Colleen May

Born in Melbourne, Colleen grew up in Canberra and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from University of Canberra.

Over her long and varied career Colleen has worked across a diverse range of businesses throughout Australia.  However, for the past 20 years she has been the General Manager of May Constructions, a commercial building contractor and developer operating in Melbourne and surrounding areas.

Colleen has a long association with the VHF’s major supporter the Housing Industry Association and remains an active member of the HIA’s Victorian Executive.  In 2008 Colleen became the first women elected to the position of Victorian President of the Housing Industry Association in the 77 year history of the Association.  After stepping down as President of the HIA, Colleen volunteered to assist with the work of the VHF, eventually taking on the role of Chair.  Colleen sees the HIA’s support for the VHF as an opportunity to harness the skills, philanthropy and collective goodwill of the thousands of HIA members across Victoria to make a difference to the lives of others.

Colleen also Chairs the recently launched HIA Building Woman initiative with the aim of supporting and creating opportunities for women in the building industry.  There is a special synergy between this group of building women helping the VHF to provide homes for women in need.

Colleen is also passionate about small business and was a member of the Victorian Small Business Ministerial Council for three terms, including two terms as Chair of the Building and Construction sub-committee.  In 2010 Colleen was Ambassador for the Victorian Small Business Festival and she continues to advocate for small businesses in the housing and construction industry.

Kylie Weston-Scheuber is a Melbourne-based barrister specialising in commercial and administrative law, with a particular focus on building and construction and contracts law. She has extensive experience as an advocate, including in contested trials and appeals. She signed the Bar Roll in 2013, having previously been employed as a Senior Advocate at the Office of the DPP in Canberra for several years. She has degrees in Arts, Music and Law (Honours) and a PhD in law from the Australian National University, and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

2021 will be Kylie’s third year as a member of the VHF Committee and her second year as a director. In 2019 Kylie met Chair Colleen May at a function where Colleen spoke about VHF. Kylie was instantly caught up in Colleen’s enthusiasm and her description of the wonderful and fulfilling work that VHF does, and in turn by the passion and drive of the VHF Committee.

Kylie has a history of involvement in community-based and not-for-profit organisations, including three years as Convenor of the Women Barristers Association and two years as President of BottledSnail Productions, a theatrical company for members of the legal profession.

am a Partner/Executive Director of Pitcher Partners Melbourne. I specialise in providing audit and advisory services to large and growing private businesses and closely held ASX listed public companies.

I have a particular focus on dynamic and growing companies and assist them to define and achieve their growth objectives.

In 2014 I was awarded “Thought Leader of the Year” in the inaugural Accountants Daily, Australian Accounting Awards.

I founded Pitcher Partners Melbourne’s “Business Evolution” practice which focuses on the development and implementation of value added strategic initiatives including getting clients investor-ready, preparing for generational change and assisting them to pursue growth opportunities.

I am also the Partner in Charge of Pitcher Partners South East Regional office located in Dandenong South responsible for delivering on the firms’ mission and values to clients in this rapidly growing and dynamic region.

I am Executive Chairman of the Pitcher Partners International Institute of Entrepreneurship and completed my Masters of Applied Innovation and Entrepreneurship in 2014. This Masters Degree was delivered in conjunction with The University of Adelaide and conferred in Melbourne in April 2015