TWO members of the Australian Property Institute have been recognised in the 2017 Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Professor John Blair Sheehan was made a Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia, and Ian Perry Hyman awarded the Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia.
API chief executive officer Mike Zissler congratulated the members on behalf of the Institute for their outstanding contribution to the community.
Sheehan, a former national councillor and president of the API’s NSW division, was made a Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia for “significant service to the real estate and property planning sectors, to professional institutes, and to educational and legal bodies.”
He has been the Institute’s national native title spokesperson, 1997-2003, and liaison to the Indigenous Land Corporation, 1996-2003. From 2007 until 2009 he was Acting Commissioner, Land and Environment Court of NSW.
“Professor Sheehan has made an admirable contribution to the important and complex matter of native title for a number of years,” Zissler said. “He has represented the Australian Property Institute in these spaces with great distinction.”
Sheehan also has been a Planning Institute of Australia Member since 1981, has been chairman of Desane Group Holdings since 1992, and is a director at Sarasan Consulting Group.
He has been an Adjunct Professor and Deputy Director, Asia-Pacific Centre for Complex Real Property Rights, University of Technology Sydney, since 2008, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Society and Design, Bond University, since 2015.
Hyman was recognised for “service to people with a disability”.
Hyman’s numerous community contributions include places on the board at Inala since 2012, the Special Olympics from 2007 until 2009 and Association for Children with a Disability from 2012 to 2015.
He is the founder and past chairman and fundraiser of Special Olympics North Shore (2003-2007); a past management committee member and vice-president of Down Syndrome New South Wales; Turnaround Management Association president in 2009, vice-president in 2008 and board member from 2005 to 2009.
Lifestart director (2000-2003), chair of the Corporate Fundraising Committee (1993-2003), has been chairman of the Sustainable Revenue Committee.
Zissler said Hyman’s extensive CV reflected the tireless effort he had put towards assisting others directly and charitable organisations.
“The Australian Property Institute is proud to count amongst its members individuals that demonstrate unwavering commitment to making the world around them a better place for others,” he added.
Hyman has been the chief executive officer of Hyman’s Valuers and Auctioneers, since 1984, having conducted more than 300 auctions for charitable organisations since 1985.
He is also a past member of the Education Committee, Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.
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