The people building MODAL.

01. Executive team

Disciplines, integrated. One platform.

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   Richard Huxley

   Founder + Chief Executive Officer

   Richard Huxley has 30 years of experience as a senior executive across the architecture, design, development and construction industries, with 25 of those years as CEO, Managing Director or Design Director. He is a leading expert in residential design and development in Australia, and a long-standing advocate for the integration of design innovation, sustainability, quality, affordability and technology in multi-level manufactured residential buildings.

   Trained in architecture in Sydney, Richard founded his first practice in his late twenties. His career spans urban advisory committees and design panels, university lecturing, development origination and project management, joint venture structuring, masterplanning, design management and construction management.

   Richard is the Founder and CEO of the MODAL Corporation. Since 2020 he has dedicated his life to creating the world's first vertically integrated residential housing outcome, combining technology, architecture and engineering with a 360-degree view of development, design, manufacturing and construction, together with the business model to deliver innovative, sustainable and affordable multi-level manufactured housing at scale.

   "To combine the entirety of our skills, experiences and imagination to house the entire world."

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   Philip Low

   Governance + Capital

   Philip Low has 30 years of experience as a senior executive across the property, hospitality and investment sectors in Australia and Southeast Asia. He is a Director of the Malaysian-based Low Yat Group, one of Malaysia's largest privately-owned property development and investment groups, and Chairman of the Australian Malaysian Business Council.

   Philip began his career as a banking and finance lawyer before three decades at the centre of capital decisions: managing the transition of the historic Grace Hotel Sydney, delivering the Marina One and Rushcutters Harbourside Hotel developments, concluding the sale of Asia Pacific Land's Malaysian portfolio to Macquarie, and serving as asset manager and development director for the Low Yat Group's Australian holdings. He maintains direct access to family-office, corporate and institutional capital across both markets.

   Philip is Head of Governance and Capital at the MODAL Corporation. He leads MODAL's capital strategy, structuring investor and joint-venture partnerships, anchoring publicly-listed-company governance standards, and bringing cross-border capital experience to MODAL's raises and long-term investor relationships across Australia, Malaysia and the Asia-Pacific.

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   Joshua Liao

   Origination + Acquisition

   Joshua Liao has 15 years of experience in property development and project origination across site acquisition, feasibility, and residential and commercial sales. He is the Founder of Regolith Group, leading land acquisition and development across Sydney, backed by long-standing capital partnerships spanning Taiwan, Greater China, Hong Kong and Australia.

   Joshua built his career with leading Sydney developers including Meriton, Crown, Fraser, Payce, Aoyuan and Greenland, developing core strengths in off-market site acquisition, development feasibility and financial modelling, capital structuring and cross-border funding, and DA/CDC planning processes. A Mandarin-speaking professional bridging Australian and APAC markets, he pairs this with AI-assisted modelling, research and workflow automation that accelerates site-level analysis and investment reporting.

   Joshua is Head of Origination and Acquisition at the MODAL Corporation, focusing on private-sector joint-venture development opportunities and structures, using MODAL's unique business model to create exceptional value for commercial asset holders and residential property owners.