Executive Team

Greg Lowe

Group Chief Executive - Beca Group Ltd.

Greg has overall accountability for the business operations of the Beca Group, leading delivery of the company’s global strategic objectives. With a distinguished track record in project delivery and business growth, he brings extensive experience in the consulting sector to this role.

Greg was previously Managing Director of Beca Australia’s operations for six years, leading and building Beca’s Australian service offering. As Regional Manager for Wellington 2004–2006 he was focused on the government and commercial sectors, with a particular involvement in rail, defence and airports.

Richard Aitken

Group Chairman - Beca Group Ltd.

Richard was previously Beca Group CEO, a position he held for over fourteen years. Widely recognised as a leader in the engineering sector, he joined Beca over 40 years ago and has played a key role in the company’s growth and success.

He has been a director of Beca for more than 30 years and became Chairman of Beca Group Ltd in 2009. In his capacity as chairman Richard has responsibility for the development of the company’s long-term strategic goals and oversees the Group’s financial performance.

Chye Heng

Chief Finance Officer/Head of Legal - Beca Group Ltd.

Chye leads Beca’s finance and legal teams globally, providing direction on the group’s insurance, employee shareholding, pension plans, governance and corporate structure. In his 27 year tenure with Beca, Chye’s strategic and forward thinking has been instrumental in navigating Beca’s significant growth.

Chye is a strong advocate of the accounting profession, including as a member of the University of Auckland Business School Advisory Board and councillor and past-president of the New Zealand Council of CPA Australia. He is also an active mentor both within and beyond Beca.

Ian Bull

Managing Director – Beca Infrastructure Ltd.

Ian Bull is Managing Director of Beca Infrastructure Ltd. in New Zealand, the company which focuses on the infrastructure markets of Airports, Roads, Rail, Ports, Water and Environment and Land Development in NZ and the Pacific.

Ian acts as Beca Corporate Sponsor for our relationship with Auckland Airport and provides a strategic overview of all Beca’s work for this client.

David Carter

Group Director of Professional Excellence and Group Health & Safety Manager

David leads Beca’s drive for improved health and safety practice from the front. He also directs Beca’s focus on professional excellence and systematic development of greater technical capability and the enhancement of technical career paths.

He sits on a number of boards including Beca Group Ltd., Beca AMEC and is chair of Beca Infrastructure Ltd. David's background is in geotechnical engineering and the commercial and design management of major projects. These have included the Viaduct Harbour development and Mangere Wastewater Plant in Auckland, and the Melbourne Airport widening. He is also Executive Director of Beca Group Ltd.

Bob Durrant

Managing Director - Beca Corporate Holdings Ltd.

Robert (Bob) Durrant has broad commercial and project experience across a wide range of market sectors in developed and developing countries. A civil and structural engineer, he began his career designing institutional and commercial buildings, followed by a period designing and project managing the delivery of a number of large industrial plants. In his most recent capacity as Managing Director, Beca International Holdings Ltd, Bob has played a significant role in Beca’s growth in many of the group’s international markets.

Mark Fleming

Group Director of Finance, Auckland

Mark is Group Finance Director, overseeing Beca’s finance strategy, treasury, shareholding, superannuation and finance systems across the group.

Mark has been with Beca since 1999 – when he joined as International Accounting Manager looking after the accounting for Beca’s international operations. From there he moved into a broader finance and executive leadership role that has progressed as the Beca Group has grown and matured across the Asia-Pacific region.

Don J Lyon

Managing Director – Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner Ltd.

Don is a highly experienced project director who works closely with clients on business strategy, policy development and assessing the strategic impacts of statutory and regulatory issues on project implementation. He has supported local and central government agencies throughout New Zealand and the South Pacific, and has been involved in many of New Zealand’s large development, infrastructure and consenting projects. Don has specific expertise in strategic urban and coastal planning, project management and community consultation. He is also an Executive Director of Beca Group Ltd.

Simon Walter

Group Director of Marketing, Auckland

Simon has been with Beca for over 13 years, guiding the consultancy's growth into one of Asia-Pacific's most respected and largest multi-disciplinary organisations.

With a niche focus on sales and marketing for professional services firms, Simon's background includes working in environmental planning and construction consultancies in the UK. He is experienced in business planning and strategy development, communication planning and execution, public relations, competitive bidding, account management, strategic selling, branding and presentations.