Sukumar Pathmanandavel is Coffey Geotechnics' Global Leader and has over 25 years experience as a geotechnical engineer and senior manager. In his current role, Sukumar is responsible for the growth performance and technical excellence of a specialist geotechnical consultancy business within Coffey with over 600 staff that operates from Australia, NZ, Canada, and the UK.

Sukumar has been a driver of major projects culture in Coffey Geotechnics. Sukumar is currently Coffey’s SERG (senior executive review group) member for the Ballina Bypass Alliance.

Sukumar has a strong global orientation and background, having undertaken numerous business opportunities for Coffey on a global scale in Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Philippines, Thailand, India, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, as well as Canada, the UK and New Zealand. He is a key figure in the transformation of Coffey through the recently released 3 year strategic plan, driving growth and change through strategic management.

Sukumar’s major focus in alliance innovation is to leverage Coffey’s specialist knowledge to deliver extraordinary outcomes including significantly reduced costs and construction times and improved overall outcomes for local communities.