Rural & Livestock

Paul White’s life in the bush began as a jackeroo at age 19. He acquired a property outside Condamine after a few years where he raised cattle and grew wheat. In the early 80’s the big smoke and the family business beckoned where he managed to combine his love of the land and real estate into one business, Ray White Rural. This business now has over 110 offices throughout Australia and New Zealand.

Stephen Nell has been a part of the White Group of companies for over 30 years, most recently as the Executive Director for Ray White Rural and Livestock.

Stephen commenced his real estate career in his hometown in the central west of New South Wales in 1982 and operated Ray White Orange from 1988. Stephen took over the role of CEO- NSW for Ray White in 2006.

Under Stephen’s leadership, the network grew from 100 businesses at that time to over 270 offices spanning the width and breadth of the state; servicing residential, commercial, rural and livestock industries.

In 2016, Stephen was offered an opportunity to partner with the White Family in the development and growth of the Ray White Rural and Livestock channel of the business. Giving him an opportunity to work in the space that he is truly passionate about, rural property and livestock and with our country members that he is so fond of.

Since taking over the reins of the Rural and Livestock business, the network has grown year on year and last year had its best year on record, out performing previous results and most importantly, selling more rural property than any other company in Australia.

Stephen draw’s on his experience in providing leadership, guidance and practical assistance in both the profitable running of an office and the successful sale of properties and livestock.

Stephen is a licensed real estate agent, stock and station agent, business agent and to this day calls auctions on a weekly basis, and is comfortable in saying he has ticked over the 20,000 mark.

Matt is a fourth generation family member of the Ray White Group and lives in South East Queensland with his wife Susane and three children. Matt has been involved in the Ray White group for the majority of his life commencing his career with the company in the mail room at the age of fourteen.

After completing a degree in Property Economics from Queensland University of Technology, Matt worked in London for two years as an acquisition specialist for a high end property developer and co-investor Native Land. Moving back to Australia, Matt owned and operated his own Melbourne based real estate business for close to a decade.

As CEO Matt is tasked with creating the strategies that will help our business achieve higher levels of performance  He is well versed in all aspects of the agency practice including auctions, property management and sales of all scales and asset classes. With his extensive background experience Matt is relishing in his responsibility of mentoring Ray White Rural business owners and driving growth and expansion within the network.

Cathy Campbell has been with Ray White Rural since 1999. She has spent much of this time assisting Paul White in his role as Chairman of the Rural Group. Cathy holds a wealth of Ray White knowledge and continues to support Paul as well as being responsible for coordinating accounts, assisting in event management and providing corporate support to our franchisees and their teams.

With 10 years experience across marketing, IT, sales admin and operations in both NSW and QLD, I've been lucky enough to work in Commercial, Residential and Property Investment during my Real Estate journey. I am always excited to find forward thinking and unique solutions to help our offices and agents transform their sales and overall business growth. This experience, and boots on the ground knowledge, means I can provide our agents with training, process improvement and most importantly, the integration of our market leading technology platforms into their sales and prospecting workflows.