People
PAT MURPHY | Director
Pat is an experience and driven property professional with a proven track record of uniting stakeholders to successfully deliver projects across all stages of the project life cycle.
With broad experience representing developers, general contractors and subcontractors on iconic projects and across multiple sectors, Pat has a unique skill set and capability to deliver client focused solutions and lead teams to successful outcomes.
He has a passion for delivering complex projects centered around identifying key project drivers, meticulous planning and alternative thinking founded from large corporate rigour and processes but remains nimble, adapting swiftly to evolving project needs and ensuring decisions are made quickly and accurately without compromising quality.
His specific sector expertise includes residential (including luxury, boutique, social & affordable), urban regeneration, commercial, retail, health, defense, education and corrections.
BEN MILLARD | Director
With 20 years’ experience in the property and construction industry, Ben brings a diverse and unique skill set from creating new business models and strategic thinking, to expertise in conversion & project delivery through to delivering disruptive technologies.
With a demonstrated track record in multiple market sectors across Australia, Ben has the ability to build high performing teams with expertise in development, conversion & project delivery with a proven ability to provide client focused solutions. His approach to managing positive project outcomes is founded on careful and considered planning, early identification of risk and opportunities and the development of mitigation strategies and logical processes.
In Ben’s previous role, he was positioned between the integrated Lendlease model of Development, Investment Management and Construction, and was responsible for the conversion of some of the Australia’s largest projects, including leadership from project inception, through to conversion and into delivery.
ANDREW SMITH | Development Director
Andrew brings over 28 years of experience from all facets of development, project and asset management across many sectors in the industry with both private and public organizations.
These diverse roles have enabled him with a deep capability and acute appreciation for delivery surety whilst being driven by innovation and creating positive change. Andrew has an appetite for taking on unique project opportunities which is demonstrated by his engagement in industry “first” achievements.
Andrew was instrumental in the establishment of an internal capability in Modern Methods of Construction (such as engineered timber and prefabrication) at LendLease, which was an integrated service model to the development and building business units.
Andrew previously held the senior role of Development Director for the Peninsula Hot Springs Group where he was ultimately accountable for the planning and delivery of the group’s development masterplans across the portfolio and leading the delivery capability of wellness and accommodation-built form and associated supporting infrastructure.
MATT COOPER | Senior Manager
With more than 10 years of diverse consulting and industry experience spanning multiple sectors, Matt leads our Business Planning, Operational Enhancement and Continuous Improvement offerings for our clients.
He has delivered transformations and step-change improvements in companies of all sizes by diagnosing and triaging issues, engaging stakeholders, and ‘wiring in’ the systems and processes needed to make changes stick.
Matt is passionate about leveraging best practices from other industries to drive innovation and guide strategic thinking with his partners – from everyday operations to broad program management.
ANDREA VELASCO LOBATO | Project Manager
Andrea is a project manager with a technical background as a qualified Architect with over 8 years of experience in the design and execution of diverse projects. She has extensive experience in commercial design including offices and mixed-used developments and she has held leading and supporting roles throughout Concept, Design & Documentation, Pre-Construction and Construction stages.
Throughout her years of experience, she has proven her ability to deliver high quality designs tailored to client needs while adhering onto budgetary and timeline constraints and coordinating design efforts to reduce costs and prevent on-site issues. In her last role as Project Architect, her key responsibilities varied between leading client meetings, project coordination management with the consultants, contractors and project management teams.
Andrea has a special interest in façade design, sustainability and circular economy solutions, and she is passionate about using her design and construction knowledge to contribute directly into the decision-making process from the client side.
