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Director - Legal Risk and Industry Influence at Laing O'Rourke
Location: Greater Sydney Area, Australia 16 work roles 5 schools
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Annabel Crookes is listed as Director - Legal Risk and Industry Influence at Laing O'Rourke, a with 8751 employees, based in Greater Sydney Area, Australia. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Annabel Crookes.

Annabel Crookes previously worked as Member at Chief Executive Women (Cew) and Director - Legal and Risk at Laing O'Rourke. Annabel Crookes holds Graduate Of Australian Institute Of Company Directors from Australian Institute Of Company Directors.

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Annabel has more than 20 years’ experience in the construction industry. For over 15 years, she has held a number of leadership positions at Laing O’Rourke, joining the Australian Executive in June 2018, Laing O’Rourke’s first female Australian executive.Annabel currently leads the Legal, Risk and Company Secretarial functions in Australia, is responsible for project delivery of various rail projects in Victoria, and leads the Industry Influence Strategy.Annabel was elected as the first female President of the Australian Constructors Association in November 2022, having joined the Board in 2019.In October 2022, Annabel became a Director of the NSW Skills Board, providing independent advice to the NSW government on how best to meet the skills and training needs of NSW individuals, industry, regions, and the economy.Joining Laing O’Rourke in 2007 as Corporate Counsel, Annabel was the second lawyer to join the in-house Legal team, playing a leading role in developing the organisation’s internal Legal capability.Annabel completed her MBA at the AGSM in 2011, at the same time as stepping into a broader leadership role as General Manager of Laing O’Rourke’s Human Capital and Legal teams and Company Secretary. She also holds external Directorship roles in the not-for-profit sector.

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Laing O'Rourke
Laing O'Rourke
Director - Legal Risk and Industry Influence
Sydney, NSW, AU
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8751
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Director - Legal Risk And Industry Influence

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Director - Legal, Risk And Delivery

Australia

Provide leadership to the legal and risk functions, who supports the full range of legal services for Laing O’Rourke in SE Asia (including company secretarial function), a $4billion construction company. Delivery Director for MAR early works and SRL project, Victoria.

Apr 2023 - Jun 2024

General Manager - Legal And Human Capital, Australian Hub

Sydney, Australia

General Manager of the Legal and Human Capital functions for the Australian Hub of Laing O’Rourke, managing > 30 people.Key Achievements in HC role: • Restructured the HC function to centralise decision making and develop a more collaborative approach with the UK.• Developed an HC strategy (with the HC team), aligned to the business and market.• Reviewed all policies and procedures to ensure legal compliance.• Centralised all investigations and reporting so that the Board had visibility on trends and issues in HC.• Worked cross-functionally to obtain and report to the board on relevant people data – attrition rates, salary information, reasons for leaving. This provided visibility to the board and enabled a more robust plan to combat those risks.• Reported to the board and led monthly HC Forums with the directors to workshop key people issues.• Collaborating with the parent company on all HC related matters to bring about consistency of people manage and streamline the movement of people between hubs.• Re-engineered the budget to appropriately detail the required spend for the HC function.

Dec 2011 - Apr 2013

Head Of Legal - Australian Hub

Manage a team of lawyers providing legal advice to the rail, infrastructure, oil and gas and building sectors within the Australasian Hub of Laing O'Rourke.

Feb 2011 - Jan 2012

Corporate Counsel

Providing legal advice on a broad range of construction related matters including all forms of construction contracts, disputes, OH & S investigations and prosecutions, corporate and financial issues that affect the construction industry.

Jan 2007 - Jan 2011

Director

Current
Nsw Skills Board

Australia

The NSW Skills Board provides independent advice to the NSW government on how best to meet the skills and training needs of NSW individuals, industry, regions and the economy. The Board provides independent, high level, strategic advice on the vocational education and training system in NSW. The Board was estabished under the Skills Board Act 2013. The Board is Chaired by Steven Worrall, Managing Director of Microsoft.

Oct 2022 - Present

Executive Member, Industry Lead

Current
Construction Industry Leadership Forum (Cilf)
Mar 2018 - Present

Chair, Independent Director

Parkinson Nsw Trust

Australia

May 2020 - Jun 2024

Senior Associate

Senior Associate in the Construction Division, providing legal advice to a wide range of construction and engineering clients on the full range of construction contracts, Security for Payment claims, disputes, occupational health and safety and other legislative requirements.

Oct 2000 - Dec 2006
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Annabel Crookes works for Laing O'Rourke.

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Annabel Crookes is listed as Director - Legal Risk and Industry Influence at Laing O'Rourke.

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Annabel Crookes is based in Greater Sydney Area, Australia while working with Laing O'Rourke.

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Annabel Crookes has worked for Laing O'Rourke, Chief Executive Women (Cew), Australian Constructors Association (Aca), Nsw Skills Board, and Construction Industry Leadership Forum (Cilf).

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Annabel Crookes's colleagues at Laing O'Rourke include Terison Kurimwi, David Clausen, Alex Mayes, William White, and Meku Daniel.

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Annabel Crookes holds Graduate Of Australian Institute Of Company Directors from Australian Institute Of Company Directors.

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