Simonds Group

Rhett Simonds, Executive Chairman, Group CEO and Managing Director

Rhett has been involved with the business since joining the Simonds Group of Companies in 2005. Rhett has a strong focus on the property and construction sector, where he sits on a number of private company boards and executive management teams.

In addition to his experience in the property and construction sector, Rhett is a director of and investor in a number of technology and finance related businesses.

Richard Grellman was appointed to the Board on 9 May 2023. Richard is Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee and a member of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee.

Richard has been a professional non-executive director since 2000. Previously, he worked with accounting firm KPMG for 32 years. The majority of this time was spent in the Corporate Recovery Division, with the last 10 years more specifically focused on the provision of strategic advice and services to the Financial Services sector.

Richard is Chair of FBR Ltd. He is also Lead Independent Director of The Salvation Army in Australia.

Piers has spent the last 12 years working in in-house legal roles as both General Manager Legal and General Counsel. During this time, he managed the legal function at ASX 200 company Skilled Group Limited for approximately 8 years and for the last 4 years has been the General Counsel of the Simonds Family Office.

Piers started his career in private practice with K&L Gates Lawyers (and its predecessor firms) where he spent 8 years specialising in mergers and acquisitions, corporate transactions and board advisory work.

Mark holds a registered builder’s licence in Victoria, NSW, Queensland and South Australia. Mark has spent over 40 years immersed in the volume home building industry.

Prior to 2014, when Simonds Group Limited was listed, Mark was fully engaged in the day-to-day executive management of Simonds Homes. From 1973 until the listing of Simonds Group Limited in 2014, Mark worked alongside his father Gary Simonds and understands what is required for a successful volume building business.

Mark is the Deputy Chairman of Simonds Consolidated, which is primarily focussed on venture capital and private equity building and construction, real estate and the vocational education sector.

Andrew has focused on the development of key disruptive technologies and distribution services in traditional markets to create including Smartsuper, SuperIQ and Class Super.

In 2016, Andrew sold his superannuation administration business to AMP, stepped down from the Senate and Treasury Committees and is now focused on contributing to the organisations as a Non-Executive Director.

Andrew is currently Chairman of Guild Group and an independent, Non-Executive Director of IOOF Limited. Andrew is also a Non-Executive Director of Simonds Family Office Pty Ltd.

Andrew has been appointed as the Chair of the Group's Nomination & Remuneration Committee and as a member of the Group's Audit & Risk Committee.

David Denny was appointed to the Board in November 2021. David is a member of the Audit & Risk Committee and the Nomination & Remuneration Committee.
David was appointed as an Independent, Non-Executive Director of Simonds Group Limited on 1 November 2021. David was a Partner of PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for 21 years, including as the practice leader of PwC’s Mergers & Acquisition advisory and Corporate Finance advisory businesses in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
David has extensive international experience, including cross-border transactions, international leadership roles and a secondment to Asia.