings in private companies and can settle shareholder disputes. Daniel has proven experience in selling both residential & commercial properties.

David Ellis

David is a commerce graduate of UCT, majoring in Accounting, Business Administration and Marketing. He has worked for one of the big four accounting firms both here and overseas, and has owned a number of businesses in his own right. David has a wealth of knowledge and experience in real estate investment and development, commercial property management, and corporate business broking - involving medium to large enterprises.

Nick Benwell

Job Titles:
  • Founding Partner
Nick Benwell was a founding partner in a Perth business, manufacturing and selling ladies shoes, factory direct, to over 10,000 customers. He sold the business after 30 years to a business migrant. Before arriving in Perth he had acquired extensive experience in importing,trading and retailing in Johannesburg as General Manager of a fashion importer, cosmetic manufacturing and retailing group, selling fashion and international fragrances to major department stores. He also previously worked in London for an international finance group in marketing services in the hire purchase,leasing and commercial lending areas. As a migrant himself he is fully aware of the challenges that present themselves when planning to move families to a new life in Australia and an unfamiliar business environment.Nick was admitted to the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1976 and then to the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia in 1981.

Peter Marinovich

Peter Marinovich has spent 35 years in marketing in Australia and Africa. He entered the business broking field with Ellis Corporate some 10 years ago after a period in which he owned a marketing and a manufacturing business. The holder of a B.Comm degree in accounting and marketing, Peter has, over the years, successfully negotiated the sale of businesses in the mining, retail, wholesale, manufacturing and finance sectors as well as the services industry. Peter is highly self-motivated, tenacious and innovative and, as a former immigrant, is well able to understand the needs of migrants. This, coupled with his accounting and marketing background, his record in achieving successful sales and his previous experience in running his own businesses, has equipped him with all the tools that you need to achieve the win-win the sale of your business.

Roz Baker

Roz Baker has a background in hospitality sales and marketing and started her own business in 1980 specialising in property and business sales, as well as executive rentals. By 1995 Roz had expanded and diversified the company to include renovations, property development projects and exports to America and UK. The business was sold when she migrated to Perth. W.A. Since 1997 Roz has gained further experience in property development and selling businesses of all types and sizes to migrants and investors in WA. From the owner operator business to farms and the multi million turnover companies, all receive the same personal and analytical attention. Always interested in business mentoring, Roz gives inspirational talks to students about having control of their financial destiny in self employment, and volunteers assistance to anyone endeavouring to expand or diversify their business, using her own diverse business experience and network of contacts. Roz is not daunted by complicated or difficult businesses and will always find time for those requiring an overview or new ideas in this fast changing business arena.

Tanya Ellis

Tanya heads up the Agency's Executive Residential Property Management Division and brings more than 20 years of Executive & Corporate leasing experience to this position. Tanya specialises in the executive home/corporate leasing market and has...