Non-Executive Director | Board Assurance | Responsible Transformation
Board assurance for complex industrial transformation.
Ensuring technology, transition and growth risks are governed with the same rigour as financial risk.
Non-Executive Director specialising in material controls, operational resilience, Responsible AI, cyber governance, sustainability assurance and energy-transition growth.
"I bring governance discipline, engineering judgement and global operational-risk experience to the risks that increasingly determine enterprise value."
Board-Relevant Scale and Outcomes
Board Value Proposition
A distinctive board capability at the intersection of governance, responsible technology and industrial transition.
Complex industrial transformation exposes boards to interconnected risks: material controls, operational resilience, AI and cyber governance, sustainability assurance, major-project delivery and responsible growth. My contribution is to ensure these technology, transition and growth risks are governed with the same rigour, evidence and independent challenge traditionally expected of financial risk.
Governance Assurance
Material controls, risk appetite, reporting integrity, enterprise resilience and committee-ready assurance across complex operations.
Responsible Technology
Responsible AI, cyber exposure, data quality and digital transformation governed through enterprise risk, accountability and resilience.
Industrial Transition
Energy transition, critical minerals, circular economy and capital-intensive growth governed with operational discipline.
Core Differentiator
I integrate governance assurance, responsible technology oversight and engineering-informed transition judgement to help boards govern non-financial and emerging risks with financial-risk-level discipline.
Where I Add Board Value
Three clear appointment cases for boards and search advisers.
These three appointment cases translate my core proposition into specific board mandates: strengthening material-controls assurance, governing responsible technology adoption and enabling disciplined transition-focused growth.
Audit & Risk Committee NED
Material Controls and Operational Resilience
Board Requirement
For boards requiring stronger assurance over material operational, compliance, cyber, sustainability-reporting and enterprise-risk controls.
My Value Proposition
I support boards in testing whether material non-financial controls are robust, evidenced and aligned to risk appetite, business continuity and long-term value protection.
My Differentiator
I complement traditional financial and governance assurance with global operational-risk leadership, engineering judgement, ESG reporting oversight and practical business-continuity governance across complex international operations.
Selected Evidence
- Board-level operational-risk reporting across global operations
- 38% year-on-year risk reduction over three years
- $380M annual business-continuity governance budget
- Operating-scope experience across 45 countries
- Audit and Risk Committee contribution through IChemE
Relevant Appointments
- Audit & Risk Committee Member
- Risk Committee Chair Succession
- Industrial and Infrastructure Boards
- Global Supply Chain Businesses
- Material Controls and Resilience Oversight
Transition and Growth NED
Critical Minerals, Waste-to-Energy and Industrial Scale-up
Board Requirement
For growth and transition-economy businesses requiring governance maturity, investment credibility and disciplined oversight of project, operational and sustainability risk.
My Value Proposition
I help boards scale responsibly by connecting engineering judgement, project-risk governance, sustainability credibility and board-level assurance across capital-intensive transition environments.
My Differentiator
Transition businesses may already have technical founders, project developers or investors. I add independent governance discipline, operational assurance and responsible-growth oversight that support institutional confidence and delivery credibility.
Selected Evidence
- Current NED contribution in corporate governance and risk for a critical minerals and waste-to-energy start-up / scale-up
- $12B APLNG project risk authority
- Experience relevant to biofuels, hydrogen, LNG, carbon capture and industrial transition
- ESG reporting and circular-economy governance capability
- Chartered Engineer and Chartered Governance credentials
Relevant Appointments
- AIM-listed Transition Businesses
- Large Private or PE-backed Industrial Growth Businesses
- Critical Minerals and Circular Economy Scale-ups
- Energy Transition Infrastructure Boards
Technology & Digital Committee NED
Responsible AI, Cyber and Data Governance
Board Requirement
For boards adopting AI-enabled, digitally connected or data-driven operating models while managing cyber resilience, explainability, data quality and trusted reporting.
My Value Proposition
I provide board oversight of Responsible AI and digital risk in the context of enterprise resilience, operational performance, stakeholder trust and governance accountability.
My Differentiator
I am not positioned as a pure technology specialist. I integrate AI, cyber and data governance with operational-risk assurance, business continuity, sustainability reporting and global transformation delivery.
Selected Evidence
- Australian Representative — ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 Artificial Intelligence
- Digital-twin proof of concept integrating IoT, explainable machine learning and live operational data
- Global digital-transformation and data-governance leadership
- 90% sustained global digital adoption
- Cyber and operational-resilience oversight within complex operations
Relevant Appointments
- Technology & Digital Committee
- Risk Committee with AI or Cyber Remit
- Industrial Technology Boards
- Regulated Organisations Undergoing Digital Transformation
Competitive Positioning
Capabilities often recruited separately, integrated in one board contribution.
My board proposition is not based on one functional specialism. It is the integration of governance assurance, responsible technology, industrial risk and transition execution that differentiates my contribution to boards navigating complex transformation.
Typical NED Capability
Governance and regulatory assurance
My Differentiated Board Contribution
Operational, technology and sustainability controls governed together through enterprise-risk oversight and practical assurance.
Typical NED Capability
AI, cyber and digital expertise
My Differentiated Board Contribution
Responsible technology connected to operational resilience, risk appetite, reporting integrity and accountable transformation.
Typical NED Capability
ESG and transition oversight
My Differentiated Board Contribution
Sustainability assurance linked to industrial execution, data quality, investment discipline and credible transition delivery.
Typical NED Capability
Energy-transition sector experience
My Differentiated Board Contribution
Governance maturity, major-project assurance and responsible-growth oversight for capital-intensive scaling businesses.
My differentiator is board assurance for complex industrial transformation: ensuring technology, transition and growth risks are governed with the same rigour as financial risk.
Selective Listed-Company Contribution
Specialist committee value for complex listed and regulated boards.
For listed, regulated and major international-company appointments, my proposition is specialist rather than generalist: strengthening board oversight of material operational controls, Responsible AI, cyber resilience, sustainability assurance and complex industrial transformation alongside established finance, legal and listed-company directors.
Complements conventional financial and legal board capability.
Adds independent challenge on operational, digital and sustainability controls.
Supports committees governing complex transformation and emerging risk.
Current Governance Credibility
Appointments and professional standing that evidence board contribution.
Treasurer, Board of Trustees
Institution of Chemical Engineers — United Kingdom
Chair, Finance and HR Committee; member, Audit and Risk Committee. Fiduciary, financial and enterprise-risk governance for a global professional institution.
Non-Executive Director — Corporate Governance & Risk
Critical Minerals & Waste-to-Energy Start-up / Scale-up
Board governance and enterprise-risk oversight supporting responsible growth, circular-economy development, energy transition and emerging-resource strategy.
Victorian State Council Member
Governance Institute of Australia
Governance education and regulatory insight across directors' duties, cyber governance, critical infrastructure and board-risk frameworks.
Australian Representative
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 — Artificial Intelligence
Responsible AI standards, trustworthiness, explainability and emerging regulatory alignment for operating industries.
Professional Standing
Governance, engineering and responsible-technology credentials.
MIT Sloan Alumni
Advanced Executive Certificate — Technology, Innovation and Management
Fellow and Chartered
Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland Governance Institute of Australia
Chartered Engineer (UK)
Engineering Council Professional Accreditation
MEng Chemical Engineering
University of Cape Town — Biotechnology & Copper Mining
Committee Alignment
Governance capability aligned to board committee priorities.
Audit & Risk Committee
Material controls, enterprise-risk frameworks, operational assurance, cyber resilience, business continuity and sustainability-reporting oversight.
Audit and Risk Committee contribution; $380M continuity governance; 38% year-on-year risk reduction.
Technology & Digital Committee
Responsible AI, data governance, cyber risk, digital transformation and trusted technology adoption.
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42; digital twins; explainable machine learning; 90% sustained digital adoption.
ESG & Sustainability Committee
ISSB-aligned reporting, climate governance, energy transition, data integrity and sustainable operations.
TCFD-to-ISSB governance transition; Scope 1 and 2 data assurance; transition and circular-economy exposure.
Finance & People Committee
Financial governance, investment oversight, remuneration, leadership capability and organisational accountability.
Treasurer and Chair, Finance and HR Committee; leadership of global technical and governance capability.
Global Executive Experience
Trusted across global energy, industrial and FMCG organisations.
Executive and governance experience across multinational operations, industrial transformation, global supply chains, major projects and energy-transition environments.
Speaking and Thought Leadership
Board briefings, governance forums and industry conferences.
Available for board briefings, governance forums, executive education and industry conferences on Responsible AI, operational resilience, sustainability assurance, energy transition and board governance of emerging risk.
Responsible AI Governance for Boards
Operational Resilience and Cyber Risk
ESG Reporting and ISSB Transition
Energy Transition and Decarbonisation
Critical Minerals and Circular Economy
Digital Transformation at Board Level
Board Conversation
Available for UK NED, advisory board and committee appointments.
Available to boards seeking rigorous oversight of the operational, technology and transition risks that increasingly determine enterprise value.
Particularly relevant to boards overseeing material controls, operational resilience, Responsible AI, cyber governance, sustainability assurance, energy transition, critical minerals, waste-to-energy and responsible industrial growth.