Arup welcomes new Chair of Arup in Australasia
10 April 2018
Arup:
Arup welcomes Peter Chamley, former Group Leader for Arup’s
Infrastructure practice, as the new Chair for Arup in Australasia as on
1 April 2018.
Peter has over 35 years’ experience in leading delivering major projects
across the UK, Europe, Australasia, East Asia and the USA. Peter’s
recent major projects include
Crossrail in London, HS2 in the UK, and
Second Avenue Subway in New York.
With a background in major infrastructure and city shaping projects,
Peter joins our region – which includes Australia, New Zealand,
Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia – at an opportune time. All
governments in our region have made significant commitments to new,
transformative transport infrastructure and Peter’s extensive
international knowledge will enable Arup to continue to play a key role
in these major projects.
“The prospect of leading the Australasia region, which has a strong
reputation across Arup Group as being progressive and innovative, is an
exciting one, particularly with so much current activity in the public
and private sector. Arup is well placed to take advantage of the
opportunity to influence not just the built environment, but also how
people experience their cities, while helping these cities to be more
vibrant, safe, smart and resilient. I want to thank Peter Bailey for his
seven years at the helm of the region. I am coming into a healthy and
thriving business with so many opportunities to do more, to do it
differently, and to always aim to do it better. ”
Peter will be based in
Melbourne, and will spend the first few months of his role
travelling around the region. Peter Chamley takes over as Chair from
Peter Bailey, who has moved into the role of Group Director of
Sustainable Development, and will help to align Arup’s business with the
UN Sustainable Development Goals.
“ The change in the industry and the bravery of our clients over my
tenure as Chair has meant Arup has truly been able to embrace our tag
line of shaping a better world. I am very proud of what we have achieved
not just in the extraordinary projects we have delivered and the growth
and diversification of our business, but in the diverse and
purpose-driven culture that has evolved here at Arup that continues to
attract the best talent. ”
“ In my new role I will be bringing all of our experts together,
leveraging our long standing relationships and work with organisations
like The C40 Climate Leadership Group, the Rockefeller Foundation, and
the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. But also helping to tell more of our
Arup International Development and Community Engagement stories – the
important work we support with RedR, WaterAid, Habitat for Humanity, and
many others. It will be a great opportunity to collaborate more closely
with some of the world’s most influential and socially important NGOs
and organisations. ”
Arup has an enviable record of city shaping projects in the Australasia
region that will help to keep our cities moving and attractive for
investment – working on every new
light
rail project in Australia,
Sydney Metro,
Melbourne Metro,
Cross River Rail in
Brisbane, as well as spending 20 years working on the Pacific
Highway in NSW and almost as long working on the Singapore Metro. We are
working on major precinct developments such as Jurong Lake District in
Singapore and
Fisherman’s Bend in
Melbourne, to improve quality of life
and access to opportunities. Our projects, like the
Cultana Pumped Hydro
project in
South Australia, and the autonomous vehicles advisory and testing we
are conducting around Australia and
New Zealand will influence lives for decades to come.
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