Keystone Trust Brochure April 2016

KEYSTONE NEW ZEALAND PROPERTY EDUCATION TRUST SUPPORTING TOMORROW’S PROPERTY LEADERS

“I ALWAYS KNEW I NEEDED A SCHOLARSHIP, AND COULDN’T AFFORD UNIVERSITY WITHOUT IT. FINANCIAL SUPPORT WAS MY FIRST REASON FOR APPLYING TO KEYSTONE, BUT THE OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET PEOPLE AND GAIN WORK EXPERIENCE BECAME MUCH MORE IMPORTANT. WITHIN KEYSTONE THERE ARE MASSIVE OPPORTUNITIES. IT IS AMAZING.” JOSH NIGHTINGALE

KEYSTONE STUDY AWARD 2011

WELCOME TO KEYSTONE TRUST FOR OVER 20 YEARS KEYSTONE TRUST HAS PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR COMMITTED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES TO UNDERTAKE PROPERTY RELATED TERTIARY STUDY.

LIFTING TO A NEW LEVEL

SUPPORTING TOMORROW’S PROPERTY LEADERS

We have invested considerable time into our future direction and how we will achieve our strategic objectives. We value the commitment made by our current industry partners and supporters, and now seek more partners to join us to support the young property stars of tomorrow.

Over those years we have never lost sight of our purpose, which is to provide an open door for our students, support them through their tertiary journey and assist them as they go on to achieve their dream careers in property.

By taking a stake in their future success, we have realised many opportunities to change lives and equip people for a bright future in the world of property.

As a charitable trust, our funding comes from the generosity of our sponsors, assistance from supporters and our wellmanaged investments. We have now assisted over 120 students and awarded over $1.2 million of scholarship funding.

Each year we receive applications from many more deserving students than we can currently fund. As a result, our vision is to significantly increase the number of students we are able to support.

“Our industry needs new, high calibre recruits who will benefit and grow from the support Keystone provides. Our scholarship programme needs to grow to deliver the highest quality graduates into great property sector careers. To achieve our goals, we need to find new supporters and partners to help realise our vision.”

Victoria McArthur, General Manager Keystone Trust

MEET OUR TRUSTEES AND MANAGEMENT

Mike Higgins Chairman Foundation Guardian

Kate Healy Vice Chair Ngati Whatua Orakei Whai Rawa

Andrew Petersen Bell Gully Foundation Guardian

Greg Pritchard Fletchers Construction Building & Interiors

Mike Bayley Bayleys Corporation Limited

Scott Pritchard Precinct Properties

Binty Bringans

Corrina Gibbons-Hurinui

Victoria McArthur General Manager

KEYSTONE FOUNDATION GUARDIANS

Paul Duffy Chairman Hayphil Property

Chris Gudgeon Guardian Kiwi Property

STRONG FOUNDATIONS Keystone Trust was built on the legacy of Graeme Bringans, a Kiwi property developer who, throughout his career, had been a strong advocate of promoting opportunities for young people to enter the property industry particularly those whose family, financial or other circumstances were such that their paths might be blocked. His dream was to establish a trust dedicated to helping such young people find their pathways into one of the many aspects of the industry.

FACTS & FIGURES

Graeme died suddenly at the age of 48 and, upon his death, his widow Binty and a group of close friends and colleagues resolved to make his dream a reality.

The Graeme Bringans Property Education Trust was created by Trust Deed on 25th October 1994.

Together, the founding Trustees raised the capital and established the structures to allow the Trust to offer scholarships to students in a wide range of property related disciplines.

Later renamed the Keystone New Zealand Property Education Trust, the scholarship programme has gained significant industry support and student take-up.

MAKING A DIFFERENCE Keystone Trust has become well known for producing some of the best graduates around.

Our students and alumni are the proof of how

Our alumni also represent us overseas in competitive property markets globally, made possible by their own hard work and by the doors opened by their Keystone connection.

we make a difference. Through the support and networks of the Keystone family, former scholarship recipients are now reaching the top levels of the best firms around the world.

LLOYD’S STORY

Director - Retail/Office & Operations Bayleys Real Estate “I wouldn’t be in real estate if it wasn’t for Keystone.

The windows of opportunity that have opened from one piece of paper I saw in high school have been astounding. My journey has been an incredible one, from my early days as an intern at Bayleys, progressing to their youngest franchise owner when I was just twenty three. Then followed a seven-year stint as the Commercial Director at Majid All Futtaim in Dubai, my career has moved pretty fast. More recently

I have been with Lend Lease in Sydney as their National Operations Manager, Urban Regeneration.

Moving now into 2016, I have come full circle, as I take up the role as Director – Retail/Office and Operations back here at Bayleys. It is great to be back, and I am looking forward to my new position and being on hand to now support our future Keystone stars”.

Keystone Study Award 2001

OUR STUDENTS ARE AT THE HEART OF WHAT WE DO Keystone Trust offers New Zealand’s only property-focused scholarships that include the opportunities of networking, mentoring and connecting promising talent with the best in the property industry.

As our brand represents, we are the key that locks together our stakeholders, students, sponsors and industry partners.

At Keystone, financial sponsorship is just one part of the equation - the benefits for students and sponsors are so much more.

A BRIGHT FUTURE For 21 years Keystone Trust has been the backbone for selecting promising new talent from challenged backgrounds to become part of the property industry.

We have built up a solid investment base that in time will assist with supporting our students - but, like you, we always strive for more, better and bigger.

As we move into a new decade, we are now expanding our programme delivery in order to support many more talented property students.

Our Trustees have taken the steps toward lifting Keystone to the next level in order to meet our objective of vastly increasing the number of students that we are able to support.

DO THE RIGHT THING Now more than ever, businesses are required to be leaders in terms of their behaviour and how they relate to the wider community.

Keystone is a practical way to be a good corporate citizen and engage your own stakeholders in your organisational culture and compassion, while actively strengthening the industry in which you operate.

Through partnering with the Keystone Trust you are demonstrating that you are supporting tomorrow’s future property leaders.

SUPPORT FUTURE STARS One of the most valuable elements of a Keystone

PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CREAM OF THE CROP In an increasingly competitive sector, attracting top talent is critical for business growth and success.

Keystone Trust showcases high-performing, driven students who are seeking roles in the industry: the bright young stars of tomorrow.

scholarship is the level of support and mentoring our

By offering work placements and other exposure

sponsors provide to the students.

to the world of work, our students will find the best

From informal mentoring to work placements,

pathways to success.

buddy systems, site visits and job shadowing, many of our sponsors find it extremely rewarding to be able to mentor, advise and support a promising young person who has similar interests and ambitions in the property world.

NETWORK WITH INDUSTRY LEADERS The networking events we hold throughout the year are a fixture on the property calendar: high quality, enjoyable and useful functions that provide our students, alumni and sponsor family with opportunities to network with industry peers.

SAM’S STORY Engineering student University of Auckland

“The first thing that captured my attention was that Keystone offered a substantial monetary award for its students. However, the further I explored the Keystone Trust website, the better insight I got into the abundance of relationships and contacts between the generous sponsors, students and the community – which undoubtedly exceeded my expectations.

At university, I was paired up with a second year Engineering student. She is my buddy in the Keystone mentoring system. It’s great to know there is someone who is one step ahead of you, who can help you find your feet to make the transition from high school into university much easier.”

Keystone Study Award 2014

SUPPORTING Keystone Trust links sponsors, stakeholders, students, educators and industry partners. Having this central position allows us to engage across the property sector to facilitate advancement through supporting young people on their pathway through their studies and into the industry.

Being part of our well recognised Keystone family allows you to leverage off many sponsorship benefits.

The philanthropic nature of these packages allows sponsors the opportunity to pay it forward and assist in industry growth.

Our sponsor family is made up of a diverse group of successful industry leaders who span the property sector and share a common belief: “As the best in the industry we are here to support students who are promising to be the industry’s future leaders.”

PAULO’S STORY Project Manager ARUP, London UK

“Through Keystone I had exposure to some truly powerful minds that have both shaped and driven my professional growth, but more importantly, and on a personal level, instilled an element of self-confidence as well as a sense of self-worth that I am both capable and deserving of the very best in the broadest of context. I now have an exciting career that also enables me to live a fulfilling life much beyond the expectations I had as a child growing up in an area of Auckland of notably low socioeconomic class.

It is the exposure to industry leaders as mentors that is the real value of Keystone, which now 20 years from its conception has a legacy of not only connecting students with leaders, but also producing the next tranche of leaders who implicitly, and explicitly through the Trust, continue this invaluable mentoring process. “ Keystone Study Award 2007

CONNECTING Through our sponsor family’s support our students receive the valuable industry connectivity that assists them on their tertiary journey.

“It is truly a rewarding experience to see the theory we learn in class come to fruition in the workplace. The site

As an engineering student it can be easy to get lost in textbooks or caught up on the calculator. However, the opportunity to step back and take a look at the real world application of our studies is immeasurable. Thank you very much to all who contributed to this opportunity.”

Sam, Keystone Study Award 2014

visits prove that there is a purpose of the many hours spent completing assignments and studying for tests.

The hands on experience and direct interaction with project managers and owners of the local property projects widened my scope of possibilities and deepened my interest in the engineering practise.

JAMES’S STORY Property and Commerce student University of Auckland

“I definitely think I would have been overwhelmed with the transition between school and university, if it had not been for the support of the Keystone family, particularly my buddy, who really helped me settle into university.

With the buddies, we are paired up with fellow students studying towards the same degree as we

are, but a few years deeper into their degree, who give tips on approaching university and the course content, all in all, making the transition to university an easier adjustment.

The benefits of a Keystone Scholarship are unnumbered; it truly is an amazing opportunity that cannot be missed.“ Keystone Study Award 2015

INTRODUCTION THE KEYSTONE TO THE FOUNDATION KEYSTONE FOUNDATION The Keystone Foundation has been established to manage the capital assets of the Keystone Trust and to target further long term capital to support the activities of Keystone Trust. The Keystone Foundation is governed

by Guardians approved by the Trust. The Foundation’s The Keystone Foundation been established to manage objective is to raise the capitalhas base from its current

the capital assets of the Keystone Trust and to target further long term capital to support the activities of Keystone Trust.

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Trust from time to time.

Funds managed by the Keystone Foundation will be applied to meet the charitable purposes of the Keystone Trust as recommended by the trustees of the Keystone Trust from time to time.

DONATIONS DONATIONS

This is an opportunity to support the work of Keystone Trust by contributing to the Keystone Foundation, with the assurance of a well governed and managed funding structure focused on protecting and growing the capital assets available fund the Keystone Trust’s charitable This to is an opportunity to support the work ofpurposes.

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Trust bytocontributing to the Keystonewill Foundation, with the Donations the Keystone Foundation be recognised assurance of a well governed and managed funding structure on the Keystone Trust website and annually in its focused on protecting and growing the capital assets available electronic publication. Friends will be invited to Keystone to fund the Keystone Trust’s charitable purposes. events and you have the assurance that your gift will be helping to support the education of New Donations to the Keystone Foundation willZealand be recognised property’s future leaders. on the Keystone Trust website and annually in its electronic

publication. Friends will be invited to Keystone events and you have the assurance that your gift will be helping to support the education of New Zealand property’s future leaders.

BEQUESTS BEQUESTS

A gift which might make a real difference is not always possible during a lifetime because of current obligations and commitments. However, including a legacy in your Will may offer the opportunity to make a difference to future A gift which might make a real difference is not always generations in our industry.

possible during a lifetime because of current obligations

Giftsand andcommitments. bequests canHowever, be targeted into the Keystone including a legacy in your Will Foundation’s capital investment fund, to create a long term may offer the opportunity to make a difference to future sustainable income stream to support the Keystone Trust. generations in our industry.

Whichever option you choose, you will not only be Gifts and bequests can be targeted into the Keystone securing your personal relationship with Keystone Trust Foundation’s capital investment fund, to create a long term and our students, but you willto besupport helpingthe to Keystone ensure a Trust. sustainable income stream future supply of talented young property professionals option you New choose, you willproperty not onlysector. be able Whichever to contribute towards Zealand’s

securing your personal relationship with Keystone Trust and our students, but you will be helping to ensure a future supply of talented young property professionals able to contribute towards New Zealand’s property sector.

FOUNDATION FOUNDATION

“AS THE BEST IN THE INDUSTRY WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WHO ARE PROMISING TO BE THE INDUSTRY’S FUTURE LEADERS.”

BONNIE’S STORY Architecture student Victoria University

“The financial support Keystone provides is only one side of what’s on offer. The ability to network, learn from and work alongside industry leaders is an incredible opportunity that I know most other undergraduate students don’t have available to them. Work experience opportunities and site visits are incredible and are shaping the future of my architectural career.

Keystone Trust continues to help shape my architectural future and the scholarship extends far beyond finance - Keystone really is a family and right from the interview stage Keystone has supported me to achieve my career goals.”

Keystone Study Award 2013

SHARING With your help we can grow.

We have the evidence to prove that our programme works - and it is not only working for our students but helping the New Zealand property and construction sector unite with the common goal of seeing these young leaders achieve.

With your help we can grow our programme and create a reliable and enduring income stream to support future students through their property tertiary studies.

Join other industry leaders and become part of the future of New Zealand’s property industry.

AARON’S STORY

Construction student majoring in Quantity Surveying Massey University “The support and contacts offered by Keystone through work experience, site visits and networking events, is truly invaluable. Many scholarships deposit the money and you rarely hear from them again.

At Keystone, you always feel as though you have someone to talk to and receive opportunities that other students would dream of.

The financial stresses of university have been

considerably reduced for me. This has passed over to my sports, and has allowed me to continue athletics at a high level, whilst retaining good grades at university. Keystone is very supportive toward both my studies and my sporting endeavours, which gives me confidence when tackling these areas of my life.”

Keystone Study Award 2015

BECOMING A KEYSTONE SPONSOR: There are many benefits to becoming a sponsor •

Support and mentor the bright young stars of property

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Provide opportunities for the cream of the crop

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Demonstrate positive corporate behaviour specific to the industry in which your organisation operates and excels

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Exclusive networking events where you can connect with other industry leaders

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Join a diverse group of forward-thinking industry leaders who play an active role in supporting and securing tomorrow’s property stars

LEVELS OF ENGAGEMENT Principal Funders Engage at $50,000 and above and you are able to target funding into areas where you would like to offer the greatest impact (limited to two).

Key Scholarship Partners. A limited number of options are available at $18,000 + GST. This exclusive category offers the ability to ensure industry specific qualifications are met and industry specific mentoring can take place.

Keystone Sponsor – $10,000 +GST with funding targeted to Keystone Study Award scholars.

SAMANTHA’S STORY Engineering student University of Canterbury

“My favourite part about the Keystone Trust is the family which I am now a part of. It’s amazing being a part of a group that share the same passion of bettering our communities through our drive in the property industry. For this reason, I have grown really close with a few of the current students, socialising with them outside the Keystone events. These friendships are invaluable.

within the property industry through events which Keystone organise is also fantastic as I am able to talk to the current and future leaders of the property sector. This not only broadens my knowledge of other areas of property from those currently at university, but also by those who have been in the field for years whom are more than happy share their expertise and opportunities.”

Being able to network with individuals of all levels

Keystone Study Award 2015

THANK YOU TO OUR KEYSTONE SPONSOR FAMILY Key Scholarship Partners

Sponsors

Supporters MCA Investments

Staples Rodway

The Clarity Business

Property Council New Zealand

CoreNet Global NZ

Supporting tomorrow’s property leaders www.keystonetrust.org.nz Postal PO Box 8923 Symonds Street Auckland, 1150 Physical Ground Floor 4 Viaduct Harbour Avenue Auckland Central, Auckland email info@keystonetrust.org.nz phone +64 9 373 3120