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Lyon to leave IPA

Infrastructure Partnerships Australia will seek a new chief executive officer, after Brendan Lyon announced he will leave the lobby group next year.

Lyon will depart at the end of his current contract in the second quarter of 2018, after a decade as chief executive.

“While I will be sad to leave next year, after a decade it’s time for me to seek new opportunities and I am very grateful to the board for their support as I move on to my next role,” Lyon said on October 16.

“IPA is a very different organisation to what it was a decade ago, with a clear mandate, solid resources and very skilled professional staff and I am looking forward to seeing a new CEO appointed to take IPA even further.”

IPA chairman Adrian Kloeden said Lyon – who plans to seek roles in business – had been a crucial piece of the body’s development over the past ten years.

“In his decade as CEO, Brendan has led IPA from a tiny start-up, into one of Australia’s most respected and successful public policy organisations,” Kloeden said.

“Brendan has been an outstanding CEO and we will miss his leadership, passion and skill, but we support his decision and look forward to seeing him move to a senior role in business, next year.

“Until then, it will be business as usual for IPA.”

Kloeden said Lyon’s impact on infrastructure policy during his time at IPA had been “deep, positive and sustained”.

He said IPA was well prepared to find a new CEO.

“We expect a strong field of candidates,” Kloeden concluded.