Hamish Tyrwhitt

Director at Macmahon

Mr. Tyrwhitt joined the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director in October 2019.

Mr. Tyrwhitt has three decades of senior leadership experience in the global engineering and construction sectors. Mr Tyrwhitt was the Group CEO of Dubai Financial Market (DFM)-listed construction firm Arabtec Holdings from 2016 to 2019. In addition to his position as CEO of Arabtec Holding, he also held the position of Group CEO of Nasdaq Dubai-listed, interior solutions firm Depa Group, from 2016 to 2019.

Mr. Tyrwhitt has served on the board as an Executive Director of Depa Limited; as a Non-Executive Director of Design Studio Group Limited, a Singapore based subsidiary of Depa Group listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange; and as a Non-Executive Director of Jordan Wood Industries PSC, a listed Jordanian company which manufactures office and household furniture.

Previous to his roles at Depa Group and Arabtec Holdings, he held the position of CEO at Asia Resource Minerals Plc, an Indonesian coal mining company listed in London.

Previous to this, Mr. Tyrwhitt worked for more than 25 years with Leighton Group, now CIMIC, where he served as Group CEO from 2011 to 2014. From 2007 to 2011, Mr. Tyrwhitt oversaw Leighton's Asian operations as the Managing Director for Leighton Asia, from the Leighton's Asian headquarters in Hong Kong.

Mr. Tyrwhitt is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, a fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia, a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Engineers and a member of the College of Civil Engineers, Australia.

Mr. Tyrwhitt is a member of the Audit & Risk Committee, Remuneration Committee, Nomination Committee and Tender Review Committee.

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