Engineering
Verbrec Engineering services provide innovative engineering and project delivery solutions to clients – through our technical specialties, including digital industry, Power, Process plant, Pipelines and Asset management.
Asset Management
Verbrec Asset Management specialises in working with owners and operators across Australia, New Zealand and PNG to provide asset management solutions that increase efficiencies, reduce cost and improve productivity, unlocking higher value from client’s assets.
Infrastructure
Verbrec Infrastructure provides clients full lifecycle services for project delivery from inception through procurement and/or construction, commissioning, and operations. We have positioned ourselves in the market to be agile and responsive to clients’ needs, providing innovative and cost-efficient solutions to Australia’s infrastructure operators.
Industry Training
Verbrec Industry Training through the trade names, Competency Training and Site Skills Training deliver a range of hazardous area, high voltage and high-risk training courses, and qualifications to help you or your employees advance in the mining, resources, oil, gas, construction and engineering industries.
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Our Leadership Team
Mark Read
Chief Executive Officer
Mark Read has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Verbrec effective on 13 March 2023. Mark 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. Over 30 years’ experience across publicly listed and privately held global engineering service companies with roles ranging from global enterprise management, engineering, project management and in turnkey construction through to operations and maintenance in a wide range of industries including Mining, Power, Environment, Water, and Infrastructure. Mark is recognised for possessing strong and proven executive leadership and management skills that have seen him achieve outstanding business results in multi-national and global enterprises, harnessing the power of Digital innovation and Renewable Energy solutions with a strong focus on positive ESG outcomes.
Michael Casey
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Michael is an Australian Chartered Accountant with over 20 years’ senior finance experience. Prior to joining Verbrec, Michael held senior finance and commercial positions in companies including FLSmidth, Ausenco and Cardno, and he has significant listed entity experience. Michael is responsible for all of Verbrec’s finance functions and other Corporate Services including Legal, Contracts & Procurement and ICT. He holds a Bachelor of Business from the Queensland University of Technology, is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, and is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Brad Love
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
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 for process improvement. Brad has been with the business for more than 10 years and has worked across Project Engineering, Project and Portfolio Management, Business Systems and General Management. More recently, Brad was accountable for rolling out Verbrec’s new ERP system through 2020-22 and subsequently then rolled out a revamped Project Delivery System. Having developed an intimate understanding of the business across all levels over his tenure, Brad is now accountable for leading the Verbrec Business Units operations team and business systems and processes to ensure a relentless focus on operational efficiency and quality
David Huddleston
GENERAL MANAGER,
INDUSTRY TRAINING SERVICES
David has over 15 years’ business management experience spanning across the construction industry and educational sectors. As General Manager of Training Services, David is responsible for managing and growing Training Services in to the Industry Training service provider of choice and thereby delivering on our purpose of transforming people’s lives. David will lead the highly regarded Industry Training team (Verbrec’s specialist training service line) which develops and delivers internationally recognised technical training and compliance services to clients across Australia, New Zealand, PNG and the Asia-Pacific. He is passionate about inspiring teams to provide quality outcomes for industry and creating tailored training that’s innovative and in line with current trends. David holds multidiscipline qualifications in civil construction, business management and marketing.
Iain Denholm
GENERAL MANAGER, EAST
Iain has over 25 years international experience in engineering and project delivery governance an growth for the likes of AMEC and WoleyParson and Falck. Iain is responsible for Verbrec’s wholly owned subsidiary Logicamms’ business in Eastern and Northern Australia, Papua New Guinea and parts of the Pacific. A Chartered Engineer, Iain commenced his career at the British Gas Engineering Research Station (ERS) before enjoying resounding success in the global contracting and engineering services sectors. Iain holds an Aeronautical Engineering degree from the University of Glasgow, a Masters in Reliability Engineering from Heriot-Watt University, and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).
Tony Petruzzelli
GENERAL MANAGER, SOUTH & WEST
Tony is responsible for the leadership and growth of Verbrec’s business unit in southern and western Australia which includes our Adelaide and Perth offices. He has worked across the infrastructure, oil & gas, mining and minerals, water and food & beverage sectors for over 30 years, and has gained extensive business development, project management and engineering management experience in roles with Amec, Goodman Fielder and LogiCamms. Tony’s qualifications and technical background are in electrical engineering, control systems and automation.
Dominic Wood
GENERAL MANAGER,
ASSET MANAGEMENT
Dom heads up our Asset Management business unit, leading 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 the University of Queensland and holds qualifications in Lean Six Sigma.
Jarrod Woolnough
GENERAL MANAGER,
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
Jarrod has over 13 years’ experience working across the oil and gas, mining, and minerals processing industries, with his expertise including brownfield design and construction management, pipeline and process facilities design and operations and maintenance, turnaround project management, and contract administration. Jarrod manages our Pipelines Asset Services team which operates and maintains pipelines and associated facilities across Australia. He is responsible for ensuring all pipeline operations and maintenance work is delivered safely and to client expectations. Jarrod has a Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Swinburne University.
