Peter Robson Email & Phone Number

Australia

Providing commercial advice to several science and technology companies.

Brisbane/Sydney

High Force is a rapidly growing constructor of communications networks. Primarily operating in Queensland it is currently expanding into the southern Sates of Australia. High Force works on first tier telecommunications, broadcast, corporate and government networks with services including: site acquisition, EME, design, field deployment and maintenance, project management and engineering services.

Sydney, Australia

Kordia Solutions is a leading communications engineering solutions provider. Under Peter's leadership it grew from being a third tier subcontractor with AUD23 Million of revenues and 85 people in 2001 to become a first tier end to end communications engineering company with close to AUD200 Million in revenues and 800 People in 2014 when Peter left the company. Kordia's customers included all of the big three Australian telecommunications operators, several second tier operators, government departments, large corporate networks, utilities and major energy and natural resources companies. From small beginnings Kordia Solutions built huge breadth and depth of capability.

Sydney, Australia

Australian Associated Press (AAP) is Australia's real time newswire agency which in 1995, when he first joined, employed over 200 journalists and 1,000 other staff. As COO Peter was responsible for the Human resources, legal and property divisions as well as the main operating subsidiary, AAPCS, which contributed about 30% of total Group revenues. Peter became COO of AAP at a time of major reductions in revenues, restructuring and consolidation for the business following divestment of its interests in AAPT and Vodafone. He led cost reduction initiatives that resulted in 40% costs saving in the Group's major subsidiary as well as cost reductions in the Group. He was deeply involved, under the leadership of the Group CEO, in rebuilding the company and the development of new products that re-established AAP as a viable media business. He left AAP Group in 2004 to take the leadership of the company that is now Kordia but was then a subsidiary of AAP.

Sydney

Peter was recruited as General Counsel for the AAP Group which at the time was rapidly growing into a major telecommunications and media player with eventual total Group revenues of over AUD700 Million. Peter was also company secretary for the Group and its subsidiaries including AAP Telecommunications (AAPT). He participated in and advised on numerous major transactions including the development and implementation of AAP's successful Web strategy and new products, the acquisition of a AUD220 Million interest in Vodafone Network Australia, the IPO and later divestment of AAP's interests in AAPT, the negotiation of several joint ventures with foreign media operators, the negotiation of major IT implementation projects, the management of numerous legal and commercial issues arising out of AAP's media operations.

Sydney

The Federal Airports Corporation (FAC) had ownership of twenty three of Australia's major airports. Peter joined the FAC as General Counsel in 1988. The FAC had revenues of over AUD500 Million in 1995 when he was recruited by AAP Group. His role steadily expanded to include Group company secretarial duties, responsibility for corporate strategy, superannuation, internal audit and joint lead for the Group's privatisation project. He played a leading role, with others, in the AUD1.6 Billion upgrade of Australia's airports from 1988 to 1995 and developed strategies and implemented new contractual and management approaches that resulted in less than only $500k of successful contractors claims. He led the successful defence of environmental approvals of major projects. He participated in the establishment of the FAC's AUD600 Million borrowing programme, including a Eurobond issue. He sat on various major project control groups, the Planning and Budget Committee and the Executive Committee. The eventual privatisation of the FAC netted in excess of AUD9.4 Billion for the Australian Government. After leaving the FAC Peter, with AAP's permission, advised the consortium that purchased Brisbane AIrport.

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