
Nicola Lemon
Director - Enterprise (National Social and Affordable Housing Lead)
KPMG
Influential leader, well recognised within human services, social impact, housing and property sectors. Purpose driven, visionary and transformative leader, who thrives on utilising career honed commercial and financial acumen, to make a positive difference to the lives of individuals and communities.
Expertise extends to more than 25 years’ experience as Partner, CEO and Chairperson, designing, developing, delivering, and managing service systems, social housing, asset management and growth strategies across the UK, Metropolitan and Regional NSW. Extensive experience in developing and delivering strategies to meet customer and community needs, with limited resources. Innate understanding of a range of policy settings within human services, homelessness, Aboriginal housing, and social and affordable housing systems; how they intersect with, planning, treasury, and infrastructure.
I champion consultation and collaboration with customers, employees, and stakeholders to foster continual organisational improvement and most importantly tailor person centred solutions that enable customers opportunities to prosper .
SESSIONS
Day 2
11:00
Blending Social and Specialist Housing for Impact and Profit
A practical guide to integrating social or disability housing into a BTR project
How mixed-tenure models can de-risk planning approvals and unlock government incentives
Demonstrating how to deliver both strong financial returns and measurable social impact
Nicola Lemon, Director - Enterprise (National Social and Affordable Housing Lead), KPMG
Emile McPhee, Partner Finance & Community Housing, Hamilton Locke
Mark Hayward, Executive Group Director- Homes, Housing Choices Australia