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Brian Riggall - Managing Director
Brian joined Seymour Whyte as the Chief Executive Officer in 2003. Over the past seven years he has implemented the strategic direction of the Company and guided its rapid growth and development through his vision and drive. Brian has extended Seymour Whyte’s involvement and capabilities in joint venture arrangements and the various relational and collaborative forms of project delivery.
A qualified civil engineer, Brian gained valuable industry experience across a wide range of design and construction projects working in Baulderstone Hornibrook’s building and civil engineering businesses. Before joining Seymour Whyte, Brian held the senior management positions of Director of New South Wales / ACT Construction Division and then Director Special Projects for Baulderstone Hornibrook.
Brian is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers. He completed a Master of Business Administration (Executive) in 2008 and is a Board member of the Civil Contractors Federation of Queensland where he actively pursues his vision of creating a fair and sustainable industry benefiting all contractors and customers.
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Rob Leacock - General Counsel and Company Secretary
Rob joined Seymour Whyte in January 2010 as General Counsel and Company Secretary. Rob brings over 25 years of experience as a building and construction industry lawyer as well as commercial and governance expertise.
Rob has extensive industry experience in legal and commercial roles with large contractors, developers and industry organisations. From 1999 until 2003 Rob was an International Partner and world-wide co-Chairman of the Construction Group at international law firm, Baker & McKenzie.
He has degrees in Arts and Law and a Certificate in Corporate Governance.
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Craig Galvin - Chief Financial Officer
A key member of the Seymour Whyte team since 2004, Craig, as the Chief Financial Officer of the company, is responsible for all aspects of the Company's financial management.
Beginning his career with global accounting firm, KPMG, Craig now has 20 years experience in finance and accounting. For the past 10 years Craig has worked within the property and construction industry, including employment with Multiplex and the Heritage Pacific & Meridian Groups.
Craig is a Chartered Accountant, holds an honors degree in Commerce and completed a Master of Business Administration (Advanced) in 1999.
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Gerd Wimberger - General Manager
Gerd has been with Seymour Whyte since the company was formed in 1987. Beginning as a graduate (Bachelor of Engineering), Gerd developed into a successful Senior Project Manager, with promotions to Construction Manager in 2004, Operations Manager in 2008 and General Manager (Civil) in 2010.
As General Manager, Gerd is responsible for the physical and financial performance of all civil projects, coordinating project resources and leveraging the Company’s performance.
Gerd represents the Company on various leadership teams that are developed for overseeing the delivery of alliance and early contractor involvement (ECI) contracts, such as the Ipswich Motorway Upgrade (Dinmore to Goodna) and the Townsville Port Access Road.
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Steve Davies-Evans - Estimating Manager
Steve has been with Seymour Whyte since 1994. He joined the team as an Area Manager essentially responsible for the Company’s Northern Queensland projects.
Steve participated in the tendering, estimating and delivery of many projects before becoming the Seymour Whyte Estimating Manager in 2003.
Currently, Steve leads a team of 6 estimators who work on a wide range of tenders, from competitive tender contracts, design and construct contracts through to large scale alliance and early contractor involvement (ECI) contracts with values in the hundreds of millions. Steve completed his engineering qualifications in the United Kingdom and worked on a number of significant civil and military aviation and structural concrete projects before migrating to Australia in 1992.
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Todd Stubbings - Human Resources Manager
Todd is responsible for the successful delivery of all human resources management and training functions.
With 13 years experience in human resources, Todd has successfully developed and implemented strategically-aligned systems that contribute to the attraction, retention and development of high calibre employees, leadership development and employee engagement. Todd has been influential in the Company's recent success in industry recognition and awards for HR and training excellence.
Todd holds a Bachelor degree in Applied Science majoring in Psychology, completed a Graduate Certificate in Business Management in 1998, and is currently completing a Bachelor of Business (Management).
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