Speakers

Hon. Jacinta Allan

Colin Craney

A skilled Design and Engineering Manager with a background in civil engineering, Colin has extensive experience in leading engineering, design and systems assurance teams on a range of major rail, road and buildings projects. Colin's level-headed temperament and logical application of design principles is balanced by an ability to understand key construction and client drivers, enabling sound decision making.  This experience equips Colin to manage the intricate interfaces between project requirements and stakeholder needs, successfully balancing the technical challenges of design with the realities of construction.

Having held key Engineering and Design Leadership roles on city shaping projects such as the Level Crossing Removals Program and redevelopment of Harbour Esplanade, in addition to major State and Federal Government Projects across Australia, Colin is one of Victoria’s leading infrastructure Engineering Managers. Currently the Engineering Manager for the $2b Rail Infrastructure Alliance, Colin oversees the development and alignment of technical solutions for the complex connection between the new Metro Tunnel and existing operational surface level metropolitan rail network in addition to the recently awarded traction power, signalling, platform and stabling upgrades required to accommodate operation of new High Capacity Metro Trains along the Sunbury Line.

Michele Morrison

Michele Morrison is the Chief Development Officer for Homes Victoria and is responsible for end to end development and the delivery of the homes that we are planning. Michele focuses on end user functionality, high design quality, and streamlined delivery methodologies and models that includes delivering projects in partnership with construction, development and housing sector organisations.

Michele has extensive experience; ownership and dedication to making projects, programs and desired outcomes succeed. She brings a broad range of development experience spanning across various sectors (corporate, health, education, transport, telecommunications etc) and is known to strategically implement large scale, complex projects and delivering despite tight timelines.

Llewellyn Reynders

Danni Hunter

Danni Hunter is the Victorian Executive Director of the Property Council of Australia – the nation’s peak body for the property, construction and development industry.

As the property sector’s key advocate across Victoria, Danni represents one of the largest economic contributors and close to 300,000 Victorian jobs. She is responsible for advising and influencing state policymakers and regulators on issues that impact the property sector including housing, business conditions, population growth and liveability, transport, infrastructure and the health of the economy.

Danni holds several key advisory positions to Government in which she provides advice and input into the strategy and approach to rebuilding Victoria’s economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Danni works collaboratively with other employer associations and plays a leadership role within the Victorian Congress of Employer Associations in her capacity as Deputy Chair.

Danni is a hands-on leader with deep experience in policy, advocacy, stakeholder engagement and organisational leadership, previously holding senior roles as the Chief Executive Office of the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA Victoria), and as an advisor to the State Government. Danni has also volunteered as a strategic advisor to Beyond Blue.

When Danni was appointed CEO of UDIA Victoria in 2015, she was the youngest person and first female to hold the role. During her tenure she diversified and scaled the not-for-profit membership body into a highly regarded research, advocacy and educational organisation.

She is passionate about increasing diversity within business leadership and finding solutions to systemic problems facing the community including homelessness and housing affordability.

Danni is a dynamic and nationally recognised spokesperson, regularly sharing her views on property, business, diversity, population growth and the economy through regular media appearances, events and keynote presentations.

Bianca Nutt

Greg Rafferty

Tina Skliros

Tina is a proven infrastructure practitioner with a track record of successfully advising on and delivering High Value High Risk infrastructure projects (specialising in PPPs) in Australia and overseas.

Tina has held key leadership roles on some of the largest infrastructure projects in Victoria including the New Footscray Hospital Project, Casey Hospital Expansion Project, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre Project, Hopkins Correctional Centre Project and Partnerships Victoria in Schools Project.

In her current role as Project Director: New Footscray Hospital Project and previously, as Project Director: Casey Hospital Expansion Project, at the Victorian Health Building Authority (VHBA), Tina has been responsible for the delivery of some of the largest and most complex projects in VHBA’s billion-dollar PPP health capital program.

Previously, Tina was an accomplished projects and finance lawyer at major international law firms with over 10 years’ experience. 

John Kilgour

John Kilgour is the Chief Executive Officer for the Civil Contractors Federation Victoria, a peak industry body supporting over 500 members responsible for the construction and maintenance of over $22bn per annum of Victoria’s major infrastructure, including roads, bridges, pipelines, drainage, ports and utilities. 

CCF members also play a vital role in the residential and commercial building industry by providing earthmoving and land development services including the provision of power, water, communications and gas.   

Known for his strong advocacy work and networks at local & State Government levels, John joined CCF in February 2016 from the Committee for Ballarat where he was CEO.

Prior to joining the Committee for Ballarat, John has a long and distinguished career in the downstream oil industry with BP.   

During his 34 years with the BP Group of companies, John delivered major investment projects in the oil and gas, retail, petrol and convenience sectors throughout Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia.

In February 2017, John was appointed President of the Victorian Civil Construction Industry Alliance, which CCF is a member.

Margy Osmond

Margy Osmond is the Chief Executive Officer of the Tourism & Transport Forum and has been in this role since October 2014. Margy has extensive experience in media, policy development and advocacy, politics and government relations, membership organisations and public affairs. Margy is the co-Chair of the Tourism Group of the Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum [ANZLF] and co-Chair of the Safe Border Group established to assist both governments to create the Trans-Tasman ‘bubble’. She has actively led the visitor economy industries through the bushfires and Covid-19. Margy has a wide range of Board experience, she is currently on the Boards of TTF, Sydney World Pride 2023, UITPANZ and sits on the Federal Government’s Biosecurity Futures Group and a range of State Treasury groups focused on restarting the wider economy. Previously, she was Chair of the NSW TAFE Commission Board and Chair of the Australian Sports Foundation, Deputy Chair of Tourism NSW, and served on the boards of the Australian Sports Commission, Bell Shakespeare, the Retail Employees Superannuation Trust, NSW Major Events, the NSW Police Minister's Advisory Board and NSW State Transit Authority. Margy also led the bid on behalf of the NSW Government for the International World Masters Games in 2004 and chaired the official Organising Committee for the IWMG, the largest non-elite sporting event in the world, in 2009. Before joining TTF, Margy was the inaugural CEO of ANRA which was established in 2006 as a lobby and research organisation to be the voice of the large national retailers in Australia. Margy was the CEO of the State and Sydney Chambers of Commerce in NSW for five years prior to this.

Ed Walker

Ed Walker is the General Manager Projects Victoria at the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC). He leads the delivery of both the Inland Rail and North East Rail Line Upgrade projects in Victoria. 

Ed’s history with ARTC dates from 2014 to 2017 during which time he held the roles of Manager Infrastructure Strategy, GM Corporate Development and finally Director Customers, Service Offering & Terminals within the Inland Rail Leadership Team. His recent return to ARTC comes via John Holland, where he held the position of GM Strategy and Business Development. 

Cressida Wall

With extensive experience in the property and infrastructure sectors, Cressida was appointed to the role of Chief Executive Officer of the Office of Projects Victoria (OPV) in November 2020 with a focus on maintaining and enhancing major project delivery.

Cressida’s detailed understanding and experience of working with Government for over two decades is drawn from her previous roles as Chief of Staff and senior adviser to Premiers and Government Ministers, specialising in infrastructure policy, strategy and major projects.

Most recently, Cressida’s strong public policy and leadership credentials were integral to her role as Victorian Executive Director of the Property Council of Australia before taking up her current position with OPV where she had also served as an Advisory Board Member.

Cressida’s legal background saw her practise as a commercial litigator at Minter Ellison and Corrs, Chambers Westgarth. She was also a Director on the Board of State Trustees Victoria.

Having established a private equity company, Cressida was the CEO of its property division and is a long-term advocate for strong collaboration between the private and public sectors in driving development and industry innovation.

Ben Ryan

Vanya Kumar

Mark Daniels

Mark has been a pioneer in the development of social procurement in Australia and New Zealand, also playing an important role in the global emergence of social procurement. He was a co-founder of Social Traders and as Executive Director for 13 years, led the development of their social enterprise marketplace which has become a must-access service for corporate and government clients seeking to build social enterprises into their supply chains. He has worked with hundreds of business and government clients seeking to build social impact into their supply chains.

Mark worked at the Brotherhood of St Laurence leading the development and growth of their social enterprises as well as working with disadvantaged communities across Victoria to build their social enterprise and social procurement capacity. At Social Traders, Mark developed the organisations capacity building and role as an industry association, successfully lobbying government to support social enterprise and social procurement in various states. He led policy development, advocacy, sales and operations teams in Social Traders. In 2013 he also developed Social Procurement Australasia (with current colleague Chris Newman), a NFP supporting the growth of social procurement in the region, from 2016 he sat on the Australian Committee for the development of the ISO20400 Sustainable Procurement Guidance.

Mark also has extensive experience in training, strategy development, change management and stakeholder engagement. He is recognized as a leader in his field and has presented on social and sustainable procurement at conferences across Australia, New Zealand and globally.

Andrew Cialini

As the State Building Surveyor, Andrew is an industry advocate for building surveyors and building practitioners across Victoria. He brings a wealth of knowledge to this important role, with more than 30 years' industry experience as a building surveyor as well as roles in the private sector as a structural design engineer and as an adviser to the Government of South Australia.

Andrew is passionate about the industry and its future. He has led the creation and implementation of the Code of Conduct for Building Surveyors to improve standards, trust and oversight in the building industry and help keep Victorians safe. Andrew is also driving new career pathways to address the critical shortage of building surveyors.

Active participation with industry is fundamental to Andrew's role and he chairs several state government committees and engages regularly with industry associations, forums and working groups.

Hannah Clement

Hannah Clement leads Development Victoria’s Civic Infrastructure group, which is responsible for managing major project delivery on behalf of government clients.

With more than 20 years’ experience in planning and delivering major civic and infrastructure projects, Hannah has led some of the state's most significant redevelopments including Margaret Court Arena, Geelong Arts Centre, State Library Victoria and the Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation.

Prior to joining Development Victoria, Hannah delivered complex and challenging major projects across Australia, the Middle East and South-East Asia. With a background in civil engineering, she spent more than 10 years in the engineering consultancy sector, with a specialisation in the delivery of major sporting, event and social infrastructure.

Hannah also maintains an interest in the fields of international development and is passionate about the role urban built form plays in promoting social equity, cohesion and reducing communities’ vulnerability to natural disasters.

Tanya Harris

Caroline Speed

Hamsa Farah

Laura Baker