Our People
Diversity
& Experience
RICHARD ALFORD
Senior Advisor
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With over 22 years experience, Richard has diverse experience across defence, rail, road, marine, power and infrastructure sectors. Richard works with both Government and private sector clients providing advice in relation to project feasibility, governance, procurement, technical review, project and risk management, and delivery improvement.
JULIE ANDERSON
Senior Advisor
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Julie has more than 20 years’ experience working with major Tier-1 Australian contractors and as an Advisor. She has worked on numerous infrastructure projects providing advice on strategy development and path to market, undertaken delivery model development for businesses cases and worked with clients on their major projects to develop tailored procurement and delivery solutions.
Lee Brentzell
Executive Advisor
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Lee has extensive major projects experience and business acumen gained in Energy, Resources, Utilities, Sport and Infrastructure companies. She applies collaborative leadership, strategic thinking, good governance, logical problem solving and risk management frameworks to define and prioritise early phase commercially viable projects. Lee has Engineering and Business qualifications coupled with expertise from major infrastructure projects in private and government companies.
NAOMI HERBEN
Senior Advisor
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Naomi has over 20 years experience in design, construction and project management across the full project lifecycle. Her career has included various aspects in the delivery of major projects, design management and client side program transaction management and client superintendent roles. Her market sector expertise includes wastewater, dams, pipelines and major civil & transport infrastructure.
MATT JOHNSON
Principal
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Matt is a Chartered Engineer with over 18 years’ experience in planning and managing infrastructure projects. He has supported various clients in the delivery of major projects of varying complexity across all stages of the project lifecycle. Through leading bid teams to produce robust cost estimates under various delivery models he has the ability to advise on genuine value for money outcomes for projects.
Dale McNab
Advisor
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Dale is a Civil Engineer with over 10 years experience across a diverse range of sectors including industrial, infrastructure, mining and materials manufacturing. Dale has been involved in managing complex project from initiation to closing for multinational asset owners and major contractors. His ability to unlock value within a project is driven by strong technical skills and a focus on building cohesive teams.
FIORETTI SAZALI
Advisor
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Fio is a Civil Engineer with over eight years’ experience working on major infrastructure projects with tier one contractors. His experience in project engineering and management across the full project lifecycle has seen him involved in road, rail, mining, gas, marine, and tunnelling sectors. Fio is driven by challenging projects with appreciation and commitment to delivering valued outcomes.
YEN TRAN
Advisor
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Yen holds a dual degree in Mechanical Engineering and Arts and has over a decade of experience in consulting and construction. With foundations working for a major construction contractor delivering large scale infrastructure assets, her experience ranges across contract claims and dispute resolution, asset management, cost estimating and contract administration.
Sonia Trevisin
Office Manager
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Sonia has over 20 years’ experience across the infrastructure industry in Administration and Office Management. She provides support services to the Tell Advisory team with a strong focus in delivering thorough and confidential administration and office management support. Sonia is detail orientated with an organised and professional approach and is the first point of contact for our clients.
BRENDAN WALSH
Senior Advisor
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Brendan has extensive experience in design and construction management. With a diverse portfolio of project work across sectors and delivery methods, Brendan is an integral leader. Brendan’s background provides an appreciation of both client, consultant and contractor objectives to facilitate a collaborative approach in order to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
SEAN WEIER
Executive Advisor
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Sean has over 20 years infrastructure experience within government and professional services covering transport, defence, indigenous communities and health. He has extensive experience in the planning phase of the project lifecycle covering strategic planning, business cases and stakeholder engagement. This is complemented by his involvement in all other phases of the project lifecycle and significant organisational and project leadership experience.
DARREN WEIR
Director & Principal
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Darren is an internationally experienced business leader specialising in the engineering, resource and construction industries. Having worked in senior executive and director roles with some of Australia’s largest and most successful engineering and construction companies, Darren brings a wealth of business acumen to define and develop strategic commercial and project objectives.