Anna Neelagama is the new CEO of  Master Builders ACT.

She succeeds Michael Hopkins, who has moved to Master Builders Queensland.

“With rising business costs and the housing supply and affordability crisis in the ACT, now more than ever MBA ACT is determined to support members across all aspects of their business including advocacy, training, legal and workforce planning,” she said.

Ms Neelagama is the outgoing CEO of the the Real Estate Institute of Australia and spent her formative career in state and federal agribusiness advocacy roles.

She holds a bachelor of international relations from Griffith University and a graduate certificate in property development from the University of Technology Sydney. She lives in Canberra with her husband and two children and will start her new role in September.