Management Profiles

Mr Kearns has been a Director of AVJennings Limited since 21 March 2019. He was subsequently appointed Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of AVJennings Limited in early 2H-FY22. Mr Kearns has over fifteen years’ corporate leadership experience and has been instrumental in driving cultural change, building new revenue streams and improving stakeholder engagement in banking, insurance and financial planning, all with involvement in the property sector. Until recently Mr Kearns was a Director of Venues NSW, a Government Board that owns and operates multiple sports and entertainment venues across New South Wales. He was also previously the Managing Director and CEO of InterRISK Australia Pty Ltd, a division of ASX listed AUB Group and prior to that CEO of Centric Wealth where he gained experience in the Private Equity World and property funds. Mr Kearns is a Director of Coolabah Capital Investments, a private fixed interest funds management business, and the Front Row Group. He is a member of the NSW “Game Changers” Ministerial Advisory Board for Women in Sport.

Mr Kearns was appointed a member of the Order of Australia in 2017 for significant service to the community through support for charitable organisations, to business, and to rugby union at the elite level. He played 67 tests for the Australia national rugby union team, Wallabies (1989-1999) and captained the team ten times.

Mr Orlandi is the Chief Operating Officer of AVJennings Limited. This follows on from the role of Chief Strategy Officer commencing in July 2012, after serving as the Chief Financial Officer for the 3 years prior to that. Before this, he was the Executive General Manager, New South Wales, for AVJennings’ residential land development activities in that State. With over 25 years industry experience, Stenio’s work has encompassed an extremely broad range of activities in all aspects of residential land subdivision and development, covering projects from large homes through to major land subdivision schemes and apartments.

Lisa Hunt joined AVJennings as General Manager Human Resources on 22 June 2009. Ms Hunt has over 20 years’ experience working in senior roles in HR and WHS in the Financial Services and Motoring and Services sectors across Australia and New Zealand. She was previously the General Manager, People and Capability at NRMA Motoring and Services, after holding Senior Executive HR roles at Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Prior to moving into HR roles, her career included over 10 years in banking.

Mr Thompson has been Company Secretary of AVJennings Limited since 12 January 2009. He previously held the company secretary and general counsel role at Downer EDI Ltd. Prior to that he was a partner at national law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth, practising in corporate and commercial work. Mr Thompson resides in Melbourne.

Joining the AVJennings Team in early 2023, Shanna Souter has more than 20 years’ experience with over 14 of those in the property industry holding senior management roles. Prior to joining AVJennings, Shanna spent 11 years at Mirvac, most recently in the role of GM, Finance and Operations, Residential overseeing a wide range of finance and operational activities across its residential business. She also held previous roles within its construction business and as its Head of Internal Audit. Shanna has also held roles at Brookfield Infrastructure and EY.

Shanna has a strong track record of transformation, stakeholder management and building high performing teams which fits in very well with the Company’s ambition and strategic direction.