David Matthew Collinson Email & Phone Number

Drayton, Qld, Au

Drayton, Qld, Au

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Director & Advisor | R&D VenturesAs the Director and Advisor at R&D Ventures, David Collinson plays a pivotal role in advancing the world's first Indigenous venture capital company, dedicated to empowering Australian Indigenous entrepreneurs. With a mission to catalyze commercial growth and economic independence for Indigenous communities, David provides strategic guidance and leadership in fostering high-impact investments and entrepreneurial initiatives.David leverages his extensive experience in venture capital, business development, and technology innovation to mentor Indigenous startups, guide sustainable business growth, and help structure funding and partnerships that align with R&D's values of inclusivity and empowerment. By driving initiatives that aim to create wealth and generational change within Indigenous communities, he actively contributes to R&D's vision of establishing 50 Indigenous millionaire entrepreneurs over the next decade.In his role, David is instrumental in building the foundation for R&D Ventures' partnerships with Indigenous Business Australia and other government and private entities. Through his hands-on involvement and advisory expertise, David supports R&D's mission of transforming Indigenous business landscapes by connecting innovative ideas with investment, mentorship, and strategic resources.

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Neo Roosevelt Group ("NRG") is the holding company of a corporate structure incorporated to develop a series of initiatives beneficial to the Toowoomba Regional Council zone and the Greater Darling Downs region. Incorporated on Remembrance Day 2021, it is the majority owner of VFA-102 Diamondbacks ("Dbacks") which operates ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Acquisition Targeting & Reconnaissance) and as a business incubator. Dbacks was incorporated on Remembrance Day 2020 and now has a 33 projects blueprinted & in the development pipeline. In the future, it will accommodate external parties seeking to raise funding &/or in need of corporate advisory services where the businesses are developing projects beneficial to the Toowoomba region. Dbacks has two projects which will deliver gargantuan value and details of these will be released shortly after funds raising program has been successfully completed.As a point of note, while I am the majority shareholder of these business, I am pledged to give 6/7ths of my wealth to the Catholic & Anglican Churchs in equal proportions at 3/7ths each.

Australia

Diamondbacks is the venture capital arm of the revamped Roosevelt Group ("RG") and was incorporated on Remembrance Day, November 11th 2020. Diamondbacks has presently has a business development project pipeline consisting of 33 different commercial models all of which are to be situated (initially at least) in Toowoomba, Queensland &/or the greater Darling Downs region. These projects will all be activated, up and running and operating commercially at profit by 11/11/2028 (this being the end of RG's first seven years forwards plan. The smallest of the 33 projects is the construction of Australia's largest backpackers hostel which we are going be calling "The Samaritan Inn". Fully developed, this project is valued at between AUD10M & AUD20M.The largest of the 33 projects is Abraham UCG ("Underground Coal Gasification"). When fully developed, just the gas field producing low-carbon 'Optigas' will be the largest single commercial operation in the entire history of Australia. What's more, the gas field production will be flowing downstream as feedstock/s for three distinct & separate commercial operations as follows:1. Power --> BTC mining farm (and mining of other cryptocurrencies)2. Fertilizer production / Clean irrigation water production / Poly petrochemical manufacturing feedstock production3. Liquid fuels (diesel) production / Hydrogen production / Rocket launch feedstocks (O2 oxidant & CH4 propellant)Noteworthy: of the above, #1 will be the World's largest cryptocurrency mining farm which we have calculated should be valued at well over USD5 billionAlso noteworthy: #3 will make Toowoomba the lowest-cost location for space rocket launch on a worldwide basis (this in terms of fuel & oxidant supplied costs, not capital cost of the rockets or space ships themselves obviously).

Gold Coast Then Everywhere And Now Toowoomba

Roosevelt Group International Limited is a group holding company and my 100% personally owned & never to be sold down main vehicle of corporate & commercial action & activity.

Brisbane, Australia

Superior Coal is a small coal processing company focused on remediation of and recovery from coal mine tailings and course rejects dumps.Position: PROJECT ACCOUNTANT & 2IC to CFOResponsibilities:• Management of the project and construction accounting, costing and compliance• Project financial modelling• ERP evaluation and selection.

Brisbane, Australia

Downer Group is a large engineering and mining services company.Position: financial consultant (contract) February 2012 – MAY 2012Responsibilities:Preparation of a project accounting process manualReview of current project accounting systems;Identification of best practice within varied current project accounting systems and areas for potential improvement;Recommendations on improvements to systems and procedures;Business process modelling of systems and procedures (current & future states);Authoring of manual and supporting documentation;Guidance on preparation of project reporting templates.Note: I had just arrived back in Australia and took this role as the short-term contract nature was suited to my circumstances.

Montreal, Canada Area

Montreal

Laurus Energy is a US-based developer of Underground Coal Gasification projects in USA and Canada, with offices in Houston TX, Sheridan WY, Edmonton AB and Montreal QC.Position: Controller / Acting CFO MARCH 2008 – FEBRUARY 2010 Responsibilities:Financial modeling for Canadian and US projectsDCF/IRR, EBITDA and etc for gas field development, power generation, liquid fuels production, carbon dioxide separation and use for enhanced oil production, etc.Project sensitivity analysis relative to variable inputs (ie. modeling of IRR variations with variations across a number of key variables such as CO2 value/cost, gas value, CapEx, etc).Engineering process modeling for Canadian and US projects:Meetings with external engineering consultants;Calculation and modeling of gas separation processes, gas clean-up plant, liquid fuels production, hydrogen separation and combustion modeling for residual gas stream.Modeling of carbon dioxide availability, compression and value for enhanced oil production.Preparation of various financing documents:Project investment proposals and power point presentations, Head of Agreements, debt financing, equity financing proposals.Various internal ad-hoc research projects:Eg. Investigation into gas separation technologies and value of UCG-syngas stream as separated gas componentsParticipation in engineering design meetings for phased-plant development planning.Grant funding applications for US Dept of Energy, Alberta government and Wyoming government.Preparation/supervision of internal reporting (including reporting to venture capital providers) and operational & project budgeting, budget tracking and general cash flow management.US and Canadian Tax filing preparations and review in consultation with external advisors.Set up of IT systems, accounting systems and internal controls Supervision of daily management accountingPreparation for and supervision/management of year-end audit process

Brisbane

ILFC Australia is a subsidiary of International Lease Finance Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of AIG, housing Australian commercial passenger aircraft assets for leasing to Australian-based airlines.Responsibilities:Coordination with Australian director and 3x US directors (CEO, CFO & Legal Counsel of ILFC) with regards to whatever tasks were required to operate the entity and achieve objectives.Design and set up of accounting systems in coordination with Los Angeles head office.Coordination of aircraft import transactions.Review pricing models, contracts, apply for sales tax credits, remit sale tax credits to US parent.Supervision of daily management accounting (using JDE One World).Business partnering with the Group Controller on various matter relating to operational & transaction cash flow budgeting and Sarbanes Oxley compliance documentation requirements.Preparation for and supervision./management of year-end audit process with statutory accounts under US-GAAP and IFRS.Coordination of Ernst & Young seconded staff (five partners and five-eight staff accountants).Preparation of documents for legal defence against tax office legal dispute.Coordination of varied structured finance transactions:Creation of financial models for analysis of transaction benefitsConsultation with tax experts on legal validity of proposed transactions and technical accuracy of benefit calculations / transaction models.Interface with bank counterparties and negotiation of financing deals.Maintain ‘data room’ for transaction due diligence processes.Key Achievements:Completion of > $1.5b total transactions at > $150m profitIdentification of transaction mechanisms and tax arbitrage possibilities allowing for double depreciation allowances to be claimed (firstly in the US and second in Australia in the hands of a bank).Negotiation of 70/30 profit split on transactions relating to depreciation tax gains with bank in our favour.

Melbourne, Australia

Brisbane

Linc Energy is an Australian-based developer of Underground Coal Gasification projects. This position continued in an advisory capacity until February, 2005Responsibilities:Coordination of company management matters with board of directors.Management of financial aspects of Underground Coal Gasification project site.Management of Financial aspects of JV with (GOC) CS Energy and conversion of JV to wholly-owned unit of Linc Energy.Liaise with government on research & development funding matters.Financial modeling of Underground Coal Gasification projects for fund raising activities.Project valuation on DCF/IRR basis with EBITDA, P&L and Balance Sheet projections.Preparation of company valuation model Future forecast project value;Operating cost projection;Discount cash flow to yield company value;NB: value model was used by broker for IPO purposes.Preparation of various Investment Documents.Information memorandums;Budget and notations for investor purposes;Financial models for various speculative development projects.Design of accounting systems and supervision of daily management accounting (using MYOB).Operational cash flow budgeting and partnering with capital providers re cash funding matters.Preparation for and supervision/management of year-end audit process with statutory accounts under Australian GAAP.Key Achievements:Securing government grant funding (circa $3m).Securing private investment funding (circa $10m)Preparation of IPO documentation and company valuation model for underwriters.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Various professional accounting work including investment analysis, annual accounting, business and personal tax matters.

Brisbane, Australia

Various professional accounting work including annual accounting, personal and business tax matters, audit work

Brisbane, Australia

Alstom Australia is a manufacturer of industrial power transformers. Responsibility & key achievement:Designed and built a factory resource allocation database to enable improved resource utilization.Maintained the same database for management of transformer manufacturing plant.

Brisbane, Australia

Junior role on a work experience basis and compensated only by way of fee waiver on trading my personal account. Included training on the S.E.A.T.S. (Stock Exchange Automated Trading System) platform.

Master'S Degree, Information Technology

Professional Year Program, Accounting

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Accounting And Finance

Finance, Accounting, Law