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CAROLYN
SCOBIE
JILL
BA LLB,
Grad Dip CSP,
MA (Japanese),
GAICD
BappSc (AppEcG)
(Hons 1),
MUrb&RegPlg
• Joined Bridge Housing Board in
June 2015
• Deputy Chair
• Chair of Human Resources, Nominations,
Remuneration and Marketing
Committee.
• Focus Area: Legal
Carolyn has over 30 years’ of legal
experience in corporate and commercial
property and is responsible for all aspects
of legal risk management for QBE. She
was previously with the Goodman Group,
an integrated commercial and industrial
property group.
Prior to Goodman, Carolyn spent three
years in the legal profession and six years
as in-house counsel with the Japanese
construction company Kumagai Australia
Group. Carolyn is a member of the
Governance Institute of Australia and Chief
Executive Women and a graduate of the
Australian Institute of Company Directors.
STEPHEN
BULL
BCom,
BPsyc(Hons)
HANNAFORD
LIZ
FORSYTH
BSW,
Member of IPAA
• Joined Bridge Housing Board in
February 2018
• Member of Human Resources,
Nominations, Remuneration and
Marketing Committee from June 2020
• Focus Areas: Community and
stakeholder engagement, social
sustainability, communication and
diversity and inclusion
• Joined Bridge Housing Board in
November 2020
• Member of Housing, Assets and
Development Committee
• Focus Areas: Housing and human
service policy; Strategic planning,
Service delivery and implementation,
Government administration, Professional
services consulting
Jill is a social scientist who is passionate
about diversity and social equity. Jill is
General Manager Technical Services,
APAC at global professional services firm
GHD, where she has worked for the past
30 years. Jill is also responsible for GHD’s
Reconciliation Action Plan. She co-founded
IAP2 in Australia in the 1990s and has
strong community engagement expertise.
Liz is currently CEO, Disability and
Aged Care for APM Human Services
International Ltd. Until recently, Liz
was KPMG’s Global Industry Lead for
Infrastructure, Government and Healthcare
along with being their Global Sector
Head for Government and Global Lead
for Human and Social Services. Liz has
had a 30 plus year career in the human
services sector working in a range of
areas focused on improving outcomes
for citizens, improving their lives and the
communities within which they live. Prior
to KPMG, Liz held senior and executive
positions in the Commonwealth and NSW
Governments. She started her career as a
social worker working in rehabilitation for
the Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service.
Jill is a founding corporate partner
of CareerTrackers, an Indigenous
internship program and CareerSeekers,
an employment program for refugees and
asylum seekers. She is also on the Advisory
Board of the Henry Halloran Trust for
Urban Research at the University of Sydney.
KAREN
COOPER
VIVIENNE
YU
Dip Bus, Dip Training
& Assessment, MBA,
AICD, AHRI, ACM
BA Ecs., MRE, MBA,
GAICD and FCPA
• Joined Bridge Housing Board in
November 2020
• Member of Finance, Risk and Audit
Committee
• Focus Areas: Real estate development
and management, finance, community
development, people, and culture
• Director since 2021
• Focus Areas: Strategic planning,
Business transformation, People and
culture, Professional services consulting
Stephen has over 25 years’ experience in
real estate, community creation and finance
roles. He has worked at Westfield, AMP,
and Stockland. The last five years of his
executive career were as Group Executive
and CEO of Stockland’s Retirement
Village business. Prior to his real estate
career in Australia, Stephen spent several
years working in investment banking in
London. Stephen is a member of Chartered
Accountants (Australia and New Zealand).
He currently sits on the Investment
Committees for the MaxCap Industrial
Opportunities Fund and the Wingate Direct
Property business and is a member of the
Advisory Board for the Moits Group.
Karen has over 25 years’ experience
across financial services, human services,
government, Indigenous and community
sectors. She has held Executive Leadership
roles in listed and not-for-profit companies,
most recently as CEO for RISE Ventures.
She is currently the Principal of Cooper
Consulting focused on business
transformation, change management
and building community capacity. She is
non-executive director and deputy chair
of Yilabara Solutions and non-executive
director of Tamworth Community College.
She is a member of the Australian Institute
of Company Directors and Governance
Institute of Australia.
• Director since 2022
• Focus Areas: Finance, Risk, Investment,
Real Estate
Vivienne has more than 25 years’
experience in banking, finance and
investment in Australia and Asia. During
this time, Vivienne held senior executive
roles in CBA (Commonwealth Bank of
Australia) including Executive General
Manager, International Financial Services
and before that Chief Executive retail and
business banking in Asia. She currently
sits on the boards of National Foundation
for Australian Women and Australia China
Business Council NSW. She holds a Master
of Real Estate from UNSW and Master of
Business Administration from AGSM. She
is a Fellow Certified Practising Accountant
and a Graduate member of AICD.
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