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Geoff Lilliss, Executive Consultant
Executive Consultants
Geoff Lilliss, Executive Consultant
Geoff understands business at all levels and is especially focused on Leadership and Strategy , having held positions of Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer, Executive General Manager, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Engineer and a variety of General Manager roles over his extensive career, primarily in the energy transmission and distribution industry. As the former head of the largest Australian Electricity Network business, Geoff was responsible for overall financial outcomes, reform of operations, contemporary asset management, an $8 billion investment program and a number of economic regulatory determinations. Geoff also has extensive experience in the manufacturing industry, having held the role of Managing Director and CEO between 2010 and 2014 at Ampcontrol, one of Australia’s significant manufacturing organisations. In 2013 and 2014, he was recognised as one of Australia’s 100 most influential engineers, and recently was made an Honorary Fellow of IE Australia in recognition of his contribution to the profession.
Jim Livas, Executive Consultant
Jim is a Water Professional and Executive leading water infrastructure businesses and contractors in Australia and globally. Jim specialises in Business Planning, Business Development and Project Delivery, including engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and management of complex multidisciplinary water treatment and transmission projects.
Jim was an integral member of the John Holland Executive Water Leadership Team from 2012 to 2023. He has also previously been on various steering committees including the Broken Hill Pipeline Project Operation and Maintenance Contract ($400M DBOM) and Sydney Water Upper South Creek Project (DBOM ~ $700M).
Ashley Douglas, Executive Consultant
Ashley is a senior executive who has held several executive roles in Tier 1 Contractors during his career. During his time at John Holland, Ashley has held key roles including General Manager – Pre-Contracts Group, Group Manager - Project Reviews and NSW/ACT Operations Manager. Ashley has provided DPE (formerly DPIE) expert review services on major projects, such as Dungowan Dam and Wyangala Dam Wall Raising projects, including provision of recommendations on how to improve proponent submissions. His experience also includes supporting iNSW with expert reviews as part of the Gateway review process.
Germán Fumis, Executive Consultant
Germán is an accomplished IT and engineering leader with broad expertise delivering digital transformation and asset management initiatives for large public and private organizations with a special focus on healthcare. Leveraging PMP and Scaled Agile certifications, he has led major programs encompassing solution implementation, infrastructure modernization, and process optimization.
Germán brings experience managing large-scale projects from conception through to execution. His blend of technical knowledge and business acumen has enabled him to drive the adoption of innovative solutions to improve efficiency and patient outcomes. As a consultant, he has advised executives on digital strategy and asset management to meet strategic goals.
With his engineering background and passion for technology, Germán has been at the forefront of healthcare digital transformation. He has led migrations to cloud platforms, deployment of AI/automation, and revamping of legacy systems. Germán brings the ideal expertise to guide organizations through digital and asset management change.
Patrick Lovely, Executive Consultant
Patrick is a highly experienced Project Director, Construction Director, and Commercial Lead with over 30 years' working for Tier 1 and 2 Contractors. He has worked in key positions for multi-billion, multidisciplined major projects across the civil infrastructure space. Patrick's experience lies on both the contractor and client side in both government and private sectors. He has worked across most contracting models and payment, giving him the ability to leverage this experience for effective project delivery. Patrick is adept with complex stakeholder management in a collaborative environment having held alliance management roles on a number of major programs of work with government clients.
Zoë Matheson, Executive Consultant
Zoë is an Executive Consultant at Qubist with 27 years’ experience in the water industry in the UK, NZ, and Australia. Zoë has worked on a range of water infrastructure projects, including Beenyup Stage1, MCG Sewer mining project and Prospect WTP upgrades. Zoë has technical expertise in water, wastewater and recycled water treatment technologies. Zoë's experience spans the full project lifecycle from planning through design to commissioning and operational handover. Zoë has worked for construction partners and consultancies delivering projects under a range of contractual delivery models. Zoe has had a variety of roles throughout her career including lead process engineer, design manager and Head of Technical. Most recently Zoë was the lead process design engineer on the Boneo AWRP for South East Water which included nitrite-shunt, side stream annamox and the sophisticated piston press. dewatering technology.
Mark Warner, Executive Consultant
Mark is a seasoned executive with extensive experience in project governance, financial management, and commercial strategy across infrastructure, construction, and contracting environments. A Certified Practicing Accountant, he specialises in project controls, risk mitigation, and program management. Mark has successfully led commercial and contract optimisation initiatives, PMO establishments, and strategic planning for major projects and organisations.
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Stephen Kennedy, Executive Consultant
Stephen is a corporate development professional with over 30 years of international experience in growing natural resources companies through acquisitions and complex multi-disciplined projects. He has worked on numerous large M&A, IPO and privatisation transactions in multiple jurisdictions and served as an Independent Technical Adviser for limited recourse project finance for mega projects globally.
He has held senior executive roles at Advisian, Anglo American and Mubadala with expertise spanning minerals, metals, hydrocarbons, chemicals, infrastructure and power sectors. Stephen holds an MBA from The University of Queensland and a BEng (Civil) with Honours from Queensland University of Technology. As the Founder and Managing Director of Global Transaction Partners (GTP) and Lead for Qubist Due Diligence Services, Stephen provides comprehensive due diligence and advisory services to clients engaged in M&A transactions and acts as a trusted adviser to the global lending community.
Paul Croke, Executive Consultant
With over 30 years of experience in the Australian and UK, public and private construction industry, Paul led a portfolio valued in excess of $20 billion from 2018 to 2021 with projects including the WestConnex M4 East, WestConnex M8, NorthConnex tunnel, WestConnex M4-M5 Link, Rozelle Interchange, and the Sydney Gateway Project.
Paul first joined Transport for NSW as a Project Director for the Tunnels and Station Civils Project for Sydney Metro and previously held senior roles in the City North Infrastructure (CNI) Executive team which was set up by Queensland Government to manage Brisbane's Airport Link and the Murphy Group, one of the UK’s largest privately owned construction companies.
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