BOARD MEMBERS

Chair - Dr Col Gellatly

Dr Col Gellatly is the current Chairperson of the Redfern-Waterloo Authority, as of 1 July 2007. Dr Gellatly is the former Director-General of the Premier’s Department, a role which he held since being appointed in 1994. He has held a number of senior management positions within the NSW public service, including as Director General of the Department of Land and Water Conservation.

He has been NSW representative on a wide range of State/Commonwealth Working Parties and Committees and has had three periods as a part-time Commissioner with the Industries Assistance Commission. He has also served on a diverse range of boards and committees.

Dr Gellatly has a degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of New England, a Master of Commerce from the University of NSW and a PhD from North Carolina State University.

Mr Michael Collins

Mike Collins is a Sydney property practitioner. He has been involved in property economics, real estate valuation, property consultancy and asset management for over 35 years, and is professionally qualified in property economics and valuation. He runs his own property advisory company based in the Sydney CBD.

Mike is the Chairman of the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority and the Barangaroo Delivery Authority. He is a board member of the Australian Technology Park Precinct Management Ltd, a former Chairman of the Heritage Council of NSW and a former National and NSW President of the Australian Property Institute.

He has been NSW representative on a wide range of State/Commonwealth Working Parties and Committees and has had three periods as a part-time Commissioner with the Industries Assistance Commission. He has also served on a diverse range of boards and committees.

Mr Richard Johnson MBE

Richard Johnson is an award winning architect and a director of Johnson Pilton Walker Architects. He was awarded the 2008 RAIA Gold Medal for his exceptional body of work and his contribution to the profession.

He is a Professor in the Faculty of the Built Environment at UNSW, A Fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects and a member of the Design Institute of Australia. He advises the Sydney Opera House Trust on the future of the building and is a member of the City of Sydney Design Advisory Panel. He serves on the Boards of the RWA, the ATP and the Australian Architects Association.

Mr Johnson holds a Bachelor of Architecture from UNSW and a Masters of Philosophy (Town Planning) from University College London. In 1976 he was made a member of the Order of the British Empire for services to Architecture.

Ms Lucy Turnbull LLB MBA

Lucy is a businesswoman and company director. She is a director of the board of Melbourne IT , an Australian publicly listed internet services company with operations in North America, Europe and Asia.

Lucy is currently the Chair of the Salvation Army’s City of Sydney Red Shield Appeal, Deputy Chair of the Committee for Sydney, and a member of the board of the Centre for Independent Studies and the Redfern Foundation Limited, and the Turnbull Foundation. She is also a board member of the NSW Cancer Institute.

For many years Lucy worked as a solicitor and as an investment banker. From 1999 to 2004 she was Sydney’s first female Lord Mayor ( 2003-4) and Deputy Lord Mayor ( 1999-2003). Lucy has also published a book titled Sydney – Biography of a City in 1999.

Ms Ann Weldon

Ann Weldon is a proud member of the Wiradjuri Nation and was one of the founding members of NSW Aboriginal Children's Service and Inner West Aboriginal Community Company to name a few.

For the past thirty five years Ms Weldon has held executive positions and was a member of the Murawina Aboriginal Preschool, Aboriginal Housing Company, Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council, Marrickville Aboriginal Consultative Committee, Aboriginal Legal Service, NSW Aboriginal Housing Development Committee and ATSIC's National Women's Advisory and National Sport and Recreation Committees.

Ms Weldon was elected to the Sydney ATSIC Regional Council for three consecutive terms as a Councillor over a ten year period and was elected as the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson. Ann was appointed to the inaugural NSW Aboriginal Housing Board in 1998 as an ATSIC nominee and then went onto being appointed the first female Chairperson of the NSW Housing Board from 2000 until 2007.

Ann was very instrumental in the development of Aboriginal Basketball carnivals throughout NSW and Nationally, as a result of her determination and her commitment to the development of sports at the national level, she was selected to the inaugural Aboriginal Women's Basketball Team to tour New Zealand in 1975.

John Mulally BA LLB(Hons)

John has almost 40 years’ experience as a lawyer specialising in major property and infrastructure projects.

He has acted for major Australian and off-shore developers and investors, Australian and State Government instrumentalities and off-shore Governments. This has included the acquisition, development and sale of major projects in all capital cities of Australia as well as in Vanuatu, Jakarta, Bangkok, Singapore, Tokyo, London, Paris, St Petersburg, Kiev, Moscow and New York. He has also advised on major energy projects in Australia and off-shore.

He is currently advising on major infrastructure and renewable energy projects in China and Africa. His role in these projects deals with the funding structure, legal requirements and the integration of the commercial with the legal outcomes required to achieve project development.