Craig Ransley is the founder of ResCo Services with a proven track record in human resources. In 1999, Craig identified the need for a human resources company specialising in highly skilled labour, placements and general resourcing of the human and maintenance requirements to these specialist industries. Craig began operating initially as Hydro services, located in Tasmania, contracting to Aurora Energy providing overhead vegetation line and easement clearing services before the company grew into The TESA Group Pty Ltd. Recognising its strong presence in the black coal industry, SKILLED Group purchased TESA in 2006 for $61.9m in cash. At that time, TESA had revenue of $165m and EBITDA of $8.5m.

Craig previously had an 8-year career in the Royal Australian Navy, as a qualified fitter and machinist, and now leads a progressive client orientated company focused on providing service solutions to its Australia-wide clientele.

Andrew Poole lives in Newcastle and is a Director of Inter-K Pty Ltd and Baseball NSW. During 2006 Andrew was Non-Executive Director of The TESA Group Pty Ltd and was heavily involved in the Trade Sale of the Group to Skilled Engineering in August of that year. From 1998 to 2005 Andrew was the CFO and Company Secretary of Bradken Ltd, an ASX 200 company that listed through an IPO in August 2004. During this period with Bradken Andrew was a major player in the transition of the business from a subsidiary of a major Public Company through ownership by Private Equity to ultimately a successful IPO. Prior to joining the Bradken business Andrew held various senior Finance positions within the ANI and BHP organisations.

Andrew holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Newcastle and a Master of Business Administration from the Edinburgh Business School. He is a Fellow of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants.

Greg Barns is a lawyer and company director. He was a director of TESA Group from 2005 to 2006 and he is also a non-executive director of listed mining and exploration companies, Republic Gold and Uranium King.

Greg is based in Hobart and was formerly a senior political adviser to a number of federal and state ministers and premiers. He is also a member of the Tasmanian Bar.

Geoff Fardell started with ResCo in October 2009 initially as a business consultant and on 23 December 2009 was appointed Chief Executive Officer (Acting). He will be working closely with the Chairman, board and senior management team of ResCo.

Geoff is an experienced company executive with commercial, operational and financial experience across a number of large organisations in different industries and countries. Over the last two years Geoff has been a business consultant working with a number of large corporate clients.

From 2002 until 2008, Geoff spent close to 6 years as the CFO of previously ASX 200 listed company, Coates Hire Limited, working closely with the CEO, the Board, and the Coates executive team in taking broad responsibility for all aspects of finance. Over this period he participated in growing the company, which undertook over 25 acquisitions. This together with organic growth and many internal improvement programs significantly grew the company’s revenues, assets, profitability and market capitalisation, until Coates was taken over in January 2008 for an enterprise value in excess of $2B.

He also has over 20 years experience with companies including TNT, Unisys, Trimac (Canada), Lend Lease and KPMG (formerly Peat Marwick Mitchell). Geoff holds a BA (Economics) degree, and is a qualified Chartered Accountant in both Australia (ACA) and Canada (CA), is a qualified Chartered Secretary (ACIS), and is a Member of the Australia Institute of Company Director’s (MAICD).

Bruce has almost 30 years experience in Engineering and Project management across many disciplines spanning Power, Mining, Food and Beverage, COG, Water and Industrial processes.

A product of the well-respected BHP trainee program he graduated as an electrical engineer at Hunter Institute of Technology in Newcastle and went on to complete a Postgraduate Diploma in Business for Engineering Management at Auckland University and finished with a Masters of Business Administration for Technology Management at Chifley Business School in Melbourne.

Bruce has fulfilled roles as Director of Operations and also as Engineering and Project Director for two global Instrumentation and Control System companies, and completed a major humanitarian project in China called the Yellow River Diversion project, bringing water to the people of the Shanxi Province. Recently Bruce held the position of General manager NSW for ATIVO, part of the SKILLED Group of companies before joining ResCo as the Chief Operating Officer for Engineering Services.

Bruce has served on global councils for Engineering and Project Management, has worked and lived both locally and abroad, and brings a unique multidiscipline and experience in Engineering to improve the ‘bench strength’ of ResCo Engineering Services.

Vince Martin is a well-known and respected expert in underground mining, with a demonstrated committment to safety, quality and innovation.

Vince was previously the General Manager for Eastern Mining Company (EMC) before heading ResCo Underground Services and its operations in NSW and Queensland.

Born and bred in the Newcastle area, working with Vehicle & Plant Services since 2003 fulfilling roles as Site Supervisor and Electrical Division Manager along with his new role as Operations/Electrical Manager since January 2008.

Brad is a trade qualified auto electrician with years of recognised experience for his skills in auto electrical and electronic system fitting, service and maintenance. Brad has had a broad knowledge and hands on experience in automotive, truck, marine and mining equipment, electrical work and system design and maintenance. Brad's input to the VPS electrical department has been invaluable and he is recognised throughout the local mining industry for his dedicated approach to our customer's requirements.

Dr. David M. Williams has almost 20 years solid Information Technology experience. He has worked in a range of industries, commencing as a systems analyst at an aluminium smelter, and having subsequent roles in education, coal mining, call centres and consulting. Over the last eight years he has developed comprehensive information systems for recruitment and supplementary labour organisations. He now specialises in the infrastructure and application aspects of mergers and acquisitions, and in automating pricing and rates calculation.

David lectured in Computer Science at the University of Newcastle for eight years and is a member of the academic board of the Australian Computer Society. He writes for a variety of computing publications and launched a Newcastle IT professional society.

Qualifications:
PhD (Computer Science)
Justice of the Peace (NSW)
Microsoft Certified IT Professional
Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer

Recent employment history:
The TESA Group/SKILLED Group
Advantage Personnel
Altitude Software
University of Newcastle
Quality Coal Consulting
Tomago Aluminium

Stacey is a lawyer admitted to the Supreme Court of New South Wales. Stacey commenced with ResCo Services in July 2007 and previously worked at national law firm Sparke Helmore. Stacey specialises in corporate and commercial law with an extensive background in mergers & acquisitions and general commercial law. During her time at Sparke Helmore Stacey was involved in a number of large commercial transactions, acting for corporate and private equity clients in the resources, manufacturing and retail sectors.

Stacey worked closely with the TESA Group Pty Limited advising on its key acquisitions from 2003 until its ultimate sale to Skilled Group in 2006 for more than $60m.

Qualifications:
Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the Australian National University
Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice.

Ian has diverse experience with OH&S over the past eight years. These include OH&S Coordination for a prominent industrial labour solutions provider; Safety Consultant and Operations Management of an OH&S related RTO and most recently as HSE and Systems Manager for Mining & Earthmoving Services (MES), a divisional member of ResCo.

Ian brings with him solid experience in safety and management systems design and implementation. Proactive in the development of innovative HSE solutions, Ian’s contribution to the development of MESH (Management of Environmental, Safety & Health), ResCo’s safety management system, has provided the framework and level of control required to manage the safety and environmental aspects of ResCo’s diverse portfolio of resource industry and support companies.

Qualifications:
Ian has a degree in HRM/OHS and is certified in Auditing, Consultation, Workplace Training, Risk Management and Rehabilitation.

Experience:
OHS Management, Risk Management, Return to Work Coordination, Consultation, Training and Quality Control

Jeff commenced with ResCo on 1 July 2007 and previously worked for 17 years with heavy engineering company Bradken. During this period has filled various accounting and commercial roles. Exposures included: management of business unit commercial and administration requirements; management of commercial and administration functions of Bradken IPO in 2004; assessment, review and due diligence of acquisition targets; integration of acquisitions into consolidated business; restructuring and rationalisation of business commercial systems and processes.

Qualifications:
CPA Australia – Certified Practicing Accountant
Bachelor of Business, Accounting/Computing Double Major – Charles Sturt University

Recent employment history:
Bradken Commercial Manager – 7 years
Bradken various accounting roles – 10 years