Jacob Bonisch

Jacob was appointed to the role of Head of Downer Defence in June 2021 following the consolidation of the Group’s Professional Services, Base and Estate Management, and Estate Development and Base Upgrade offerings.

Jacob joined Downer in 2003 and previously held roles as Executive General Manager of Spotless Defence, Executive General Manager Power and Gas and Executive General Manager New Zealand and Pacific.

He has 25 years’ experience in operational and senior management roles across the facilities management, defence, electricity and gas distribution sectors.

Jacob has significant experience in mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning, major contract re-bids, complex commercial negotiation and dispute resolution and has led several Zero Harm transformations.

Jacob holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Queensland and initially qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte.