Jack Panton
Jack Panton
Jack has 20 years’ experience in property development and investment and has worked on various large projects and complex property transactions. He has held senior leadership positions in private industry, government and the not-for-profit sector.
Before entering the affordable housing sector, Jack worked at Development Victoria, initially as Acquisitions Manager responsible for acquiring land development opportunities and then as Senior Development Manager responsible for the delivery of master planned precincts within the Docklands urban regeneration project. He also worked at RMIT University where he delivered learning & teaching facilities and student accommodation projects as part of a $500M capital works program.
Over the last decade, Jack has worked in executive positions in the community housing sector, at Housing First (formerly Port Phillip Housing Association) where he developed a pipeline of projects comprising over 700 social and affordable housing units, at Launch Housing where he delivered several successful affordable housing projects including the high-profile Viv’s Place Dandenong, and as the CEO of Unison Housing – Victoria’s largest Housing Association.
Jack has delivered and managed some of Victoria’s most notable affordable housing projects. He has a deep understanding of the development and construction process as well as the social and affordable housing operating environment.
Jack is an Advisory Group Member on Melbourne University’s Hallmark Research Initiative for Affordable Housing and a panel member on Cardinia Shire Council’s Affordable Housing Partnership Group and formerly on the board of Council to Homeless Persons.
Jack has a Bachelor of Business (Management & Marketing) and real estate agents’ licence.
