Christopher Brown AM serves as Honorary Chair of the regional think-thank NGO, Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue.

For twenty years Christopher led two of the nation’s most powerful industry peak bodies, Infrastructure Partnerships Australia and Tourism & Transport Forum – comprising CEOs from across the upper echelons of Australia’s public and private sector leadership cohort.

He has designed and led coalitions to secure and support some of the region’s most iconic projects, such as Western Sydney Airport and the Metro Rail that connects it, Parramatta Light Rail, Moorebank Intermodal’s inland port, the Powerhouse Museum, Accor and CommBank Stadiums and the Western Sydney Parklands.

Raised and educated in Parramatta, Christopher Brown was awarded Australian Honours for his service to industry and community in 2014.

Kathy is co-founder and Director of leading communications and engagement firm, Engage. Communicate. Facilitate. (ECF), with offices in Sydney and London. She is one of Australia’s leading strategic advisors, known for her work helping CEOs, Departmental Secretaries, boards, and senior management staff manage issues and policy change contexts.

She founded KJA in Australia in 2001 and for nearly 20 years her team provided high level strategic advice, issues management, leadership and project delivery for some of the nation’s major transport, health and infrastructure projects. Under her ownership, the company grew to over 70 staff and was sold internationally.

She is now working as Chair of ECF and sits on the boards of start up companies as well as civil society institutions in both Australia and the UK including Karitane and the newDemocracy Foundation. Kathy is also currently the Chair of the NSW Property Council’s Precincts Committee and a Board member of the Metropolitan Memorial Parks for the NSW State Government.

David is the Executive Director of Business Western Sydney - a not-for-profit business group representing more than 130 of the region’s largest organisations in government, industry and community. It advocates for public and private sector investment that will make the region a better place to live, work, play and learn.

David has also served as a NSW Government Minister for Roads, Housing, Western Sydney and as Lord Mayor of the City of Parramatta.

He currently serves on several boards including Sydney Olympic Park Authority, NRMA, Evolve Housing, and the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences.

A highly respected executive leader, Jacqueline is a Director of Western Sydney Lakes, one of the most significant urban regeneration projects in Western Sydney. She is a passionate advocate for Western Sydney and her recent appointment to the Board came following six plus years as CEO. During this period she was responsible for developing and leading the strategic transformational vision for the 2000HA precinct to become a world-class destination for recreation, tourism and commercial assets together with overseeing the construction of flood mitigation infrastructure, managing the rehabilitation and conservation of significant lakes, parkland assets and wildlife habitat, and instrumental in building the profile of both the company and precinct including leading a compelling media and political campaign to gain popular support opening the first inland lake beach in Penrith.

Jacqueline is also the NSW President of the Urban Development Institute of Australia , leading the industry body which represents more than 500 member companies and agencies across the public and private sector advocating to create a positive regulatory environment and sustainable development sector.

A solicitor by background, she has spent nearly 20 years working in a broad range of industry segments across legal, property and development. In 2023, she was named the winner of the Business NSW, Outstanding Business Leader of the Year Award.