Plenary Group announces new appointments in Asia - Pacific team

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Plenary Group announces new appointments in Asia - Pacific team

Plenary Group has recently welcomed four new additions to its expanding Asia-Pacific division, whose team has now grown to over 100 staff with more than 180 employees world-wide managing 37 projects in Australia, New Zealand, USA and Canada.

Dimpal Chauhan has been appointed to the position of Tax Manager where she will provide dedicated in-house Australian tax advice. She joins the business from KPMG after 11 years in her previous role where she gained international and domestic tax experience, advising infrastructure clients and PPP funds. 

John Andrew has taken the position of Commercial and Legal Manager. John is based in Melbourne and takes responsibility of managing all commercial and contractual arrangements across Plenary’s growing project portfolio. 

Daniel Pilbrow has also commenced with Plenary following the acquisition of InStruct Corporation in April. He joined the team as Project Director on the Royal North Shore Hospital Project overseeing asset and contract management. 

Finally, Lee Burnell will officially join the Origination team in July after working with the Plenary team on the successful closing of stage 2 of the Gold Coast Light Rail since August 2015. 

Lee commences in Sydney as Commercial Director, leading the commercial component of the bid process. He is responsible for negotiating project documents, responding to tenders and developing bid documentation for all Plenary led consortiums.

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