Experience

20Twenty Advisory

• Australia
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal

  • Jul 2020 - Present

  Founding Principal of 20Twenty Advisory, which provides cost efficient expert infrastructure advisory services whereby clients benefit from the extensive 20/20 hindsight of the team at 20Twenty, across all aspects of infrastructure development and management - ensuring security of sustainable essential infrastructure. Founding Principal of 20Twenty Advisory, which provides cost efficient expert infrastructure advisory services whereby clients benefit from the extensive 20/20 hindsight of the team at 20Twenty, across all aspects of infrastructure development and management - ensuring security of sustainable essential infrastructure.



Projectus Infrastructure

• Australia
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • 2014 - Sep 2021

  One of the founding Directors of Projectus, which is a service firm established to provide general project services for the delivery of major infrastructure projects related to the mining, rail, port and energy sectors in Australia and internationally. One of the founding Directors of Projectus, which is a service firm established to provide general project services for the delivery of major infrastructure projects related to the mining, rail, port and energy sectors in Australia and internationally.



Integrated Commodity Solutions

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Jun 2018 - Jun 2020

  One of the founding Directors of Integrated Commodity Solutions, which is a specialist advisory and service firm established to offer high quality strategic logistics management solutions to bulk commodity (particularly coal) exporters, traders and financiers with a focus on Queensland and the Northern Territory. One of the founding Directors of Integrated Commodity Solutions, which is a specialist advisory and service firm established to offer high quality strategic logistics management solutions to bulk commodity (particularly coal) exporters, traders and financiers with a focus on Queensland and the Northern Territory.



First State Infrastructure Pty Ltd

• Director

  • Apr 2018 - Jun 2020

  One of the founding Directors of First State Infrastructure, which was an advisory and service company established to provide infrastructure delivery systems and project management resources for public works throughout NSW. One of the founding Directors of First State Infrastructure, which was an advisory and service company established to provide infrastructure delivery systems and project management resources for public works throughout NSW.



Balance Infrastructure and Investments

• Director

  • May 2014 - Jun 2020

  Providing guidance and direction to the ‘Collins Barrow Toronto Infrastructure Advisory’ Joint Venture responsible for providing professional advisory services relating to the technical and economic development of infrastructure projects servicing the resources and public works sectors in Canada and North America. Providing guidance and direction to the ‘Collins Barrow Toronto Infrastructure Advisory’ Joint Venture responsible for providing professional advisory services relating to the technical and economic development of infrastructure projects servicing the resources and public works sectors in Canada and North America.



Balance Advisory

• Australia
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Jan 2010 - Jun 2020

  I established and lead Balance Advisory, where I successfully advised over 70 clients on all aspects of infrastructure development and management, including but not limited to: project feasibility, due diligence, negotiating and managing infrastructure access arrangements and connections; procurement of infrastructure services; representing clients on complex supply chain, master planning and economic regulation matters; infrastructure delivery programming and management; independent expert testimony, and related dispute resolution matters; executive management of infrastructure delivery; infrastructure pricing, policy development and commercial structuring; and infrastructure design and costing. Show less



Balance Power & Gas

• Director

  • Apr 2012 - Jan 2014

  One of the founding Directors of Balance Power & Gas, which was a specialist advisory and service firm established to provide guidance and leadership to clients predominantly in the resources sector in Australia on matters relating to power and gas infrastructure and energy supply, including greenhouse gas emissions and trading. One of the founding Directors of Balance Power & Gas, which was a specialist advisory and service firm established to provide guidance and leadership to clients predominantly in the resources sector in Australia on matters relating to power and gas infrastructure and energy supply, including greenhouse gas emissions and trading.



Integrated Logistics Company Pty Ltd

• Alternate Director

  • Jul 2010 - Dec 2012

  [Provides all the capacity analysis, logistics modelling and reporting services to the users of the Dalrymple Bay integrated coal supply chain.] Represented the interests of the Isaac Plain Coal Joint Venture (one of eight key shareholders along with other bulk coal exporters BHP Mitsui, Anglo American, Glencore, Peabody and Rio Tinto, and transportation services providers Aurizon and Pacific National). The CEO / General Manager of the Integrated Logistics Company reports to this Board. [Provides all the capacity analysis, logistics modelling and reporting services to the users of the Dalrymple Bay integrated coal supply chain.] Represented the interests of the Isaac Plain Coal Joint Venture (one of eight key shareholders along with other bulk coal exporters BHP Mitsui, Anglo American, Glencore, Peabody and Rio Tinto, and transportation services providers Aurizon and Pacific National). The CEO / General Manager of the Integrated Logistics Company reports to this Board.



Bowen Central Coal Management

• General Manager Contracts

  • Jul 2008 - Dec 2009

  My role was to manage the contracts for both the Bowen Central Coal Joint Venture (Eagle Downs) and the Isaac Plains Coal Joint Venture, with multiple tenement interests throughout Central Queensland. My role entailed, however was not limited to: infrastructure strategy development and execution, including the development and maintenance of ‘shadow’ infrastructure costing models to assist with commercial negotiations; management and administration of all rail, port, power and water infrastructure contracts, including the management of all associated relationships with the respective infrastructure service providers; establishment and maintenance of financial budgets regarding the rail, port, power and water infrastructure and services; represent company interests with regard to the economic regulation of rail infrastructure and port access and pricing, making of regulatory submissions, supply chain coordination and integration, and operational policy development; negotiation and management of infrastructure contracts, and variations; management of feasibility studies relating to rail, port, power and water for development projects; and development, design, and costing (and pricing) of private infrastructure, and associated connections. Show less



Xstrata Coal

• Switzerland

• Group Manager Infrastructure & Contracts

  • Jan 2007 - Jun 2008

  My role entailed: rail and port strategy development and execution for Xstrata’s portfolio of coal assets in Queensland, i.e. 30mtpa+ across four operating coal mines and across three coal networks and the Wandoan development project (20-40mtpa); maintenance of financial budgets regarding the rail and port infrastructure and services; represent company interests with regard to the economic regulation of rail infrastructure and port access and pricing, making of regulatory submissions, supply chain coordination and integration, and operational policy development; development of infrastructure productivity improvements for various train loading facilities, and associated CHPP infrastructure; negotiating rail contracts to support Xstrata’s ongoing production, including the sponsoring/facilitation of Pacific National’s entry into the Queensland coal industry (including undertaking and concluding detailed and complex commercial negotiations, negotiating and managing project delivery schedules, providing input into rollingstock and rail infrastructure support facility design and delivery); managing short term secondary market rail and port capacity trading processes; advising on matters relating to the design, costing and delivery schedule of the rail spur and loop for the Wandoan Project; representing Xstrata’s technical, operating and commercial interests regarding the development of the ($1.5b+) Surat Basin Rail project; feasibility assessment of rail and port infrastructure for the Wandoan coal project; development of port pricing principles and charging framework with regard to the proposed Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal; feasibility assessment of port options for the Wandoan coal project; management of dispute resolution processes, relating to infrastructure pricing; playing a leading role in the establishment of coordinated supply chain integration and governance systems and processes; and undertaking infrastructure capacity modelling and assessment exercises. Show less



Surat Basin Rail Joint Venture

• Alternate Director

  • Jan 2007 - Jun 2008

  [Responsible for the development of the Surat Basin Rail project - a proposed railway that will connect the vast Surat Basin coal reserves with the Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal (WICET) and the Port of Gladstone on Queensland’s coast. The proposed open access railway between Wandoan and Banana is a key element to strategic resources development in the Surat region.] Represented the interests of Xstrata Coal (one of the then 5 shareholders, along with QRNational (now Aurizon), Anglo American, ATEC, and IFM). Show less



Aurizon

• Australia
• Truck Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Various, leading up to Supply Chain Manager

  • Jan 1997 - Dec 2006

  My role entailed, however was not limited to: maintenance of pricing models for rail haulage contracts; crew and fleet requirement strategic planning, including short and long term rollingstock deployment across the rail networks in Queensland and NSW; maintenance of rail infrastructure billing systems and processes across all Queensland coal operations ($400m+/yr); negotiation of rail infrastructure upgrades and capacity enhancements; advise on the development of the initial Coal Rail Infrastructure Master Plan (CRIMP); management and administration of 200mtpa+ of rail infrastructure access agreements across Queensland and NSW; development and implementation of innovative, and non-conventional, alternative rail infrastructure and operating solutions; represent QR National’s interests across a complex framework of coal supply chain forums throughout Queensland and NSW; establishment and maintenance of commercial and operation KPI frameworks; and responsibility of technical and operational interfaces between QR National and miners and ports, including advising on engineering and operational enhancements and improvements, as well as the design and specification of new rail spurs and loops. Show less