Western Sydney Airport Metro, NSW

Martin has 24 years’ commercial management experience in the construction industry both in the private and public sector. Martin’s recent experience has included leading procurement and commercial management teams on billion dollar light rail, rail, airport and infrastructure projects where he has created strong commercial teams to deliver the desired project outcomes.

Martin’s key strengths are his commercial acumen and rigorous analytical skills coupled with his client driven focus. These skills assist him to provide the highest quality of service across all working commitments on the client or contracting side whilst aligning team member activities towards project goals and outcomes.

Martin likes all things sport and in the weekend you will usually find him coaching his son’s local soccer team, or otherwise running the kids to their extracurricular sporting or dance activities.

Richard has over 28 years' of experience in providing strategic consulting, commercial, procurement and technical management services for transport, power and other infrastructure projects globally. Richard has extensive experience in the project definition, feasibility, investment decision, concept design, funding approval, delivery readiness and transaction phases of high value, high risk infrastructure projects. He has provided advice and consultancy services on projects for metro systems, light rail systems, heavy rail infrastructure, rolling stock, operational systems and infrastructure in the power and energy sectors.

Duncan is a qualified engineer with over 20 years of commercial, transaction, risk, and project management experience in the construction industry, both locally and internationally. He has worked for both contractors and clients directly and as an advisor, and has a reputation for tenacity and achieving excellent assignment outcomes.

His career spans the rail, road, building and water treatment sectors, and he has a track record for successfully delivering projects from development to completion.

Prior to ConnellGriffin Duncan was a Principal with Advisian (formerly Evans & Peck) where he was a key leader on various significant engagements including the transaction for a D&C contractor to design and construct NorthConnex, WestConnex M8, and went on to lead the transactions for D&C contractors to deliver M4-M5 Link and Rozelle Interchange with ConnellGriffin.

Prior to these engagements he led the delivery of the White Bay Cruise Terminal program of work (including new terminal building, road and marine infrastructure upgrades and specialist gangways), and worked in the Middle East delivering significant infrastructure for the state-owned developer Nakheel at Palm Jebal Ali.

Lauren is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor with extensive experience working as a Commercial and Transaction Advisor on large-scale infrastructure projects in London and Sydney. Lauren has multi-disciplinary experience across the project life-cycle ranging from road upgrades, precinct developments, rail projects, station & over station developments to ferry wharves. During her career Lauren has had substantial involvement in the planning, delivery and management of pre-contract transaction activities to post contract commercial and risk management, contract administration, commercial claim support as well as commercial and contractual advice and reporting.

Lauren has led transaction and commercial teams working for both private and public sector clients in Sydney including Lendlease, Transport for NSW and Sydney Metro and prides herself in working collaboratively with her clients, while striving to achieve best for project outcomes.

Lauren gained Membership to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in May 2012 and completed a Masters in Construction Law at the University of Melbourne in December 2017.

Australia has been Lauren’s home since January 2014, but every now and then her true South African heritage comes out when she can be heard cheering for the Springboks.

Andrew is a qualified Civil Engineer with over 8 years’ experience in the engineering and construction industries working on major infrastructure projects for both private and government clients. His main focus is on the provision of transaction and commercial advisory services as well as risk management, whole-of-life cost assessment, quantitative risk analysis and economic appraisals.

Most recently, Andrew was involved in the procurement and transaction management of major tunnel, motorway, tolling system, water and social infrastructure projects. His key responsibilities included developing procurement strategies, formulating technical and contractual documentation for tender, facilitating the tender and evaluation process and providing commercial advice during the final negotiation and contract award process.

Andrew’s double degree in Commerce and Civil Engineering (with first class honours) from the University of Sydney provides him with the ability to be both technically minded and financially astute.

Outside of work, Andrew is a keen (but not always triumphant) fisherman, and loves heading off on road trips to explore and fish in Australia’s many estuaries and waterways.

Mark is a well-regarded Senior Advisor and an experienced Senior Project Manager. Mark has more than 14 years’ experience in the management of major infrastructure projects in Sydney. Mark has extensive experience in several different service streams and recent transaction management roles held with Transgrid and Transport for New South Wales on HumeLink, Sydney Metro’s Western Sydney Airport and M6 Stage 1 projects has further developed his strong level of commercial acumen.

Mark has extensive experience in several different service streams, including transaction, design, planning, delivery and overall management of the project lifecycle. Mark’s core focus is on the provision of frontend advisory services being transaction management, design management, project planning, scope definition, risk management and contingency planning.

Mark has experience as a contractor and consultant in both the public and private sector providing him with a skill set to effectively manage project objectives and deliverables to meet target outcomes with a strong regard for stakeholders and project constraints.

For the past two years, Mark has been engaged by Transgrid in the role of Transaction Manager on their new 360km 500kV transmission line project, HumeLink ($3.3b), playing a key role in the procurement of two D&C ITC contracts via a two-staged ECI procurement process.

Prior to joining ConnellGriffin in 2018, Mark was engaged as a Portfolio Manager on the Easing Sydney’s Congestion Program ($225m) for a period of three years leading the design and delivery of their program of works via the Stewardship Maintenance Contract.

Mark possesses a highly client focused approach with an emphasis on building strong internal and external relationships to support the delivery of a project. In addition, his experience in the field coupled with the office provides him with a diversified approach to managing and resolving complex project issues.

Outside of work, Mark’s priority is family, particularly his two young sons who keeps him busy – spare time is dedicated to health and fitness, enjoying the gym and outdoor activities. Mark is also a keen traveller.

Samuel is a Civil Engineer with master’s degrees in both Engineering and Business Administration. His experience includes the provision of transaction management, commercial and financial advisory and business case development services. He has worked in the transport and renewable energy sectors across Australia, Africa and North America.

Samuel has undertaken advisory engagements for government agencies and private sector clients, which includes transaction, commercial, business analyst and business case development roles. His transaction and commercial advisory experience provides him the ability to lead and contribute towards the planning, procurement and contract award phase of projects.

Samuel is an adventurer at heart and has travelled extensively. He is an avid sportsman both as participant and follower (especially of his home rugby team the Springboks). He loves spending time with his family and is a keen barista, still trying to perfect the perfect cup of coffee!

Isla is a highly motivated infrastructure professional with experience across a diverse range of high-profile transport and urban development projects, both for the private and public sector in both Australia and the UK. 

She has particular specialist experience in the transport sector (road, rail and ports) with key experience in Government procurement and transaction including: developing the delivery strategy and procurement strategy; market sounding; tender and contract documentation development; management of tender period processes; management of tender evaluation periods and taking procurements through contract award to execution.

Kunal graduated with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Honours) and a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) from UNSW. Kunal has worked on a number of prominent land development and infrastructure projects with an engineering consultancy including Barangaroo Stage 1B – One Sydney Harbour Public Domain and M6 Stage 1 – Community Recreational Facilities. He has worked across the project lifecycle, from feasibility or due diligence assessments through to design development and construction. His industry experience to date has included project and design management, stakeholder engagement and construction superintendency.

Kunal is a strong problem solver with demonstrated interpersonal and teamwork skills. His dual degree and design consulting experience equips him with a robust commercial acumen and an appreciation for the technical challenges faced within a project.

Outside of work, Kunal is either spending time with friends, watching sport or trying out new places to eat.