Our Board

ACHL is a not for profit community housing provider and is supported by a board that is made up of a majority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander board members.

The board advises ACHL’s director and executive team on Aboriginal housing issues.

The board’s objectives are to:

  • provide advice to ACHL’s Director regarding adequate and culturally appropriate housing
  • Provide strategic direction for all ACHL’s housing services
  • Provide advice and review ACHL’s performance against strategic goals

Angela Huston

Chair, Non-Executive Director

CA, MAICD

EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE

Angela is a proud Southeast Queensland Kamilleroi Woman with over 24 years’ experience in accounting and business development in large, medium and not-for-profit Indigenous organisations. Angela has extensive experience in development, implementation and maintenance of commercial, procedural and reporting processes to ensure contract obligations are delivered in a timely and accurate manner.

With a strong cultural awareness, Angela desires to improve the welfare of Aboriginal People through education, environmental management, housing and new project opportunities.

Maureen O'Meara

Non-Executive Director

BAppSc (Indigenous Health), PgCert (Aboriginal Alternative Healing)

EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE

Experienced in Aboriginal relationships and interactions, Government and not-for-profit sectors, housing, health, inter-sectoral government relations and management of government partnership funds, community and business development. Member of Aboriginal Community Housing Limited (ACHL) and Director of CHL Timor-Leste Limited.

Richard Ruhl

Non-Executive Director

Cert IV in Property Services (Real Estate) Real Estate Licence, Real Estate Agent

EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE

Experienced within the Real Estate industry from Sales to Property Management, knowledge and understanding of Community Housing and its systems in place to help sustain tenancies.

Fionn Skiotis

Non-Executive Director of CHL Appointed 17 December 2001

MSocSci, FAICD

EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE

Fionn has over 35 years’ experience in the not-for-profit sector in fields including community housing, disability, social policy, mental health, advocacy and human rights. He has been a CHL Director since 2001 and was Group Chair from 2013 – 2022.

Fionn is currently CEO of VALID (Victorian Advocacy League for Individuals with Disability) and a Board member of the Victorian Collaborative Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing. From 2009 – 2019 he was the Executive Director of International Social Service in Australia.

Fionn has held a wide range of governance roles in the not-for-profit sector. He has also served in several statutory positions, for example as a Community Member of Victoria’s Mental Health Tribunal from 2006-2021.

Brian Bero

Non-Executive Director

LLB, Legal Practitioner

EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE

Experienced in negotiating, drafting and providing advice with respect to a variety of agreements including complex information technology and general procurement agreements (including novations, assignments, releases, NDAs, variations, consultancy, leases and logistics). Brian assists in general commercial and strategic direction and the dispute team with litigation matters. Also, provides advice and draft responses to various regulatory bodies with respect to regulatory investigations and on general privacy law matters and risk and compliance with respect to credit and billing.

Matt Jones

Non-Executive Director

CA, MBA, BIntBus, BA

EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE

Matt is a Naval veteran with over 15 years’ experience in professional services and runs his own management consulting firm based in Queensland. His specialities include business reconstruction and recovery, financial modelling, due diligence, corporate governance and business strategy. 

Stacey Broadbent

Chief Executive Officer

LLB, BA Soc.Science(Community and Welfare), Adv.Dip Leadership and Mgmt, Dip. Leadership and Mgmt, Leadership INSEAD Business School of the World

EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE

Over 20 years in the social and affordable housing sector, with a strong focus on First Nations Housing and a regulatory and compliance background. Government, community and private sector relations within a cultural framework. Establishment and development of ACHLs strategic development for growth and business operations, organisational change and culture, inclusion of Aboriginal foundations for best practice approaches.