The City Renewal Authority board was first appointed on 1 July 2017. As a governing board it includes highly experienced members with expertise in urban design, architecture, planning, sustainable development, affordable housing and community engagement.
Christine is a solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW with more than 34 years’ experience in property, planning and environmental law. She was the Sydney Partner in Charge at law firm, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, and is now a board member of the firm and a foundation member of the firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Council.
She has served as a NSW Government appointee to the City of Sydney’s Central Sydney Planning Committee and has experience in working with local government and in community engagement.
Christine is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a former board member of the NSW Environment Protection Authority and the Barangaroo Delivery Authority. She is the former Chair of City West Housing Pty Limited, a NSW Government owned affordable housing provider.
Marcia is an experienced lawyer with specialist skills in governance, environment, planning and development, organisational development, audit, risk and compliance.
Marcia has held executive roles including Chief Executive of the NSW Office of Local Government, Director of Legal & Governance for City of Sydney Council and Director of Legal & Governance with the New South Wales Department of Finance & Services. Marcia’s most recent legal role was as special counsel in the environment and planning team at leading international law firm, Allens.
Marcia is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors with Degrees in Arts and Law from the University of Sydney and is also a graduate of the leadership program at Harvard Business School.
In addition to chairing planning panels and a number of audit and risk committees, including for the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet and NSW Aboriginal Lands Council, Marcia is a non-executive director of City West Housing Pty Limited.
Nigel has specialist skills in property and major infrastructure projects together with several decades experience as a chair and company director.
Following a 20 year career with JLL he has undertaken a wide range of roles including as Chair of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation and Chair of the Games Infrastructure Authority.
Nigel was a Director of Queensland Airports Limited for five years, a Director of South Bank Corporation and Chair of the highly acclaimed $215m restoration of Brisbane City Hall.
His current roles include Chair of Oxley Creek Transformation and Chair of The Menzies Health Institute of Queensland.
Nigel, the former Queensland Honorary Consul for Sweden is a Fellow of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, a Fellow of the Australian Property Institute and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
A former President of the Property Council of Australia, Nigel was awarded an OAM in 1994 for services to the property industry and an AM in 2017 for his contribution to economic development programs and the preservation of historic buildings.
Kate Brennan has a career history of executive and board roles in not-for- profit, civic, community, cultural, leadership, multicultural, educational and tourism organisations.
She was CEO of Federation Square from 2005 to 2013, during which time it became the heart and focal point of Melbourne’s community and cultural life and was CEO of the Adelaide Festival Centre. She is Deputy Chair of the HOTA Board (the Gold Coast Cultural Precinct and Arts Centre) and was an independent member of the Precinct Renewal Committee for the Queen Victoria Market Redevelopment in Melbourne.
Among an extensive group of board and committee involvements, she has completed terms as Deputy Chair of the Executive Board of the Committee for Melbourne, as a member of the Board of the Melbourne Convention Bureau (Chair, Risk Committee) and as a member of the Australia Council for the Arts’ Major Performing Arts Advisory Panel. She has been an Honorary Fellow at Melbourne University and Vice President, (and Life Member) of Live Performance Australia (the Australian Arts and Entertainment Industry Association). She is also an active member of several groups with education and community improvement objectives.
Kate has client-side expertise in providing for inclusive, creative and collaborative cities and currently provides consulting advice across private sector, state, local government, university and arts organisations with a focus on spatial and activity planning, the intersection between the public realm and community and cultural experiences and strategic organisational development.
Peter is an architect with more than 40 years’ experience in Australia and overseas in both the private sector and government on a wide spectrum of urban and architectural services.
He was NSW Government Architect from 2006 to 2012.
He contributes to design excellence as a member of Design Advisory Panels in four states as well as the Sydney Opera House, the City of Sydney, and Transport for NSW. He has adjudicated over fifty design competitions in Australia and overseas.
He has served on NSW Heritage Council, the Central Sydney Planning Committee, and the NSW Architects Registration Board.
He is a Life Fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects and was awarded the NSW President’s Prize for his contribution to architecture. He was a Councillor for the International Union of Architects 2014-17.
Alison has more than 10 years’ experience as a non-executive director and has extensive expertise in finance, strategy, governance, risk management and change leadership.
She has a background in international banking and capital markets, including leading the State Bank of South Australia’s international borrowing program, as part of more than 30 years’ experience in finance, government and the not-for-profit sector.
In 2009 Alison joined Housing SA to lead the coordination of their $434 million Nation Building and Economic Stimulus (Housing) Program. Between 2010-2015 she led significant reform of the not-for-profit community housing sector in South Australia, increasing the size and capability of the sector.
Her board and committee positions have included the South Australian Superannuation Board; the Advisory Panel, Review of National Regulatory System for Community Housing; and the SA/NT Divisional Council, Australian Institute of Company Directors.
James Willson has over two decades of business leadership in Canberra, including as Managing Director and founder of local marketing agency, CRE8IVE.
Mr Willson is lifelong Canberran and is committed to the Canberra region. He is also a board member of the National Capital Authority, CIT Solutions, the Canberra Grammar School, and RSPCA ACT.
As part of its Open Government strategy, the ACT Government is committed to:
Being an open government means the ACT Government values collaboration across government and with the community. Open government initiatives enhance democracy and place the community at the centre of the governance process.
In the spirit of open government and with the full support of the board, City Renewal Authority management will publish an overview of the outcomes of the authority’s board meetings as soon as practicable after each meeting. Matters which will not be included in the meeting outcomes are those of commercial or personal sensitivity and internal operational issues.
View the publishable outcomes of the board meetings on our documents page.
We acknowledge the Ngunnawal people as traditional custodians of the ACT and recognise any other people or families with connection to the lands of the ACT and region. We acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of this city and this region.