The people building MODAL.

01. Executive team

Five disciplines. One platform.

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   Richard John Huxley

   Founder + Chief Executive Officer

   Richard Huxley has 30 years of experience working as a senior executive in architecture, design and the built environment, development and construction industries, specialising in all aspects of residential, commercial, retail and mixed-use development outcomes, with 25 of those years working as either CEO, Managing Director or Design Director. Richard is a leading expert in the field of residential design and development in Australia, and has always been a teacher, thought leader and advocate for the integration of design innovation, sustainability, quality, affordability and technology, particularly in the field of multi-level manufactured residential buildings.

   Richard started his career in undergraduate and post-graduate architectural school in Sydney, moving into architecture design and management roles before setting up his first architectural practice in his late twenties. Over his 30-year career he has undertaken many industry roles, in urban advisory committees and design panels, university lecturing and tutoring, business development, development and project management, advisory and development origination, joint venture structuring and contractual negotiations, urban design, masterplanning, architectural concept design and design development, design management and value engineering, interior design, and architectural and construction documentation, together with 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 product outcome, combining technology, architecture and engineering with a 360-degree view on development, design, manufacturing and construction systems, together with the business model for the delivery of innovative, sustainable and affordable multi-level manufactured residential buildings on a large scale.

   Richard's endless passion, curiosity, joy and drive to create original and future-thinking residential solutions, using new building materials, structures and renewables with on- and off-grid technology systems, is the vision behind MODAL and the company's guiding aim:

   "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 working as a senior executive in the property, hospitality and investment sectors, specialising in business development, property development, asset management, business management and project management, with 20 years in management roles and 8 years as a director. Philip is a Director of the Malaysian-based Low Yat Group and Chairman of the Australian Malaysian Business Council. He is an expert in the development of residential and commercial properties, as well as in the management of hospitality, retail and commercial assets across Australia and Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Indonesia).

   Philip started his career as a lawyer in banking and finance and moved into investment sales and management, including sourcing, analysing and developing foreign direct investment opportunities in developing Southeast Asia, as well as undertaking sales and marketing for investment firms in Singapore and Malaysia.

   Philip was posted to Sydney in 1999 to oversee the transition of management of the historic Grace Hotel Sydney from the Intercontinental Hotel Group to the Federal Hotel International, and to manage the sales, marketing and pre-construction of the 78-unit Marina One residential development in Rushcutters Bay, as well as oversee the practical completion and pre-opening of the 245-room 4-star Rushcutters Harbourside Hotel development. Both projects were developed by Malaysian public-listed company Asia Pacific Land. Philip went on to lead and conclude the negotiations for the sale of the Rushcutters Harbourside Hotel by Asia Pacific Land to the Toga Group in 2003.

   In 2006 Philip led and concluded the negotiations for the sale of Asia Pacific Land's commercial, retail and hospitality assets in Malaysia to the Macquarie Group Property Advisors, and managed the settlement handover process in a smooth and non-disruptive manner to the respective assets' business operations. In 2018, Philip returned to Sydney to take on the role of asset manager of the Australian property assets for the Low Yat Group, one of Malaysia's largest privately-owned property development and investment groups. The portfolio under management included commercial, hospitality, retail and residential properties, and the role also included managing the development of boutique residential apartments in Rose Bay as development director.

   Philip's three decades have been spent at the centre of capital decisions, structuring partnerships, sourcing investors, and unlocking value in income-generating real estate assets for owners and institutional capital across Australia and Southeast Asia. Through his role as Director of Low Yat Group and Chairman of the Australian Malaysian Business Council, Philip maintains active capital relationships across both markets, with direct access to family-office, corporate and institutional capital partners. Over the years he has built deep working relationships across the property and construction industry, and can assemble the right team, and the right capital, for any development or investment project.

   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 three decades of cross-border capital experience to bear on MODAL's capital raises, deal structuring, and long-term investor relationships across Australia, Malaysia and the broader Asia-Pacific.

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   Joshua Liao

   Origination + Acquisition

   Joshua 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 started his career completing a degree in Medical Science at the University of New South Wales before undertaking his Real Estate Licence and working with leading Sydney residential, retail and commercial developers including Meriton, Crown, Longton, Fraser, Payce, Aoyuan and Greenland. In this period Joshua developed his core skills in Project Origination & Off-Market Site Acquisition, Development Feasibility & Financial Modelling, Capital Structuring & Cross-Border Funding, DA / CDC Process & Council Liaison, Residential & Commercial Sales, Institutional & HNW Client Relationships, Deal Structuring & Long-Cycle Negotiation, and Taiwan / Greater China / APAC Coverage.

   Joshua has additional expertise in AI-assisted financial modelling, feasibility analysis, and scenario testing, accelerating turnaround on site-level numbers and capital structures; LLM-powered market research, data analysis, and investment reporting, synthesising planning, demographic, and transaction data into decision-ready insights; AI-driven marketing content and collateral development for campaigns, investor materials, and buyer-facing assets; coding and workflow automation (Python, scripting, API integrations) for data pipelines, backtesting, and operational tooling; and AI-augmented document drafting, proposals, information memoranda, due diligence reports, and contract review.

   Joshua is a Mandarin-speaking professional with hands-on experience covering the Taiwan market and broader APAC region. Based in Sydney with frequent business travel between Australia and Taiwan, he has a strong ability to bridge cross-border communication styles, institutional expectations, and commercial decision-making across APAC markets. He is an active participant in cryptocurrency markets with interest in institutional adoption, exchange infrastructure, liquidity dynamics, and cross-border digital asset flows. His entrepreneurial background brings hands-on exposure to capital allocation, risk management, and market-driven decision-making.

   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.

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   Christopher Soon

   Advisory + Special Counsel

   Christopher Soon has 15 years' experience as a lawyer working in Malaysia and Australia. Chris is a Partner in Dentons' Sydney office. He has assisted many banks, financial institutions and insolvency practitioners on a diverse range of security enforcement, insolvency and restructuring issues. Chris has more than 10 years' experience acting for banks and financial institutions, and their appointed receivers, in relation to debt and security structuring and enforcement across a wide range of industry sectors. He also regularly works with insolvency practitioners on all forms of corporate insolvency administrations (including voluntary administrations and liquidations), focusing on small to medium enterprises. Chris has acted as lead senior associate advising ASX-listed companies, trustees, mezzanine lenders, note holders, shareholders and directors concerning issues of corporate and debt restructuring. His experience locally and abroad, including four years in a top-tier law firm in Malaysia, allows him to deliver practical, relevant and commercial advice to his clients.

   Chris obtained his Bachelor of Commerce and Laws at Melbourne University, and was admitted to practice in Malaysia in 2004 and in Australia in 2008. He is a Member of the Law Society of New South Wales, a Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) Australia, and a member of the Australian Restructuring, Insolvency & Turnaround Association (ARITA). His experience in Australia and Malaysia is vast in the field of mergers and acquisitions, corporate structuring, restructuring, administrations, liquidations and commercial contracts, working with clients including Crestal Petroleum Limited, ILH Group Limited, Medivac Limited, Warath Engineering, IGA Supermarket, and major Australian banks (Commonwealth Bank of Australia, ANZ, Westpac Banking Corporation, St George Bank, and ICBC).

   Chris's legal advisory work has encompassed many areas including: advising private and ASX-listed companies, administrators and banks in Australia; negotiating and documenting asset disposals; liaising with regulators and advising on regulatory issues; advising on ASX listing rules and other regulatory requirements; restructuring and recovery of non-performing and defaulting loans; negotiating and documenting restructure agreements and deeds of company arrangement for the sale and recapitalisation of listed corporate shells; disposals of businesses and trade-on issues; applying for court orders extending the convening period for creditors' meetings; advising on claims against companies, creditors' meeting issues, the adjudication of creditors' claims, loans during the administration period, IP transfers, insolvent trading, and related-party transactions; and security enforcement actions and bank restructuring options.

   Chris is Legal Advisor and Special Counsel to the MODAL Corporation, providing capital, investors, lenders, and joint venture developments with his unique legal and commercial skill set.

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   Paris Huxley

   Marketing + Research

   Paris Huxley has 5 years of experience working in marketing, brand, customer experience and market research across the premium hospitality, lifestyle and consumer-brand sectors, specialising in multi-state campaign launches, customer-experience systems, and the audience research and digital platforms that connect consumer brands with their end markets. Paris is Senior Marketing Executive at W Hotels, working across the brand, content and guest-marketing programs of one of the most design-forward hospitality brands in the market, and a Content Producer with Juju & Co, where she concepts, directs and executes product shoots across the brand's upcoming and core ranges.

   Paris started her career while studying for a dual Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce at Macquarie University, an analytical grounding that underpins the research side of her work, and worked as a senior receptionist at The Albert Hotel, a boutique property in Mosman, Sydney, across front desk, client relations, banking and administration. She moved into THISBOWL FISHBOWL, the Australian healthy-food group, progressing from front-of-house Mixer to CX Coordinator and Marketing Assistant, and then to Marketing Coordinator. In this period Paris built her core skills in Market & Customer Research, Campaign Planning & New-Site Launch Execution, Digital Strategy & Local-Area Marketing, Brand Identity & Content Systems, Customer Experience & CRM (Zendesk), Events & Activation, Social, Paid & Influencer Programs, and Catchment & Competitive Analysis.

   Across nearly four years at THISBOWL FISHBOWL, Paris has coordinated more than 25 store opening activations and campaigns across New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, building the operational discipline of launching new sites at pace, sequencing pre-opening communications, researching each catchment to shape local-area marketing, and stitching the customer journey together from social-first awareness through to a finished in-store experience. Her work at W Hotels extends this experience into global lifestyle hospitality, while her content production for Juju & Co sharpens her capability across visual identity, brand storytelling, and the kind of high-craft content that residential, hospitality and lifestyle brands now compete on.

   Paris is Head of Marketing and Research at the MODAL Corporation. She leads MODAL's brand, marketing and research work, translating MODAL's manufactured residential platform into a clear market story for the audiences it serves: first-home buyers and young professionals seeking accelerated and affordable city living; downsizers and rightsizers trading older detached stock for higher-quality apartments; capital, joint-venture and landowner partners; and government, industry and media stakeholders. Her remit covers market and buyer research, demand and catchment analysis, the MODAL brand system, project launch campaigns, and the digital and content platforms behind them, bringing the multi-state activation discipline she built in lifestyle hospitality together with the research that tells MODAL where, for whom, and how to build.