For Al, leasing and sales within the commercial real estate market is a natural career progression from working in his youth on this father’s properties in Dunedin to managing RE/MAX Commercial’s profile from Te Aro in Wellington to Plimmerton in Porirua.

Prior to commencing with RE/MAX Commercial later changing it's brand name to Leaders Commercial and Leaders Raywhite all under the entity of Leaders in Real Estate (1987) Limited, Al worked for Pelorus Real Estate Ltd on Willis Street, Wellington Central, ran his own service business as a finance and insurance broker and operated as a tax and compliance accountant before setting up AG Commercial Properties (Agency) Limited.

He holds a BCA in Marketing from Victoria University and has numerous papers outside of the major from Otago and Massey universities, the Open Polytechnic of NZ and Otago Polytechnic. A born and bred Dunedinite he has been a native of Wellington since 1986 and now lives in Newtown by the zoo.

Amongst his current interests is golf, opera stage performaces, current affairs and updating his knowledge.