Sam Sangster

Sam is the founder and Managing Director of Klok Advisory.

As Managing Director of Klok Advisory, Sam personally acts in a range of project governance roles, leads masterplanning for precincts, structures complex transactions procuring large social infrastructure and precinct/property development projects, facilitating private sector capital investment in (social infrastructure) projects, and advises on commercial structuring for infrastructure transactions. He is particularly renowned for his expertise in leading health capital projects, health and education precinct developments and commercial structuring for social infrastructure projects. Sam’s health infrastructure credentials are unparalleled in Australia, having now led client-side planning and delivery of more than 200 hospitals with a total project value in excess of A$52 billion, and for Klok clients, assisted bidders with hospital PPP bids valued at over A$5.7 billion and other sector PPPs of more than A$3b.

For the 15 years prior to establishing Klok Advisory in 2020, Sam led substantial State Government delivery agencies in Victoria and NSW including VicUrban/Places Victoria, NSW Health Infrastructure and was the inaugural CEO of the NSW Government’s Western Sydney & Aerotropolis Authority. At the Western Sydney Aerotropolis Sam oversaw the development of commercially-focussed city-scale masterplanning for 11,000 hectares around the new Western Sydney Airport, with a focus on development and infrastructure sequencing and engagement with existing and incoming landowners, and led the NSW Government’s business attraction activities, signing more than a decade globally-significant companies to base themselves at the Aerotropolis as foundation partners.

Sam’s pre-government career included senior executive roles at National Australia Bank and Western Mining Corporation in commercial, corporate treasury, Divisional CFO/financial leadership, tax and capital funding/financing domains.

Sam holds formal qualifications as a lawyer, accountant and company director, and outside of work is an avid and active scuba diving instructor/technical diver, a published sports, architecture and cityscape photographer and is a very keen follower of Australian Rules Football.