Carly is a business professional with cross industry experience spanning 20 years in sales, marketing, leadership and general management.

Carly is well-respected in the development industry, having worked in leadership roles for leading project marketing and real estate agencies, and directly for prominent developers such as: GURNER™ and Consolidated Properties. This has led to her being Involved in some of Australia’s most iconic developments in South-East Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.

As a Licensed Real Estate Agent, she has managed and sold an unsurpassed $1.5 billion + portfolio of residential and project sales, however her trademark goes deeper than sales and marketing success. Carly is totally disillusioned with the status quo and believes that creativity and strategic thinking can solve any problem. Previously a professional athlete and World Champion Lightweight Rower, competitiveness and the desire to push boundaries comes naturally and without question.

Carly has seen firsthand the challenges developers, consultants and consumers face, along with the shortcomings of the industry and stands by the notion that there is no longer space for a ‘cookie-cutter’ approach to development and the expectation that commercial outcomes will remain the same.

This is where MOTIV comes in, the brainchild of Carly Cottam. MOTIV is a challenger brand, with a multi-disciplinary approach related to development advisory, project marketing and place curation. In essence, her tight team of creative property professionals understand that each and every element of the project delivery phase is intrinsically linked.

MOTIV's purpose is to work on projects from conception to realisation, to dig deeper, think harder and push further to discover human truths about how we live, work and play specific to individual projects. The team goes beyond advisory, sales and marketing – they deliver bold creative thinking.

Developers that want to innovate, lead and amplify their brand, sales and commercial and community outcomes work with Carly to bring their vision to life.