About PPM
Operations Team
Troy McDonald
CEO and Managing Director
Troy is a strategic, solutions-focused Executive with a career demonstrating visionary leadership, evidenced through superior business performance in the Australian mining industry.
View on LinkedInPeter Cardillo
Regional Manager - Western Australia
Peter’s passion is project management. He brings deep experience in all facets of project engineering and project management covering the commercial, heavy industrial and resource sectors. He is a published author and has written and presented numerous technical papers in Australia, Japan and MIT in the USA.
View on LinkedInPeter Green
Regional Manager - New South Wales
Peter is a highly experienced General Manager, Senior Engineer and leader who has a track record of negotiating and delivering significant operational, safety and cultural change improvements in blue-chip heavy industries with multiple internal and external stakeholders.
View on LinkedInJohn Gorman
Regional Manager - Northern Australia
John is a former General Manager and a mechanical engineer with more than 25 years’ experience leading operational teams and delivering improvement projects in steel, nickel and coal export blue-chip heavy industries. He is a strategic, motivated and values driven leader with a strong customer focus and ambition to improve business performance by engaging with people.
View on LinkedInClaudio Cardillo
Regional Manager - Southern Australia
Claudio is a Senior Project Manager with over 30 years’ experience and capability in the management of construction and infrastructure projects involving feasibility studies, cost plans, design reviews, preparation of tender packages, engagement of consultants, contract formation and management, cost reporting, and stakeholder engagement.
View on LinkedInMike Russell
National Lead - Industrial Water
Mike is a senior chemical engineer with over 35 years’ experience leading and delivering strategy, business development and industrial water projects for tier one businesses in mining, metals, oil & gas and heavy industries across Australia. He is a respected professional with proven capability delivering high value water and process engineering projects for reputable businesses including Veolia, Hatch, and BHP.
View on LinkedInRichard Langston
Commercial Manager
Richard is a highly experienced Commercial Manager and leader with a track record of identifying opportunities that continuously seek to improve an organisation’s value and resilience.
View on LinkedInRoger Bowman
Organisation Capability Manager
Roger is a strategic, improvement focused executive with over 35 years’ experience in the Mining, Ore Processing and Ports Sectors.
View on LinkedInSenior Project Managers
Rod Todhunter
Senior Project Manager
Rod is an internationally experienced Senior Project Manager performing key roles in major projects up to US$500M and consultancy roles in projects up to $3Bn.
View on LinkedInTim Rodwell
Senior Project Manager
Tim is a Senior Project Manager with 25 years’ experience leading teams through engineering, construction and commissioning across heavy industry and the materials handling sector of significant value and complexity. Tim most recently was the Project Manager for the Port Kembla Coal Terminal Upgrade in NSW, a complex brownfield project including new Stackers and Reclaimers. With his extensive experience and wide skill set he can successfully undertake and manage multiple roles across varied projects or industry sectors whether it be a brown field or green field facility.
View on LinkedInGlen Judd
Senior Project Manager and Project Controls Specialist
Glen is an experienced Project Manager with more than 25 years’ experience in a broad range of engineering, construction, commissioning, contract management and commercial roles.
View on LinkedInStephen McGuire
Senior Project Manager and Materials Handling Specialist
Steve is a Senior Project Manager with significant operational, project management and engineering experience, including management of contracts, transport and processing operations.
View on LinkedInRob Youman
Senior Project Manager and Automation and Drives Specialist
Rob has extensive experience in design, installation & commissioning of automation and drive systems associated with mining, steel making and manufacturing applications.
View on LinkedInCharlie Wheatley
Senior Project Manager
Charlie is a highly experienced Project Manager and leader, with over 25 years’ in operational and project improvement roles in tier-one coal mining and steelmaking businesses, and the construction / waste industry.
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