Verity Lomax

Non-Executive Director

Verity Lomax

With over a decade of experience in government, including in the role of Chief of Staff to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Multicultural Affairs, Veterans, Volunteering and Youth, Ms Lomax is a passionate advocate for high-impact social change. Representing Australian business in Myanmar, she led the Australia-Myanmar Chamber of Commerce, which was awarded the Asia Pacific Small Chamber of the year accolade due to their initiatives promoting Responsible Business practices and women in business. Back in Australia, Ms Lomax began working for a social impact advisory firm, Spark Strategy (a registered B-Corp), including with the Chief Minister’s office in the Northern Territory, co-designing their Early Childhood Strategy.

Currently Ms Lomax is the Director of Housing, Planning and Homelessness for the Cabinet Office of the NSW Government. In this role Verity works across government and the non-government sector to enable system wide change to help solve the housing crisis. Ms Lomax is passionate about bringing government together with the not-for-profit, private and philanthropic sectors, to create lasting social impact. She is also a Director of Lomax Opals Pty Ltd.

Ms Lomax previously served on the boards of The Reach Foundation and The Australia-Myanmar Chamber of Commerce.