PAGA HILL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (PNG) - Key Persons


David Galvin

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Chairman of the Australian Livestock Export Corporation Ltd
David Galvin is Chairman of The Australian Livestock Export Corporation Ltd (LiveCorp) he comes from an extensive rural background in the Northern Territory and overseas. He is the former CEO of Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC), a position that he held for nearly 12 years before standing down in 2012. The ILC is a major beef producer and has considerable pastoral holdings and pastoral enterprise agreements on the Indigenous held land across Northern Australia to Tasmania. Mr Galvin was a Director of Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia Pty Ltd (owner/operator of Ayers Rock Resort) and currently Managing Director of Tubarao Investments Pty Ltd, a property investment company.

George Hallit - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
George Hallit is an experienced consulting professional, specialising in performance transformation, process improvement and the implementation of sustained cultural change. George served as a Director in the Paga Hill Estate development from 2002 until 2012. Since early 2016 George has committed himself to the project on a full-time basis.

Gudmundur Fridriksson - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Business Leader
Gudmundur Fridriksson (Gummi) is a business leader with over 30 years experience in managing major projects in Papua New Guinea, Europe, China, Hong Kong and Australia. He is experienced in managing organisations and delivering complex projects within politically sensitive, logistically challenging and culturally diverse locations.

Ian Shepherd

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Partner at Ashurst PNG
Ian is Partner at Ashurst PNG, which has the largest presence of any international law firm in Papua New Guinea. Ian primarily practices in the areas of litigation and commercial law, with extensive experience from within Australia and Papua New Guinea, where has more that 27 years' experience.

Peter Barge - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
Peter Barge was Chairman and CEO of Jones Lang LaSalle Asia Pacific, the region's leading property services group with 16,000 staff spread across 60 offices. He has held board directorships in public and private companies in the property and tourism space in Europe, India, Asia and Australia. He is Chairman of Trustees at Internationally acclaimed Green School Bali and was a Director of the owner/operator company of Yulara (Ayers Rock Resort) and a Director of the major township developer in India. Mr Barge was awarded the inaugural "Asia Pacific Trailblazer Award" by the region's Hotel and Tourism industry.

Ray Paul Barava

Job Titles:
  • Director
Mr Ray Paul is a highly respected Papua New Guinean public servant with extensive local experience and network. Mr Paul most recently served as Chief Commissioner of Customs PNG and is an advisor to the Prime Minister's Department.