As the Executive Director of Altamais Advisory, I lead strategic planning, oversee daily operations, and drive business growth. I manage client relationships, ensuring their needs are met while maintaining our firm's reputation for excellence. I also focus on financial health and cultivating a high-performing team. My role involves aligning our organisational goals with industry standards and client expectations, ensuring sustainable growth and success. Through effective leadership and strategic vision, I aim to navigate challenges and seize opportunities to enhance our firm's market position and deliver exceptional value to our clients.

Renewables - Future Fuels - Rail - Power - Water - Infrastructure

Working with our clients across multiple industries and frameworks, by providing strategic and in-depth knowledge in the commercial space.Clients seeking complex EPC, FEED and bespoke contract tender strategies, bankability advisory, and ESG strategies, are encouraged to get in touch.

Working across Inland Rail project program and specifically with live projects, to help with delivery, stakeholder management and risk management.Leadership for commercial team and ensuring compliance across project objectives, both internally and with major contractors to ensure trains run as programmed.

Key achievements:Transformed and grew the Utilities division around from winning projects circa $120m to become a billion dollar project business including the development of strategies to retain departing clientsSecured $3.7 billion of project revenue in 4 year tenure to fill a 7 year pipelineAchieved annual team tendering target of AU $3.35 BillionFinancial analysis and reporting, including P/L, project performance, forecasts, pricing, financial modelling and cost control evaluation of WIP, FTC and debtorsDevelopment of pre-contracts process, policies for end-to-end tendering and delivery capability across large scale utilities projectsLead, train, coach and manage high performing business development teams, enabling successful bids of commercially astute studies and utilities projects. Identified and mentored junior commercial internal talent.Developed project team structure than includes cradle to grave delivery (from tendering to project completion).Responsibilities Included; Bid Management | Project Resource Planning | Project Supply Chain Management | EPC/EPCM/D&C Management | Project Controls | Dispute Resolution | Lead Team of Project Commercial Managers and Contract Administrators | Major Complex Contract Negotiation | Training and Development of Staff | Analysis of Bid to Win Strategies | Alignment of Legal Changes into Business Plans | Audit of Projects to ensure Compliance |

Key achievements:Integration of a global merger strategy: a newly acquired CSG engineering company and an Environmental and Infrastructure Consulting company into the AMEC Australia operations Negotiated mega project (US$1.2b) based in Namibia (uranium), with the Chinese governmentKey responsibility for department financial analysis and reporting, including P/L, project performance, forecasts, pricing, financial modelling and cost control evaluation of WIP, FTC and debtorsRecognised as the ‘go-to’ person within the business to secure major projects with cross border delivery frameworks, including international negotiations with prospective clients and winning large scale projectsLead, train, coach and manage high performance business development teams, enabling successful bids of commercially astute studies and utilities projectsResponsibilities Included; Bid Management | Project Resource Planning | Cross International Border Strategies | Supply Chain Management | EPC/EPCM/D&C Management | Project Controls | Dispute Resolution | Legal Strategy Management

All mining jobs, including Uranium, Gold, Copper/Moly, Coal, Silver and other precious and rare earths.Locations included, PNG, Laos, Indonesia, Philippines, as well as South America.Construction and Project Delivery management in all parts of the region, including resolution of site and client issues.Responsibilities Included; Bid Management | Project Resource Planning | Cross International Border Strategies | Supply Chain Management | EPC/EPCM Management | Project Controls | Dispute Resolution |

Coal Wash Plants within the Australian east coast, and International sites, which included remote locations such as Siberia.Procurement, project bid teams, project commercial and contract admin and dispute resolution, reported to this role.Responsibilities Included; Project Resource Planning | Supply Chain Management | EPC/EPCM Management | Project Controls | Dispute Resolution | System Improvements (LEAN)

Management of Contract admin function across all Construction and ITT projects.Lead, Developed and Managed teams of contract administrators, commercial analysts and cost controllers, including site based.Construction programs structured around Alliance style delivery, as well as Australian Standard (AS4000 suite).Lead the Construction Contract Consulting business unit into other Utilities around Australia.Responsibilities Included; Supply Chain Management | EPC/EPCM Management | Project Controls | Dispute Resolution | Alliance Contract Strategies | Contract Consulting into other Major Utilities around Australia and NZ | Supply Chain Forecasting | Cost Benefit Analysis |Oversaw the Claims Management Function | Training and Development of Rest of Business in Commercial/Contracting Behaviours

First roll out of optical fibre project in Asia. My region included South East Asia (SEA), and all supply chain to support construction program throughout the SEA region. A heavy project management, system house, logistics, construction and client management project.Responsibilities Included; Client Management | Project Resource Planning | Cross International Border Strategies | Supply Chain Management | Project Controls | Dispute Resolution | International Logistics Management | Project Management |