Management Profiles

Peter Summers is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of AVJennings Limited. He has been a Director since August 1998 and has been employed with the company and its various entities since 1984 during which time he held various management and directorship roles.

Mr Summers was appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer in February 2009 and prior to this was the company's Chief Financial Officer and Finance Director. He is a Chartered Accountant and has extensive experience in general and financial management as well as mergers and acquisitions.

Mr Summers was a Board Member of the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) from 2008 and was President of the Club from September 2013 to December 2018.

Mr Mahaffy has been with AVJennings since November 2012 as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that, his career spanned 24 years in banking, specialising in structured property and construction finance which saw him develop a strong reputation for transaction analysis and resolution of complex corporate problems. He has excellent commercial and legal acumen, negotiation and leadership skills. He is also very experienced in the residential property market, corporate funding and risk management.

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.

Ms Hunt is General Manager Human Resources for AVJennings and joined AVJennings in late June 2009. She has over 20 years senior management experience in Human Resources working with both the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and NRMA Motoring & Services prior to joining AVJennings. Before moving into Human Resources, her career included 10 years of direct experience in the financial services industry.

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.