/ OUR PEOPLE

Leadership Team

Our strength lies in our staff. Each member brings specialist expertise, practical know-how, and a shared commitment to delivering outstanding results.
Tony Taouk
Construction / Managing Director

With 25 years’ experience across Sydney, Melbourne, and London, Lacen Belder is led with vision and precision. Tony’s engineering background and hands-on site experience inform the ability to assemble the right expertise, solve complex challenges, and build collaborative partnerships.

Therese Moran
Project Coordinator

Drawing on experience running a successful fashion company, projects are managed with style and precision. For Therese, connecting clients, designers, and construction teams ensures heritage restoration balances respect for history with modern requirements through communication.

Akram El-Fahkri
Project Manager

Meticulous attention to detail and disciplined due process define Akram’s approach to project delivery. With experience across leading construction firms, he applies structured planning and rigorous control to complex remedial jobs, ensuring precise, compliant execution.

Harry Barnett
Head Site Manager

With over five years leading site operations at Lacen Belder, a reputation has been built for professionalism and trust on site. Harry’s background in plumbing and carpentry supports a hands-on approach and a clear commitment to quality across every project.

CORE VALUES THAT GUIDE ALL DECISION MAKING
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CORE VALUES THAT GUIDE ALL DECISION MAKING
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Excellence

Uncompromising commitment to quality in every aspect of our work, from initial investigation through to project completion.

Collaboration

Building strong partnerships with clients, consultants, and trade partners to deliver solutions that exceed expectations.

Integrity

Transparent communication, honest assessments, and solutions that address root causes rather than offering quick fixes.

/ OUR  APPROACH

Defined roles and shared accountability. Our leadership team aligns technical strategy, client coordination, quality systems and site execution into one controlled delivery framework.

Technical Leadership

Tony defines the technical direction of every project. His engineering discipline ensures decisions are performance-driven, not reactive, and complex issues are addressed at their root.

Design & Client Alignment

Therese ensures client objectives, design intent and construction realities remain aligned. She maintains clarity between stakeholders so expectations are understood and managed from the outset.

Quality & Process Control

Akram establishes the structure that holds projects together. His oversight of quality systems and compliance ensures continuity from investigation through delivery.

Site Execution

Harry translates planning into controlled execution. His leadership on site ensures workmanship, sequencing and coordination reflect the strategy set at leadership level.

Fix the risk now. 

Avoid the cost later.

We deliver compliant, engineered solutions for complex building defects.

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