SIMEON GOLDENBERG BOARD CHAIR
Kathryn Brown NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Prof Chris Leishman NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Katrina Smithson NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Simeon is an experienced executive and board director with over 25 years’ experience in investment, financial services, real estate and health. He is currently Executive Director at Besen Family O ce and formerly CEO of Icon, Kajima Corporation’s Australian real estate business. Simeon has led businesses and projects spanning residential, commercial, health, aged care and industrial sectors. He has a strong focus on transformation, culture, strategy and governance. Outside of Housing Choices, Simeon is a board member at Cabrini Health, where he has been involved in the Audit and Risk Management Committee and currently chairs the Major Projects Committee.
Kathryn is a chartered accountant and experienced executive in financial services, with a background in funds management, loan asset management, and compliance. She has held senior roles at Deloitte, Henderson Global Investors and ANZ, and currently serves on ASIC’s Financial Services Credit Panel and the Chartered Accountants ANZ Disciplinary Tribunal. Kathryn is also a non-executive director at Mental Health First Aid International and COTA Victoria, chairing their finance and audit committees and also sits on a number of Victorian government agency audit and risk committees. She is also a non-executive director of the Board of State Trustees.
Chris is a leading housing economist with deep expertise in housing markets, supply and a ordability. He is Professor of Property and Housing Economics at the University of South Australia and holds honorary and visiting academic positions in Adelaide, She eld and Edinburgh. His work has informed housing policy in Australia and the UK through collaborations with governments, CHOs, and research institutes including AHURI, Queensland Treasury Corporation, the National Housing Supply and A ordability Council and the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council.
Katrina is an experienced banking and investment professional with over 30 years’ experience providing finance solutions to large corporations, institutional investors and not-for-profit entities in Australia and New Zealand. She is a Director, Portfolio Management at the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, managing a portfolio of investments spanning infrastructure, commercial property and clean energy. Katrina has held senior roles at JP Morgan, Commonwealth Bank and Bank of New Zealand, and brings deep expertise in capital management, transaction structuring, portfolio management and sustainability. Industry background Banking and investment finance; Debt and equity structuring and portfolio management; Clean energy and decarbonisation; Managed funds and capital management. Technical skills Governance and risk management; Infrastructure, commercial property and clean energy; Social and a ordable housing and impact investing.
Industry background Investment, private capital and property; Health, residential, aged care and commercial assets; Corporate and not-for-profit governance.
Industry background Financial services, banking and funds management; Risk and compliance governance; Mental health and aged care not-for-profits; Government.
Industry background Housing economics and urban planning; Academic research and policy development; Government and third-sector consultancy.
Technical skills Organisational leadership, strategy and transformation; Property investment and development strategy; Risk, audit and governance oversight.
Technical skills Financial management and reporting; Regulatory oversight and conduct standards; Governance, audit and risk committee leadership.
Technical skills Data-driven policy analysis, econometric modelling and forecasting; Housing a ordability and market modelling; Research leadership and sector advocacy.
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