Winter Update at 3rd Space

Matt Kearney commenced as Chief Executive Officer of 3rd Space on 20 April, 2026. Born and raised in Ipswich, he began his career in South East Queensland before spending the past decade with St Vincent’s Health Australia, most of that time serving as Executive Director of Mission & Health Equity at St Vincent’s Public Hospital Sydney.

Matt has maintained a lifelong connection to homelessness services, beginning as a Rosie's volunteer in the early 1990s. He brings governance experience through board roles with homelessness organisations and holds a Master of Counselling, a Master of Business Administration and is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Matt is deeply committed to strengthening compassionate, dignified services and improving supported pathways to housing for people experiencing homelessness.