Dean Mehmet
Dean Mehmet
Mr Dean Mehmet, Male, 60, an Australian, is the Managing Director of Sime Darby Industrial, the Industrial Division of Sime Darby Berhad. He was appointed on 1 July 2021. Prior to this, he was the Managing Director of Sime Darby Industrial - Australasia.
Mr Mehmet joined the Sime Darby Group in 2012 as the Chief Operating Officer at Hastings Deering (Australia) Limited. He was later promoted to Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Hastings Deering Group, where he led the entire industrial business portfolio across Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and New Caledonia.
His key responsibilities include developing and executing organisational strategy with a focus on safety, managing operations with nearly 10,000 employees across 17 countries and over 100 business centres, building strategic, long-term relationships with customers and suppliers to establish Sime Darby Industrial’s businesses as trusted partners, and actively contributing to the communities in which they operate.
Mr Mehmet has almost 39 years’ industry experience and has held Chief Executive Leadership roles for the past 20 years including experience at BlueScope Steel and Royal Dutch Shell.
Mr Mehmet holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Honors) degree from the Queensland University of Technology, has completed the Stanford University Executive Programme, and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.