Mark Read

Mark Read is Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Verbrec. He is a results-focused senior executive business leader, CEO and Board director with a proven record of successfully establishing, transforming, acquiring and growing businesses to improve profitability, enable international expansion and achieve sustained growth. Mark brings over 30 years’ experience across publicly listed and […]

Richard Aden

Richard is an Australian Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) and UK Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA). Richard has over 25 years’ experience in senior financial and commercial positions within International and ASX listed entities. Richard will assume the responsibilities for all of Verbrec’s finance functions and other Corporate Services including Legal, Contracts and Procurement and ICT.

Brad Love

Brad is a Project Delivery, Project Controls and Business Systems professional with more than 20 years’ experience across a range of industry sectors both client side and consultant side. As a degree qualified Mechanical Engineer, with a career originally forged in the manufacturing sector, Brad has a strong background in Lean methodology and a passion […]

Joel Voss

Joel is a Contracts, Procurement and Governance professional with over 15 years of experience, primarily in the construction, manufacturing and engineering consulting sector. He joined Verbrec in 2016 and in addition to his Company Secretarial duties is the Contracts and Procurement Manager for Verbrec and its associated subsidiary companies. As part of his role, he […]

Soheil Taherian

Soheil has more than 20 years of experience across petrochemical, oil and gas, and water infrastructure design, construction and integrity management. He has extensive experience in pipeline design, from concept studies through to construction support, together with a strong background in engineering services. As General Manager – East Engineering at Verbrec, Soheil oversees engineering services […]

Debra Mair

As General Manager of People & Capability, Debra oversees all facets of the People function, including talent acquisition, leadership and capability development, rewards and recognition, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. She leads the team responsible for implementing systems and processes that strengthen and grow Verbrec’s human capital. Her expertise is instrumental in ensuring that the […]

Tony Petruzzelli

Tony is General Manager – Engineering South, Central and West at Verbrec, with responsibility for engineering operations across South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. He has more than 30 years of experience across the infrastructure, oil and gas, mining and minerals, water, and food and beverage sectors, with extensive business development, project […]

Erik Vandenberg

Erik leads strategic initiatives in decarbonisation, sustainable infrastructure, and the adoption of emerging energy technologies across Australia and New Zealand. With over 20 years of experience in the energy, resources, and infrastructure sectors, Erik brings a technically grounded and commercially pragmatic approach to enabling the energy transition. His expertise spans key areas of engineering in […]

Travis Harris

Travis is responsible for leading Verbrec’s New Zealand operations, supporting business growth and operational excellence across the region. He is an experienced business leader in the engineering and energy sectors, with a strong track record of driving growth, operational excellence and high-performance cultures across multi-disciplinary teams. He has extensive experience leading day-to-day operations including budgets, […]

Dominic Wood

Dominic leads Verbrec’s Asset Management services, overseeing a team of specialists focussed on delivering asset management solutions for clients across Australia, New Zealand, PNG and the Pacific. He has over 15 years’ asset management and maintenance experience, specialising in maintenance management, operational readiness assurance, and maintenance optimisation. Dom has a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from […]

Jarrod Woolnough

Jarrod leads Verbrec’s Operations & Maintenance Services, overseeing the operation and maintenance of pipelines and associated facilities across Australia. He is responsible for ensuring this work is delivered safely and in line with client expectations. He has more than 15 years of experience across the oil and gas, mining and minerals processing industries. His expertise […]

Chris Conney

Chris is Chief Executive Officer of Alliance Automation, a Verbrec company. Since 2012, he has led Alliance Automation’s growth from its early beginnings into one of Australia’s largest industrial automation and electrical engineering teams. Chris drives a customer-centric culture built on integrity, strong ethics and excellence, with a focus on attracting and retaining high-performing engineering […]

Ashley Massie

Ashley is responsible for leading Alliance Automation’s operations. He brings more than 25 years of industry experience across engineering, project, resource, operations and commercial management. Ashley has extensive experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and developing business and operational process improvements.

Jai Shaw

Jai is responsible for leading Alliance Automation’s project delivery. He is an experienced Professional Engineer with more than 25 years of experience implementing and managing automation projects across the water, mining, energy, infrastructure and heavy industry manufacturing sectors.