VALOREM ADVISORY - Key Persons
Qualifications: Project Management Advanced Diploma, Mechanical Engineering Andrew has 25 years of manufacturing and maintenance related leadership experience in the rail and aviation industries. Of note he has held senior executive roles with UGL and Boeing including Head of Project Services for UGL Rail and Defence, Head of Rail for UGL in Asia (General Manager) based in Hong Kong and Operations Manager for UGL Hunter Valley Maintenance Centre. The various project and operational management roles he has held in the rail and aviation industries have allowed him to learn successful leadership of complex businesses, frontline maintenance operations and delivery projects, and has provided him with the skills and experience to manage safety, quality, cost and schedule requirements, while maintaining a unique leadership style that is built on customer relationships, workforce engagement and product knowledge.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Chartered Professional Engineer and Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland
Qualifications: Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) Queensland University of Technology, Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Mechanical) Queensland University of Technology, Member Institute of Engineers Australia, Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (No. 12444), Chartered Professional Engineer National Professional Engineers Register Cameron is a Chartered Professional Engineer and Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ) with significant experience in major projects across a range of sectors. He is a highly skilled and versatile manager and engineer with a proven ability to manage project controls and assurance at project and organisational level. Cameron has developed and implemented governance systems and project controls systems for multiple owners' organisations and projects with a strong focus on the integration of these systems within existing enterprise frameworks. Cameron possesses a familiarity with dynamic company and project environments and can manage multidisciplinary teams to deliver high quality projects and associated documentation in an organised and methodical manner.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Wider Team
- Senior Advisor
Qualifications: MSc in Engineering (Advanced Applied Mechanics), Imperial College, University of London, UK | MBA in Marketing, City University Business School, UK | CPEng
Chuck has over 30 years' experience in Australia and internationally in the design and manufacture of passenger rollingstock, locomotives and wagons. Chuck has world leading experience and specialisation in bogie systems delivering various bogie related projects including passenger and freight locomotive bogies.
Chuck has performed major design refurbishments for mass transit cars in Australia and Hong Kong and has been part of design teams in the final stages of prototyping and manufacturing. He brings technical expertise in engineering teams, driving process improvements and meeting customer expectations.
Qualifications: MCIPS Corporate Award, Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply, Professional Legal Studies, The College of Law New Zealand, Bachelor of Law, The University of Auckland, Bachelor of Commerce, The University of Auckland Conor has extensive business management and operational leadership experience in commercial, scientific, and public environments, with a proven track record of achievement against strategic and financial targets. Conor successfully managed diverse teams with complex, high-volume workloads. Conor has worked across operational management, commercial consultancy, and professional legal service sectors. He has worked with SMEs and collaborated with multinational firms. Conor has an entrepreneurial mindset and a proven track record for delivering results and creating efficiencies.
Job Titles:
- Senior Advisor
- Professional Mechanical Engineer
Qualifications - Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering/Business Management (Hons), University of Newcastle Daniel is a professional mechanical engineer with over 6 years of experience domestically and internationally in product design, sales, and marketing. Throughout Daniel's career he has utilized a range of engineering software, and marketing software skills to navigate his way through the conceptualization, creation, and analytics processes to the final physical product and digital marketing stages.
Qualifications: Diploma in Law, Legal Practitioners Admissions Board (1995) | Master of Laws and Management, University of New South Wales (1999) | Senior Executive Program, London Business School (2010) David has over 25 years' experience in the delivery of economic and social infrastructure assets in Australia, Asia, North America, the UK and West Africa across sectors including resources, oil and gas, utilities, power, transportation, infrastructure, building and property. David has expertise in the strategic planning, procurement, commercial and delivery of many forms of projects and services including public private partnerships (PPP), design and construct (D&C), engineer procure and construct (EPC), engineer procure and construct management (EPCM), cost plus target price, collaborative contracting (alliances), life cycle costing, integrated property services and integrated facility management. David was seconded into Transport for NSW as Director Commercial leading the TFNSW commercial and procurement teams during 2015 and has held Commercial Director roles on projects, Managing Director and Chief Executive roles at FREDON Group, Forge Group Limited (ASX:200) and UGL Resources, Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Legal Officer at UGL Limited (ASX:100) and other senior legal roles within Leighton Contractors (as General Counsel) and ABB Asea Brown Boveri as legal counsel and global contracts manager. David maintains key insight into contract negotiation and transaction advice. With CEO experience he brings strategic planning and organisational chance to major transactions and delivery.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Wider Team
- Senior Advisor
- Strategic Consultant
Qualifications: Master of Business Administration (Full-Time) - Graduated with Excellence Exchange student at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business | Master of Engineering - Civil Engineering, emphasis in Project Management | Bachelor of Science - Construction Engineering American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon Elie is a strategic consultant with 5 years of experience in international engineering and strategy advisory. Possessing strong knowledge in different proven tools and frameworks for strategy development, business modelling, and performance management, such as the Execution Premium's balanced scorecard, Elie works with clients to provide customized solutions for infrastructure, social infrastructure and sustainable social and economic growth. Elie is fluent in English, French and Arabic.
Qualifications: Bachelor of Arts (Government and International Relations, Sociology), University of Sydney | Bachelor of Laws (International and European Law), University of Groningen, The Netherlands Emma is a dedicated and results driven person with key insights in commercial advice, administration and government relations. She has almost 10 years' experience in document management and project office administration. Her excellent organisational, collaboration and communication skills gained from both academic and work experience in legal research and intercultural communication make her a valuable addition to the team.
Qualifications: Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
Initially with the Department of Main Roads (now TFNSW), Ian then spent over 20 years in the housing sector particularly focused on subdivisions and the delivery of public housing - holding various positions including Director, Housing Production Division.
Returning to the RTA (now TFNSW) in 1998, as General Manager Infrastructure Contracts, Ian was involved with all of RTA's major Government funded projects and had a key role in establishing the RTA's alliance model which has resulted in infrastructure worth $2 billion being delivered by alliances. He was involved with the delivery of the Eastern Distributor PPP project as a representative on the Project Control Group and was involved in the management and operation of the M2, M4, M5 and Sydney Harbour Tunnel.
During this period, Ian developed a thorough understanding of the issues involved with delivery of major infrastructure, and a focus on managing contracting risk and the resolution of major contractual claims.
More recently, Ian is a key member of our commercial and technical advisory team having been involved in the development of the tender documents, evaluation plans and managing the selection processes for a number of road and infrastructure projects.
Qualifications - Master of Business Administration, AGSM @ UNSW Business School, Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Hons), Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA) Juan is a civil engineer with experience in managing energy infrastructure projects (i.e., gas pipelines and electrical substations). Responsible for projects´ delivery and financial oversight, adjustment of contract prices in unstable economies, assessment of risk and opportunities and on-site coordination in challenging environments. Juan is experienced at providing transaction support, working with transaction team leads as well as client teams providing project coordination, administrative support and data room management. Juan has demonstrated his expertise in coordinating team members, working with client teams and many stakeholders to achieve project outcomes in a timely manner. He brings to his projects a high level of determination and commitment and is comfortable working with integrated teams and stakeholders at all levels.
Qualifications: Bachelor of Commerce, University of Queensland | Bachelor of Engineering (Civil, 1st Class Honours), University of Queensland | Public Private Partnerships Leadership Program, University of Melbourne
Kathryn has over 15 years' experience in the management of public and private sector infrastructure transactions (including PPP, DBO, D&C, construct only and EPCM delivery models). She brings extensive strategic and commercial experience in project and transaction management, delivery strategy and planning, facilitation and evaluation during EOI and RFP stages, development of strategic frameworks and major project documentation, as well as negotiation and contract finalisation, particularly for PPP projects.
Kathryn brings Government expertise across project development and planning, having conducted industry briefings, market soundings, transaction, delivery and construction management across a wide range of sectors and with NSW Treasury. As a civil engineer Kathryn has experience in project / construction manager in EPCM project delivery roles on the A$1.3bn Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal Stage 7 Expansion and A$3.5bn Wiggins Island Coal Terminal Construction.
Her leadership experience and transaction advice and management expertise provide her with key insights into stakeholder management and strategic advice and implementation.
Qualifications: Bachelor of Science | Masters in Business Administration Keshika has 15 years' experience advising government and private clients across a range of sectors including infrastructure, tourism, start-ups, IT, textiles, culture and creative, media & entertainment. She brings experience of working with international financial institutions such as World Bank, Asian Development Bank and Japan International Cooperation Agency; international trade bodies including Saudi Arabia General Investment Authority, Italian Trade and Investment Agency and Ministry of Economy Trade and Investment, Japan. Keshika has extensive experience in business case preparation, transaction advisory, business plan and market assessment investment promotion and attraction, business process reforms and ease of doing business, policy and regulatory advisory. She has advised clients on transformation programs, program evaluation, project appraisal and review, bringing management skills to support clients in project delivery. She has excellent communication and people management skills having managed key stakeholders across project lifecycles.
Qualifications - MBA UNSW Business School, Australia Master of Architecture UNSW, Exchange to Università Iuav di Venezia, Venice, Italy, Australia Bachelor of Architectural Studies UNSW Leslie is a project manager with five years of experience in managing property development and construction projects, with formal training in architecture and five years of experience in design. An itch for creative problem-solving and an entrepreneurial venture to improve the residential construction and property sector through innovation with positive social impact.
Qualifications: Mini MBA, Australian Institute of Management, 2022 | Admitted as Solicitor in NSW Supreme Court, 2005 | Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, College of Law, 2005 | Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours), University of Newcastle, 2003 | Bachelor of Business, University of Newcastle, 2001 Melanie is a strategic, results-orientated leader with a focus on collaboration and continuous improvement. Her unique combination of formal legal training and practical site experience enables her to take a pragmatic and holistic approach to contracts, procurement and problem solving. Over the last twenty years Melanie has gained end-to-end experience in all stages of contract development, including formulating strategy, tender preparation, drafting, negotiation, evaluation, contract award, contract administration, dispute resolution and close-out. She has worked with a variety of contract models on greenfield and brownfield projects across the water, mining, oil and gas, construction, petroleum, transport, electricity, defence, rail, and manufacturing industries, in both the public and private sector. Melanie is well respected for her integrity, work ethic, attention to detail and perseverance at successfully achieving challenging deadlines and complex project outcomes. She has a proven history of managing diverse teams, risk, expectations and change through collaborative leadership and a strong team culture. Melanie's highly developed influencing, written and verbal communication skills allow her to work effectively with a variety of stakeholders and integrate seamlessly into new and existing teams. Achieving strategic commercial outcomes while maintaining a focus on probity, corporate governance and compliance with government requirements is one of her key strengths.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Wider Team
Phil has over 17 years of experience in the transport sector, with almost 10 of those years in transaction management.
Phil has an experience across a wide range of roles, covering all aspects in the design, manufacture and delivery of rollingstock and infrastructure.
Phil specialises in improving upon existing business processes and developed the best practices for the agile evaluation of tenders during transactions for Sydney Metro City and Southwest. He brings to our client's excellent interpersonal skills, mentoring and training his fellow workers in the use of technology and secure data rooms.
Phil has delivered project outcomes in large multi-disciplinary projects involving the management of stakeholders across client team and direct interaction with industry.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Wider Team
- Senior Advisor
Qualifications - Master of Science in Knowledge Management, Nanyang Technology University, Post Graduate Certificate in Business Management, Indian Institute of Management, Post Graduate Diploma in Materials Management, College of Materials Management Jabalpur, Bachelor of Science, Guru Nanak Dev. University Amritsar Ritesh has over 16 years' experience across various functions along the supply chain such as purchasing, contracts management, warehouse and inventory management, logistics and distribution for different industries and sectors including defence, international relocation, electronics wholesale, mining and public sector. He is self-motivated with strong work ethic and high integrity. As a cooperative team player and transformational team leader with passion for continuous improvement, Ritesh quickly adapts to different environments and builds great relationships with various stakeholders. He is a detail-oriented and solution-based problem solver while keeping a focus on the big picture.
Qualifications: Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical (University Medal and 1st Class Honours) | Master of Business Administration, Macquarie Graduate School of Management
Steven has over 25 years professional and technical experience in manufacturing and engineering of rail transport systems including design, manufacture and maintenance. This includes key business leadership roles in strategic product development and bid management for large whole of life rolling stock opportunities.
Steven is skilled at developing product strategies, leadership and management of multi-discipline teams supported by major project tendering, design, commercial and project management ability. Bringing expertise with Government teams project director role, he has managed major transactions (construction and services), conductied market soundings, industry briefings and managed the industry engagement process for major transport infrastructure projects.
His experience in strategy development and communication provide an operational understanding of procurement processes and transport technologies and operations.
Tara has expertise in delivering workforce scheduling, financial reporting management, office systems and administrative solutions across business. She supports Valorem Advisory's delivery of professional project services by ensuring we have an effective and efficient back office.