The Board of Southern Cross Electrical Engineering Limited announced the appointment of Mr. Graeme Dunn as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the company. Graeme will commence in the role on January 18, 2016. Mr. Dunn is a Civil Engineer with over 25 years' international and domestic experience in the civil engineering and building construction industries, more than half of which has been in a leadership capacity.

During this time he has worked as a contractor and has extensive operational experience on multiple types of projects including heavy civil infrastructure, contract mining, mining processing plants, tunnels, roads, marine, gas processing, hotels and office buildings. Graeme will be joining the company from his current role as Chief Operating Officer of NRW Limited. Prior to his time at NRW, Graeme held various leadership roles over a ten-year period at Leighton Contractors, his most recent being Executive General Manager of the group's Energy Division, based in Perth.

Following Mr. Dunn's commencement, Chris Douglass, who has been acting as interim CEO, will resign from the Board and continue in his role as company's Chief Financial Officer, with a strong focus on acquisition opportunities.