SWIFT NETWORKS GROUP - Key Persons


Adam Aduckiewicz

Job Titles:
  • Head of Partnerships & Content
Adam is the man in charge of the movies. He liaises with all our content suppliers and supports the marketing strategy to help connect Swift and its clients.

Adam Ashley

Job Titles:
  • Head of Research and Development
Adam leads the product, development and research teams. They're the ones who are constantly innovating and enabling Swift products to grow and evolve to continuously meet your residents' expectations.

Aidan Sommerville - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operations Officer
Aidan joined Swift in 2012 after a career in the Australian Military, where he specialised in leadership, communications and information systems. When he's not building high-performing, collaborative teams, you'll find him going on lots of adventures with his two daughters.

Brad Denison - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Founding Director
  • Non - Executive Director
  • Chairman of Providence Lifestyle Group Pty Ltd
Brad is an experienced Non-Executive Director and CEO with a strong financial background. Brad has particular experience in complex multi-party projects and business turnarounds and has extensive client relationships in the government, mining, aged care and commercial sectors. Brad is a founding director of property development group Development Solutions Australia Pty Ltd. Brad is also Chairman of Providence Lifestyle Group Pty Ltd, a company developing over 55's lifestyle villages, and is a Non-Executive Director of prefabAUS, Australia's leading industry body for offsite construction.

Brian Mangano - CEO, Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Chartered Accountant
  • Managing Director
Brian has over 25 years' executive experience in Australian listed companies in the Engineering, Technology and Investment sectors. When he's not propelling Swift to new heights, you'll find him working on his classic car collection. Brian is a Chartered Accountant with more than 25 years' executive experience in Australian Listed companies in the Engineering, Technology and Investment sectors. Brian was appointed Chief Financial Officer and a Director at Swift Media in April 2021 before transitioning to Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director in September 2021. After qualifying with Ernst & Young, Brian travelled to the UK where he worked with Richard Branson's Virgin group as Financial Controller for Virgin Communications. Brian's last major role was as CFO of ASX listed Veris Group the largest surveying group in Australia with over 800 staff and revenues over $100 million. Brian is also a former Managing Director of listed companies AirBoss and Australian Growth. His experience spans a broad range of areas including strategic and business planning, mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, debt finance, information technology, risk management and company secretarial, Brian is a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia a Member of the AICD. Brian now brings his wide ranging experience to Swift Media.

Charles Fear - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Non - Executive Director and Chairman of Several ASX
Charles Fear has extensive experience as a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of several ASX listed companies. Charles gained considerable experience in equity capital markets, debt markets, mergers and acquisitions and advisory whilst with Hartley Poynton and Argonaut Limited which he co-founded in 2002. Charles has a strong understanding of the fundamentals of resources and resources services industries across the full spectrum of mining and oil and gas sectors and maintains relationships with Australian and global institutional investors and fund managers.

David Ba

Job Titles:
  • Service Delivery Manager
David manages our Metro, FIFO, Remote and Regional support teams to ensure our clients' services are running smoothly, always.

Pippa Leary

Job Titles:
  • Non - Executive Director
Pippa joined Swift in July 2019 following her tenure heading up Nine's digital sales team where she was responsible for the media company's key online properties including nine.com.au, 9Honey and their broadcast video on demand platform 9Now. Pippa was previously CEO of Fairfax-Nine programmatic exchange APEX, and prior to that held senior executive roles at Fairfax Media, including Managing Director of the publisher's Digital Media division. Pippa is also an experienced board director, and currently sits on the advisory boards of the RLPA and uCast as well as joining the Swift Board in April 2021.

Ryan Sofoulis - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
Ryan has been involved with Swift since its foundation in 2007. He brings over 15 years of ASX experience and has a special interest in acquisition identification and implementation, business intelligence and process improvement. When he's not living and breathing Swift, you'll find him spending time with his family and enjoying any and all sport.