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Welcome to the inaugural episode of Plenary’s podcast Shaping Infrastructure. In this introductory episode, we’re diving into a big question: What role can infrastructure play in addressing some of our most pressing economic, societal and environmental challenges?

AUSTRALIA – Chief Investment Officer Paul Crowe will succeed David Lamming as Chief Executive Officer of Plenary, effective 1 July 2025.

AUSTRALIA and UAE – The strategic investment in Plenary Group by ADQ, an active global sovereign investor with a focus on critical infrastructure and supply chains, to acquire a 49% stake in the company, announced in April last year, has now been completed.

AUSTRALIA and UAE – For the fourth consecutive year, Plenary Group has partnered with the Bachar Houli Foundation, a community-based organisation that aims to empower the next generation of young Muslim leaders through sport.

ABU DHABI, UAE – The BESIX-Plenary Group consortium has achieved financial close on the Khalifa City School project in Abu Dhabi.

Abu Dhabi, UAE – The Zayed City Schools project is complete, marking the on-time and within budget completion for the UAE’s first schools infrastructure public-private partnership.Three state-of-the-art schools with capacity for more than 5,000 students from kindergarten to grade 12 are now ready to welcome students for the 2024-25 academic year.

ABU DHABI, UAE – Plenary Group has achieved financial close on the largest student accommodation project in the GCC region to be developed under a public-private partnership (PPP), the Khalifa University Student Accommodation Project.

ABU DHABI, UAE – Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), in collaboration with Khalifa University of Science and Technology (Khalifa University), has awarded the Plenary Group-led KUnnected Living consortium the Khalifa University Student Accommodation project.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – Leading public infrastructure investor, developer and manager Plenary has announced a change to its board, with founder and non-executive director Paul Oppenheim succeeding John O’Rourke as chair.

AUSTRALIA and UAE – Plenary’s partnership with the Bachar Houli Foundation grows from strength to strength, with the foundation’s annual Elite Performance Camp having recently concluded.