Jeff was born in Melbourne and graduated with a Fellowship Diploma of Interior Design from RMIT in 1980. After starting his career in the TV industry, he joined Bates Smart in 1983, where he is now the Interior Design Director. In 2013, Jeff was awarded the prestigious Gold Medal by (inside) IDEA for his excellence and extensive achievements and contribution to the design industry. He also won (inside) IDEA’s Designer of the Year in 2010.

With over 30 years experience, he has a classically modern, timeless approach to design and a reputation for producing highly refined, carefully targeted and appropriately economic solutions. He is known for his relentless attention to detail. Regularly working with the architectural teams from a project’s inception, Jeff oversees the entire design process to craft buildings from the inside out.

His broad experience in a wide range of building types, including retail, commercial, hospitality, residential, education, health and science projects promotes a diversity of cross-discipline thought.

With Crown Casino Jeff has taken the lead on the masterplan and design the expansive Crown interiors from hotel to retail to restaurants and commercial facilities.

He has designed and delivered in a committed, highly collaborative approach and to the creation of holistic masterplans and design solutions; Freshwater Place residential and commercial buildings, Crown Metropol, Promenade Hotel and Crown Towers, and more recently the interiors of 35 Spring Street, Melbourne and Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne.

He is known for his close knit relationships with clients; their longevity, loyalty and strength, obtained over many years of designing and delivering to meet their requirements.

Jeff is a Fellow of the Design Institute of Australia and has had an active engagement with the Institute over many years.