Our Governance and Leadership

The Hon. Graham West, Chief Executive Officer

With over 25 years’ experience in the NFP and Government sectors as a CEO, Government Minister, Member of Parliament, Board Member and Chair, Mr West has a proven track record of achieving transformative outcomes in the social sector, leading and championing change, and advocating for greater investment in social housing and homelessness support services.

With a passion for social justice and desire to make a lasting impact, Mr West is committed to working in collaboration with government, public, private and third sector peers to eliminate poverty and homelessness, by connecting people to opportunity through housing or employment.

Anthony Carpani

Non-Executive Director

B. Eng Sydney University, Fellow Australian Institute of Company Directors (FAICD)

Anthony has over 42 years’ experience in the manufacturing industry both in Australia and the United States. He is an experienced senior executive across several industry sectors and export markets in over 25 countries. Anthony recently lived and worked in the US as Vice President and Group Executive with Wabtec Corp, a US$ 8 Billion NYSE listed public company focused on manufacturing rolling stock and engineered components for the global railway industry. He now runs his own consulting company advising senior management on strategic planning, business development and Lean management. Anthony joined the Board of Amélie Housing on 8 November 2018.

Special responsibilities: Chairperson of the Amélie Housing Board, Member of the Asset Management and Development Committee

Beverley Kerr

Non-Executive Director

Part completed BA Social Science, completed District Officers Training, Justice of Peace.

Beverley worked mainly in Social Services/Welfare, specialising in Disabilities, Mental Health, Adoptions (Natural Parents, Local and Overseas), Child Protection, Homelessness and Children’s and District Court. Bev has been a member of the St Vincent de Paul Society (SVDP) for 20 years. She has held various positions in the SVDP: Regional President, Vice President State Council, Member of National Council for a year. President of Matthew Talbot Hostel, President of Vinnies Support Services, Board Director of SVDP. She is also a member of AICD.

Special responsibilities: Member of Audit Risk Finance Committee

Kelly Wescombe

Non-Executive Director

B. Eng (Civil & Environmental), Diploma of Project Management

Having worked in across a range of property projects and infrastructure types for over 21 years, Kelly has developed her own consulting business to utilise her engineering and project management skills.She has a passion for making a difference in the lives of others and works with her clients as partners in her projects. She enjoys integrating, summarising and presenting information gleaned from a range of technical disciplines to communicate key findings to enable project decision making at an executive level.

Lesley Wyatt

Non-Executive Director

Bachelor of Social Science and Masters of Social Administration, University of Western Sydney. Member of the Australasian Housing Institute.

Lesley has 33 years’ experience in the provision of Community Housing, overseeing the growth of an organisation from 36 to 1,000 properties between 1983 and 2008.
She has worked as the CEO of a new Community Housing Development company between 2008-2009.She has experience as a Contractor Peer Evaluator carrying out Accreditation Audits against the National Community Housing Standards throughout the sector to present day. Lesley has carried out these audits in NSW, ACT, Victoria and New Zealand.

Special responsibilities: Former Member of the Audit Risk Finance Committee

Stewart Chapman

Non-Executive Director

Bachelor of Commerce and a Master of Commerce (Hons), Bachelor of Legal Studies (Law)

Stewart is admitted to the New South Wales Supreme Court as Barrister and admitted to the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory as barrister and solicitor. He is on the Territory Council of the St Vincent De Paul Society of the Canberra Goulburn Archdiocese as a Vice President since 2016 and is on the Board of the St VDP CG Archdiocese. He has completed course work for a Master of Law degree. He has worked in the ACT Treasury for 16 years. He has been the treasurer of a number of clubs and societies.

Peter Miller

Non-Executive Director

Bachelor of Commerce (UNSW), Fellow Certified Practicing Accountants (FCPA), Fellow Institute of Company Directors (FAICD), Associate of the Australian Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators (ACIS).

A senior Finance and Accounting Executive with over 42 years’ experience in financial management working with a number of leading organisations in Australia. This included Chief Financial Officer St Vincent de Paul NSW, the Commercial Director BP Australia, Finance Director Castrol Australia and NZ, Group Financial Controller for AGL, National Commercial Manager Monier Limited. He was also a Board Member for National Seniors Australia and a Director for Outward Bound Australia for 28 years. Other NFP experience included a Finance Committee Member for YWCA and a Member of the Audit and Finance Committee for the Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney.

Special responsibilities: Chairperson of the Audit Risk Finance Committee

Brendan Moran

Non-Executive Director

Master of Arts (Flinders University of SA), Member of the Australasian Housing Institute

Brendan has extensive (over 22 years) management and executive experience in community and public housing in the South Australian Government as well as being a former Director of the Frederic Ozanam Housing Association in South Australia.
Currently involved in high level policy and project development in Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation in the South Australian Government. He also has high level managerial experience in the Child Protection system in the South Australian Government.

Adjunct Professor Michael Dureau AM

Non-Executive Director

FTSE, Hon FIEAust. FIChemE, FAIE, FAICD, CPEng, CSci, JP

Michael Dureau has a proven track record as a successful CEO in both expanding and contracting markets in Australia, New Zealand and Asia and, more recently, a leader of new energy technology development, advanced engineering and studies of key environmental issues facing Australia.

As MD of ALSTOM Power (formerly ABB Power Generation) he built Australia’s most successful Power Generation Technology and Services Company. He is the Chairman and Executive Director of the Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering Ltd.

He is a Member of the executive and an Honorary Life Fellow of the Chem. Eng Foundation and immediate past President of the Electrical and Information Engineering Foundation. He is a long serving member of the Industry Advisory Network of The University of Technology, Sydney and a Zunz Lecturer.

Recognising an urgent need of the Electric Power Industry in Australia for properly trained power engineers he led the initiative to set up Australia’s first Electric Power Institute and was its founding Chairman.
He is a member of EA’s National Committee on Fuels and Energy as well as an Advisory Board Member of the Centre for Engineering Leadership and Management for EA Sydney Division.

He is passionate about renewable and clean energy and is Chairman of AnaeCo Ltd. and of Microftow Ltd. He is a director of Granite Power Ltd., BioTek Fuels Ltd. and the Australian Centre for Innovation Ltd. In 2010 he retired as Australian and International Chairman of Registered Engineers for Disaster Relief (RedR) after 8 years on the Board.

Michael joined the Board of Amélie Housing on 8 November 2018 and Audit Risk Finance Committee in February 2023.

Special responsibilities: Member of the Audit Risk Finance Committee, Chairman of the Asset Management & Development Committee