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Mark is a strategically minded senior executive with broad experience across business disciplines and a range of diverse industry sectors (including Mining, Mining Services, Professional Services, Property and Media) at CEO and Director levels, within both publicly listed and private corporate environments.

Mark has extensive experience in major project delivery, contract structuring, strategic business planning, performance measurement, merger & acquisition transactions; and all facets of corporate governance, sales and marketing, business development, and human resource management.

Since 2007 Mark has been the Principal of Tactix Corporate Advisory, supporting the maximisation of organisational value and performance for its clients. In tandem with his consulting engagements, Mark has occupied CEO roles for mining and major contracting companies in the resources, energy and infrastructure sectors, including CuDeco Ltd, the Clifford Group of companies, Walz Group and Swift Engineering Group. He is currently Non-Executive Director of the Xenith Consulting Group; with other prior directorships including MineTech (Australia), the Callidan Instruments Group and Screen Queensland.

He has an intimate understanding of the key ‘enterprise capital’ attributes necessary to drive organisational value and performance.

Director of Strategic Project Solutions (SPS), Stephen is a project management professional with extensive experience delivering mining and large infrastructure projects and assumes the position of General Manager – Project Delivery within Veldon.

In the past 22 years, Stephen has delivered over $1.2 billion in capital projects, regulatory approvals for mining leases and due-diligence reviews on mining assets. In the last 7 years, Stephen has established SPS as a highly successful consulting business.

Stephen was also appointed a Director of MetRes Pty Ltd from August 2021 to May 2023, and was Chief Operating Officer of Millennium Mine from February 2022 through to May 2023. Stephen was also an Alternative Non-Executive Director for Bowen Coking Coal Limited from November 2022 to July 2023.

Stephen’s expertise has been enhanced by various roles in:

• mine operations roles as COO; project management and delivery, from conception to completion, across a wide range of infrastructure projects (waterway diversions, coal preparation plants, materials handling systems and high voltage power),

• regulatory approvals (mining lease approvals),

• contracts (tender strategy, evaluations, negotiations and delivery),

• commercial (capital budget development, project evaluation and strategy),

• project evaluation and risk mitigation, project team establishment and development,

• acquisition and sale advisory for mining assets,

• risk assessment, understanding and evaluating project risks and successful implementation of mitigation strategies.

Clint Whitehouse is the CEO of Whitehouse Group Qld (WGQ) and assumes the position of General Manager – Pre Contracts. He is known for his mindful approach to leadership, cultivating a sense of awareness with presence and purpose.

Clint’s earlier career experience involved working in the UK from 2001 to 2004 where he gained hands-on and practical experience in the heavy diesel mechanical industry, across earthmoving, fixed plant, transport, and engineering. He then returned to Blackwater and the surrounding region, the heart of Central Queensland’s coal mining industry, where he rose to lead WGQ and become its CEO in 2008.

Since then he has transformed the business and worked to innovate and build on the company’s history of success. Under his leadership WGQ has become a diverse company employing 140 employees, successfully delivering on scopes of work in civil construction, mine site services, dewatering and pipeline construction, transport and logistics, and a variety of maintenance functions.

WGQ now works across a diverse portfolio of sectors including mining, rail, government, and the renewable energy environment. As WGQ matures, Clint’s focus will be to ensure that WGQ’s obligations to the environment are transcended into its culture, creating sustainable projects that will make a difference for future generations.

“Progress is impossible without change. Be part of the change for the future”.

Mick Tully brings a wealth of hands-on experience and leadership to Veldon. Beginning his career with a Motor Mechanic apprenticeship, Mick transitioned into the mining industry, where he worked his way up from a labourer to an equipment operator at Mount Isa Mines. His journey continued as he took on the role of Transport Manager before venturing into Cava Hydraulics.

With a rich background in both mining and construction, encompassing mechanical and civil expertise, Mick serves as the Managing Director of Cava Group. Under his guidance, Cava Hydraulics & Engineering, Cava Contracting Solutions, and Cava Scaffold Solutions have flourished, collectively employing over 300 skilled personnel.

Throughout his illustrious career, Mick has contributed his insights and leadership to various boards and councils, including a notable tenure as a Councillor on Mount Isa City Council for 8 years. Additionally, he has served as a Board Member of the Audit and Risk Committee, showcasing his commitment to governance and oversight.

Mick Tully’s blend of industry experience, strategic vision, and dedication to community engagement make him an invaluable asset to Veldon, driving excellence and innovation in every endeavour.

With over 25 years’ experience in the infrastructure, consulting engineering, construction, agriculture, finance and bulk materials operations sectors, Joanne has a track record in people management,  change management, organisational development and building people capability across a diverse array of geographies (including Australia, Indonesia, South Africa).  Her 15-year years of experience at HRM leadership and in c-suite roles, Joanne has a strong commercial acumen, a focus on building and aligning key organisational functions to enable the achievement of strategy and a pragmatic approach to strategic people practice and operational performance.

Joanne is an experienced and effective strategic advisor able to implement strategies to support fast growing businesses.

Much of Joanne’s corporate people and culture experience has been in complex organisational contexts, supporting multiple business lines and strong growth agendas.   She has designed and facilitated people and performance strategies that:

• Build constructive, customer focused cultures defined by collaboration, innovation and value creation;
• Build leadership and talent so companies can pursue their future strategy confidently, knowing they have the right skills and are supported by the right systems to make it happen.
• Build a stable pipeline of leaders and talent so there is no perceived risk with performance; and
• Create contexts where teams feel well connected to future strategy and can see connection with purpose personally and professionally.

Joanne has significant experience across People and HR leadership; Alliance project delivery;  Change management and Organisational change, Due Diligence and Integration (M&A), Leadership development; Workforce planning and talent management; Industrial relations; Organisational culture development and building employee engagement; Diversity and inclusion strategies; Remuneration strategy and design; and Aligning organisational systems and policies to achieve organisational goals & project outcomes.

Henry is a Chartered Accountant who has enjoyed an extensive career in both professional practice as well occupying various Board governance and managerial roles in both public and private sector organisations.

Henry has had extensive experience in providing financial, management advisory and taxation services to a wide range of organisations including those operating in the property, construction, health and financial services sectors.

Henry is currently the Managing Director of H N Williams Pty Ltd, a boutique Brisbane based Chartered Accounting practice. He is also the Company Secretary of Loxon Storage and Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited; and a Director of the Alzheimers Association of Queensland Inc. He has also previously served on many other public and private sector Boards.

Ben is an admitted lawyer in Queensland with a 20-year career spanning private practice and inhouse roles with large blue-chip corporations in Australia and abroad. Ben has held Board positions for Wesfarmers Limited and Coronado Global Resources Inc. His recent experience has been in in house roles in government sector infrastructure and construction space with Gladstone Ports Corporation and the Gladstone Area Water Board.

Ben has extensive experience advising on large scale infrastructure construction projects (Ports, Rail, Mining) including the construction, commissioning and operation of the state of the Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal, the construction of the Blackwater rail corridor expansion by Aurizon Network and the procurement  and construction of Draglines and the Coal Processing Plant for Wesfarmers’ Curragh mine (now Coronado Curragh).

Ben is a member of the Queensland Law Society and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Russell Churchett has over 20-years’ experience in the Health, Safety, Environment space in a variety of industries across Oil & Gas, Mining, Construction, Ports, Logistics, Agriculture, Manufacturing and Chemical Processing.

Russell is currently the Risk Manager for SSE Co, responsible for developing and implementing risk management strategies, centring on health, safety, and environmental management systems that comply with legal and regulatory requirements, as well as industry best practices. He is also responsible for training and competency management systems ensuring all project personnel are certified in HSE policies, procedures, and competencies.

Russell is a qualified and experienced management systems auditor, with broad management experience resulting in an informed approach to the approach to audit information discovery and analysis, to develop targeted continuous improvement plans for enterprise-wide risk management systems.

Andrew is a civil engineer with a wide diversity of experience covering the entire project lifecycle from planning through design and construction and into operations and maintenance, having worked across organisations such as Seymour Whyte, Thiess, GHD and Transfield Services.  Andrew works with organisations in the engineering and construction sector to help deliver growth and project development opportunities and solutions cross infrastructure, energy and resources and the utilities sectors.

He has a strong reputation across the business and project worlds and is proficient in connecting people, capabilities and leading technologies to deliver projects.

Shaun brings business and technical rigour to project delivery.

He is owner and Director of the Phronis Group (Phronis Consulting & Phronis Technologies), and a former Director of Parsons Brinckerhoff (now WSP).  He also holds positions supporting not-for-profit organisations.

Over his 30-year infrastructure engineering career he has been responsible for the feasibility studies and infrastructure delivery of numerous major projects. He has developed a wide range of skills, from Leadership to Strategic Planning and technical expertise in various fields of engineering – civil, structural, materials handling, coastal, ocean and systems engineering. He has extensive experience in running large technical teams of up to 700 people to the design and delivery of major projects which require multidisciplinary teams and has taken a number of these projects from inception to full operation, guiding them through feasibility study stage, permitting, design and construction.

Shaun has been involved in some of the most notable and prestigious engineering projects in Australia and New Zealand as a project manager, design manager, member of alliance leadership teams and project board positions.  In these positions, he has collaborated with clients and project members to determine strategy, stimulate innovation and ensure projects meet and exceed their key performance indicators.

These construction projects include Sun Cable Australia-Asia Powerlink, Olive Downs Coking Coal project, Carmichael Railway, Kwinana Waste-to-Energy power station, West Camden wastewater treatment plant, Moreton Bay Regional Rail Project, McArthur River Zinc Mine closure rehabilitation security auditing, Rolleston Coal Project, Dawson Valley Project, Tarong Alliance, Clem 7 Tunnel, Lake Lindsay, Airport Link Brisbane, Tugun Bypass, Ipswich Motorway Upgrade, EastLink Freeway Melbourne, Parramatta Rail Link, Lane Cove Tunnel, Central Motorway Junction Auckland, Coal Stream Alliance Jilalan Rail Yard, Coal Stream Alliance Gap50 Rail Project, Swanbank E Power station, Millmerran Power Project and the Kogan Creek Power station.

Amanda has over 30 years’ experience as an environmental scientist and hydrogeologist on a range of projects for industry, business and government (local, state and federal). She has a strong background in environmental impact assessments for water, energy and resource infrastructure projects.

During her 30 years within the private consulting industry, she spent 19 years as a leader an Australian executive of a leading, global environmental consulting and engineering firms WPS.  Here she evolved from Project manager of EIS projects to becoming the National Technical Executive, Environment and Planning, and Deputy Regional Director for the company’s Queensland branch.

Amanda’s strength is her detailed understanding of regulatory and planning frameworks and legislative requirements for both the Commonwealth and State regulatory regimes.

Amanda is highly skilled at understanding requirements and devising pragmatic strategies for the approval of infrastructure projects.  She works effectively with clients, legal advisors, mine planners and subconsultants to deliver projects approvals with workable conditions.