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Leaders who have run the work.

Under Founder and CEO Wale Osoba, a civil engineer who built power station foundations before he built a company, PerryWester is led by people who came up through the field. They know what a pour day feels like, and they lead from the job site as much as from the office.

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Our approach

How leadership works here.

Three principles shape how decisions get made, from the executive team to the foreman on the deck.

01

Builders leading builders

Our leaders have estimated jobs, run crews and closed out projects. They ask the right questions because they have had to answer them.

02

Field first

Decisions get made close to the work. Leaders walk sites, join the owner meetings and back the superintendent who calls a stop.

03

Accountable by name

Every project, risk and open issue has one owner. When something goes wrong, the answer to who is responsible is never a committee.

How we are organized

The leadership structure.

Company leaders set the standards. Sector operations leaders deliver the work. Project executives own each job.

Wale Osoba, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of PerryWester
Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Olawale (Wale) Osoba

Olawale Osoba is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of PerryWester. He brings 17 years of professional experience across civil engineering, construction, project planning and risk management, and he sets the company’s direction around three commitments that never trade places: construction quality, site safety and reliable project delivery.

His civil engineering career was forged in heavy construction, most notably the foundations and pedestals of power stations, where concrete has to carry rotating machinery to tight tolerances, alongside commercial building projects. In project engineering and planning roles he developed and tracked construction schedules, coordinated site activities and worked with teams to clear the issues that threaten key milestones before they reach the critical path.

That mix of planning and field coordination is what lets him connect technical requirements to how work is actually sequenced and carried out on site. His background in governance, risk and compliance adds a further discipline: rigorous contractor oversight, complete project documentation and the early identification of risks that could affect delivery.

Wale holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Lagos.

Civil engineering · Heavy construction · Planning & scheduling · Governance, risk & compliance
Executive

Chief Operating Officer

Runs project delivery across all four sectors, sets field standards and makes sure every job has the people and equipment it needs.

Operations · Staffing · Equipment
Executive

Chief Financial Officer

Keeps the company financially strong so owners and trade partners can count on us, from bonding and insurance to paying subcontractors on time.

Finance · Risk · Payment
Company leader

Preconstruction Leader

Owns estimating, VDC and early planning, so budgets, schedules and constructability reviews are right before ground is broken.

Estimating · VDC · GMP
Company leader

Safety Leader

Sets the safety program and has the authority to stop any work on any site. Reports directly to the Founder and CEO.

Safety · Training · Stop-work
Sector operations

Operations Leader, Buildings

Leads delivery for healthcare, education, civic, commercial and other building markets, from mobilization to closeout.

10 building markets
Sector operations

Operations Leader, Civil & Infrastructure

Leads roads, airports, water and industrial work, including the self-performed civil crews and heavy equipment.

Highways · Airports · Water
Sector operations

Operations Leader, Energy

Leads generation, transmission and renewable work, including EPC delivery and commissioning.

Power · Renewables · EPC
Sector operations

Operations Leader, Development

Leads multifamily, affordable, student housing and mixed-use work, often alongside development partners.

Housing · Mixed-use
On every job

Project Executives

Senior builders who own each project day to day and stay with it from preconstruction to the final punch list.

One per project
How decisions get made

Close to the work, fast and on record.

  1. L1

    The superintendent decides the day

    Sequencing, crew moves and safety calls belong to the people on site. Leaders back those calls instead of second-guessing them.

  2. L2

    The project executive decides the job

    Budget, schedule recovery and owner commitments sit with one senior builder who knows the project from preconstruction on.

  3. L3

    Sector leaders decide the portfolio

    Staffing, equipment and risk across many jobs are balanced by operations leaders who still visit those jobs every week.

  4. L4

    The executive team decides the company

    Which work we pursue, which capabilities we add and which standards never bend. Decisions are written down and explained.

Growing the next leaders

Tomorrow’s leaders are on site today.

Most of our future leaders are already here, running a pour, chasing submittals or walking a punch list. We move people across sectors and delivery models on purpose, pair them with senior builders and give them real responsibility early. Leadership is learned on the job, the same way the trade is.

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