Alan McNamara

CEO & Founder, XpedePay

Alan started early in construction, working on-site for the family business before running his own engineering consultancy and then holding senior project & commercial manager roles delivering major projects in Australia, the UK and Ireland. This included the delivery of projects for TfNSW, Sydney Metro, TAFE NSW, Health Infrastructure NSW, the Barangaroo Delivery Authority and Westconnex. He is a chartered engineer with experience across various sectors including residential, commercial, transport, health, education and mining. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Construction Engineering (Hons) and a Masters degree in International Construction Law.

After embarking on his PhD in construction contract innovation Alan founded XpedePay software which de-risks construction payments for financiers, project owners, main contractors, and sub-contractors. He has, so far, published four articles in Q1-rated academic journals and authored a book chapter in the field of smart construction contracts. He has had numerous speaking engagements at academic and industry conferences in Australia, Switzerland and the UK.

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