Lendlease has appointed Nick O’Neil as group CEO and managing director, effective Sept. 10.
Tony Lombardo will step down as group CEO. Andrew Nieland, group CFO, and Penny Ransom, group chief investment officer, will serve as joint interim CEOs until O’Neil begins.
O’Neil is currently head of Australian real assets at AustralianSuper, where he oversees a portfolio spanning residential property, airports, toll roads, logistics, energy, telecommunications infrastructure and data centers. He also has held board roles with Indara, Vantage Data Centres Europe and Sydney Airport.
Prior to AustralianSuper, O’Neil spent 17 years with Macquarie Group across Australia, the United States and Latin America, including roles as CFO of NYSE-listed Macquarie Infrastructure Corp., head of Americas real estate, head of Brazil, and head of Mexico for Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets.
