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Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Globex International is a boutique consultancy specialising in business strategy (development and implementation), Mergers and Acquisitions, turnarounds and Pursuit Strategy/Processes. Our industry experience spans the mining, energy, electrification, software and technology sectors.

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Aviary Corp is a specialist provider of software solutions with its flagship product being Nightingale (nightingalesoftware.com.au). Nightingale is a software suite which provides a complete Enterprise Resource Planning solution for Community Services Organisations - primarily for Client-directed care (e.g. home-based disability, aged-care and mental.

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Perenti Ltd is an ASX listed, diversified mining services group with annual revenues of over $3 billion. Perenti Contract Mining is one of the largest contract miners in the world, operating over 30 mines in Australia, Africa and North America. As Vice President of Contract Mining Performance, responsibilities included Strategy, Electrification, Mining.

Brisbane, Australia

Verbrec (formerly LogiCamms) is an Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) listed company (ASX: VBC) with a portfolio of service lines in engineering, project delivery, operations services and training in the Energy, Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Mining, Water and Infrastructure sectors. Verbrec has offices across Australia and New Zealand and also operates in PNG.

Perth, Western Australia

• Broadspectrum (formerly Transfield, and now part of the Ventia group) is a major service provider to the Resources, Infrastructure, Government and Utilities sectors and has over 15,000 local employees.Role Overview.
• Played a key role in establishing the Ferrovial Global Centre of Excellence for Resources by driving incubation and development of a suite of differentiating technical innovations for maintenance, shutdown and.
• Re-established the business’ position in the key market of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) maintenance, shutdowns and brownfield projects, winning new multi-year contracts with Inpex and Shell.
• Restructured and re-focussed the business development approach and teams, resulting in a dramatic turn-around in the business’ contract win-rate.
• Reinvigorated client relationship methods, resulting in the sole-source renewal of five key long-term contracts with BHP, Chevron and Shell.
• Led a turnaround and repositioned the mining business, expanding work with key clients including BHP Iron Ore, FMG and BHP Olympic Dam.

Almaty, Kazakhstan

• Worley is one of the world’s largest engineering and project delivery companies (peak revenues of $7.6b pa during my tenure) with strong presence in the oil and gas, infrastructure, minerals and chemical industries..
• Held full executive accountability for all aspects of Almaty Operations, including establishment completion, growth and performance of the Project Office for the FEED and EPCM project phases.
• Established the Almaty Engineering and Procurement Operation, built the leadership team (comprising expatriates and locals), implemented project systems, quadrupled staff numbers, and developed infrastructure systems.
• Worked with Chevron to develop the execution strategy, including assessment and selection of sub-contractors to fulfil local content requirements.
• Completed FEED deliverables ahead of schedule and under budget and set up operation for the EPCM phase.

Brisbane, Australia

Role Overview:- Reporting to Chief Operating Officer- CEO Advisory Committee Member- Led business with $1 billion pa revenue, 3,500 employees and 45 offices and sites- Responsible for integration of several acquisitions- Key clients in oil and gas, minerals and metals, power, chemicals and infrastructure industries - Business delivered EPCM projects.

Global Role - Based In Perth, Western Australia

• Role Overview:- Appointed to this international development position (Reporting to the Board Audit and Risk Committee)- Leading all internal audit functions (including operational reviews) across global operations (120.
• Initiated and designed post-acquisition reviews to assist assessment of the level of success of acquisitions and their integrations, which led to changes in Board requirements for acquisition integrations.
• Developed a streamlined approach to key controls when setting up operations in new locations, which increased compliance and reduced key risks.
• Streamlined auditing and review methods for major projects, reducing duplication and increasing effectiveness.
• Ensured a rotation of ‘rising stars’ through the audit team to broaden their experience and inject more operational perspective into the audit process.
• Developed and implemented a Whistle-blower Protection Policy and an associated update of the Code of Conduct.

Perth, Western Australia

• Role Overview:- Reporting to Australia and New Zealand Regional Managing Director- Regional Leadership Team Member- Led business with $600m pa revenue and 2,000 staff- Led Division that performed major FEED and EPCM.
• Grew EBIT 20-fold and revenue from $50m pa to $600m pa
• Improved cash collection performance by 55% (i.e. reduced days sales outstanding from 75 to 34 days).
• Transformed the business from a small design-only 195-person unit to a 2,000-person business providing complete delivery of major asset services contracts and ‘signature’ world-scale mega projects
• Developed a structure, with a separately branded Division, that dramatically increased front-end engineering work won and ‘pull-through’ from one project phase to the next, that was later adopted internationally for.
• Drove innovation, particularly through development of software tools, that was key to the successful conceptual design business.

Brisbane, Queensland

• Role Overview:- Reporting to Northern Australia Location Director- Location Management Team Member;- Led business with $50m pa revenue and 200 staff- Led all operations of the Business Unit (including work for clients.
• Grew annual revenue from $3m to $50m and increased staff numbers from 20 to 200.
• Transformed the business from a small, poorly organised, loss-making unit, constrained to the local gas market, to a highly profitable business executing asset services contracts and major projects interstate and.
• Played pivotal role in winning and executing ‘game changing’ design contracts (e.g. the Origin Energy $1b BassGas Development and the ConocoPhillips $100m Peng Lai Floating Production Project offshore China).
• Transformed the business’ relationship with its largest customer, Santos, resulting in displacement of the main competitor contractor and generation of over $30m per annum in additional revenue.
• Pioneered the (now globally utilised) multi-office engineering method for WorleyParsons resulting in reduced costs and an increased delivery capability for clients.

Advanced Management Program, Business Management

Company Director'S Course

Executive Leadership Program, Business Management

Advanced Management Program, Business

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.), Electrical And Electronics Engineering