Simon Newport

Speaker

Appointed CEO of Homes Victoria in July 2023, Simon Newport leads the agency responsible for delivering new housing through the Big Housing Build and providing stewardship of Victoria’s social housing and homelessness system.  

Simon came to Homes Victoria from New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation, where as CEO he managed Australia’s largest social housing portfolio. Prior to this, he spent nine years working in various senior leadership positions in the New South Wales’ Aboriginal Housing Office. 

Simon holds graduate and post graduate qualifications in business, building and construction, asset and project management, as well as leadership and corporate governance credentials from Harvard and Wharton Business Schools.  

With an extensive career in housing, construction, and manufacturing, Simon’s leadership and expertise is supporting Homes Victoria to provide more and better homes for more Victorians. This includes delivering Australia’s largest urban renewal program, with a pipeline of projects between now and 2051.