Luke joined Pi Labs in 2021 from the University of Oxford’s Future of Real Estate Initiative. For over a decade he has conducted research on a wide range of themes affecting innovation in the built environment, and is regularly sought out as a facilitator, educator and keynote speaker at top-tier universities, government agencies, NGOs, conferences and to real estate executives.

Luke's real estate and innovation career began as an engineering sailor in the Australian Defence Force, where he began studying real estate economics and making direct investments prior to completing his service. After approximately 12 months as a research analyst, he co-founded and led research and investment group First Link Property, growing it to a five-person team arranging approximately 150 investments over four years in his mid-20s. Luke then led the merger of First Link Property into Blue Wealth Property and relocated to Europe to further his studies while advising and leading real estate and technology firms in Europe, Africa, North America and Australia in both executive and NED roles.

At Pi Labs, Luke is researching themes relevant to our funds and works closely with our network of limited partners. His focus is on nascent innovations related to sustainability and the digitalisation of the built environment. This enables our limited partners and portfolio companies to stay informed of the future of the sector, how it affects them and what appropriate courses of action may be.

Luke has a Bachelor of Commerce (Property) from Western Sydney University, a Graduate Certificate of Change Management from the University of New South Wales and an Executive MBA from the University of Oxford. He has also studied postgraduate modules in economics, history and psychology to compliment his suite of interdisciplinary research methods.