Leonie King
Chief Executive Officer
City West Housing
As Chief Executive Officer, Leonie is in charge of City West Housing and works with the Management team and Board of Directors to meet our purpose – to build stronger communities and improve people’s lives by providing affordable housing. She has over two decades of senior executive experience in the government and non-government sectors.
Leonie has specialised in social and affordable housing and disability services in roles such as policy, strategy, program and regulatory design, statutory planning and community and affordable housing industry development.
Leonie is currently a Director on the Board of the national industry body, Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA).
SESSIONS
BTR Day
9:00
International Keynote: Drawing on Australia’s experience with BTR to help shape NZ’s roadmap
Learn how Australian community housing provider, City West Housing, is developing, owning, and managing affordable Build-to-Rent (BTR) through innovative funding models, thoughtful design, and operational strategies. Gain insights into Australia’s property industry and how tax incentives and planning benefits are encouraging private developers to incorporate affordable housing into market BTR projects and to partner with community housing providers.
Leonie King, Chief Executive Officer, City West Housing
BTR Day
9:30
Panel: Reviewing existing BTR projects – what do we know and how can we improve as we cross an exciting new housing frontier
Moderator: Tamba Carleton, Director, CBRE
Sam Stubbs, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Simplicity Living
Roy Thompson, Co-founder and Managing Director, New Ground Capital
Leonie King, Chief Executive Officer, City West Housing