| Habitat for Humanity Australia is governed by a board of voluntary directors, elected and appointed, of which there are currently nine appointed directors. |
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Christine Franks (Chair)
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 Chris was appointed Director of Habitat for Humanity Australia in 2008 and elected Chair in 2010. She was Chair of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), was on its Code of Conduct Committee from 2002-2008, and received the inaugural ACFID Award for Outstanding Service to the Aid and Development Sector in 2006. Chris currently runs a consulting company and is a non-Executive Director of CUA and CUA Health, Chair of the CUA Sustainability Committee and Chair of Creditcorp Insurance Pty. Other not-for-profit roles include past Chair of the NSW Charities Ministerial Advisory Committee and executive or board roles with National Heart Foundation, Starlight Children’s Foundation, Oxfam, Save the Children NSW and the Australian Consumers’ Association - CHOICE. |
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Suellen Holmes
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 Suellen is CPA and Chartered Secretary with experience across public practice, commerce and the not-for-profit sector. She is Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee for Habitat for Humanity Australia. She also holds other current governance positions as Company Secretary and Director of Business & Finance for the Australian Industry Trade College on the Gold Coast, Committee Member on the Capital Advisory Committee for the Queensland Independent Schools Block Grant Authority and Treasurer on the Committee of Management of Elevation Church and Elevation Care. |
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| Robyn FitzRoy |
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 Robyn is a governance and board performance specialist, offering these services as Principal of her own company. Robyn brings considerable financial, marketing, strategy and risk management skills to the Habitat for Humanity Australia Board to which she was appointed in 2010. She is also Chair of WealthPortal Pty Ltd. Robyn is a former Executive Director of Macquarie Bank and a former director of Cuscal where she chaired the Board Governance Committee. Other roles include the facilitation and writing of courses for the Australian Institute of Company Directors and adviser to various Director Nomination Committees. In 2001, Robyn won the Women in Management Achiever of the Year Award. |
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| Natalie Fuller |
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 Natalie has been actively involved with Habitat for Humanity since 2001 leading Global Village teams and participating in Jimmy Carter builds. She is a Board member of Habitat for Humanity South Australia. She has over 30 years’ experience in community development and social planning having held senior positions in State and Local Government as well as the private and non-government sectors. She has extensive experience in engaging communities and assessing human service planning requirements of greenfield housing developments and urban infill mixed use redevelopments. In 1998 Natalie established her own consultancy firm and is currently undertaking a PhD looking at skilled migration to Australia. |
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| Paul Mulroney |
 Since January 2001 Paul has been a Children’s Court magistrate in New South Wales. He is currently Chairman of Habitat for Humanity, New South Wales, having previously been a member of the Habitat for Humanity Australia Board from 2001 to 2005. Prior to his appointment as a magistrate, he worked for more than 20 years as a lawyer for Legal Aid. Paul has been an alternate commissioner of the NSW Legal Aid Commission, a member of the Criminal Law Committee of the NSW Law Society, a trade union delegate, President of the University of NSW Students Union, member of the University of NSW Council and a management committee member of a number of community groups. Paul is a member of the Church Council and an Elder of the Church in the Market Place, the Uniting Church in Bondi Junction. He is also a lay preacher. |
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| Doug Talbert |
 Doug is a solicitor and banker with extensive knowledge of property financing and construction. He has been involved on all sides of the property industry and currently owns a successful property management business. Doug is involved in a range of charities and not-for-profit organisations including The Housing Connection (past President), The Machado Joseph Foundation (Treasurer), Calvary Health Care (Board Member) and Habitat for Humanity Australia. Doug also works as a carer for aged people and volunteers at Greenwich Hospital and the MS Society. His particular concerns are for the disenfranchised, the disabled and the aged. Doug holds degrees in economics, law and ethics. |
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Peter Baynard-Smith
 Pete Baynard-Smith is a seasoned International Relief and Development professional bringing to the Habitat for Humanity board the benefit of over 15 years’ experience in Africa and Asia. As an engineer, Pete has worked across water, infrastructure, renewable energy, and emergency response projects under the auspices of UN, DFID, EU and Irish Aid programs. He gained experience as Country Director in Mozambique for the Irish NGO, Concern Worldwide, from 2000-2004 and then served as Regional Director (Asia) for Concern for 4 years before moving with his family to Australia in 2008. Pete initially worked as Victoria Operations Director with Mission Australia and is now Director of Programs at the Foundation for Young Australians enabling young people to gain global experience and build skills and capabilities that equip them to be active, socially aware, global citizens. |
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Denis Green
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 Denis joined Habitat for Humanity International in 2011 and is currently Senior Director, Asia-Pacific Operations for Habitat for Humanity International based in Manila Phillipines. He oversees the coordination of HFHI with Habitat national offices in key aspects of their ongoing work and operations. With a professional background in law, Denis has spent the majority of his career in the not-for-profit sector, initially in Indonesia helping to train church leaders and then with World Vision where he worked for 20 years in a number of managerial and senior leadership positions in Australia and overseas. Denis holds degrees in law, theology and intercultural studies and has extensive experience in management, governance, strategic planning, and international aid and development. He serves as a member of a number of Habitat for Humanity boards. |