Victoria to New South Wales Interconnector (VNI) West

Matt is a Civil Engineer with eighteen years experience in the development and delivery of major infrastructure projects in Australia and the United Kingdom. His experience includes design management, construction management, transaction management, contract management and property and interface management across the rail, road, building, power, water and justice sectors.

Matt has a technical background in civil engineering, including a focus on ground engineering and tunnelling projects. He has led multidisciplinary teams during the development and delivery phases of several major projects, and has operated as a senior leader within a Tier 1 engineering consultancy.

Matt’s recent experience includes leading the transaction management of recent major infrastructure projects in Sydney, including WestConnex O&M, WestConnex M4-M5 Link, WestConnex Rozelle Interchange and Warringah Freeway Upgrade. Matt has demonstrated his ability to be able to understand complex commercial and delivery issues, communicate at a high level across organisations and diverse groups of stakeholders, and lead project teams towards achieving challenging project milestones.

Outside of work, Matt enjoys soccer, running and surfing.

David is a trusted advisor with over 14 years of consulting and project management experience, specialising in major infrastructure and capital projects across the energy, transport, and social sectors. He brings a strong blend of technical expertise, commercial acumen, and strategic insight, enabling clients to align diverse stakeholders, optimise investment decisions, and deliver complex programs with clarity, certainty, and measurable value.

David’s experience spans the full project lifecycle, including business case development, feasibility and options analysis, delivery and procurement strategy, risk and change management, portfolio management, and project and program assurance. He is particularly skilled at translating complex technical and commercial environments into structured, data-driven frameworks that strengthen governance, enhance decision-making, and improve delivery outcomes.

Prior to joining ConnellGriffin, David held senior advisory roles on major infrastructure programs, including Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport, where he acted as Risk Manager and Change Control Manager. These roles required a high level of stakeholder engagement and a deep understanding of large-scale delivery environments. He has also contributed to the development of portfolio and project assurance frameworks across the transport, defence, social infrastructure, and utilities sectors.

David is a Chartered Engineer and holds degrees in Civil Engineering and Commerce, a Master’s degree in Risk Management, and an Executive MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management, including an international exchange at the Yale School of Management. His multidisciplinary background underpins a holistic approach to infrastructure strategy, capital program delivery, and executive decision-making.

Mark is a well-regarded Senior Advisor and an experienced Senior Project Manager. Mark has more than 14 years’ experience in the management of major infrastructure projects in Sydney. Mark has extensive experience in several different service streams and recent transaction management roles held with Transgrid and Transport for New South Wales on HumeLink, Sydney Metro’s Western Sydney Airport and M6 Stage 1 projects has further developed his strong level of commercial acumen.

Mark has extensive experience in several different service streams, including transaction, design, planning, delivery and overall management of the project lifecycle. Mark’s core focus is on the provision of frontend advisory services being transaction management, design management, project planning, scope definition, risk management and contingency planning.

Mark has experience as a contractor and consultant in both the public and private sector providing him with a skill set to effectively manage project objectives and deliverables to meet target outcomes with a strong regard for stakeholders and project constraints.

For the past two years, Mark has been engaged by Transgrid in the role of Transaction Manager on their new 360km 500kV transmission line project, HumeLink ($3.3b), playing a key role in the procurement of two D&C ITC contracts via a two-staged ECI procurement process.

Prior to joining ConnellGriffin in 2018, Mark was engaged as a Portfolio Manager on the Easing Sydney’s Congestion Program ($225m) for a period of three years leading the design and delivery of their program of works via the Stewardship Maintenance Contract.

Mark possesses a highly client focused approach with an emphasis on building strong internal and external relationships to support the delivery of a project. In addition, his experience in the field coupled with the office provides him with a diversified approach to managing and resolving complex project issues.

Outside of work, Mark’s priority is family, particularly his two young sons who keeps him busy – spare time is dedicated to health and fitness, enjoying the gym and outdoor activities. Mark is also a keen traveller.

Elaine is a commercial and financial advisor with 5 years' of experience in supporting both public and private sector clients at various stages of the infrastructure project lifecycle with a focus on the transport and social infrastructure sectors. Elaine has dedicated expertise in preparing business cases, transactions, financial and commercial advice for major infrastructure projects. 

Elaine has previously advised on large complex infrastructure rail projects (including Sydney Metro PPPs and TfNSW Digital Systems Program) and social infrastructure projects (including New Melton Hospital Project and Victorian Social Housing Growth Fund).

Tyrone is a seasoned infrastructure advisor with a wealth of expertise in strategy and transaction management, cost estimation, data analysis, project valuation, and dispute resolution. He has provided strategic guidance to clients across a diverse range of sectors, including road, rail, technology, and energy.

Holding dual Bachelor's degrees in Civil Engineering (Honours) and Commerce (Finance) from the University of New South Wales, Tyrone combines strong technical and commercial acumen, which has been key to his success in collaborating with cross-functional teams. Recently, he also completed a Data Science and Machine Learning program at the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society. Tyrone is enthusiastic about leveraging cutting-edge AI technology to create enhanced value for his clients in the future.

Kevin is a qualified civil engineer with over 5 years of experience in the design and project management of civil works both in the built environment and infrastructure space. Having previously held roles in design consultancies both large and small, he has been involved in a wide variety of projects spanning the residential, commercial, industrial, education, aged care and transport sectors at various stages of delivery.

Kevin brings a strong technical background coupled with a good understanding of key project drivers through his experience interacting and collaborating across a range of stakeholders including contractors, architects, and approval authorities. Through managing and delivering designs for projects of all shapes and sizes, he has developed a sound understanding of design and constructability principles as well as the interfaces between various technical disciplines.

Kevin strongly believes that collaboration is a key factor behind the successful delivery of any project, and this is reflected in his holistic approach to problem solving.