THE ALTUS TRAFFIC TEAM SHARES A COMMITMENT TO ENHANCING SAFETY BY EXPERTLY MANAGING TRAFFIC; TOGETHER WE’RE WORKING TO DEVELOP A NEW BENCHMARK FOR SERVICE DELIVERY IN THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY.
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Ben MarsonetCEO
Ben has a career spanning over 15 years in the traffic management industry working across various operational, commercial and senior management roles. Following a 10 year career with Altus in General Management and Executive positions, Ben was appointed to the role of Group CEO in July 2021. Since his appointment, Ben has lead the business through a successful private equity investment, as well as doubling revenue and earnings of the business through a mix of organic growth and acquisition activity. Ben has an immense passion for the safety and growth of people, and is passionate about leading a business that has a genuine impact on its employees and the communities it operates in. Altus Group is the largest and leading provider of traffic management services across Australia and New Zealand operating in 45+ locations, employing 4500 staff and operating a fleet of 2500+ assets. The Group generates $350m+ in annual revenues through its 6 brands; Altus Traffic (foundation business), Traffic Diversions Group (Vic), Traffic Logistics (NSW), Shield Traffic (Qld), Traffic Management New Zealand (NZ) and CivilEdge Training.
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James PenningsCCO
James has more than 25 years senior management experience across a variety of market sectors in Australia and the United States. An accomplished business development and origination specialist, he has provided leadership and management to organisations spanning sales, strategy & marketing, corporate development, procurement & contracting, operations and public policy development. James is the commercial lead for the business, responsible for growth, diversification, branding and market development.
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Iain SkeltonCFO
Iain is Group CFO and Company secretary for all entities within the Altus group. He is a strategic finance leader with more than 20 years of experience in senior management roles across a variety of sectors. Iain is adept at developing and scaling teams in high growth environments whilst maintaining a customer centric, commercially driven culture. He provides the Altus Group with rigorous financial oversight whilst driving operational efficiency and financial performance. Iain also leads governance, risk and compliance for the group providing a strong foundation for future growth.
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Claire AgnewEGM - People
Claire is an experienced Human Resources professional with a combined 15 years of demonstrated working history in the Education, Health Care and now Traffic Control industry. Claire is a broad generalist skilled in employment and industrial relations, recruitment and implementing organisational change. She is responsible for staff retention and engagement as well as injury management and workers compensation. Claire’s passion is to grow and develop people and to increase engagement and performance within the business. Her competitive advantage is her intuition and straight talk. People are our best asset!
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Darren CondonEGM - Operations
Darren has an extensive background in operational management and leadership, managing high performance teams as a General Manager and CEO. He has direct P&L responsibility for Altus Operations across all 3,000+ staff. Adept at strategic planning and execution, people leadership, customer engagement and marketing, Darren brings the generalist skill-set necessary for the management of a key portfolio of the Altus business, helping to drive continued operational efficiency and financial performance.
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Chris ThorntonEGM - HSEQ
Chris manages the Health, Safety, Environment and Quality functions of the business, having previously led Altus’ QLD business with full P&L responsibility. He is tasked with driving continual improvement across a wide portfolio of works nationally and develops and executes the organisation’s Safety Strategy. Chris is focussed on improving both employee and customer safety, ensuring robust and accountable systems and processes underpin these objectives.
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Joanne CroftGM - CivilEdge
Joanne leads the Altus Groups Registered Training Organisation ‘Civiledge’, servicing a wide range of traffic and civil construction training needs across industry. Starting her career in Safety 10 years ago, she has transitioned from a Safety Manager role within Altus Traffic. Joanne is now focused on expanding the range and reach of formal qualifications that CivilEdge can deliver based on its expansive infrastructure and strong networks through the traffic, civil, maintenance and utilities sectors. Joanne is focused on providing high quality training and consistently maintaining the best quality courses, so that all students have the skills and training to get their jobs done safety.
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Russell McAdamGM - VIC
Russell is a highly experienced traffic industry manager, having undertaken multiple roles for Altus through nearly a decade of service. A strong client facing leader with extensive knowledge of execution, Russell has been managing the high growth regions of VIC and TAS for the previous 2 years, building the teams necessary for consistent, quality fulfillment in a scaling and demanding environment.
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Wendy DouglasGM - WA
Wendy is a highly regarded traffic industry manager with a strong track record in customer delivery and operational management. Looking after the State of WA, Wendy is driving the development of a balanced portfolio among projects and maintenance style works across the regions, through exceptional service delivery and the building out of a high quality team. Wendy holds great relationships among government and the private sector and represents our industry at multiple forums.
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Khaleel HamdanGM - NSW
Khaleel has 19 years of experience in the traffic management sector and has been with Altus for 13 years, delivering consistently on the largest infrastructure and maintenace projects in the country. He has held various positions within Altus including Operational and Safety leadership functions and possesses a background in Business Information Systems. Khaleel leads a team of highly skilled and dedicated individuals within the NSW operation including more than 500 traffic controllers. Khaleel has full P&L control of the NSW business, continually looking to improve, grow safety year on year and continue to be a industry leader in the market.
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Chris CrouchGM - QLD
Chris recently joined the Traffic Management Industry in May 2022 as General Manager Qld. Chris comes with 33 years’ experience in Commercial, Sales, Account Management, Leadership, People Development and Project Management experience through the FMCG Industry via an Alcohol business. Chris brings the skill-set necessary for the management of our Qld Business, delivering for our customers, building a winning team, whilst delivering efficiency gains and financial performance.
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Andrew GentileGM - SA
Andrew is an 18-year veteran of the Traffic Management Industry and has held various management roles, most with a strong operational focus, prior to becoming General Manager of the Altus South Australian business. He has worked on multiple Tier 1 major construction projects, major national and international events as well as extensive road maintenance contracts. Andrew's personable approach and strong leadership skills have allowed him to develop meaningful relationships with clients and stakeholders, resulting in a consistent level of safe and high quality traffic services fulfilment. He has held industry association Chair and Vice Chair roles and has been a key player in growing and maturing the industry.
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John RogersGM - TAS
John brings over 19 years of expertise in the Traffic Management Industry to his role, having started with Altus in 2004. Starting as a traffic controller, John has held various positions in traffic management over the years, including s senior team leader and then transitioning into management 16 years ago. His extensive experience spans construction, utilities, events, road maintenance, and rail sectors, with a dedication for ensuring the highest safety standards in worksite planning.
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Beth LilfordHead of Digital
With close to two decades of experience in traffic management, spanning the full spectrum of operations, planning, safety, logistics and major events, Beth possesses a wealth of practical knowledge in her capacity as Head of Digital. Tasked with accelerating the Australian traffic landscape into the era of data and technology, she is entrusted with the implementation of Altus Group's cutting edge Workzone Digitisation product suite and tech stack for valued clients nationwide. Beth is committed to demonstrate how the power of innovative technology and data driven insights can transform safety and productivity in the industry.
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Petar KrsticHead of Events
Petar has over 13 years’ experience in the Traffic Industry and is a knowledgeable and sound decision maker leading the events business nationally. Petar has been heavily involved with the delivery of the event traffic management on a local, national and international scale. Petar understands that successful event delivery relies on robust and detailed planning; safe methods of operation; mission critical execution and implementation; transparency and responsiveness; a professional, courteous interface between the event and its stakeholders and thorough debrief reporting to enhance forward planning.
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Sarah TateNatl Sales Business Ptnr
Sarah brings nearly 15 years of traffic management experience to her role as National Sales Business Partner. With previous experience across Business Development, Service Delivery and Major Projects workstreams, Sarah has phenomenal breadth of knowledge in operations, safety, recruitment and stakeholder engagement. In her current role, Sarah drives growth for Altus, leading tender development and delivery, contractual execution and precise market analysis. Sarah's comprehensive knowledge and dedication make her an invaluable asset in understanding and fulfilling the evolving needs of our client's portfolios.