The housing affordability problem is very real for Australia’s essential workers. They’re increasingly being priced out of the communities who need them, or forced to walk away from the careers they love.
With a police officer and a nurse in our families, we could see the stress it was causing. Seeing the problem was the easy part. Fixing it has been a little trickier.
When you change how people finance homes you have to change a lot, including ingrained beliefs. What we’re doing looks different for everyone – for banks, insurers, investors, and buyers. It’s taken 4 years, but we now have a number of great partners who are really working with us to help make this happen.
People want to help our essential workers. It’s attracted a wonderful team of like-minded people who continue to make the idea better, multiplying the effect.
That's how hope becomes real
HOPE is a not for profit initiative assisting Essential Service Workers (including Police, Nurses, Emergency Services, Teachers) afford housing closer to where they work.
Meet the team
Executive Board
Michael Dwyer AM
Chair of NSW TCorp and Director of IRESS. Former Chief Executive Officer of Aware Super
Tim Sims AM
Founder and Managing Director of Pacific Equities Partners
Sam Kong
Co-Founder and Non-Executive Director
Advisory Board
Michael Dwyer AM
Chair of NSW TCorp and Director of IRESS. Former Chief Executive Officer of Aware Super
Tim Sims AM
Founder and Managing Director of Pacific Equities Partners
Richard Brandweiner
Chair of Impact Investing Australia. Former Chief Executive Officer of Pendal Australia and Chief Investment Officer of Aware Super
Philip Levinson
Chief Executive Officer of Penmount Partners, a capital market advisor for global private real estate. Former Chief Executive Officer of Cambridge Industrial Trust and Managing Director of Blackstone
Alexis Cheang
Head of Investment Stewardship at TCorp. Former Partner and Acting Global Business Leader for Sustainable Investment at Mercer Investments Australia.
Amanda Goodman
Co-Founder and Director of Ecotone Partners. Former Head of Capital Raising and Investor Relations at Impact Investment Group
Mark Lennon
Director of Aware Financial Services and Link Group. Former Unions NSW Secretary
Leadership Team
Phil White
Chief Executive Officer
Evan Hinchliffe
Head of Distribution
Allyson Bailie
Head of Marketing and Operations
Ravipa Rojasavachai
Quantitative Analyst
Our Partners
We acknowledge the following organisations who have supported HOPE in building our offering:
