About Us

Alan began his career as a Property Manager for a CBD Real Estate Company in 1974 and also completed Business Studies and Building Techniques at RMIT University during this period. In 1996, the attraction to being involved in all facets of Commercial Buildings and their Maintenance motivated Alan to run his own Building and Maintenance Business for 8 years until founding Arden in conjunction with Richard Pitcher in 2002. Alan holds an unlimited Commercial Builders Licence in Victoria with mutual recognition in all States of Australia as well as a diploma in OH&S.

Richard began his career in the building industry as a plumber and holds a Plumbing Licence and a Residential Builders (Vic) licence. Prior to the formation of Arden in 2002, Richard successfully ran his own Plumbing business for 12 years and has never forgotten the hands-on experience he gained throughout this period. Richard is highly energetic and focused on developing the services Arden provides.

John began his career in 1985 as a Mechanical Design Draftsperson at WSP Lincolne Scott for 15 years, working on projects including the National Art Gallery, Crown Casino, Melbourne Museum & Southgate. In 2000 John changed his career path and became a Carpenter working on the tools for a further 6 years. In 2006 he gained his Domestic Unlimited Building License in Victoria, as well as becoming a registered Draftsperson (Building Design Architectural). John began his own design and construction business which he ran for 12 years, before joining the Arden team in 2018. He has a variety of experience within the building industry from design through to construction.

Mark Griffiths is the State Manager in operations at Arden NSW. Before becoming State Manager, Mark was project managing for
several years with Arden working with his team to deliver over 250 maintenance work orders per week using the knowledge gained through 
over 35 years in the construction industry across a very broad range of projects, Liverpool hospital extension, Royal North Shore hospital
extension and the Eastern distributor to name a few.

Peter began his career in hospitality and retail and evolved through many of our major clients companies including Hungry Jacks, Shell, Coles and Puma Energy (Chevron) in operations and construction. He joined the Arden Building team in 2017 and holds qualifications in Safety, Project and Business Management. His passion is building teams that understand client expectations and strive to deliver this safely.  Peter works closely with the Directors and Executive to support State team to deliver client expectations.

Steve Foulis: bio to come.

Ricky works as a Project Manager for a variety of our clients such as Cushman and Wakefield, Switch Co and Coles Express. Ricky has over 14 years of construction-experience in all aspects of building, ranging from residential to commercial. He is an efficient self-motivated individual with a certificate II, III, IV and Diploma in Building and Construction and have obtained both New South Wale and Victorian Building Licenses. Ricky is extremely adaptable and has excellent problem-solving skills and is a great communicator on and off site. 

Raeth Wordingham has been part of the Arden Building & Maintenance team since 2009 when Arden first branched into SA. Coming from a building background, he is a fully qualified cabinet maker and building supervisor. His appointment to state manager in 2010, has lead Raeth to have a strong focus on building client relationships and understanding of our client’s requirements when it comes to the high standard finished project, safety and budgets.

Glenn has been with Arden since 2011 as our HSEQ Manager. Glenn has had 30 years’ experience in the construction industry, covering many facets ranging from trade to management.

Glenn is responsible for the certifications and management systems of ISO OHS (ISO 45001), Quality (ISO 9001) & Environment (14001). Glenn also has qualifications in gas testing, permit issuer & internal auditor.

Glenn is involved in local sporting clubs which his children play at and going for walks on the weekends.

From December 2018 to mid-2023, Helen was Arden’s National Account Manager for Westpac projects. Following retail and management roles in the financial sector, Helen has over 20 years of project management experience. Her project management roles began with the implementation of ATM installation, relocation and upgrade projects. In that time, Helen developed skills in people leadership, project delivery, budget management, stakeholder engagement and management, contractor and consultant engagement and management, and reporting capabilities across several platforms. She then progressed to the national management of capital works programs for bank properties. From late 2022, Helen has been working in a national construction compliance role for BP.

Tegan has been with the Arden QLD Team since 2012. Using her Certificate III in Business Administration, she started out as an administration assistant in accounts, and has since moved up the ranks over the years, to her current role as QLD Maintenance Administrator/ Co-Ordinator, now dealing with a range of clients such as 7Eleven, BP, BGIS, Ampol, City FM, Coles, Liquorland, Officeworks, just to name a few, handling all their maintenance requests and assisting in the organisation/admin requirements to assist in completing a variety of work requests.  She is always a team player and happy to get involved in all aspects of the role to get the job done.

Brett joined Arden in September this year after more than 6 years as National Project Manager for Albert Smith Signs in charge of their Brandcare Installation and maintenance Division.

Prior to that Brett spent 14+ years in the insulated panel industry giving him extensive construction knowledge across a broad and diverse range of industry sectors.

Brett has worked with Arden previously on BP signage projects where Arden was the principal contractor in charge of the site.

Brett has over 20+ years’ experience in the construction industry across retail, industrial and commercial applications.

In March 2015, Kloe joined the Arden QLD team assisting in part-time administration, bringing with her over 10 years of experience in the field. She quickly moved into her current role as Accounts Manager and maintains accounts payable, receivable, monthly billing and payroll and offers HR support and document management to the team. She prides herself on her organisational skills and willingness to assist her colleagues both locally and within the national Arden team. She demonstrates a very high attention to detail in all aspects within her role and highly values the flexible and family orientated working environment at Arden.

Cameron has been involved in the building industry since 1985. He has had various roles over his long and successful building career. He completed his carpentry apprenticeship, which then lead onto a building supervisor role, for an award-winning building company. 
In his own right, he operated his own building company for more many years, picking up industry awards, for design and construction excellence. 
Moving recently to QLD, he joined Arden Building as a project manager. His vast knowledge and experience gathered over the past 36 years and his ability to form long standing working relations with not just Arden team members, but with our many valued clients.

Greg has been with the Arden QLD Team since 2018.
Greg has a trade and extensive maintenance background in various previous roles and understands the need to prioritise works accordingly. Greg has surpassed the ‘can do attitude’ to ‘it’s sorted’. His ability to close out multiple tasks with safety front of mind makes him the go to man for clients such as Chevron, Coles and City, BP and BGIS, 7/11 and many others. Greg’s sense of humour and positive attitude keeps him cool under pressure. His ability to work closely with the everyone motivates the wider Arden Team. 

Erin joined the Arden team in August 2017.
Being the youngest member of the QLD team, she is the QLD office all-rounder and organisation is her specialty! She assists the entire team in a range of duties from invoicing to stock organisation/ordering and general day to day administrative duties. She manages and maintains all induction requirements for our field technicians and office staff, aids in compliance for our clients and onsite work requirements. 

Emily joined the team in April 2022, and is the youngest member of our team at NSW. Working as the NSW and ACT Maintenance Co-ordinator, she works closely with a variety of clients such as 7-Eleven, Chevron, Officeworks and Vision Australia, to make sure that all repairs required run smoothly until completion. Working on keeping our clients and their sites up to date, and organizing vital maintenance repairs on sites across NSW and the ACT, she covers the admin requirements needed to complete a variety of requested works. A team player, she supports the NSW team wherever she can, taking care of safety updates and requested audits

Briahna started her first ever office job at Arden Group in 2017 as an Office Administrator, managing maintenance claims for mostly 7Eleven and Starbucks stores alongside Project Manager Mark Griffiths (now State Manager). In 2018-2019, we had approximately 50 maintenance jobs coming through per day with a wide range of trades and priority levels.

In 2019, Briahna decided to explore another career in option in Home and Contents Insurance where she worked as a File Manager. Whilst working as a file manager, Briahna managed 400+ bushfire claims and invoiced over 3 million dollars within 9 months. Briahna then progressed into an onsite estimator/site supervisor role where she quoted/supervised to restore various properties with fire/mould damage, ranging from $20,000 to $150,000 in restoration works per property. Soon after her experience in estimating, she was promoted to Insurance Services Manager running a team of up to 12 staff members at one time.
In February 2023, Arden Group re-employed Briahna as a Project Manager. Since starting here she has been managing various Coles/Coles Express projects for NSW/ACT and developed relationships with various clients.

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