John is a high achieving business leader with over 40 years’ valuable experience in the energy industry. He is passionate about making a positive difference to others and has a history of building collaborate high performing teams.
Qualifications/Memberships:
- Master Business Administration, Deakin Australia
- Diploma of Business Management – Commerce, Deakin Australia
- AICD Graduate, Australian Institute of Company Directors
Fields of Special Competence:
- Strategic Planning
- Employee Engagement
- Mentoring & Coaching
- Change Management
- Project / Program Management
- Works Management
Career History:
2017 – 2023
Powerplant Project Services
CEO
2009 – 2016
Select Solutions
CEO – General Manager
2005 – 2009
AusNet Services
Group Manager, Program Delivery
2003 – 2005
T Squared Joint Venture (TXU and Tenix)
Manager, Field Operations
John’s Experience Includes:
CEO Powerplant Project Services: Lead the operational improvement and strategic development of the company that has resulted in growth from a team of 35 people to more than 110 staff, with a similar increase in financial performance, employee engagement and customer satisfaction.
CEO / General Manager, Select Solutions and a member of AusNet Executive Leadership team: With full accountability for the success of the business. Over 1,100 technically diverse staff delivering specialist asset intelligence, telecommunications and metering services to electricity, gas, water and rail businesses.
Group Manager, Program Delivery AusNet Services: Accountable for the end to end delivery of AusNet Services gas and electricity capital and maintenance programs with expenditure of $600M per annum.
Field Operations Manager: Leading over 600 internal and contractor FTE’s to deliver all field related services relating to TXU’s electricity and gas networks.
Achievements:
- Established and built Select Solutions – a highly successful national services business.
- Delivered significant growth for Powerplant Project Services.
- Delivered exceptional levels of customer satisfaction with a Net Promoter Score of over 50
- Built a high performing culture with Select Solutions and Powerplant.
- Grew stakeholder value through successful business transformations, mergers and acquisitions.
- Select Solutions recognized as one of Australia’s 40 Most Innovative Companies by the AFR
- Powerplant recognized as business of the year and most resilient – Casey
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