The boss is watching: Brisbane’s Sentinel founder Warren Ebert puts his eyeball in office ... literally

The man behind one of Brisbane’s leading property investment group’s has taken keeping tabs on his staff to a whole new level with his eyeball placed in office headquarters.

Sentinel boss Warren Ebert and his iris.

It’s no secret that Warren ‘The Property Whisperer’ Ebert likes to keep an eye on things.

And having the ‘owner’s eye’ is one of the five core Sentinel values.

But the concept has reached a new level at Sentinel’s Brisbane headquarters with a large, framed photo of Ebert’s right eye now taking pride of place in the Queen St office.

The image of Ebert’s eye was captured during a recent business trip to the Annual International Shopping Malls Summit in Hong Kong.

Sentinel Property Group's boss Warren Ebert's eye.

While in Honkers Ebert and his Sentinel cohorts, including chief experience officer Michael Sherlock, and the Group’s northern Australia property executive Michael Kopittke came across an Iris Galerie – a photo studio where you can have the iris of your eye photographed and be turned into printed works of art with the use of cutting-edge technology.

That fired Ebert’s imagination and the image of his iris has been placed near the Sentinel office reception area, giving the Group’s 140-strong workforce plenty of opportunities to look the boss in the eye.

“It’s a bit of fun but still a reminder to staff of the five key Sentinel values of attention to detail, accountability, honesty, being opportunistic, and, of course, having the owner’s eye,” Ebert says.

Sentinel Property Group's boss Warren Ebert in Hong Kong.

From rigs to digs

Gold Coast property agent Troy Fitzgerald seems to be okay with getting his hands dirty.

Fitzgerald has taken an ownership stake in Ray White Malan Co’s Palm Beach shop, a dramatic change of scenery for the former oil rig worker.

Before going into real estate 15 years ago, he worked on oil rigs in the Indian Ocean and Timor Sea.

He still loves a water view but prefers it from a balcony overlooking a stunning Gold Coast beach.

“I’m ready for the challenge (of owning a business),” he says of his new job.

And we hear the first thing on the agenda is an ambitious recruitment drive.

Troy Fitzgerald goes from rigs to digs.

Big Dry

Corporate Australia and city-based Aussies can show their support for rural Australians on Big Dry Friday.

Morgans Financial Limited is helping to co-ordinate the event which is in its eighth consecutive year and is focused on supporting rural and regional Australian communities hit by natural disasters and a lack of services.

Morgans institutional and retail advisers will be donating a share of their revenue on the day and the Morgans Foundation will also be matching donations up to $350,000 with every dollar going directly to the charities.

Major beneficiaries will be Schools Plus, Royal Flying Doctor Service, Outback Futures and Rural Aid, as well as some more local regional causes.

The event culminates on Friday with a long lunches and one of the marquee events in New Farm, when CEOs and sporting legends compete against each other in the annual BetR Calcutta competition, aiming to ride the mechanical bull for the longest time.

Big Dry Friday is supported leading businesses including Wilson Asset Management, S. Kidman & Co, Maggie Beer, Senex, Suncorp, Elders, RB Sellars, Great Northern Brewing Co, Pinnacle, Seymour Group, L1 Capital, Betr to name a few.

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