Anne Beach has been acting Macquarie Point CEO since Mary Massina quit last year

The woman thrown in the deep end as Macquarie Point acting CEO has been permanently appointed to the role. Find out more about her career.

Premier Jeremy Rockliff, Anne Beach Acting CEO Macquarie Point Development Corporation, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Hobart in relation to funding for a stadium at Macquarie Point. Picture: Nikki Davis-JonesPrime Minister Anthony Albanese in Hobart in relation to funding for a stadium at Macquarie Point. Picture: Nikki Davis-Jones

Acting Macquarie Point Development Corporation CEO Anne Beach has been permanently appointed to the role.

Ms Beach had been acting CEO since the resignation of former CEO Mary Massina last July.

Premier Jeremy Rockliff, said he had appointed Ms Beach following the strong recommendation of the independent Macquarie Point board.

“Ms Beach has been a significant asset to the corporation since taking on the acting CEO role in July last year,” Mr Rockliff said.

“In that time, Anne has established a strong team culture at the organisation and has built important connections with key stakeholders, the board and government.

“With plans for the urban renewal of Mac Point and multipurpose stadium progressing, Ms Beach has made significant inroads on site remediation and played a key role in the development of the Precinct Plan.”

Mr Rockliff said Ms Beach had been working behind the scenes to implement governance arrangements and administrative processes to meet a range of Australian Government funding obligations, as well as coordinating stakeholder engagement.

“This appointment also ensures continuity for the organisation as it moves through two crucial stages for the site’s future, finalising the Precinct Plan and concurrent community consultations and the commencement of the Project of State Significance process for the new stadium,” he said.

Ms Beach has had extensive experience in public administration including work on the Hobart City Deal, the Greater Hobart Act 2019 and the development of the Greater Hobart Vision and MetroPlan.

Macquarie Point and surrounds. This will be the site of the AFL stadium in Hobart. Picture: Nikki Davis-Jones

The direction of development at Macquarie Point has shifted radically with the government’s announcement in March 2022 that a new stadium would be built at the site to host Tasmania’s AFL team.

Ms Massina, who departed a few months after the stadium announcement, said the change of plan had destroyed any chance of private investment at the site.

The government’s decision to pursue a stadium at the site has derailed the plans of at least one private developer.

Following a lengthy expressions of interest process in a parcel of land at Macquarie Point called The Escarpment, Melbourne company Milieu won the right to develop the site into apartments, shops and hospitality venues.

However the state government has been forced to pay Milieu $1.6m to cancel their plans to make way for the stadium.

A new draft precinct plan for Macquarie Point released earlier this month includes, in addition to a stadium, an Aboriginal Culturally Informed Zone as the “front face of the site”.