2026 Speaker's Profile

Dharma Chandran

Chief Corporate Services Officer

Toll Group

Dharma is the Chief Corporate Services Officer for Toll Group

Dharma has a broad range of experience in senior human resources, strategy, legal and corporate communication roles as a consultant, corporate executive and non-executive director, across Australia, Asia and the Middle East.

Dharma’s previous roles in professional services firms include partner with Boyden Australia’s Leadership Consulting Practice, Partner in Charge of KPMG Australia’s People Advisory Practice, Managing Partner of Ernst & Young’s Far East Area Performance & Reward Practice (based in Hong Kong), Leader of Towers Perrin’s Asia-Pacific Financial Service Practice (based in Singapore) and Leader of Hewitt Associates’ Asia-Pacific M&A Practice (based in Kuala Lumpur).

He has also held permanent and interim senior executive roles at McKinsey & Co, Westpac, Suncorp Leighton Holdings, GFG Alliance, A2B, Emaar (based in Dubai) and the ABC. Dharma has been a member of the Advisory Board or Panel for several NSW Government institutions, including iCare NSW and Service NSW. He has served as a Non-Executive Director on the Boards of Mortgage Choice (ASX: MOC), 7-Eleven Australia and of the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of Macmahon (ASX: MAH) and InfraBuild.

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