Leighton Holdings has announced Dharma Chandran as the company’s new Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO), ending Craig van der Laan’s interim leadership of the company’s HR function.

 

Mr Chandran will report directly to the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Hamish Tyrwhitt, a move which the company says is indicative of the value it places on its employees.

 

“Dharma is a very experienced and capable human resources executive and his performance over the last 3 months led me to make him an offer to join the Leighton Group on a permanent basis which he has accepted. Dharma has been acting in the temporary role of Executive General Manager, Human Resources since 17 October 2011 reporting to Craig van der Laan, our Chief Risk Officer and Group General Counsel,” said Mr Tyrwhitt.

 

“A key initiative for Dharma will be working alongside the Board to conduct a comprehensive review of executive remuneration and incentives. Our objective is to ensure that in future we have in place a remuneration and incentive framework to drive performance and behaviours aligned to the long term interests of our shareholders, while providing appropriate rewards for our executives in a competitive environment.”

 

Mr Chandran has previously held senior corporate HR roles at Westpac, where he was General Manager ,Human resources, for the bank’s Consumer Financial Services Division.