HDR has appointed Tim Napper as its Defence Principal following this year’s Strategic Review. His previous role was in the Department of Defence, as a project director in the Capital Facilities and Infrastructure Branch.
“It’s inspiring to be leading a team with such breadth and depth of industry experience,” Napper said.
“With a cohort of emerging talent rising up the ranks, and an interconnected global defence, science and technology exchange, we can truly operate at the cutting-edge of design to deliver human-centred solutions that solve some of Defence’s most critical challenges and build workforce attractiveness.”
With mandatory sustainability reporting soon to be introduced in Australia, Napper will employ HDR’s global Regenerative Design Framework and Tool to support the Department of Defence in moving towards net-positive impacts and metric-driven targets for carbon, water, nutrients, air, biodiversity, social and health categories.
With Tim Napper at the helm, our Australian defence sector is well positioned to enter its next phase of growth and expand its market capture” said Susana Erpestad, global director of federal architecture at HDR.
“As strategic partnerships continue to grow in significance, our multilateral, borderless approach to defence design across the U.S. and the Commonwealth countries will propel our capability edge and strengthen our nations in these times of uncertainty.”