Executive leadership team

Phil has been with Fletcher Construction since 2019. Before taking over as CEO, he led both the Brian Perry Civil and Higgins teams. He has also headed up Fletcher Construction’s South Pacific businesses.   

Phil has a proven track record of driving business performance and strong customer outcomes. He has more than 25 years’ experience managing large EPC and multi-disciplinary projects under a variety of commercial frameworks. He is focused on constructing world-class assets that contribute to the overall wellbeing of communities.  

Before joining Fletcher Construction, Phil held senior executive leadership roles in United Group Ltd, Downer and Tenix. He enjoys spending time with his partner and two adult daughters and is a keen golfer and mountain biker. 

Mike Elliot joined Flecther Construction in 2020 and has led the Major Projects Business as General Manager since 2022. In this role, he has guided the team through significant growth and change, including the transition to VINCI Construction ownership in May 2026.

Mike brings extensive construction experience across New Zealand, Australia, and the UK. His career highlights include delivering the London Aquatics Centre for the 2012 Olympic Games and supporting the completion of the Pūhoi to Warkworth motorway extension in 2024.

Today, Mike’s team is delivering major infrastructure projects including the Eastern Busway Alliance in Auckland and the Te Awa Kairangi Alliance in Lower Hutt. These projects provide a strong platform for Major Projects to grow, while now leveraging the global capability and opportunities of VINCI Construction.

“I’m continually inspired by the talent across the business. I want to create opportunities for our people to work on great projects and grow their careers here.

Good leadership often requires more listening than talking. It means setting teams up for success, removing obstacles and backing people to do their best work,” Mike says.

Mike holds a Bachelor of Surveying from the University of Otago. Outside work, he inspired by his wife and two teenage daughters. As a kid, he wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps and work at the steel mill.

Andrew first worked with Fletcher Construction as a Project Manager for Higgins in the 1990s. In 2023 he returned to the Higgins team as General Manager.

He has an extensive career in roading and construction, having spent the past 30 years with tier one contractors in New Zealand and Australia. He has wide experience leading substantial projects including Tauranga Eastern Link, the largest project of its kind at the time and the SH1 Northern Gateway Toll Road. Ten years ago, he moved to Australia where he led the Sapphire to Woolgoolga section of the Pacific Highway and the Foxground to Berry bypass on the Princes Highway before moving into a state-wide General Manager role.
 

Andrew has worked in the Fletcher family of businesses since 2004, when he started as a Site Engineer. He has held a variety of management roles within Fletcher Construction and Brian Perry Civil, including time as BPC’s Southern Regional Manager before moving to his current role.

Andrew’s expertise and inclusive leadership style is respected across the construction industry.  He has experience in all aspects of the business, demonstrating his strength and resilience in collaborating to deliver challenging projects. His effective communication and engagement skills underpin his success. He inspires his leadership team and everyone across BPC to constantly strive for excellence and develop smart solutions for our clients’ most difficult problems.

Andrew graduated from Leeds Beckett University with a Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering with first class honors. 

Carla joined Fletcher Construction to lead Health and Safety in 2019. Prior to this, she held senior EHS roles with Compass Group, Unitec and Fonterra. She also spent eight years with Fulton Hogan in a number of operational safety roles. 

Carla has a passion for keeping people safe and ensuring they go home safe and well every day. This has come from working on construction sites early in her career, and understanding the risks operational workers face. She enjoys engaging with frontline teams and working with managers to establish robust safety practices and processes, resulting in a strong safety culture. 

Carla also has a successful track record of coaching senior business managers in leading change and is currently championing the DuPont safety transformational programme across Fletcher Construction.   

Carla has a diploma in health and safety from the New Zealand Institute of Safety Management.  

In her spare time, she likes to travel and experience new cultures, spend time with family and add to her LEGO collection.  

Andrew joined Fletcher Construction in 2018 and following three years leading the commercial and insurance functions on the New Zealand International Convention Centre project he returned to the Divisional Commercial and Risk role in 2024.

He has 30 years’ experience in infrastructure design and construction with time spent in both high-level private and governmental roles. This provided him with significant experience in all aspects of commercial, project and general management.

Andrew graduated from the University of Canterbury with a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) and is a Chartered Member of Engineering NZ.

In his spare time he enjoys boating in the Hauraki Gulf.

Andrew joined Fletcher Construction in 2018 as Transformation Manager and has since contributed significantly in People & Performance roles across the Fletcher Construction division.

As an inclusive leader, Andrew excels at connecting and engaging with individuals from all backgrounds and at all levels within the organization. With a proven track record of leading diverse teams and driving large-scale transformational change, Andrew's core strengths lie in strategic business partnering, change management, stakeholder management, and a passion for mentoring.

Andrew holds a Master of Business Administration and degrees in Industrial Psychology and Labour Relations from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa. In his spare time, Andrew enjoys playing golf, and travel.