Chris Learmonth has a Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Applied Science, both first class honours, from University of Technology in Sydney. He joined Lendlease in 2001 and held several managerial and executive positions prior to being appointed bid leader and project director in 2011 and general manager of building, Western Australia in 2017. Prior to Lendlease, Mr Learmonth was a property analyst at The Property Council in Sydney.