Directors

BCom, BPsyc(Hons)

Director since 2020

Chair Housing, Assets and Development Committee

Skill Area: Real estate development and management, Finance, Community development, People and culture 

Stephen has over 32 years experience in real estate, community creation and finance roles. In his executive career he held senior roles at Westfield, AMP and Stockland. The last five years of his executive career were as Group Executive and CEO of Stockland’s retirement village business. Prior to his real estate career in Australia, Stephen spent several years working in investment banking in London. Stephen holds Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Psychology (Hons) degrees, is a member of Chartered Accountants (Australia and New Zealand), the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Institute of Directors New Zealand. He is currently a Non Executive Director on the Board of Summerset Group Holdings Ltd and sits on the Investment and Assurance Committee of the NSW Government’s Transport Asset Holding Entity (TAHE) as well as the Investment Committee for the MaxCap Industrial Opportunities Fund.

M.A. (Japanese) B.A./LL.B. Grad Dip CSP GAICD

Director since 2015

Deputy Chair, and Chair People and Governance Committee

Skill Area: Legal

Carolyn is Group General Counsel and Company Secretary of QBE Insurance Group. Carolyn has over 30 years of legal experience in corporate and commercial property areas, including prior to QBE and Goodman, three years within the legal profession and six years as in-house Counsel with the Japanese construction company, Kumagai Australia Group. She is a member of the Governance Institute of Australia, a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a member of Chief Executive Women.

Dip Bus, Dip Training & Assessment, MBA, AICD, AHRI, ACM

Director since 2021

Director and member, People and Governance Committee

Skill Area: Strategic planning, Business transformation, People and culture, Professional services consulting 

Karen has over 25 years’ experience across financial services, human services, government, Indigenous and community sectors. She has held Executive Leadership roles in listed and not-for-profit companies, most recently as CEO for RISE Ventures. She is currently the Principal of Cooper Consulting focussed on business transformation, change management and building community capacity. She is non-executive director and deputy chair of Yilabara Solutions and non-executive director of Tamworth Community College. She is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Governance Institute of Australia..

BComm (Hons), FCPA, MAICD

Director since 2016

Chair Finance Risk and Audit Committee

Skill Area: Finance, Real Estate and Funds Management

Graham has accumulated 40 years of financial and commercial experience, having worked for CSR, Lend Lease, Lion Nathan and Investa Property Group. He has extensive experience in property investment, management and development as well as strategic planning, mergers and acquisition. Until May 2009, he was the Finance Director of Investa Property Group, a diversified property group and one of the largest owners of commercial offices in Australia with assets valued at more than $6 billion. He is a director of Arcadia Funds Management (institutional investment management and advisory business) and provides consulting services to a range of organisations including Westpac (on property matters) and AVID Property Group (a property developer with estimated project values in excess of $3 billion). Graham was previously a director of Tenix Group (engineering and technology solutions) and 151 Property Group (unlisted wholesale investment fund that owned in excess of $0.5 billion of commercial assets).

BappSc (AppEcG) (Hons 1), MUrb&RegPlg

Director since 2018

Director and member, People and Governance Committee

Skill Area: Community and stakeholder engagement, social sustainability, inclusion and diversity

Jill is a social scientist who is passionate about diversity and social equity. Jill leads the Technical Communities of Practice at global professional services firm GHD, where she has worked for the past 30+ years. She is responsible for collaboration and the pursuit of technical excellence across the broad range of engineering, design ,social and environmental sectors. Jill led the development of GHD’s Reconciliation Action Plan. She co-founded IAP2 in Australia in the 1990s and has strong community engagement expertise. Jill is a founding corporate partner of CareerTrackers: an Indigenous internship program and has worked very closely with CareerSeekers: an organisation that provides internships for refugee and asylum seeker professionals. She is a leader of Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace and in community organisations. She has guided change at GHD and in the infrastructure sector and was the inaugural Consult Australia Female Champion of Change in 2016. She is Chair of the Henry Halloran Urban Research Trust at the University of Sydney and on the Board of REdR Australia.

BSW, Member of IPAA

Director since 2020

Director and member Housing, Assets and Development Committee

Skill Area: Housing and human service policy; Strategic planning, Service delivery and implementation, Government administration, Professional services consulting 

Liz is currently Global Lead Strategic Growth – Ageing, Disability and  New Markets for APM Human Services International Ltd. Previously, Liz was KPMG’s Global Industry Lead for Infrastructure, Government and Healthcare along with being their Global Sector Head for Government and Global Lead for Human and Social Services. Liz has had a 30 plus year career in the human services sector working in a range of areas focussed on improving outcomes for citizens, improving their lives and the communities within which they live.  Prior to KPMG, Liz held senior and executive positions in the Commonwealth and NSW Governments. She started her career as a social worker working in rehabilitation for the Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service.

BEc, MRE, MBA, GAICD and FCPA

Director since 2022

Director and member Finance, Risk and Audit Committee

Skill Area: Finance, Risk, Investment, Real Estate

Vivienne has more than 25 years’ experience in banking, finance and investment in Australia and Asia. During this time, Vivienne held senior executive roles in Vivienne has over 25 years’ experience across various industries, including global banking, finance, property, and technology. She currently sits on the boards of AIMS APAC REIT (SGX:O5RU) and National Foundation for Australian Women.  Prior to that, She held various senior executive positions at the Commonwealth Bank including serving as the Executive General Manager and CEO in the International Financial Services division. Vivienne is a member of the Chief Executive Women. She holds a Master of Real Estate from UNSW and a Master of Business Administration from AGSM. She is a Fellow CPA and a Graduate member of AICD. 

MPP, BSocSc(Plan)(Hons)

Director since 2023

Chief Executive Officer since 2021

Rebecca has over 20 years experience in affordable housing policy, program development and service delivery in both the public service and not for profit sector. Prior to this she worked in policy roles in the fields of crime prevention, prevention of violence against women and homelessness working in the government and non-government sectors.

Rebecca’s career with Bridge Housing commenced in 2015; in the roles of General Manager, Chief Operating Officer and, for the past year and a half, as Chief Executive Officer.  She is currently the Chair of CHIA NSW and the first Executive of a NSW Community Housing Provider to be invited to be a member of Chief Executive Women.

Jacqui Christie

B Ec/ LLB (Hons)

Director since 2023

Skill Area: Law, Governance, Property Development and Procurement

Jacqui has over 20 years of experience in legal and commercial roles across mergers & acquisitions, corporate governance, and strategic projects. Jacqui was a partner of a leading national law firm and subsequently held senior positions within NSW Treasury delivering transactions for the NSW Government. She is currently a commercial director leading projects in the infrastructure sector. Jacqui holds Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws (Hons) degrees. Jacqui is passionate about bringing commercial expertise to improve social outcomes.

LLB/ LLM, CA ICAEW, Dip. Social Leadership

Director since 2023

Skill Area: Finance, Risk, Real Estate Development and Funds Management

Matt has over 25 years of professional experience in the real estate and infrastructure industries working in a variety of roles across finance, funds management and development management including experience in Australia, UK, USA, and Japan. He previously worked at Galileo Funds Management Group, Stockland, Rawson Property Group and Sydney Airport. Matt is a qualified Chartered Accountant and is currently the CFO of Centennial Property Group. 

BArch, GAICD, Cert Appl. Finance (SIA)

Director since 2023

Skill Area: Finance, Risk, Real Estate Development and Funds Management

Tina has 35 years of experience in the property industry, working on mixed-use developments across all sectors in London, Hong Kong, and Australia. She began her career in Australia, then moved to London to work on boutique commercial developments and the Jubilee line Extension Project. In Hong Kong, she managed major mixed-use development parcels above and around the airport railway. Returning to Australia in 1997, Tina became Project Director at Lend Lease, managing the Aurora Place development, before joining Brookfield Multiplex where she secured key anchor tenants to the King Street Wharf precinct. In 2008, she became Group General Manager of Commercial Development at Investa Property Group, overseeing the growth and strategic direction of the Developments business. Tina now runs her own strategic property advisory business, Jattca property solutions, serving clients from the government, institutional, and private sectors.