Gordon began his career as a cadet valuer with Housing Corporation of New Zealand before becoming a registered public valuer with S. George Nathan & Co. Following this Gordon set up a practice which became McGregor Sellars & Co that was sold to international real estate company (CBRE).
In 1990 he headed the Wellington sales team before moving to Auckland at the end of 1996 to take advantage of the larger market. Gordon has considerable experience in both professional services and agency areas. He currently specialises in hotel and leisure transactions and consultancy.