Simon Owen
CEO & Managing Director

Mr Owen joined the Group in November 2009 as the Chief Executive Officer.

He initiated and has led the strategy to focus on acquiring, developing and managing a leading portfolio of lifestyle and holiday communities which has seen the Group’s market capitalisation grow from $30 million to over $2.4 billion today.

Mr Owen brings to the Group in-depth sector experience. He is a past member of the Retirement Living Division Council (part of the Property Council of Australia) and a former National President of the Retirement Villages Association (now part of the Retirement Living Council), the peak industry advocacy group for the owners, operators, developers and managers of retirement communities in Australia. He is also a prior Director of BIG4 Holiday Parks, Australia’s leading holiday parks group.

Mr Owen has over 25 years’ experience working in ASX listed groups with roles across finance, funds management, mergers and acquisitions, business development and sales and marketing. Prior to joining Ingenia Communities, he was the CEO of Aevum, a formerly listed seniors housing and aged care company.

Mr Owen is a qualified accountant (CPA) with a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) and post graduate diplomas in finance and investment and advanced accounting.

Scott Noble
CFO

Scott joined the Ingenia Communities Group as Chief Financial Officer in April 2017 and has over 20 years of senior financial management experience.

Scott holds a Masters of Applied Finance and Investment, a Bachelor of Business (Accounting), is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia, a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is a member of the Southern Cross University Council.

Prior to joining the Group, Scott was Director of Finance at Foxtel and has previously held senior finance roles at Seven Group Holdings, Investa Property Group, Babcock & Brown, Macquarie Bank and Westfield.

Matt Young
GM Tourism

Matthew joined Ingenia in March 2021 and is responsible for all Ingenia Holidays communities and food and beverage operations.​

Matthew brings 25 years’ experience in national and international tourism working with global hotel brands to the role with responsibility for operating hotels and resorts as well as hotel development projects. Prior roles include Vice President QLD and NT at Accor and a variety of leadership positions with InterContinental Hotels Group.

​Matthew has extensive knowledge of the tourism industry and expertise working with global brands managing large teams to deliver on strategy and business outcomes.

Justin Blumfield
GM Residential

Justin joined the Group in March 2021 and is responsible for the Group’s Residential communities.

Justin has worked within the commercial property industry for the past 14 years. He commenced his property career with the highly successful, top 50 ASX listed property company, The GPT Group. During his seven years at GPT, Justin held various positions in both the retail and commercial property sectors including Marketing Executive, Retail Manager, Centre Manager and Regional Manager of Commercial Office in Victoria.

Prior to joining Ingenia, Justin spent seven years at Vicinity Centres, a world leading top 30 ASX retail property group owning and managing circa $20 billion of commercial real estate assets. Most recently, he held the position of the Director of Shopping Centre Management. In this role, Justin was responsible for the strategic asset management of Vicinity’s 56 core shopping centre assets across Australia including the country’s leading outlet brand DFO.

Justin is a board member of the Abbotsford Convent Foundation, a not-for-profit foundation responsible for the curation and care of the Abbotsford Convent, one of inner Melbourne’s much loved urban retreats, and home to more than 100 arts and creative practitioners.

Prior to Justin’s 14-year property career, he was a professional athlete with the Essendon and Richmond Football Clubs in the Australian Football League. The major achievements of his sporting career were winning the AFL premiership with Essendon in 2000 and being a member of the successful Australian International Rules team in the same year.

Justin holds an undergraduate Bachelor’s degree in Marketing and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA).

Donna Byrne
General Manager Investor Relations & Sustainability

Donna joined the Group in November 2014 and is responsible for the Group’s investor relations, Sustainability program and corporate affairs functions.

Donna has over 15 years experience in communications and investor relations having worked with The GPT Group, Lend Lease US Office Trust, Lend Lease, the Securities Institute of Australia and Westpac Banking Corporation.

Prior roles include Head of Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs with the GPT Group and a range of communications, marketing and investor relations roles at Lend Lease.

Donna’s experience spans both listed and unlisted investor markets. Donna holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Masters of Education.

Von Slater
Head of Development

Von joined Ingenia in February 2022 and is responsible for the Group’s growing development business.
 

Von brings over 15 years’ experience in the property and construction industry to the Group and has worked in leadership roles across some of Victoria’s landmark developments. Von was previously Executive Head of Development at Lifestyle Communities and has a wealth of experience in the development of land lease communities.
 

Von is driven by innovation and thinking outside the box, resulting in constant evolution of product and an offering that evolves to exceed customer expectations. Von is a long-term contributor to Industry Associations with a focus on diversity and growing the future talent pool. 
 

Von holds a Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Construction Management.