Today Ventia announced some changes to its Executive Leadership Team.
Tim Harwood has been appointed as Group Executive, Infrastructure Services. Tim joined Thiess Services (a legacy Ventia business) in 1998, and on the formation of Ventia in 2015 became the Executive General Manager of our NBN Telecommunication business. In early 2020, Tim was appointed as Group Executive of our Telecommunications business. Our Infrastructure Services team, and our valued clients and partners, will benefit from Tim's experience and ability in leading large-scale operations, complex projects and multi-disciplinary teams.
Mark Ralston has been appointed as Group Executive, Telecommunications. Mark was previously Group Executive, Strategy & Corporate Affairs. Mark was involved in the formation of Ventia in 2015 and has since led a range of strategic initiatives across our business. In 2020, he led the integration between Ventia and Broadspectrum and in 2021 played an integral role in Ventia's IPO and subsequent listing on the ASX and NZX.
In January 2022, we announced that David McPadden had been appointed as Group Executive, Transport on an interim basis. David has now been appointed as Group Executive, Transport on a permanent basis.
To deliver on our strategy to redefine service excellence, we continually aim to build high-performing teams throughout our business. These appointments reflect this objective and the robust succession planning we have in place.