Meet the people who guide our mission

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Commerce – Hons First Class (Majors:  Marketing & International Business, Management & Labour Relations)
• Bachelor of Science – Geology & Geophysics
• Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors

Experience

Non-Executive Director with 17 years' of governance experience in all major regions of the world and across multiple sectors including clean fuels, energy, housing, property development, logistics, and automotive.

Professional director and current board member at Counties Energy, WineWorks Group, Keith Andrews Holdings, and ECL Group.  Ben is also a board advisor working with a variety of high growth companies in Australasia and Europe and was previously a board member at Carbon Recycling International (Iceland).  He spent more than 23 years working in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific as a senior executive at Methanex Corporation.

Broad experience working with national and local governments, strategy development, business and market development and commercial activities related to investments, sales, and logistics.

Special Responsibilities

Home in Place Board Member

Chair of Home in Place NZ

Home in Place QLD Board Member

Finance, Risk and Audit Committee Member

Australian Operations Committee Member 

Board member since 2021

Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering
• Member of New Zealand Institute of Directors with CPD achievement. 

Experience

Involved in the not-for-profit sector in New Zealand as a Director since 2011, in addition to commercial Director roles with high growth businesses.

With 24 years in the ICT and Banking sector and several senior executive roles, Josie now provides executive mentoring/coaching and strategy facilitation services for both high growth businesses and not-for-profits in New Zealand.

Special Responsibilities

Deputy Chair of Home in Place (NZ)

Board member since 2020

Qualifications

• Master of Business Administration
• Master of Business
• Project Management
• Business Management
• Workplace Safety
• Workplace Training
• Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors

Experience

Group Managing Director of the Home in Place Group.

Previous roles: Chair of PowerHousing Australia, Vice President General Assembly of Partners, and Co-Chair Civil Society Partner Group (to UN Habitat), Director Australian Institute of Housing, Community Housing Institute of Australia.

Currently, Member of University of Newcastle’s MBA Advisory Committee.

He has previous experience in CEO and senior management roles in for-profit human services organisations, Christian ministry and NSW police force criminal investigator.

Special Responsibilities

Home in Place Group Managing Director

Home in Place (QLD) Executive Director

Home in Place (NZ) Executive Director

Home in Place (VIC) Executive Director

MyPlace Property Maintenance Executive Director

Australian Operations Committee Member

Internal Review Committee Ex-officio Member

Director of the six SAHF related joint venture entities.

Board member since 2012

Qualifications

• Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
• Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia
• Bachelor of Laws
• Master of Business Administration – International Business (Hons)
• Master of International Relations
• Master of Construction Law

Experience

Non-Executive Director with over 20 years’ experience in community housing.

Legal practitioner with nearly 20 years' experience primarily in the areas of local government, commercial and construction law in private practice and in-house with global engineering consultancy and construction firms (advising on all aspects of major infrastructure projects, including joint ventures and alliances), with additional experience in commercial and civil litigation, debt recovery and insolvency, privacy, tax and employment law.

Author in the area of intellectual property, as well as authoring three editions of a NSW legal text on community housing and one edition of a QLD legal text on community housing.

Special Responsibilities

Chair of Home in Place

Chair of Home in Place (QLD)

Chair of Governance Remuneration & Nominations Committee

Deputy Chair of Home in Place (VIC)

Home in Place (NZ) Board Member

MyPlace Property Maintenance Board Member

Internal Review Committee Ex-officio Member

Board member since 2005