Industry Experience
Mining
Construction, operation, deployment and development, mining fleet management, with some typical individual examples:
- Oil and Gas WA Power station EPCM: $75m
- Solar power facility connected to the grid - 8MW: $10m
- Fringe hybrid solar array build – 3MW
- Mining Gas EPC: $29m
- Mining Cogeneration EPC: $35m
- Mine cooling BOO: $15m
- Landfill Power operations: $35m
- Mine Power infrastructure and ship loading $85m
- Pacific Island $39m
Energy
25 years – 14 years CEO
8 years as asset owner/founding shareholder
- Power generation, wholesale trading of energy.
- Distributed energy, grid stabilisation and security.
- Gas fired peaking power station operation - NEM operation
- Emissions and decarbonising.
- Hybrid power, hydrogen and alternative fuels.
- Implementation and distribution of remote energy.
- Coal Seam Gas, Off-shore gas, drilling.
Commercial Business
17 years as CEO and GM
Business Growth, Finance, People, Process, Systems, Risk Governance and Improvement
- Establishing and managing complex business and project finance arrangements.
- Deep expertise in people development and team building.
- Optimising organisational structures, HR, leadership development.
- Providing sustainable business platforms.
- Expert in business turnaround including austerity and efficiency measures.
- Considerable experience in preparing businesses for sale.
- Detailed analysis, strategy formulation, risk assessments and practical solutions.
- ERP implementation
- Asset Management, Manufacturing and Distribution Optimisation
Industrial Automotive
30 years experience
Mining, Power Generation, Marine
- All aspects of design, marketing, sales, engineering, finance, product support and asset management.
- More than tripled large industrial business from ~AUD $85m to ~AUD $300m.
- Large industrial rentals, complex contractual demands.
- Heavy Automotive 15 years in design, manufacturing, reliability, asset management.
- 5 years as Board advisory for Cat Trucks.
Marine/Defence
25 years contracting to Navy and Army globally
- Propulsion and power generation design and project management
- Cross Border Structured Asset Finance
- International Sales, Contracts and Project Execution
- Extensive global experience, all aspects: finance, product, business creation and overseas ship construction.
- Royal Australian Navy
- US, Thai, Indian and Eritrean Navy
- Australian Customs
Power Systems
30 years: Industrial, Automotive, Mining, Power Generation, Marine
- 13 years CEO of an engine & power supply manufacturer/distributor.
- Company grew broadly into engineering, construction, energy, defence and rental services business.
- Maintained 17% ROI.
- Managed the GFC in 2008/9 and the oil, gas and mining downturn in 2015.
- Profitable growth with innovation, effective risk management and hardened revenue streams.
- Consulted on three major international projects at industry Board level.
Project Experience
Typical Energy and Mining Projects
- Roy Hill Mine - power infrastructure and ship loading facility power station
- Chevron/Bechtel Wheatstone – construction and operation of power station for Chevron’s On Shore processing plant:
- Joule Energy - Albury rapid deployable solar power facility connected to the grid
- Joule Energy - North Adelaide fringe hybrid solar array and landfill gas power
- AngloGold Ashanti - Gas Power Station EPCM
- NovaPower – founding shareholder and owner of gas fired peaking power station operating in the NEM as non-scheduled generator providing network support and trading in gas and electricity including 7 years of operation and sale of business to Pacific Energy
- ERA Ranger – brine concentrator cogeneration EPC
- Santos Queensland - various power station EPC including Scotia
- Hydro Tasmania - Port Latta and George Town drought relief grid power
- Anglo American - Rockhampton underground mine cooling
- Equinix Data Centre
- Tesla – four grid support power stations EPCM, WA grid utility
- Energy Developments - West Kimberley
- QCLNG - Curtis Island, EPCM
- APLNG - Curtis Island, EPCM
- LMS Generation, various sites 39MW of Landfill Power
- Australian Defence Force, Russell Offices contingency power:
Marine Projects
Phil has experience from all over the world successfully completing various marine projects. These projects have included international sales, cross border finance, managing engineering specifications, project execution and commissioning and establishing product support, sometimes in very remote countries.
Some major program highlights include:
- US Navy – prototype and initial concept design and selection of main propulsion for LCS
- Australian Customs – design, delivery and commissioning of the main propulsion and controls in the Cape Class patrol boats, including ongoing integrating logistics support for the fleet
- Royal Australian Navy – design, delivery and commissioning of the main propulsion and controls in the Armidale Class patrol boat
- Indian Coast Guard – design, delivery and commissioning of the main propulsion and auxiliary power
- Thai Navy – provision of main engines for the Thai Landing Craft Platform
- Eritrean Navy – main propulsion, including setting up for construction of ships in Eritrea
Business Projects
Information Technology
- M3 ERP implementation
- Predictive service analytics and satellite connection for 3000 unit remotely dispersed rental fleet
- Mobile Sales Force Implementation
- MRP II, Advanced Manufacturing implementation
- COGNOS reporting implementation
Business Efficiency
- Restructure for Growth – Matrix Organisation
- Central Distribution Centre design and implementation
- Continuous improvement and business efficiency program
HR, Org Structure and Leadership Development
- Restructure for Growth Program including: Dedicated Segmented Product Sales teams, Creation of a dedicated EPCM project delivery department, Creation of an entire rental division with 17 branches, New Finance, Distribution, Legal, IT, Risk division
- The Leadership Circle System Implementation – Exec Team
- Engagement Survey and continuous improvement
- Staff skill identification and enhancement program
- Design and implementation of 6 monthly target setting and reviews
Finance, Insurance and Risk Governance
- Creation of Risk Framework and continuous reporting
- Establishment of EPCM risk gating during sales process (Technical Review Committee)
- Creation and implementing of new contracting model – Target Cost Reimbursable
- Creation of syndicated banking and specialized project finance arrangements
- Continuous Banking Covenant Modelling and Forecasting
Business Growth
- Creation of Global Marine Excellence Centre, resulting in new complex defence markets of Caterpillar products
- Creation of Rental Power Business, growing from concept to 165MW of Power, 90MW of Chillers and large specialty oil free and high-pressure compressor fleet.
- Creation of Hybrid Renewable Power Division
- Establishment of Engineering Innovation centre for power compliance integration efficiency
- Introduction of 6 Sigma
- Engaged as a consultant to complete a strategy reset of the marine markets in Japan 2019.
- Engaged as an industry expert by Sime Darby advising on a large business aquisition in New Zealand. Deep analysis of distributed renewable power and Pacific Marine markets.
- Presently engaged with a Copenhagen energy-based EPC contractor, BWSC (a division of Mitsui), to advise on large waste to energy projects and decarbonising of Australian mining’s operations, including deeper integration of renewables and hydrogen into mine processes.