Jim Giannopoulos
Recent leadership positions include Regional General Manager for South Queensland, Executive General Manager - Canada and CEO - Americas. Jim was also the Executive Sponsor for GHD’s Future of Water Strategic Growth Initiative and Sustainability at GHD. He has been a Director of GHD since 2020.
Jim is passionate about sustainability, diversity, equity and inclusion and strategic growth, partnering and collaborating to deliver positive outcomes for clients, communities, employees and GHD’s employee-owners. Jim considers that GHD’s employee ownership is a key factor to the company’s success, and he considers himself and all shareholders and leaders, custodians of GHD’s business, building on the contributions of others and leaving a lasting legacy for the future.
Jim has multidisciplinary project leadership and delivery experience in water, transport and complex environmental projects. Jim is a Chartered Professional Engineer, Fellow of Engineers Australia and a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
GHD CEO Jim Giannopoulos highlights focus on client collaboration and long-term relationships
In this video message, GHD’s CEO Jim Giannopoulos reflects on his experience and values, and outlines how the company is standing shoulder-to-shoulder with clients at a time of major geopolitical, economic and climate challenges.