Kate Melrose

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Kate was appointed to the Board of CQE on 11 March 2020.

Kate has 30 years’ experience in ASX listed and private property sectors with a background in valuation, property economics, research, transactions and creating a range of mixed use and living sector assets,   large scale urban communities, social infrastructure, vertical villages, retirement and aged care and land lease lifestyle assets.   

She is an experienced executive and spent 14 years with Lendlease in positions as development director, global strategic marketing manager, business strategy, housing design innovation, revenue growth and customer and market research. Kate spent 10 years as Executive, General Manager Project Sales and Stakeholder Engagement and Innovation with Ingenia Communities, a Director on the Sungenia Board, and contributed to the rapid growth of the land lease portfolio of resilient rental assets and strong development pipeline. She is also a strategic advisor to two growth businesses, a proptech start up and not-for-profit retirement and aged care operator.   

Kate is a graduate of Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD), holds a Bachelor of Business (Land Economics), a Real Estate Licence (NSW), is a member of UDIA and committee member of API and has completed the Melbourne Business School – Leading for Organisational Change; Corporate Real Estate Certificate and Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Masterclass from UTS.