david fisher ceo, housing choices australia group
Under David’s leadership, Housing Plus increased their community service programs fivefold, to include homelessness, domestic family violence services, provision of disability accommodation and services, recidivism services as well as employment and training programs available to 15-17,000 customers annually. David’s deep experience in social housing spans the delivery of growth strategies; property development and construction, acquisitions including management of transferred government housing and a significant number of stock transfers. As Managing Director of the Home Group UK (2002-2009), David led a major expansion program, including a complex housing stock transfer, growing its portfolio from 6,500 to 11,000 homes. He delivered similarly successful growth and transition as CEO of Equity Housing Group Ltd (2009-2016), where he transformed the group from a traditional a ordable housing company into a commercial business operation o ering housing for sale, shared ownership housing, a market rent property portfolio and a successful estate agency. He holds a Master of Business Administration from Manchester Metropolitan University, a Bachelor in Urban Geography from the University of Greenwich (London) and a post-graduate Diploma in Housing, Housing and Human Environments from the University of Glasgow.
David Fisher was appointed Chief Executive O cer of Housing Choices Australia in June 2023.
David’s housing career began as a volunteer in a homelessness men’s refuge in his hometown Edinburgh, Scotland. Working in disadvantaged communities in the UK and Australia, David is passionate about the importance of housing and has sought throughout his career to improve housing supply, standards of housing and service delivery. David was drawn to the CEO position at Housing Choices because of the organisation’s track record of growth, innovation and leadership in the Australian community housing sector and the opportunity to help lead the organisation through its next significant stage of growth and development. David is a successful CEO whose leadership experience spans over 20 years as CEO and senior Executive Director positions in England and Australia. He has consistently worked for organisations seeking to increase their social impact through growth and expansion into new markets, improvements in operational e ectiveness and developing responsive, customer-driven models of service. During his tenure as CEO of Housing Plus NSW from 2016 to 2023, assets in ownership increased from $70M to $250M and Housing Plus became one of the largest recipients of funding for emergency accommodation for victims of domestic abuse in NSW.
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