Name Greg Davy
Company Canny Group
Position CEO
HQ Melbourne, Australia
Employees ~65EXECUTIVE INTERVIEWCanny structure
Backed by its strong brand DNA, luxury design
and construction firm Canny continues to expand
and diversify its business under the guidance of
Group CEO Greg Davy.IMAGES LUBELSO BY CANNYH
aving grown up in a family of builders, Canny Group CEO Greg
Davy initially resisted entering the industry. Eventually studying
building and construction in his mid 20s, a passion for the
industry was ignited and Greg hasn’t looked back since. By the age
of 27, Greg was leading the Victorian division of a successful
South Australian contracting company. Starting the business “from scratch”,
Greg quickly proved himself in the industry, identifying opportunities for
expansion and broadening his skillset and the variety of work the business could
take on in that market. “What I learned in the early days was that you can’t be a
one-trick pony,” says Greg.“I gained trust because I put effort into getting the jobs done on time, to a very
high level,” he explains. It was the start of a thirty-year career; those two things
becoming integral to Greg’s ongoing success. In that initial role he worked on
some impressive projects — from the Shrine of Remembrance, to Federation
Square. “I gained a really good understanding of commercial construction and
the critical nature of those projects.”In conjunction with the remarkable commercial builds Greg was managing, he
also had a side business renovating and selling domestic projects, all before he