Mr Kearns has been a Director of AVJennings Limited since 21 March 2019 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer on 10 January 2022. He 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. Mr Kearns is a Director of Coolabah Capital Investments, a private fixed interest funds management business.
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.