Directors

Chair: Craig Nicol

Craig Nicol is Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Graphene Manufacturing Group. He has a career of over 20 years in delivering large scale innovation including leading multi-billion-dollar gas and LNG value chains in Australia and Asia Pacific and managing sales and marketing teams across Asia Pacific working for Shell International. Craig has a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Manufacturing Systems (Honours) and a bachelor’s degree in Business Marketing from the Queensland University of Technology. Craig is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).

Board member: Lee Finniear

Lee is Chief Executive Officer of Li-S Energy Systems. He has more than 25 years’ experience as a senior executive, including 10 years with Intergraph Corporation, (a US-based Fortune 1000 technology company) in roles including Vice President – Asia Pacific, plus 5 years as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of NASDAQ and ASX listed technology company, Metal Storm Limited.  Over the past 5 years, Lee has been the founder and director of a company delivering innovative Internet of Things (IoT) products to business and consumer markets. He was also the Vice President – Asia Pacific for a European telecommunications operator with a market focus on automotive manufacturers and enterprise IoT solutions. Lee has a First Class BSc. (Hons) degree in Civil Engineering and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and Geographic Information Systems.

Board member: Lynette Molyneaux

Lynette Molyneaux is a researcher in climate, energy and industry policy in the Centre for Policy Futures at The University of Queensland. She has worked with the Queensland Government on understanding Queensland’s resilience to a global energy transition and the Global Change Institute’s Delivering a Competitive Australian Power System suite of reports. Prior to her academic pursuits, Lynette spent more than 20 years in the IT industry managing Internet and Business Intelligence start-up in New Zealand, as a brand manager at IBM UK and a financial planner at IBM SA. Lynette has a Bachelor of Commerce from Rhodes University in South Africa, a Master of Natural Resource Economics and a PhD in Resilience and Energy Policy from the University of Queensland.

Board secretariat: Australian Industry Group

Management

Chief Financial Officer: Andrew Davies

Andrew Davies is Senior Group Financial Controller at PPK Group Ltd. He has worked for Eagers Automotive and Anglo American in a variety of financial and performance roles. Andrew holds a Bachelor of Commerce Account and Finance degree from the University of Queensland.