MELBOURNE BUILD EXPO 2026 Exhibitor List

Marion is a dedicated Social Procurement Advisor at John Holland, where she has been instrumental in fostering opportunities for Indigenous businesses and social enterprises. Marion takes great pride in her work, passionately helping these organisations to gain a foothold in the industry. As a proud Torres Strait Islander woman, she brings a unique perspective and commitment to her role, ensuring that underrepresented groups receive the support and guidance they need to thrive. Marion's career is complemented by her nearly five years at the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profit Commission, where she played a pivotal role in assisting Indigenous charities with registration, reporting, and overall guidance, ensuring they had the resources and knowledge to succeed. Beyond her professional achievements, Marion is deeply committed to giving back to her community. She volunteers one Sunday a month with St Vinnies Soup Kitchen, providing meals and support to those in need in Melbourne. This personal commitment to community service underscores her dedication to social justice and community development.

Janelle Williams is the Senior Social Impact Advisor for Victorian and South Australia at John Holland, where she contributes to a diverse range of projects across the building, rail and infrastructure business units. With a focus on embedding equity and inclusion into industry practice and drawing on her previous role as the Building Equality Policy Industry Advisor at ICN Victoria, Janelle brings deep expertise in government procurement policies and gender equality frameworks. She collaborates with organisations to improve customer outcomes, foster inclusive workforce engagement, and deliver measurable social and commercial impact. With a thoughtful blend of empathy and evidence, Janelle ensures that social initiatives are both meaningful and sustainable. Her passion lies in advancing equity, driving systemic change, and creating structures that empower individuals and communities to thrive.

Lead with kindess and focus on the micro-impacts you can make daily. We may not be able to change the world but together, we can be world changing. #beagoodhuman

Veronica Duran is the Senior Diversity & Social Inclusion Advisor (Vic/Tas) at CPB Contractors. Her expertise lies in gender, LGBTQAI+ inclusion, and working with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) populations. She joined the construction industry in 2022 as the Diversity and Inclusion Lead for the Spark North East Link project, where she led gender initiatives such as work experience programs, networking events, the Pride Committee, and the setup of nursing and prayer rooms across every site and office of the project, among others. With nearly eight years in the non-profit sector, she focused on employment programs for migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. Veronica is originally from Mexico City, where she graduated with a degree in Psychology and holds a Master's in Special Education. After migrating to Australia, her career took a 180-degree turn, transforming the challenges she faced in finding employment into her area of expertise. Now she is a passionate advocate for women and migrants, volunteering as an employment mentor for Professional Migrant Women (PMW), sharing her experiences to support and empower others in their professional journeys.

Benni started his career in 1977 as a lawyer, co-founding his law firm Aroni Colman, with his law partner Adrian Colman. The firm grew steadily over 20 years under his direction as Managing Partner, merging with three other firms until 1998 when the firm closed by agreement of partners after an external incident with one of their partners. Benni's focus was commercial law and litigation. In 1999 Benni and his family acquired a major site in Southbank with architect Nonda Katsalidis which became known as Eureka Tower, one of Australia's most iconic and tallest residential buildings. Benni was the Developer's Representative, managing the building of Eureka Tower until its completion in 2005. Since then, Benni's professional career has focussed on all parts of property development, including as a builder, property developer and advisor. Some of these roles have included co-founding Watersun Homes, being one of the developers of landmark residential tower, Australia 108, being Chair of Fender Katsalidis, Architects, chairing a specialist advisory committee for Quintessential Equity as well as being an investment advisor for Wingate property investments. More recently Benni was appointed a Director at Pitcher Partners advising on property development and finance matters, Chair of Hickory, one of Australia's biggest commercial builders as well as being Chair of the Advisory Board of AHB, one of Victoria's biggest home builders.