THE Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) has elected Western Australian agent Hayden Groves as the peak body’s new national president.
Groves, who joined the REIA board in 2015, succeeds Adrian Kelly who served as president from 2018 – 2021.
He was REIA deputy president and chair of REIA finance, audit and risk committee and is the immediate past president of the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia (REIWA).
“As someone with a long-standing commitment to furthering best practice and professionalism of real estate agents and agencies through the work of Real Estate Institutes, I am honoured to be appointed as president of the Real Estate Institute of Australia,” Groves said.
Groves paid tribute to outgoing president Adrian Kelly following three highly successful and innovative years which saw significant and productive change.
“I am deeply grateful for the contributions of Adrian over the past three years.
“Few leaders of our industry have had the challenges Adrian has faced during his tenure as president.”
“Adrian navigated a federal election where the potential loss of negative gearing threated the fundamentals of Australia’s private property market, he coordinated the industry’s crisis response to the pandemic and led a strategic reset of REIA including the appointment of a new CEO and launching REIA’s Getting Real.” Groves said.
