Meet NHFIC's research team

HUGH HARTIGAN | Senior advisor

Hugh Hartigan has over 15 years of public policy experience working in government, including seven years at the Australian Treasury. Hugh’s experience traverses a range of public policy issues including Commonwealth budgets, tax analysis and housing-related policy issues. He has a Bachelor of Commerce, with honours in economics from Macquarie University.

DAVID CRAWFORD | Senior Advisor

David Crawford has spent more than 20 years working on economic and social policy issues in the Commonwealth public service, including in Treasury and the Department of Industry. David was a member of the 2016-17 Affordable Housing Working Group, which investigated options for attracting large-scale finance for affordable housing and complementary reforms to support an affordable housing bond aggregator. He has a Bachelor of Economics and Law from the Australian National University (ANU).

SHANE LEE | Lead researcher

Shane Lee is an economist and strategist with over 20 years of experience including in ANZ’s global markets business and as a tactical asset analyst in the bank’s wealth and superannuation business. He has held sell-side roles at Citi and CIMB. Prior to working in financial markets, Shane spent three years at the Reserve Bank of Australia focussing on the Australian housing and equity markets. He holds a Graduate Diploma and Masters Degree in Applied Economics, a Masters in the Built Environment, and a Bachelor of Engineering.

RYAN FARROW | Senior researcher

Ryan Farrow has broad industry experience in both commercial and residential property with more than eight years at the Property Council of Australia. He worked on the Property Council’s flagship reports including the Office Market Report and supported wider national and state advocacy functions in housing, tax policy, foreign investment and retirement living.

MARY LIN | Researcher (Seconded from Reserve Bank of Australia)

Mary Lin is on secondment from the Reserve Bank of Australia, where she worked as a fixed income analyst and in the portfolio risk and compliance team. Mary has previously worked in financial markets at UBS, proprietary trading and asset management firms, and in analytics at Citibank. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Liberal Studies) from the University of Sydney with majors in finance and business analytics.