Carly Cottam is a highly respected business professional with over 20 years of cross-industry experience spanning sales, marketing, leadership, and general management. She is widely regarded within the development industry for her ability to lead, challenge convention, and deliver standout results.

Having held senior roles at leading project marketing agencies and directly for high-profile developers such as GURNER™ and Consolidated Properties, Carly has played a pivotal role in some of Australia’s most iconic residential projects across Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria. A Licensed Real Estate Agent, she has personally sold and managed over $2 billion in residential and off-the-plan sales - a testament to her deep market knowledge and commercial sharpness.

Carly’s strength lies not just in numbers, but in her strategic leadership. She is relentlessly curious about how to elevate positioning, design smarter sales campaigns, and create meaningful, lasting impact for developers and their brands. She understands the commercial imperative behind every creative decision, and the power of brand when it is led by the right people.

A former World Champion Lightweight Rower, Carly’s background as a professional athlete shapes her competitive edge and uncompromising standards. She leads a powerful team at MOTIV, the challenger brand she founded to break the industry’s 'cookie-cutter' mould. MOTIV brings together multidisciplinary experts in development advisory, project marketing, and place curation, working holistically from concept to realisation to ensure no part of a project is treated in isolation.

For developers who want to lead, innovate, and amplify both their brand and their commercial outcomes, Carly is the strategic partner who makes vision real - with bold thinking, sharp execution, and a relentless drive for results