National Board

Simon was appointed Chief Executive Officer of ING Real Estate Community Living Fund (ILF) in November 2009. Prior to ILF, Simon was the CEO of Aevum, a formerly listed retirement company which under his leadership grew from four to 21 villages.

Simon has over 20 years experience working in ASX listed entities across a multiple of disciplines including finance, funds management, mergers and acquisitions, business development and sales and marketing.

Innovator of the Waterbrook and Kantarra models, Kevin's vision to develop five-star lifestyle resorts for over 55's in exclusive locations, revolutionised the upper end of the Australian retirement industry.

Waterbrook Lifestyle Resorts services a high-end market demographic that to date would not consider a retirement village as a viable housing solution. Kevin's achievement in converting this market is evidenced by Waterbrook's success.

Providing unsurpassed excellence in retirement living, the multi-award winning Waterbrook offers a completely distinctive experience for retirees who have not previously been catered for in the Australian retirement marketplace.

With extensive experience in design and construction, sales and marketing and operating high-end residential property and luxury products, Kevin's skills are well adapted for the retirement sector.

His commitment to the industry is demonstrated by his executive profile and active participation in both the National and State Boards of the RVA.

Stuart is the Managing Director of Becton's retirement living business, with responsibility for strategic direction and commercial operations.

Stuart joined Becton in 2006 to inject fresh 'customer need' inspired innovation into Becton's retirement strategy. Central to this purpose is harnessing Becton's established expertise in high quality development and construction in ways that meet the lifestyle expectations of the over 55 market.

Stuart has held a number of senior executive positions in a range of industry sectors including professional services, FMCG, manufacturing and the not-for-profit sector. He brings a depth of experience in developing and implementing business strategy, international marketing and operational management.

Prior to joining Becton, Stuart was Operations Director at the Melbourne Business School (University of Melbourne). He holds a Bachelor of Arts and an MBA and supports the arts and education sectors as a director of several organisations.

He was elected to the RVA VIC/TAS Regional Committee in 2007.

Paul is the Managing Director for Lend Lease's Retirement Living and Aged Care business. Paul has been with the Lend Lease Group for over 20 years and has held a number of senior executive positions within the Group in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States in the development, project financing and construction business units. Prior to his current role Paul has recently held the roles of Chief Financial Officer of Lend Lease Primelife and Global CFO for Bovis Lend Lease.

As managing director, Paul is responsible for Lend Lease's 70 Retirement Villages and 30 Aged Care facilities, spanning Australia and New Zealand. Paul has a Bachelor of Business from the New South Wales Institute of Technology and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Technology Sydney, as well as being a Fellow CPA.

Justin joined FKP in August 2005 as head of Corporate Finance, leading the Group's treasury and mergers and acquisitions activities. He was appointed as Executive General Manager Retirement in November 2006.

Justin has more than 10 years' experience in finance and strategy across the banking, construction and energy industries.

Justin holds a Bachelor of Science Mathematics, a Bachelor of Laws and a Masters of Business Administration (Executive).

Together with his business partners, Bill currently owns and operates a traditional retirement village of 110 units and two serviced apartment properties comprising 60 and 74 in Adelaide's eastern suburbs. Bill and his partners previously developed a further seven ILU villages and serviced apartment projects which are recognised as leading villages.

For over 15 years, Bill has served the RVA on various national and state boards and committees.

Bill was formerly the owner of a residential real estate agency and development manager for several shopping centre developments in South Australia as well as commercial developments in Queensland and USA.

Bill has a passion for resident satisfaction and the pursuit of understanding the elements which contribute to customer satisfaction. He is a firm believer that it's in the best interests of operators, managers, residents and community, that as an industry, we pursue resident satisfaction because in his view "the happier our residents - the longer to queues to take up residency, the longer the queues - the greater the opportunities for development, the greater the opportunities for development - the better our product, the better our product - the happier our resident, the happier our resident... everybody wins, there are no losers in the pursuit of Resident Satisfaction."

Phil has graduate and post graduate tertiary qualifications in Business and experience working in the government, for profit and not for profit sectors.

Phil has been employed with The Bethanie Group Inc for 9 years, initially as Group Manager Human Resources and since 2007 has led Bethanie's Retirement Village business unit.

Phil's responsibilities include:

• Strategic management of all Bethanie villages including business planning and financials
• Resident consultation and satisfaction within villages and community housing
• Operation, service provision, tenancy and maintenance of villages and community housing
• Risk management of all villages and community housing