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Our People

Our people are at the heart of everything we do.
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Meet the people who make it all happen… The boots on the ground proudly delivering safe, efficient shutdowns, turnarounds and outages for our partners.

SFI Executive Leadership Team

Brad Thomas

Director & General Manager

Together as a team we care and learn how to make today better than yesterday.

Brad is an innovative and supportive leader who empowers his team to use their skills to achieve the best possible result for the business. He leads with positivity and removes all roadblocks to allow SFI Australia to get to its destination as quickly as possible.
Overseeing and guiding areas such as operations, communication and finance, Brad leads the team to maximum productivity and efficiency by developing processes, motivating staff and creating innovative approaches to new product designs and sales strategies.
Above all, Brad is a natural leader who engages with his team and genuinely cares for his staff and customers.

Brad Thomas

Director & General Manager

Steve Thomas

Director & National Key Account Manager

Steve Thomas

Director & National Key Account Manager

Craig Thomas

Director of Shared Services

Craig Thomas

Director of Shared Services

Andrew Rolt

Chief Financial Officer

After an early career with Philips Electronics and HJ Heinz Andrew moved into senior roles in international telecoms.
Among other roles Andrew has been CFO of the first mobile network in Afghanistan, Commercial Advisor to the CTO of Saudi Telecom and CFO, then acting CEO, of bmobile in PNG.
Andrew has extensive infrastructure build experience having been COO at AlanDick West Africa, building 100 base station sites per month in Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon and Gabon. Andrew has also led the operations of e.co Bangladesh managing more that 15000 base station sites with the added challenge of rarely available and erratic grid provided electric power.
As a qualified chartered accountant Andrew holds a BA (Econ) from the University of Manchester and Post Graduate Diploma in Finance from South Bank University. He specialises in working with rapidly growing businesses.
Away from work Andy is a rugby referee, an enthusiastic home brewer as well as enjoying cycling.

Andrew Rolt

Chief Financial Officer

Mick McCashney

Operations Manager (East)

Mick McCashney

Operations Manager (East)

Wade Watson

Regional Project Manager

What do you love about your role?
The people and the challenges. Every day there is something new to keep me interested.
What are you passionate about personally in life, outside of work?
Sport, mates and having a good time with family, friends and our dog.
How did you start in your specific industry?
What are you most proud of with your time at SFI?
The growth I have developed as an individual, and love being a part of the growth of SFI as a company.
What is the best thing about working at SFI Australia, Orbimax or Valvemax?
The people are great and love the fact that if you have a good idea SFI listen and quite often put that idea into action. It’s a pleasure to work for a family owned business, it’s a nice change to work for SFI rather than just being a number with the bigger employers.

Wade Watson

Regional Project Manager

Mark Wall

Head of Marketing and Innovation

Marketing and innovation is often the catalyst for change. When faced with new challenges marketing answers turning to them into opportunity.

Mark was appointed to the role of Head of Head of Marketing and Innovation (Executive) with SFI Australia in July 2021 bringing with him over 18 years’ experience in the business development, strategy, design, marketing, and communication.

Mark is a proactive, hands-on marketing and business specialist with a natural leadership style and drive to encourage professional growth with everyone he meets.

Passionate about business development through communication, sales, and marketing strategies. Mark has an in-depth background in both commercial and government project management, B2B development and brand identity implementation. His skills range from ecommerce and sales growth strategies to social media digital marketing initiatives.

Mark oversees projects from planning through to delivery ensuring clear communication and direction. Mark provides a professional and individual approach towards finding solutions and creating new ideas through innovation and technology empowering his team to use their passion and skills to drive the business forward.

Mark Wall

Head of Marketing and Innovation

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Viktor Aleksoski

Service Technician

Viktor Aleksoski

Service Technician

Hamish Andrew

Expeditor

Hamish Andrew

Expeditor

Tayla Andrew

Accounts Payable / Admin

What do you love about your role?
The people I work with.
What are you passionate about personally in life, outside of work?
Friends and family – love doing anything social, outdoors and creative in my spare time.
How did you start in your specific industry?
This was my first job out of school, and have been here ever since. I started in purchasing and customer service, then moved into accounts in June 2019.
What are you most proud of with your time at SFI?
What is the best thing about working at SFI Australia, Orbimax or Valvemax?
The team I work with.

Tayla Andrew

Accounts Payable / Admin

Angelo Arayata

IT Support Technician

Angelo Arayata

IT Support Technician

Brandon Arnot

Welding & Automation Manager

What do you love about your role?
Genuinely helping clients improve their welding processes.
What are you passionate about personally in life, outside of work?
Landscaping
How did you start in your specific industry?
Selling pre-fabricated steel framed buildings.
What are you most proud of with your time at SFI?
Helping to develop and increase value in the Orbimax brand.
What is the best thing about working at SFI Australia, Orbimax or Valvemax?
Seeing interesting and challenging product applications.

Brandon Arnot

Welding & Automation Manager

Dean Bagnall

Customer Service / Expeditor

Dean Bagnall

Customer Service / Expeditor

Dallas Barker

Product Specialist

Dallas Barker

Product Specialist

Rick Barker

Mechanic

Rick Barker

Mechanic

Matthew Barron

Storeperson

Matthew Barron

Storeperson

Sheba Benny

Purchase Ledger Officer

Sheba Benny

Purchase Ledger Officer

Nathan Biggs

Warehouse Manager

Nathan Biggs

Warehouse Manager

Rob Bulmer

Onsite Store Specialist

Rob Bulmer

Onsite Store Specialist

Matthew Coffey

Storeperson

What do you love about your role?
Producing a quality of service and knowledge when dealing with general customers and/or clients.
What are you passionate about personally in life, outside of work?
Family values and structure in day to day activities.
How did you start in your specific industry?
Was approached and offered an opportunity to complete a mechanical fitter trade apprenticeship by a tier 1 company ABB Transformers.
What are you most proud of with your time at SFI?
Nurturing individual growth at kiosk.
What is the best thing about working at SFI Australia, Orbimax or Valvemax?
Leadership, support and extended training from the site manager during the latest outage.

Matthew Coffey

Storeperson

Llew Crick

Warehouse Manager

What do you love about your role?
Team members, diversity of the industry and projects we work with.
What are you passionate about personally in life, outside of work?
Meat
How did you start in your specific industry?
Floor sweeper
What are you most proud of with your time at SFI?
What is the best thing about working at SFI Australia, Orbimax or Valvemax?
The culture, BBQ days.

Llew Crick

Warehouse Manager

Joshua Cunningham

Orbimax Sales Manager

Joshua Cunningham

Orbimax Sales Manager

Peter Daniels

Storeperson

Peter Daniels

Storeperson

Steve Dolan

Customer Solutions Manager

Steve Dolan

Customer Solutions Manager

Riley Donaldson

Storeperson

Riley Donaldson

Storeperson

Jacob Douglas

Senior Graphic Designer

Jacob Douglas

Senior Graphic Designer

Greg Dyer

Quality Assurance & Stores Specialist

Greg Dyer

Quality Assurance & Stores Specialist

Laurie Elford

Circular Economy Coordinator

Laurie Elford

Circular Economy Coordinator

Daniel Ewing

Orbimax Specialist Technician

Daniel Ewing

Orbimax Specialist Technician

Maggie Farnandez

Accounts Receivable

Maggie Farnandez

Accounts Receivable

Alana Faustini

Purchasing Officer

Alana Faustini

Purchasing Officer

Athol Fawkes

Client Relations

Athol Fawkes

Client Relations

Leanne Ferguson

Finance Accountant

Leanne Ferguson

Finance Accountant

Steven Foad

Branch Manager

Steven Foad

Branch Manager

Jarred Gervasoni

Inventory Manager

What do you love about your role?
The people I’m surrounded with are always there to help and give direciton when I need it.
What are you passionate about personally in life, outside of work?
Music and family.
How did you start in your specific industry?
Warehousing years ago in a food warehouse.
What are you most proud of with your time at SFI?
Implementing full warehousing to the Ballarat location, and soon to be locations all over Australia.
What is the best thing about working at SFI Australia, Orbimax or Valvemax?
The community feel of the workplace – everyone working together to achieve the goals of the company.

Jarred Gervasoni

Inventory Manager

Peter Grimes

Business Analyst

Peter Grimes

Business Analyst

Aaron Hollingworth

Sales Coordinator

What do you love about your role?
I enjoy helping customers, I like the fact that every day is different and I really like working with a great bunch of people.
What are you passionate about personally in life, outside of work?
I am passionate about anything mechanical with a motor – cars, boats or bikes.
How did you start in your specific industry?
I started in sales in the automotive industry. I felt like I needed a change so I have changed to sales with Orbimax.
What are you most proud of with your time at SFI?
I have only been with Orbimax for 3 months, I really struggled with IT at the start. I am proud of how far I have come.
What is the best thing about working at SFI Australia, Orbimax or Valvemax?
Every day is different, and my work colleagues are an awesome bunch of guys who have helped me out a lot since I started and always up for having a good laugh.

Aaron Hollingworth

Sales Coordinator

Rob Jefferson

Service Technician

Rob Jefferson

Service Technician

Glen Jones

Digital Marketing Manager

Glen Jones

Digital Marketing Manager

Vipul Kaw

Internal Sales / Customer Care Associate

Vipul Kaw

Internal Sales / Customer Care Associate

Andrew Kemp

National HR and OHS Manager

Andrew Kemp

National HR and OHS Manager

Ebony Kidd

Executive Assistant

Ebony Kidd

Executive Assistant

Eleanor Kidd

Administration

What do you love about your role?
Variety. Interaction with team members.
What are you passionate about personally in life, outside of work?
Family
How did you start in your specific industry?
General office work. Invoicing.
What are you most proud of with your time at SFI?
What is the best thing about working at SFI Australia, Orbimax or Valvemax?
Enjoy working with the team to help reach our goals.

Eleanor Kidd

Administration

Madi Kidd

Marketing Assistant

Madi Kidd

Marketing Assistant

Peter Kinch

Storeperson

Peter Kinch

Storeperson

Glenn Korableff

Storeperson

Glenn Korableff

Storeperson

Holly Leitch

Project Success Lead

What do you love about your role?
I love the empowerment I get in my role, and the belief in my abilities. The urgency and care to truly deliver great customer service and success, and the progression towards change and growth as we develop the business, and being part of the ideas.
What are you passionate about personally in life, outside of work?
I am passionate about helping others, and being a positive influence in my friends and families lives. I’m also passionate about the outdoors, enjoying the water and the beach.
How did you start in your specific industry?
I came from a Business Management industry, specialising in sales, client experience, mentoring and developing staff.
What are you most proud of with your time at SFI?
I am most proud of my ability to quickly adjust into a Sales role in an industry I haven’t worked in previously, and to thrive in terms of administration and client proposal documents.
What is the best thing about working at SFI Australia, Orbimax or Valvemax?
SFI Australia genuinely delivers, and aims to deliver a client experience with a difference. The team that is employed all work together as a balance of creating business and financial growth, but understands the importance of client comes first mentality, and works together as a single unit to deliver.

Holly Leitch

Project Success Lead

Joseph Lindsey

Storeperson

Joseph Lindsey

Storeperson

Shane Littlejohn

Onsite Stores Specialist

What do you love about your role?
Meetin new people, seeing new places
What are you passionate about personally in life, outside of work?
Fitness, sports, farming, gaming, travelling
How did you start in your specific industry?
Started farming then moved to labouring and picked things up as I went.
What are you most proud of with your time at SFI?
Helping working with people on sites with what they need to get the job done.
What is the best thing about working at SFI Australia, Orbimax or Valvemax?
Getting to be involved and working with some interesting places and people.

Shane Littlejohn

Onsite Stores Specialist

Rhon Madz

Administration Assistant

Rhon Madz

Administration Assistant

Daniel Meppem

Onsite Stores Specialist

What do you love about your role?
Meeting new people
What are you passionate about personally in life, outside of work?
Cars, Prospecting, camping & Fishing
How did you start in your specific industry?
Tradesperson
What are you most proud of with your time at SFI?
Putting a smile on customers face.
What is the best thing about working at SFI Australia, Orbimax or Valvemax?
It’s family owned

Daniel Meppem

Onsite Stores Specialist

Carl Miller

Storeperson

Carl Miller

Storeperson

Stephen Morandini

Storeperson

Stephen Morandini

Storeperson

Lee Newcombe

Fabricator

What do you love about your role?
Good variety of work.
What are you passionate about personally in life, outside of work?
Getting away camping with the family.
How did you start in your specific industry?
Enjoyed metal work at school so I decided to complete a fabrication apprenticeship.
What are you most proud of with your time at SFI?
Fixing the BBQ rotisserie and saving kebab day.
What is the best thing about working at SFI Australia, Orbimax or Valvemax?
The people and culture.

Lee Newcombe

Fabricator

Brad Patfield

Stores Manager

What do you love about your role?
Fast pace, last minute issues.
What are you passionate about personally in life, outside of work?
How did you start in your specific industry?
Operator Coal Mine
What are you most proud of with your time at SFI?
Reorganising the stores and making it more ergonomic.
What is the best thing about working at SFI Australia, Orbimax or Valvemax?
Getting great gear on site.

Brad Patfield

Stores Manager

Jelzin Policarpio

Procurement Administration

Jelzin Policarpio

Procurement Administration

Mathew Redmond

Items & Dispatch Supervisor

What do you love about your role?
Getting to work closely with my team (who are awesome).
What are you passionate about personally in life, outside of work?
My family, gaming and football.
How did you start in your specific industry?
Simply applied for a job one day and ended up working as a floorman here, and the rest is history.
What are you most proud of with your time at SFI?
Working my way upwards in a company for the first time.
What is the best thing about working at SFI Australia, Orbimax or Valvemax?
The culture 100%. It’s extremely friendly, fun and understanding here with a great team, great leadership.

Mathew Redmond

Items & Dispatch Supervisor

Taj Rowland

Storeperson

Taj Rowland

Storeperson

Tim Rowland

PNG Logistics Manager

What do you love about your role?
Variety of locations and diversity of functions.
What are you passionate about personally in life, outside of work?
Boats, marine, scuba diving.
How did you start in your specific industry?
Tradesman Mechanic
What are you most proud of with your time at SFI?
Olympic Dam, challenging in every respect.
What is the best thing about working at SFI Australia, Orbimax or Valvemax?
It’s a family.

Tim Rowland

PNG Logistics Manager

Isabella Rudani

Storeperson

Isabella Rudani

Storeperson

Warwick Shirreff

Electrical Safety and Repairs

Warwick Shirreff

Electrical Safety and Repairs

Karina Stanford

Storeperson

Karina Stanford

Storeperson

Lloyd Thrush

Accounts Payable

What do you love about your role?
Being able to resolve any issues associated between our supplier invoices and our purchase orders.
What are you passionate about personally in life, outside of work?
Spending valuable time with family and friends. Incorporating a bit of fitness into my routine and fostering an attitude of continuous improvement surrounding our living space.
How did you start in your specific industry?
I started as an Accounting Assistant.
What are you most proud of with your time at SFI?
Being able to resolve and analyse issues in order to prevent them from reoccuring.
What is the best thing about working at SFI Australia, Orbimax or Valvemax?
Being amongst a positive team with a great culture.

Lloyd Thrush

Accounts Payable

Anusha Thomas

Business Intelligence Developer

Anusha Thomas

Business Intelligence Developer

Caleb Thomas

Director & Contracts Fleet Management

Caleb Thomas

Director & Contracts Fleet Management

Tim Thomas

Fabrication Manager

What do you love about your role?
The diversity. Also the challenge of finding practical and cost-effective solutions, especially with regard to product offerings that we manufacture in-house. Additionally I enjoy cultivating positive working relationships with the various suppliers of materials for our projects.
What are you passionate about personally in life, outside of work?
I strive to make time for physical activity (running, cycling etc.)
How did you start in your specific industry?
My introduction to the industry initially was as Warehouse Assistant. This role saw me involved in everything from inwards goods to dispatch, including inventory control and also equipment repairs. All this helped me gain a reasonable understanding of SFI’s business operation at a grassroots level.
What are you most proud of with your time at SFI?
I feel that the development of our unique ‘pop-up’ Stores Hub which makes it possible to establish a working onsite store including inventory/tooling for any project in a sheltered facility within a matter of hours is definitely a highlight achievement, and one that I was grateful to be a part of.
What is the best thing about working at SFI Australia, Orbimax or Valvemax?
Again, the diversity of projects that we undertake and the challenges these bring definitely helps keep things lively and interesting!

Tim Thomas

Fabrication Manager

Todd Verrills

Onsite Stores Specialist

What do you love about your role?
Learning more and more about tooling.
What are you passionate about personally in life, outside of work?
My kids
How did you start in your specific industry?
What are you most proud of with your time at SFI?
I am proud of all my projects.
What is the best thing about working at SFI Australia, Orbimax or Valvemax?
The culture.

Todd Verrills

Onsite Stores Specialist

Chase Vital

Accounts Payable

Chase Vital

Accounts Payable

Branden Vos

Client Care Associate

Branden Vos

Client Care Associate

Riley Vos

Client Care Associate

Riley Vos

Client Care Associate

Jesse Wakefield

Storeperson

Jesse Wakefield

Storeperson

Cale Watson

Customer Service Expeditor

Cale Watson

Customer Service Expeditor

Jerry Wibberley

Business Systems Manager

Jerry Wibberley

Business Systems Manager

Marshall Woolfrey

Storeperson

Marshall Woolfrey

Storeperson

Stanley Yeo

Storeperson

Stanley Yeo

Storeperson

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