Craig Laslett
Managing Director
“The keys to our success are the diversity of services Leighton Contractors offers, and, most importantly, our values-based approach which puts safety above all else.”
Craig’s priority is to ensure Leighton Contractors continues to develop its resources capabilities by building on strong relationships with new and existing clients.
As Managing Director of Leighton Contractors, Craig Laslett heads an organisation of over 10,000 employees delivering hundreds of diverse projects worth almost $10 billion of work-in-hand.
During his 27 years with Leighton Contractors, Craig has worked in civil and building construction, process and mining and in most geographical regions in which the company operates.
As a qualified and highly experienced civil engineer, Craig is skilled in managing complex projects and in working with clients to deliver results. He has been at the helm of numerous award winning initiatives and his directorship of projects such as the Spencer Street Station in Melbourne, the Inner City Bypass in Brisbane and negotiating multi-billion dollar mining contracts are testament to his talents.
Michael Metcalfe
Deputy Managing Director and Executive General Manager, Construction
“Leighton Contractors’ ability to specialise in both large, technically complex projects as well as smaller, niche ones makes us unique in the industry.”
Mike Metcalfe oversees a diversified and growing construction business across Australia and New Zealand delivering revenue in excess of $2.5 billion.
While maintaining leadership in traditional road infrastructure, Mike specialises in expanding into new growth markets with rail, water, energy and mine infrastructure just some of his success stories.
Mike has an Honours degree in Civil Engineering from the Queensland University of Technology and is a noted sportsman having become a world champion sailor at the age of 21 years and Australian lure fishing champion in 2006.
Peter Pollard
Chief Financial Officer
“Our strong financial capability gives us immense opportunities. We need to ensure we continue to deliver a solid and sustainable performance.”
Appointed to the Executive Management Team in 2005, Peter is charged with maximising the financial capability of our company.
Peter has held financial and administrative roles for over 23 years with large corporations in construction contracting, engineering, project management, commercial and residential property areas.
He has worked with the Leighton Group since 1994, including a posting in Asia where he was responsible for the financial performance of Hong Kong, China and the Philippines. In 2003 he returned to Sydney as Executive General Manager for Leighton Holdings Limited.
Phil Cooper
Executive General Manager, Industrial & Telecommunications Divisions
“My current focus is the continued pursuit of business growth within our Industrial and Telecommunications Divisions.”
Our capabilities in Industrial engineering allow our core mining and construction groups to offer our clients end-to-end services. As Executive General Manager of the Industrial & Telecommunications Divisions, Phil is the driving force behind bringing together our specialist skills and resources and our financial strength to better support our clients in the minerals and metals, power, renewable energy and manufacturing sectors.
He also oversees our Telecommunications Division, which includes the Visionstream, Nextgen, LSE and Metronode businesses.
Phil has over thirty years’ experience in the construction, resources and mining industries. Since joining us in 1981, he has held roles covering all levels of management from Project Engineer through to Executive General Manager.