Energy and Renewables

Christine Crawshaw

Executive Director  - Commercial, Transaction and Advisory

Chief Growth Officer

Victoria

Christine is a leading organisational transformation specialist with over 15 years experience in major projects, transactions, and asset management. She takes a collaborative approach to engaging with all levels of the organisation to deliver transformation outcomes, leveraging her expertise in mergers and acquisition programs, implementing strategic initiatives, and establishing transformation ecosystems.

Christine is highly valued for her ability to lead and coach working teams and executives across diverse organisations, including ASX top 50 companies, the public sector, and not-for-profits.

Darren Curtis

Executive Director  - Commercial, Transaction and Advisory

Market Lead - Energy

Victoria

Darren is a seasoned leader with over 25 years of experience across various industries and large-scale projects. He combines his MBA, Project Management, and Engineering qualifications with extensive leadership experience in the development phase of significant generation and transmission projects.

David Jarred

Executive Director  - Commercial, Transaction and Advisory

New South Wales

David has over twenty five years experience in geotechnical consulting, engineering and design management for major road, rail and civil infrastructure projects.  This included the delivery of transport infrastructure in congested brown field environments (e.g. Epping to Thornleigh Third Track; Southern Sydney Freight Line; Sydney Metro etc.).

David has held senior leadership positions for both Tier 1 Contractors and Government Agencies in engineering and design management including Sydney Metro West, Director Project Engineering & Design and Lendlease Engineering, Head of Design Management.

Ekaterina Tchernova

Executive Director - Commercial, Transaction and Advisory

Victoria

Ekaterina has over 15 years’ experience on mega projects in a range of sectors, including transport, social infrastructure and renewable energy. She provides strategic transaction and commercial advice, key documentation development, project leadership, and management of competitive industry engagement to drive value-for-money outcomes for her clients.

Through roles on some of Australia’s most complex projects at state and federal level, Ekaterina developed a strong appreciation of interface complexities associated with brownfield and greenfield multi-model projects.

Lachlan Williams

Executive Director - Commercial, Transaction and Advisory

Regional Director (NSW) - Commercial, Transaction and Advisory

New South Wales

Lachlan leads IAG’s Commercial, Transaction and Advisory business in New South Wales, with a proven track record in developing and delivering infrastructure and construction projects across transport, energy, and social sectors, as well as commercial development. Lachlan is highly skilled in the development of procurement, delivery, and contracting strategies, the negotiation of complex deals, commercial advisory and strategy, and dispute resolution. Lachlan’s clients include Government agencies, statutory authorities, developers and contractors.

Letitia Sparrow

Executive Director - Commercial, Transaction and Advisory

Queensland

Letitia is dedicated to helping clients achieve outstanding outcomes for both community and industry, while fostering growth, learning, and continuous improvement. She collaborates with clients to design and implement strategic initiatives, corporate programs, and operational enhancements that benefit organisations and the communities they serve.

With extensive senior leadership experience in both government and corporate operational settings, Letitia brings a wealth of expertise in strategy and execution, stakeholder management, organisational design, and environmental planning.

Naomi Cavanagh

Executive Director  - Commercial, Transaction and Advisory

National Lead - Transformation

Queensland

Naomi is a stakeholder engagement and communications specialist with over 25 years’ experience in planning and delivering major infrastructure projects across transport, water, energy, resources and contaminated land remediation in Queensland, ACT, NSW and Victoria. She prepares high quality engagement strategies and manages programs that incorporate social benefits while managing risk. Naomi uses meaningful communications to support and inform decision-making. Her ability to work with multidisciplinary teams to translate complex technical concepts into practical and clear information has been integral to successful project delivery.

Ryan Cush

Executive Director  - Delivery and Engineering

Regional Director (NSW) - Delivery and Engineering

New South Wales

Ryan is a senior engineering professional with over 15 years of project management and engineering experience developing, procuring and delivering major infrastructure projects.

He has recent and relevant experience supporting government clients with constructability assessments, estimates and programs. He has supported major project tenders, assisting teams to develop compelling delivery strategies with pragmatic technical solutions. Ryan’s strength in this space is his ability to provide the ‘technical translation’ and communicate complex ideas clearly and succinctly.

Tom Pearce

Managing Director -  Commercial, Transaction and Advisory

Executive Director  - Commercial, Transaction and Advisory

Victoria

Tom is recognised as a highly skilled, trusted and approachable infrastructure advisor, having played instrumental roles in transaction and contract management, procurement and commercial advisory, strategic delivery, and project governance and strategy.

He brings diverse perspectives from across Australia to the multiple facets of planning, procuring and delivering major and complex infrastructure projects through his broad range of public and private sector experience with government agencies and multinationals.

Vani Naidoo

Executive Director  - Commercial, Transaction and Advisory

Queensland

A project management and transformation specialist with more than two decades in the industry, Vani has extensive experience in strategic advisory, policy and governance, government relations, change management, facilitation, circular infrastructure and media within government and in the private sector. She has worked on and managed projects from planning through delivery and maintenance  across infrastructure, social infrastructure, construction, manufacturing, and renewables.

Will Hayes

Executive Director - Commercial, Transaction and Advisory

Victoria

Will’s background in engineering is complemented by extensive experience in infrastructure strategy and commercial advisory, as well as the completion of an MBA. Will has more than 20 years experience performing a range of roles including engineer, infrastructure economist, management consultant, and commercial advisor.

This breadth of experience enables Will to anticipate and understand the drivers influencing the decisions of clients throughout all stages of the infrastructure lifecycle.

Will Taylor

Executive Director  -  Commercial, Transaction and Advisory

National Lead - Commercial and Disputes

Victoria

Will has over 20 years of local and international experience, delivering commercial solutions across the transport, resources, energy, renewables, oil and gas and water sectors. His background is spread evenly between professional services firms and corporates, working with both project owners and contractors in the public and private sectors.