Mark Langdon will lead renewable products and solutions for Calibre Group, Lisa McLean, CEO of the Open Cities Alliance, joins NSW Circular and industry stalwart Matt Whitby joins Sumner Capital.
Mark Langdon has joined professional services, construction and maintenance specialist Calibre Group to lead renewable products and solutions for the built environment. Langdon, an expert in geothermal energy a key area of expertise, has worked at Alinta Energy, QPS Geothermal and Hutchinson Builders. Langdon’s appointment comes after several key appointments for Calibre in April. After two years at Aurecon Julie Stanley joined Calibre as its executive general manager for professional services in Australia. Stanley has also worked for Jacobs and Sinclair Knight Merz. Mark Stumer is also an executive general manager, with a specialisation in health, safety, environment and quality.
Matt Whitby has joined Sumner Capital as a principal, bringing almost 25 years’ experience within global property, financial services and funds management groups. Whitby led Knight Frank Australia’s research and consulting for 12 years and spent five years sitting on the Property Council’s commercial committee. For the last two years he’s sourced commercial asset acquisitions and raised institutional capital for Elanor Investors Group. Established in 2008, Sumner Capital is a private real estate investment manager and adviser that currently manages $250 million of assets.
Amanda Sturgeon has joined employee-owned management, engineering and development consultancy Mott MacDonald as its new regenerative design lead for the Asia Pacific. Sturgeon spent nearly a decade with the International Living Future Institute, including more than four as chief executive officer. The Institute is responsible for the Living Buildings Challenge.
Chief executive officer of the Open Cities Alliance, Lisa McLean, has been appointed as part-time chief executive officer of NSW Circular. The network, run by the NSW Government, is working with business, research organisations, governments and peak associations to build a circular economy in the state. McLean established the Australian Solar Thermal Association and was also instrumental in getting next generation utilities provider Flow Systems off the ground.