CHRIS LEISHMAN BOARD DIRECTOR
MATT RAISON BOARD DIRECTOR
JENNY SAMMS BOARD DIRECTOR
AMANDA HEYWORTH RESIGNED 19 JUNE 2024
Chris is an internationally leading housing economist and academic, currently University of South Australia Professor of Property and Housing Economics, University of Adelaide Adjunct Professor, Visiting Professor at the University of She eld, and Honorary Professor at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. He is an editor for the Urban Studies Journal and was previously Editor-In-Chief of the Housing Studies Journal. Focusing on the economics of the housing market, Chris’s work has helped inform and shape government policy on housing supply and a ordability. Chris has undertaken numerous studies for a variety of government departments and entities in several countries, third sector organisations, and a range of academic funders including the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) and the Economic and Social Research Council in the UK. Most recently, he has led projects on Australia’s housing policy responses to COVID (AHURI), and contributed to policy development work funded by the Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA), Shelter and the Community Housing Council.
Matt has over 20 years’ experience in property development and project management. Matt has worked for Peet on various master planned projects and Mirvac, where he was responsible for land subdivision projects and was Head of New Business (WA). During his time at Mirvac, Matt oversaw the acquisition and project establishment of a wide range of projects and played a key role in establishing Mirvac’s first residential development fund in Western Australia. In 2007 Matt established Generation Projects, a boutique project management and property development consultancy, involved in a wide range of residential, commercial, mixed use, retail and industrial projects. In 2012, Generation Projects joined with Modus Project Management to form GMPM Consulting, one of Perth’s leading project management and strategic advisory consultants in the property development industry.
Jenny is a member of Monash University Council, a Director of the Council to Homeless Persons and undertakes consultancy work in the government and not-for-profit sectors. She was previously the Chief Executive O cer of Aboriginal Housing Victoria (AHV) where she led the organisation to achieve Housing Association status, the only Aboriginal organisation in Australia to achieve this level of accreditation, and successfully negotiated the historic transfer of ownership of the nearly 1,500 Victoria Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) properties that AHV was managing. Jenny’s professional career spans nearly 40 years in the Commonwealth and Victorian public services. She has held several senior executive positions at Deputy Secretary and Executive Director
Amanda is a professional company director with strengths in developing and executing growth strategies and digital transformation. She has served on a range of listed and unlisted boards in the property, finance and research sectors. Previously she ran a venture capital fund and held roles in investment banking and the Federal Treasury. She has worked with several not-for-profits in board and board advisory roles most notably chairing the business advisory board of Vinnies SA and serving on the board of a large Australian disability employer. Amanda currently serves on the boards of Ingenia Communities Group Ltd and People’s Choice Credit Union and chairs UniSA Ventures Pty Ltd and the Centennial Park Cemetery Authority.
level, focusing on developing and implementing improved social, educational and employment opportunities for all Victorians.
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