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Rob Aldis, Prinicpal & Managing Director of Evans & Peck, has over 40 years of experience in the procurement and delivery of major infrastructure. Rob worked with the Leighton Group of Companies for 24 years where he was involved in delivering a broad range of major infrastructure projects in Australia and Asia before moving into general management positions, running businesses on the Eastern Seaboard of Australia.
Joining Evans & Peck in 1994, Rob since gained considerable experience in advising clients on the procurement and delivery of their major infrastructure projects. Typical examples are the major motorways in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, as well as the roll out of the Cable TV network across Australia. Rob’s background and experience give him a detailed understanding of the very broad range of procurement strategies available to clients.
Peter has been a Principal of Evans & Peck since 1996 and was appointed a Director in 2001. Peter has been managing Evans & Peck’s Sydney office since 2000 and has overall management responsibility for Evans & Peck in Australia, New Zealand and Asia. Peter has over 39 years experience in the construction industry both in Australia and internationally. Combined with his experience at Evans & Peck, Peter has developed considerable skills and expertise including business analysis, project planning, commercial and contractual advice as well as the provision of expert evidence. Peter has a particular interest in risk management that complements his broad range of project delivery skills. Since joining Evans & Peck in 1995, Peter has been involved in a variety of consultancy projects including major building and infrastructure projects as well as multi-billion dollar defence projects.
As Principal of Evans & Peck since 2005 and an Evans & Peck Director since early 2007, Peter is responsible for the operations of Evans & Peck in Queensland, Western Australia and Victoria. He is also Group Practice leader for all alliance projects and Executive Team Sponsor of PPP projects.
Peter has a First Class Honours degree in Civil Engineering. His MBA thesis was on investment analysis for major projects while his doctoral studies were focussed on cost overrun and achieving value for money in major infrastructure projects.
Prior to joining Evans & Peck in 2005, Peter held senior executive positions with major engineering and building international contractors including that of General Manager responsible for Queensland, Northern Territory, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and South Pacific. As a Contractor and adviser to Owners, Peter has successfully procured, delivered and advised upon literally hundreds of building, mining and engineering projects throughout Australia and internationally with project values ranging from $1 million to many billions.
In recent years Peter has provided strategic advice to major contractors, central government agencies and line agencies bringing a deep understanding of infrastructure projects from all perspectives of the transaction. Typical clients include Victorian Department of Treasury & Finance (and through them the Infrastructure Working Group of COAG), Queensland Reconstruction Authority, Xstrata, Leighton Holdings, Brookfield Multiplex and Queensland Transport. Assignments have varied widely; developing the National Alliance Guidelines, developing national governance strategies to improve D&C outcomes, reviewing and advising suppliers on tender processes for complex projects (PPPs, alliances, D&C) advising suppliers on risk/return expectations for the various forms of infrastructure delivery and transaction management of specific tenders for both suppliers and tenderers.
Peter is a Principal of Evans & Peck. He is also a Director of the Alliancing Association of Australasia. He has a First Class Honours degree in Civil Engineering and a Computer Science degree. Peter is a qualified Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Chartered Engineer and an Alumnus of Australian Graduate School of Management. He has held Project Director, Project Manager, Construction Manager, Design Manager and numerous consulting roles on the delivery of major projects in Australia, U.K., Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. He has advised extensively on the improvement of business performance in the engineering, utilities and construction industries. Peter has led, facilitated, or participated in the development of the delivery strategy for and/or delivered well over $20 billion of capital works in water, rail, road, resources, building and land development projects over his career. Peter lectured for 6 years at the University of New South Wales in the Master of Construction Management course and has regularly contributed to industry conferences on project improvement topics such as stakeholder management, risk management and analysis and Alliancing. Setting up infrastructure projects and businesses for success is Peter’s professional passion. Peter is looking forward to making a significant contribution to entrenching effective collaboration into infrastructure delivery and to unlocking and delivering the next generation of infrastructure assets – intelligent transport, sustainable water delivery and sustainable energy.
David Clark is Principal, Director of Major Projects and a member of the Evans & Peck
Executive Lead Team, following six years as the managing Principal in Victoria. He has
35 years experience in the engineering and construction industry working for major
government and contracting organisations in Hong Kong and Australia, which included
ten years as a regional general manager for Thiess VIC/SA/TAS/NZ. He has extensive
experience in major projects from conception, business case development and procurement through to tendering, implementation and cost/time control. He has also been responsible for some of the major innovation in the construction and mining industry through a range of project delivery methods and has successfully implemented major government outsourcing programs in the rail, water and power industries. He is also a regular Gateway Reviewer for Victoria’s Department of Treasury and Finance. David has had direct involvement in both formulating and delivering many forms of infrastructure under various delivery models which include BOOT and PPP projects, managing contractor, alliances, early contractor involvement through to design and construction. His direct experience in delivery of major infrastructure includes tunnels, roads, bridges, dams, water and wastewater treatment facilities, pipelines, railway, prisons, hospitals, schools, sporting arena, mining infrastructure and process facilities.
Director, Corporate Management
Commencing with Evans & Peck in 2008, Wayne has held a variety of senior Finance roles, since qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1985, whilst employed by Deloitte. Prior to joining Evans & Peck, Wayne was CFO for Marsh Inc (Asia Pacific) and Worley Limited with both roles providing considerable exposure to the treasury, financial, tax and company secretarial requirements of professional services firms. During his time with Marsh, he also managed several successful acquisitions. Other former employers include, Bankers Trust Australia and Spicer & Oppenheim (UK).
After graduating with a Bachelor of Building from the University of New South Wales,
Allan spent four years working in site and office management roles in the design and
construction of shopping centres, factories and home units. This was followed by three
years working in film and video, producing television commercials and documentaries
for television. Following the completion of a Masters of Business Administration at the
Australian Graduate School of Management Allan worked in business planning, marketing and project development in a range of industries from tourism to marine industries to industrial development. This period was followed by 16 years working in Business Planning, Business Development and tender management for major construction companies in the fields of building, civil engineering, rail, marine, water and wastewater and industrial. Since joining Evans & Peck, Allan has managed the business planning and strategy development of the company, managed the development of its IT system (until June 2008) in addition to marketing, quality assurance and human resources.
With 25 years industry experience, Jason’s strengths lie in the areas of business growth
and profitability, relationship contracting, performance management and strategic development. Throughout his career, he has held senior management positions with leading international construction companies and has been responsible for key achievements including building a highly profitable business from a zero base to more than $100M per annum in four years, national responsibility for market entry into alliance contracting (resulting in the award of projects worth more than $300M in three years), securing Queensland’s first fully approved PPP for the provision of transport infrastructure, achieving business diversification into the water and wastewater sector (resulting in more than $250M in work in a 3 year period), achieving preferential status and negotiating repeat business with key clients worth $250M over 5 years, and introducing the concept of High Performance Team Development and Breakthrough Thinking Processes, resulting in doubling industry benchmark performance and driving extraordinary profitability.
Michael Byrne is a Principal and the Victorian Manager. He has over 30 years diverse experience in civil engineering and project management in the public and private sectors in Australia and internationally.
Michael has extensive experience in development and delivery of complex infrastructure projects in a wide variety of industry sectors including transport, water, government, civic and commercial. Recently specialising in the transport sector, Michael has provided high level strategic advice for freight and urban railway and road projects in Australia, China, Saudi Arabia, Cambodia and the Philippines. He also has significant experience in drafting and implementing policy and procedure together with extensive budget and financial management expertise.
Michael’s detailed understanding of construction, operation and maintenance of infrastructure systems enables him to be able to facilitate alternative project procurement methodologies, providing the best outcome to the client.
Prior to joining Evans & Peck, Michael held senior management positions at Hyder Consulting and Baulderstone Hornibrook. Michael holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) and is a fellow of the Institute of Engineers Australia.
David has extensive experience in the successful growth and management of businesses, both within Australia and Internationally. He has spent over 30 years in the engineering sector, covering areas including overall business management, strategic planning, technology commercialisation, project management, construction, research, and design. Before joining Evans & Peck, David was a Director of WorleyParsons for more than 10 years, playing a key role within the company during its public listing, as well as being a supporter of major new growth initiatives within the company for over 20 years.
David’s strengths lie in a blend of clear strategic thinking, a strong understanding of the major drivers and new emerging technologies within the engineering sector, and the ability to work with and motivate others. These skills have been applied over the last three years working with a major international engineering company in identifying and capturing business opportunities created by the global trend to enhanced sustainability.
David has a PhD from the University of Cambridge, and a First Class Honours Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Western Australia. He is actively involved in the broader engineering profession, and is currently Chair of the WA Centre for Engineering Leadership and Management, and a WA Division Committee member of Engineers Australia.
Belinda joined Evans & Peck in the role of HR Manager in August, 2011. She brings to Evans & Peck a wealth of HR experience from engineering, financial services and strategy consulting firms that she draws on to ensure we implement best practice people policies that support our business strategy. She holds a Bachelor of Business from Newcastle University and Masters of Labour Law from the University of Sydney. She is a chartered member of the Australian Human Resources Institute.
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