Construction & Property Development Leadership
Farnoud Erfanian -Nozar
With more than 25 years’ experience across construction and property development, Farnoud Erfanian-Nozar has worked at the intersection of delivery, risk, and governance in some of the industry’s most challenging environments.
Throughout his career, Farnoud has been involved in projects spanning residential, mixed-use and complex commercia
With more than 25 years’ experience across construction and property development, Farnoud Erfanian-Nozar has worked at the intersection of delivery, risk, and governance in some of the industry’s most challenging environments.
Throughout his career, Farnoud has been involved in projects spanning residential, mixed-use and complex commercial developments, navigating market cycles, regulatory change, and the operational realities that come with large-scale construction.
His experience extends beyond project delivery alone. Over time, Farnoud’s focus has increasingly centred on leadership, decision-making under pressure, and the importance of structure, accountability and due process in high-risk industries.
This website provides an overview of his professional background, industry perspectives, and commentary shaped by decades of firsthand experience within the Australian construction and property sector.
Areas of Experience
- Property development and construction delivery
- Managing risk across complex projects
- Navigating market cycles and industry volatility
- Governance, compliance and commercial decision-making
- Leadership through periods of structural change
A Measured Perspective
Construction and property development are industries defined by long timeframes, significant capital exposure, and shifting economic conditions. Experience matters — particularly when conditions tighten and outcomes are tested.
Farnoud’s approach is grounded in practical experience, measured judgement and a clear understanding of the responsibilities carried by those operating in high-stakes commercial environments.
Professional Background
Farnoud Erfanian-Nozar has spent more than two decades working across the construction and property development sector, developing a career shaped by complexity, accountability and evolving market conditions.
Beginning in hands-on construction environments, Farnoud built a foundation grounded in practical delivery and an understanding of how decisions made at leadership level translate into outcomes on site. Over time, his work expanded into broader development and commercial roles, requiring oversight of multidisciplinary teams, consultants, contractors and financiers.
Across different phases of the market cycle, Farnoud has been involved in projects operating under both favourable and constrained conditions — experience that has reinforced the importance of structure, governance and disciplined decision-making.
Like many within the sector, his career has intersected with periods of heightened industry stress, including rising construction costs, funding pressures and increased insolvencies across the market. These conditions have shaped a leadership perspective focused not on expansion at all costs, but on resilience, risk management and long-term accountability.
Today, Farnoud’s professional focus reflects the benefit of hindsight — contributing insight informed by experience, market awareness and an understanding of how commercial narratives can oversimplify complex realities within construction and development.
Leadership Through Experience
Construction is an industry where outcomes are rarely determined by a single decision or event. They are shaped over time by economic conditions, regulatory frameworks, contractual structures and the collective actions of many parties.
Farnoud’s career has reinforced the importance of calm leadership, transparency and due process — particularly when projects encounter pressure. This experience now informs his broader industry commentary and advisory perspective.