About Us

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Shaun Dunleavy

As founder of The Winchester Group, Shaun Dunleavy believes in a holistic approach to project management, adding value through consultation across business planning, strategy, design, project delivery, marketing and operations. With over 20 years experience in markets across Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, Shaun brings a strong understanding of global trends and opportunities and a sharp strategic lens to every project phase. In 2004, Shaun relocated from the UK to consolidate his career on Australian soil, and since that time has overseen the delivery of some of the country’s largest projects across the hospitality, retail, childcare and health and fitness sectors.

Shaun’s projects have received a range of awards including Best Project Over $2.5m & Best Project Under $2.5m, Best Hotel, Best Restaurant, Best New Restaurant and an Environmental Sustainability Award for the creation of Australia’s first Five Green Star-rated childcare centre.

Prior to forming the Winchester Group, Shaun most recently worked as part of the Senior Leadership Team at Spirit Hotels (Wesfarmers), where he was responsible for business planning, strategy, new concepts, capital project roll-outs and facilities maintenance functions of the property division.

Spirit Hotels is Australia’s second largest hospitality company and has recently completed a five year business turnaround and Australia’s largest hospitality project rollout.

Shaun’s years of holistic involvement in large scale project delivery have brought a strong network of partnerships and access to expertise and industry rates across the key disciplines of Architecture, Interior Design, Cost Planning, Town Planning, Engineering, Marketing and Overseas Sourcing.

KNOWLEDGE WHERE IT COUNTS

We have a wealth of experience and expertise in the hospitality, retail and hotel sectors. Our team prides itself on working from the initial concept creation stage to final account and project launch.

Our team’s retail expertise runs from small cafés to multi-million dollar projects, including the complete post-flood refurbishment of Brisbane’s iconic Regatta Hotel. We’ve successfully overseen concept designs, general projects and brand launches for major retailers and operators including Spirit Hotels, Coles Liquor, Star Hotels, Mercado Group, Normanby Hotel and Maximal Concepts (Hong Kong).

FORWARD-THINKING

Our strength in providing full project delivery solutions is complemented by our ability to advise on business strategy and planning, return on investment, market trends, brand establishment, operational launch and post-implementation review. Our understanding of these key elements is our main point of difference when compared to simple, limited scope, point and shoot project management providers.