EXCELSIOR HOUSING SERVICES - Key Persons
Excelsior Housing Services Director: With a career focus on growth and transformation, Andrew has taken a collaborative approach to deliver value and strategic growth with results across a number of industries. With a strong track record of delivering outstanding results, Andrew has invested his skills and experience in helping organisations transform and grow.
As Chief Executive Officer at Westhaven Andrew has recently grown revenue from $23M to $50M per year in 18 months and increased total assets under management to in excess of $20M. This has been achieved by a focus on clients, service delivery, safety and culture.
Prior to joining Westhaven Andrew was Director of Services at NSW Department of Industry. Previously Andrew worked for Hewlett Packard where he had full P&L responsibility for major telecommunication accounts including leading sales, business consulting and development teams based in Australia and South-East Asia. Andrew has extensive expertise in business growth, start-ups, and innovative commercial constructs and business analysis. Andrew has also been the Deputy Chair at Western Research Institute, as well as former board positions with First Choice Credit Union in Orange NSW and Regional Development Australia.
With more than 20 year's leadership experience in multiple geographies, including Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe and Africa; Andrew is an accomplished leader with extensive expertise in transformation and change management leadership.
"I am passionate about the SDA vision and have witnessed first hand the growth of the SDA sector and the transformational impact of high quality SDA on the day to…
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board
- Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Fellow of the Australian Property Institute
- Non - Executive Director of GPT Funds Management
Brian was appointed as the inaugural chairman of the board of Excelsior Housing Services in 2021. Brian has worked in the real estate sector for over 40 years and has extensive corporate governance experience.
Brian was formerly the general counsel of Novion Property Group and held a wide range of legal and corporate governance roles including chairman of a number of Novion and Colonial First State Property subsidiary companies in Australia and New Zealand. Prior to joining Novion, he was head of legal for Colonial First State Global Asset Management. Before that, Brian was a partner of Freehill Hollingdale & Page (later known as Freehills, and now Herbert Smith Freehills) for over 26 years practising in the real estate, funds management and hospitality and leisure sectors.
Brian is currently a non-executive director of GPT Funds Management (GPTFM), and a number of companies within the Pro-invest Australia Hotel Group and Pro-invest New Zealand Hotel Group. He is also a member of Pro-invest's Advisory Board which advises Pro-invest's International Investment Committee, and a member of the Investment Committee for Westhaven Limited.
Brian is the immediate past chairman of the Law Advisory Board at the University of Technology, Sydney and was the chairman of Bowel Cancer Australia for almost 10 years until July 2015 and is now its chairman emeritus.
Brian is a Fellow of the Australian Property Institute and The University of Technology, Sydney.
As Housing Manager, Lisa Dunford loves to work with participants, their families and support coordinators to streamline access to Housing.
Lisa is responsible for the day-to-day management of our tenancies, including inspections and repairs.
Excelsior Housing Services Director: Experienced Chief Financial Officer with a track record of delivering strong financial results in a range of sectors including NFP, retail, manufacturing and entertainment. Skilled in…