Decmil Group Limited announced that following a thorough recruiting process it has appointed Executive General Managers for the Company's East and West Coast operations. Simon Barnes has been appointed as Executive General Manager of the Company's East Coast Operations. Mr. Barnes has more than 25 years' experience in the construction industry across a range of contract models, including Alliance, Design and Construct, and Public Private Partnerships.

Most recently, he was Executive Regional Manager - Southern at ACCIONA, where he has worked for 15 years including at its antecedent companies Abigroup and Lend Lease. His extensive expertise ranges from construction delivery and project governance roles, through to regional executive leadership. Mr. Barnes has worked on major projects across Australia, such as the Perth Metrorail, Peninsula Link PPP, and the Victorian Level Crossing Removal Program.

He is a qualified Civil Engineer (Monash University) with a Master of Business Administration (Deakin University). Deon Baddock has been appointed Executive General Manager of the Company's West Coast Operations. Deon also possesses more than 25 years' experience in the construction industry across a range of project models.

Most recently Deon was Group Manager Risk and Commercial at NRW, where has worked since 2010. At NRW he had both operational and governance roles, which included responsibility for legal and commercial, precontracts, project controls, quality management and including oversight of major projects. Prior to NRW, Deon worked at Main Roads Western Australia (MRWA).

He is a qualified Civil Engineer (Curtin University of Technology) and has a Postgraduate Certificate of Management (University of Southern Queensland).