Barry Aarons

A Chartered Accountant by background, Barry Aarons has over twenty five years hands-on leadership and management experience in Australia, UK and Asia in a vast array of business sectors including construction, engineering, financial services, hospitality and environmental services. As Chief Operating Officer of Architectus Group he is responsible for all corporate services including governance, finance and HR, IT, knowledge management as well as merger, acquisitions and divestments and the company’s banking relationships. He plays a key leadership role in the business planning and strategic direction of the group. Recently he has been involved in establishing the groups building information modelling consulting subsidiary.

Barry joined Architectus in 2008, bringing valuable experience gained as finance director and joint managing director of a global architecture and design company. Prior to this, he lived in Asia and had regional finance roles for the Jardine Matheson conglomerate. He has the ability to add value for Architectus’s projects and clients through his astute strategic leadership and commercial acumen, and experiences.