Formix

Formix

Experience

Case Studies Based on Practical Experience

Project Director Placement for a Major Infrastructure Developer in Sri Lanka

Client Background

The client is a leading infrastructure developer operating in Sri Lanka, delivering large-scale civil infrastructure projects that involve coordination across multiple contractors, government bodies, and commercial stakeholders simultaneously. 

The Challenge

The developer needed a Project Director with large-scale civil infrastructure experience, strong contract management capability, and genuine multi-stakeholder coordination skill, a combination demanding both deep technical grounding and the ability to manage relationships across parties with sometimes competing interests. A Project Director weak in contract management exposes the project to commercial risk; one weak in stakeholder coordination risks the delays and disputes that derail infrastructure timelines.

Our Approach

Formix ran a targeted headhunting search across our regional construction talent network, screening specifically for verified large-scale civil infrastructure experience and demonstrated contract management track record, not general project management experience applied to infrastructure. We assessed each candidate’s stakeholder coordination capability directly, given how central this was to the specific project environment.

The Result

Formix delivered a shortlist of three qualified candidates within six business days through targeted headhunting across our regional construction talent network. The developer successfully placed a Project Director equipped to manage the technical, contractual, and stakeholder complexity of large-scale infrastructure delivery. 

Ready to find your next C-Suite leader? Formix delivers executive search and market mapping across Sri Lanka, Australia, the Maldives, and beyond. formix.live Contact us