29 Dec 2022
Words Miguel Bozina Informer 105

New Kid On The Block

A successful three-decade career in automotive sales management and financial services paved the road for Miguel Bozina to join ResortBrokers in motel and caravan park sales. Meet our new broker for the Gold Coast and Northern Rivers area covering everywhere from Ormeau to Grafton.

Miguel Bonzia
Broker, Gold Coast & Northern NSW
0419 848 444
miguel@resortbrokers.com.au

“All business transactions are about people. One of my mentors told me something I’ve never forgotten — most people don’t find a better product, they find a better salesperson.”

A career in the car industry beckoned for Miguel at a young age — his father and grandfather both worked in the trade as a financial controller and mechanic respectively. Miguel got his start working as a tyre fitter while still in school and landed his first major job as a quality assurance inspector for Mitsubishi Motors in Adelaide in 1991. A move back to his native Brisbane followed in 1994 when he took up a position at Doug Barton Mitsubishi in Wynnum becoming the youngest new vehicle sales manager in the country at the age of 21. 

In 1998, he traded the city for surf taking up a managerial position on the Gold Coast with the Von Bibra Motor Group. He helped build the business into the state’s top Honda dealership, and later the country’s top Daewoo franchise. In 2001, he switched to Grand Motors Toyota where he became general sales manager at the age of 27. 

“Car sales is a highly competitive industry,” he says. “It taught me that to excel in that pressure cooker environment you need to be a consistently high performer.” 

In 2003, Miguel made a sideways move within the automotive industry from sales management to finance. He found success despite an ever changing legislative and compliance environment that drove many from the industry.

Miguel was right at home with complex banking documentation and legal contracts, assisting his clients in all the financial aspects of putting their dreams in their driveways, in the most cost-effective way.

While working fulltime, Miguel studied financial planning at RMIT. Miguel hopes to bring his finely tuned skillset to his new role at ResortBrokers. “I’m looking forward to using my sales experience to my clients’ advantage whether it’s to buy, build or sell their properties and accompanying businesses,” he says. “My background in finance also means I know my way around a profit and loss statement and balance sheet.”

Transitioning to the accommodation sector will be a natural fit for Miguel. Outside of his family, there’s nothing he loves more than travelling. 

He caught the travel bug from his mother, who fell in love with Spain when she backpacked throughout Europe in her youth. (Miguel says this explains the odd fusion of his Spanish first name and Italian last name!)

His travels have taken him to every continent except Antarctica. Miguel and his family have just returned from Italy, his father’s homeland, where they spent two months living la dolce vita. Getting around was no hassle as Miguel speaks conversational Italian and Spanish.

He’s also a passionate scuba diver, having explored sunken World War II wrecks in the shark sanctuaries of Palau, the ocean reefs and freshwater cenotes in the jungles on the Caribbean coast of Mexico and the tropical islands in the remote north of the Solomon Islands.

Miguel has lived in most parts of Australia, from Brisbane and the Gold Coast to Darwin, Adelaide and the Northern Rivers, and has bought, renovated and sold properties in Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Italy.

He bought his first place in Beenleigh at the age of 25 and flipped it for six times the value within 10 years.

Outside of work, Miguel is a dedicated family man whose life revolves around his wife, Tahlia, and two children: 10-year-old daughter Miela, and 8-year-old son, Luca. 

Turning 50 next year, Miguel is thrilled to join the team at ResortBrokers where he hopes to bring his passion for travel, property and business to work for the benefit of his clients. END