· Eric has around 30 years of experience in a wide variety of roles in the resource, infrastructure, agricultural, government and banking sectors.· Eric has excellent management, leadership and communication skills and experience in project management / senior management. He has extensive experience in contract negotiations, planning and scheduling, managing staff, meeting deliverables, project analysis, procurement, resourcing, budget management and cost control, estimating and efficiency reviews.· Proficient in stakeholder relations and engagement with clients, land holders/farmers, Indigenous groups and the community. Eric has experience in native title and cultural heritage management and managing land access and acquisition for major infrastructure projects.· Eric has worked for the Commonwealth Government and subsequent to this engaged with government at a commonwealth, state and local level on behalf of the agricultural, resource and infrastructure industries for several decades.· He has 25 years of experience in managing water and environmental policies, approvals and pricing in Queensland, other parts of Australia, Papua New Guinea and Africa. In addition, he has considerable experience in electricity and transport policies and pricing. · Eric has extensive skills, experience and networks in the agricultural industry. This stems from the 6 years he has worked in the dairy industry, 12 years he worked in the Queensland sugar industry, managing the land access and acquisition team for the Alpha Coal Project and his upbringing on a family farm in Western Australia.· Eric has considerable experience in the resource and infrastructure industries while at Ausenco. Eric had key roles in a major coal project in Queensland (Alpha Coal) and a copper and gold project (Wafi Golpu) in Papua New Guinea. These projects had major infrastructure that included rail, ports, camps, electricity and water. Also, Eric spent 18 months on the Ramu 2 Hydroelectric project in Papua New Guinea.