Bob Thorpe was Ausenco's founding Managing Director until retiring from the role in 1999. Prior to the formation of Ausenco in 1991, Mr Thorpe held Director and General Manager positions in engineering and operations management companies in Queensland and Western Australia.
Mr Thorpe has more than 35 years’ experience in design, engineering, project management, construction, operations and maintenance of large-scale processing plants in Australia and internationally. He also has significant experience in contractual and commercial management, estimating systems and corporate risk management.
Mr Thorpe is a member of both the Audit and Risk Management Committee and Remuneration Committee.