Lend Lease Group Ltd., the property developer, has appointed Scott Charlton as the new Director of Operations. He would be joining his new post from today itself. He would be reporting directly to the Chief Executive of Lend Lease, Steve McCann.

Details about his remuneration have not been made public as of yet.

Scott was earlier with the Leighton Holdings Ltd and was working there as the Chief Financial Officer. He had resigned from his earlier position in October last year.

As part of his job, Scott will be managing the key property functions of the group, which would include human resources, finance, legal, corporate affairs, risk and safety and IT.

Telling about Scott, McCann said in a statement that the company has appointed Scott looking at his caliber. He said that Scott's past experience and in depth knowledge of the sector is what makes him most suitable for the job.

Meanwhile, Lend Lease has formalized its contract with the NSW government to develop the Barangaroo harbour-front site in Sydney. The total money involved in the project is $6 billion.

Lend Lease has been winning many contracts lately.