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Key Personnel - ResCo Services

Craig Ransley - Director


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 - Finance Director


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.

Jason Sweeney - Chief Operating Officer


Jason is an operations expert with an 18 year track record in mining, quarrying and construction related operations and strategic management. During his career he has held a number of senior operational positions, and has managed over $1 billion in engineering projects for some of Australia’s largest companies and government organisations.

Jason excels at all levels of the corporate environment. His breadth of strategic, operational and engineering experience places him in high demand at the senior level of multi-national corporations. His focus on leading disciplined lean operations, coupled with a strategic business perspective ensures sustainable business outcomes for all stakeholders.

A Civil Engineer with a Masters degree in Commerce (business strategy), he is also a qualified Mine Manager since 1996, and holds certificates in Project and Risk Management.

David M. Williams - Chief Information Officer


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

Ian Munro - Group Manager, OH&S Compliance and Accreditation


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