Our People
At Modalus, we take pride in our exceptional team of dedicated professionals who bring a wealth of experience and expertise to the table. Get to know the driving force behind our success.
At Modalus, we take pride in our exceptional team of dedicated professionals who bring a wealth of experience and expertise to the table. Get to know the driving force behind our success.
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Nathan Cairney is a dedicated and motivated project management professional with a wealth of experience in strategic advisory and project delivery roles. With a proven track record in managing significant projects across various sectors, Nathan possesses a versatile skill set that covers the entire project life cycle.
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Nathan is known for his strong project leadership and his proven ability to form and lead high-performing teams, particularly on large-scale, highly complex projects and programs. His unique talent lies in his capacity to absorb, retain, and synthesise intricate project details while tailoring his communication to suit his audience’s level of detail and understanding.
Kieran Mooney is a seasoned project management professional with nearly two decades of specialised experience in the infrastructure sector. His commitment to excellence and unwavering dedication to his clients have earned him a reputation as an industry leader.
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Kieran’s ability to apply practical, technical, and commercial acumen enables him to provide comprehensive expertise to his clients. Whether he’s serving in an advisory, program management, or delivery capacity, Kieran seamlessly integrates into client teams, becoming an integral part of their operations. His relentless pursuit of optimal outcomes and commitment to excellence set him apart.
Brad has 10 years’ experience advising clients across the development of complex multi-billion-dollar capital projects in the infrastructure sector, from front-end strategy, feasibility, planning, procurement and delivery, into operations.
Brad leads the Modalus Advisory service offering, having prior long-term advisory experience at both Deloitte and Advisian.
Brad works with clients to optimise the development of major projects, through advising on where and how to deploy capital, and providing commercial rigour to assess, procure and deliver projects aligned to strategic business. objectives. Brad has worked with both public and private sector clients across a diverse portfolio of major multi-billion-dollar capital projects, with a focus on the transport, freight and logistics and industrial property sectors. He has played a leading role in the development and delivery of major rail, intermodal freight terminals and industrial precincts across the East-Coast of Australia.
Brad’s expertise spans the complete project lifecycle:
Tom is an energetic, engaging and highly capable Associate Director and team leader with over 13 years’ experience in commercial, industrial, and residential construction, with a focus originally on building services and facilities management across each.
Tom’s background stems from working in a hands-on capacity, where he has successfully led teams to deliver large-scale projects in both Australia & the UK. As an Associate Director, Tom manages the full project lifecycle from the authority approvals and design phase, through tendering, contract execution, and superintendency of the contract through construction and onto handover.
Having developed and refined his project management skills through a mixture of hands-on construction, operations management and formal education, Tom thrives under pressure and adapts quickly to any challenge and environment. Complimentary of his technical skills, are Tom’s strengths in stakeholder management. Tom is renowned for building long-standing relationships with clients, key stakeholders, and contractors alike.
Tom’s broad range of experience offers a versatile skillset, including:
Marc is a diligent project management professional with over 15 years of experience in sectors such as roads, rail, ports, and environmental rehabilitation. Marc has a great understanding of the stakeholder complexities and nuances working in a client-side role whilst also having significant construction direct experience to enable effective construction delivery management.
With experience in all stages of project delivery from authority approvals, design, procurement, construction and commissioning; Marc always keeps the broader project goals in mind. His greatest value add comes from his ability to view and solve problems with a practical, technical and commercial lens. Overall project success needs to be achieved by both the client and contractor.
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Selwyn Rees is a chartered engineer and seasoned project manager with a wealth of expertise in the infrastructure and construction industry. Selwyn offers a distinctive skill set, blending a successful consulting career with hands-on construction experience across Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia.
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Selwyn is highly regarded for his project leadership and demonstrated ability to build relationships with project stakeholders and teams.
Jason has a wealth of knowledge and experience in client-side project and development management extending most sectors with an impressive project portfolio encompassing industrial estates, sports stadiums, luxury residential developments, commercial builds, retail fit outs, and health projects.
He has delivered projects of all scales and showcased his exceptional skills through his contributions to multiple award-winning projects. Jason’s collaborative approach and results driven mentality is spoken to by clients, noting his impactful contributions are demonstrated from his understanding of key project requirements and his willingness to go the extra mile to deliver the desired outcomes. His skills are complimented by his technical expertise, having completed an Honours Degree in Civil Engineering and Finance.
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Jim is a results-driven leader and senior project manager with over a decade of experience in the development and delivery of complex infrastructure and engineering projects across global and highly regulated environments. Jim is a Chartered Engineer in both Civil Engineering, and Leadership & Management, with academic foundations in civil engineering and construction law – he brings a rare combination of technical expertise, legal insight, and commercial acumen to project delivery.
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Fei is a dedicated and accomplished project management professional with over five years of experience in project management and project delivery. He has a proven track record in managing complex, multi-level industrial warehouses and civil infrastructure projects, demonstrating expertise throughout the entire project lifecycle.
Fei’s proficiency includes effective stakeholder management and leading project teams toward innovative solutions. He is widely recognised for his ability to cultivate enduring relationships with key stakeholders and consultants and ensure the efficient and effective completion of projects.
Fei’s versatile skillset and capabilities span the entire project life cycle, encompassing:
Fei’s leadership shines in his knack for leading high-performing teams, especially on large, complex projects. He excels in absorbing, synthesizing, and communicating intricate project details to suit his audience. Fei’s expertise spans master planning, stakeholder engagement, design and construction management, procurement, scheduling, and contract administration. With Fei in charge, projects don’t just get managed; they thrive, driven toward exceptional outcomes.
Michelle has over 6 years’ experience in the construction industry working in various sectors including commercial, residential, rail and social infrastructure.
Commencing her career working as a structural engineer, Michelle is passionate about the built environment and the multidisciplinary aspect the industry offers. She harnesses both a creative and analytical mindset to solve problems. As a Project Manager, Michelle has been involved in the delivery of several successful education projects and has been exposed to various stages of the project life cycle, from masterplanning through to authority approvals, design, procurement of head contractor, contract execution, construction, commissioning, and handover.
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Michelle has a demonstrated track record of delivering precise and high-quality outputs, that contribute to successful project outcomes. Her proficiency extends to effective stakeholder management, and she is widely acknowledged for her ability to foster lasting relationships with clients, key stakeholders, and contractors alike.
Syne is detail orientated and highly committed project manager and quantity surveyor who has over 12 years’ experience in the construction industry. Syne’s experience spans the industrial, commercial, health and social infrastructure, and transportation sectors, having worked with consultancy firms in Australia, Singapore & Malaysia.
The combination of Syne’s project management and quantity surveying background provides Syne with a strong foundation of experience in procurement, construction contract administration and superintendence, and cost management, and when coupled with her exposure to process improvements and change management the result is Syne’s well rounded capability. Her experience in delivering projects within operational environments has strengthened her stakeholder and change management skill set also and enables Syne to always places the end user’s needs at the centre of mind when considering the solution to issues.
Syne’s broad range of experience offers a versatile skillset, including:
Nabiha is a seasoned and ambitious project management professional with robust infrastructure experience across a diverse range of projects. She is recognised for her ability to consistently deliver successful project outcomes and drive strategic initiatives. With a proven track record in managing significant transport and civil infrastructure projects, Nabiha effectively engages stakeholders to ensure positive project results. Her proficiency in project and program management coupled with strong engineering and commercial acumen has led to the successful delivery of complex infrastructure works safely, on time and within budget. Nabiha excels in leading multi-disciplinary teams and tailoring her communication to resonate with all levels of project organisations.
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Alex Sampson is a highly motivated project management professional with over nine years of experience in the construction industry in both consultancy and project delivery roles. Alex’s experience in contractor and consultant roles, working on complex tunnelling and infrastructure projects, provides him with invaluable insight into the construction process from different points of interest. This background provides him with a deep understanding of the engineering complexities and technical aspects of each project.
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Alex is well equipped to support and deliver across the full project lifecycle, particularly on highly complex, multi-use infrastructure projects. His professional and supportive approach allow him to form successful relationships with stakeholders, clients and consultants to ensure productive outcomes. His technical background provides him with the foundation to support the project team in solving and moving past obstacles.
Gimhan Perera is a motivated and detail-oriented project management professional with three years of experience supporting the delivery of complex industrial and commercial developments. With a background in both planning and construction delivery roles, he has contributed to several high-profile projects, gaining hands on experience across the project lifecycle from development applications through to construction and handover.
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Vedant Maheshwari is a dedicated project coordinator with a formal education in mechanical engineering and project management. He efficiently applies his training to daily tasks supporting our industrial projects to ensure the machinations of daily project life are accurately reflected and up to date. He is steadily growing his experience in the industrial sector supporting multiple projects through the frton end planning and procurement phase and eagerly spending time on site to watch the construction of the behemoth facilities that never sleep to support our productive economy.
Vedant’s core competencies as a project coordinator include:
Vedant’s dedication to quality and efficiency, combined with his technical and managerial skill set, makes him a valuable addition to our industrial project team. His proactive approach, keen attention to detail, and ability to adapt and communicate effectively ensures that each project achieves its objectives with his support.
Allie is a proactive project coordinator with expertise in program management, governance reporting, and stakeholder engagement. She has played a key role in delivering large-scale infrastructure projects, billion-dollar project for Telstra, InfraCo.
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Allie is recognised for her ability to manage high-profile infrastructure programmes with precision and efficiency. She is highly skilled in delivering strategic insights, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and aligned with client expectations. Her strong communication skills and attention to detail make her an invaluable asset to any project team.
Our new Project Manager joining our Sydney Industrial team is a highly skilled project management professional, who has extensive experience delivering exceptional project and program outcomes for a range of government clients including Defence, Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Australian Parliament House (APH). She combines practical skills in communication and stakeholder engagement, with project knowledge, to lead and deliver complex activities across all aspects of the project lifecycle and is experienced as a PM/CA (Project Management Contract Administrator), working embedded as a client-side Project Manager in clients teams and in a PMO (Program Management Office) environment.
Our new Senior Project Manager joining our Sydney Industrial team is a results driven project management professional with over 12 years of industry experience spanning across commercial, infrastructure and complex construction projects. He has a diverse set of capabilities and background from having performed roles as a superintendent’s representative / engineer to contract, consultant project manager, construction project engineer, quantity surveyor, and most recently has spent the last 4 years as consortium manager of a $750m Public Private Partnership for NZ Justice Department.
Radim has over 20 years’ experience in project and design management, Interface Management, Design co-ordination, construction surveillance and supervision in a wide range of transport and infrastructure projects. He has undertaken projects for a range of private clients and government agencies including TfNSW, RMS, Sydney Trains, SACL and Hutchison Ports.
Through his wide-ranging involvement on major infrastructure and building developments, Radim has gained a deep understanding and knowledge required to deliver large scale multidisciplinary projects.
Radim brings a wealth of qualifications and skills to the table, including:
Dan has over 15 years’ experience as a construction industry professional working in both Australia (12 years) and the Middle East (5 years).
He has extensive experience across industrial, resource, infrastructure and commercial developments, working for D+C Main Contractors and Client-side consultancy services.
Dan’s skills and capabilities span the whole project life cycle from business case through to funding, authorities, procurement, delivery and completion.
With a background in Electrical Engineering and Building Services, Dan also specializes in providing technical solutions, integration of specialist equipment, and methodologies for delivering and commissioning complex MEP and ITC infrastructure.
Dan has also formed and managed a variety of ECI and D+C contract types for complex projects and is an experienced Project Director and Superintendent. He brings a wealth of complex technical and contractual experience, adding value across the lifecycle of your project:
Christopher Gardner ChPP is chartered project manager with a diverse background having worked in five continents (Europe, central Aisia, central Africa, South America, Australia), across different sectors in both infrastructure and buildings. He brings a wealth of experience in leadership, management and delivery expertise, providing a unique service offering to clients. With a proven track record in managing mega projects and forming successful teams, Chris has a history of success across the whole project life cycle.
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Chris’ charismatic and professional approach draw together the different specialities needed for a project into one, high-functioning team, ensuing successful project delivery. He is also adept at supporting clients in the strategic management and direction of projects. Chris can successfully work and communicate across the full breadth of the project team and lifecycle.
