Brett Diston of Ray White Nunawading in Victoria has taken home the top industry award for Commercial Salesperson of the Year at the REIA 2019 Awards for Excellence held last week.

It was also a big night for Colliers International ACT, which was awarded Commercial Agency of the Year, and also had the Commercial Property Manager of the Year in Rupert Cullen.

The national awards recognise excellence in agency practice and cover small, medium and large agencies across the commercial sector

Rather than being judged on sales figures, the salesperson award is about acknowledging the performance of an agent who has gone the extra mile in pursuit of service, ethics and results.

Mr Diston, who won the Victorian equivalent award last year, said he did not take the honour lightly.

“This is a career highlight for me to be recognised and awarded Australia’s best commercial salesperson in a challenging market,” he said

REIA 2019 Commercial Property Manager of the Year Rupert Cullen.

“It was a privilege to be awarded Victoria’s top commercial salesperson in 2018 but an absolute honour to receive 2019 Australia’s commercial salesperson.”

Speaking ahead of the awards, Mr Cullen paid tribute to his team for a job well done.

"We had a fantastic year here in Canberra," he said.

"There was extremely strong growth not only in my business line, but across the board in all our service lines.

"You've got to have the right team to capitalise on any changes in the market and that is something we have really focussed on in the last five years."

Click here to see a full list of winners.

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