Our People

We are motivated and passionate. We work to ensure we have the right number of people, with the right skills, in the right place and at the right time.

The Board

Rob Chapman

Chair

Rob Chapman is a Director of T-Ports and principal investor in ICAM. He provides strategic advice to the Board and Management.

Andrew Polkinghorne

Director

Andrew is a grain producer at Lock, South Australia, where he farms nearly 7000 hectares with his family.

Stuart Ballantyne

Director

Stuart has been Chairman of Sea Transport Corporation since its inception in 1976. Stuart has been the principal consultant and tactician for numerous large successful projects.

Scott Jaffray

Director

Scott is the CEO of Duxton Asset Management Pte Ltd; Group CIO and a shareholder of Duxton.

Freddy Bartlett

Director

Freddy has more than 20 years of experience within the funds management industry, having worked in Adelaide, Sydney and London.

Freddy is the Managing Director of ICAM and Executive Director of ICAM Retail Funds Management Pty Ltd and an equity owner of both businesses.

Ken MacArthur

Director

Ken is an experienced project and structured financier / commercial advisor with more than 30 years’ industry experience.

James Forbes

Director

James is a Managing Partner of Australia China Investment Fund (ACIF) who through their affiliates are providing subordinated debt and equity investment to the Trust.

Kieran Carvill

Chief Executive Officer

Kieran’s background is in shipping and grain trading and he has worked with a number of well-known global companies in the industry.

Michael Garry

Secretary

Michael is an experienced corporate lawyer who has advised some of Australia’s biggest corporates and funds on their most complex and strategically critical transactions.

Senior Management

Kieran Carvill

Chief Executive Officer

Kieran’s background is in shipping and grain trading and he has worked with a number of well-known global companies in the industry.

Mark Antushka

General Manager – Construction & Commercial

Mark has more than 20 years’ experience in management of business, project and commercial developments in the grain industry.

Reid Toogood

General Manager – Operations

Reid has extensive senior leadership experience in the agribusiness, energy and construction sectors.

Tim Gurney

Manager, New Business and Client Relations

Tim has a wealth of experience across the agriculture sector in SA. He is a driven and experienced professional who strives to consolidate credible and solid relationships with clients to build upon business growth and success together.

Julie Marsh

Human Resources Manager

Julie is working with T-Ports as Human Resources Manager. She has extensive experience in the corporate world including construction and labour hire companies.

Claire Wilde

Chief Financial Officer

Claire Wilde joined Duxton Asset Management in March 2018 and is responsible for overseeing the finance function for T-Ports as well as the newly listed Duxton Broadacre Farms.

Management

Jeff Cowan

Terminal Manager

Jeff is an experienced leader and manager of people with 18 years’ experience working in the bulk handling industry. This has included customer service, work health and safety, risk mitigation, developing stakeholder relationships (internal and external) and planning and development.

Daniel Mooney

Maintenance Supervisor

Daniel has more than 14 years electrical experience, including seven in the grain industry. Daniel is an experienced electrician by trade and has worked across automated and industrial electrical applications.

Phil Durell

Project Manager, Storage & Handling

Phil is an experienced consultant specialising in bulk commodity handling with a demonstrated history of working in the export of grain and woodchips as well as managing production operations at a senior level.

Steve Pelecanos

Harbour Master

Captain Steve Pelecanos has been in the maritime industry for more than 50 years. He has held command of vessels engaged in international trades, has been Harbour Master and a pilot at a number of ports and has managed a shipping company.

Danylo Lyzlov

Master

Dan is an experienced maritime professional and ship’s captain with more than 13 years’ experience in the marine industry. He has extensive knowledge and experience in the marine industry on bulk carriers, platform supply vessels, anchor handling tug supply vessels, passenger and merchant vessels. Dan is master of the transhipment vessel, MV Lucky Eyre.

Support Team

Suzanne Irvine

Customer Services

Suzanne is responsible for assisting T-Ports growers and clients with customer service enquiries. Suzanne has developed a strong knowledge of the broad range of service needs of both grain growers and grain buyers.

Tasha Potgieter

PA to CEO / Administration

Tasha provides administrative support to the Chief Executive Officer and the Management team to assist in the day to day operations of T-Ports.

Rob Chapman

Rob Chapman is a director of T-Ports as well as a principal investor in ICAM. He provides strategic advice to the Board and Management.

He is the Chairman of Adelaide Airport Ltd, Non-Executive Chairman of Perks, a member of the South Australian Government’s Economic Development Cabinet Committee and is the Global Chairman of Investment Attraction SA, Chairman of Barossa Valley Infrastructure Ltd, Chairman of the Adelaide Football Club and Director of Coopers Brewery Pty Ltd.

Prior to his current appointments, Rob was Managing Director of Bank SA and Chief Executive of St George Bank. Rob is past President of Business SA and CEDA South Australia.

Rob has been recognised for his consistent pursuit of excellence and outstanding contribution to South Australia with the 2005 SA Great Award for Business.

Rob’s early career was spent in the insurance and funds management industry, initially in Adelaide, then in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne before returning to Adelaide and assuming executive roles in banking.

Andrew Polkinghorne

Andrew is a grain producer at Lock, South Australia, where he farms nearly 7000 hectares with his family.

He is a former Chair of the Australian Grain Growers Cooperative, a grain trading company he helped establish as a member of its implementation committee. He is also a past Chair of Minnipa Agricultural Centre Management Committee, the Eyre Peninsula largest agricultural research and development organisation, working with farmers to increase their productivity and profitability.

He previously worked as the General Manager of Farm Services at the Roseworthy Campus of the University of Adelaide. Andrew was also a previous member of the Free Eyre Steering Committee. Andrew holds a Bachelor of Business (Agriculture) and a Diploma (Honours) in Farm Management.

Stuart Ballantyne

Stuart has been Chairman of Sea Transport Corporation since its inception in 1976. Stuart has been the principal consultant and tactician for numerous large successful projects. These included the establishment of Fiji’s Inter Island Roro Ferry Service, the profitable Kangaroo Island Ferry Service in South Australia, Peninsula Searoad Transport in Victoria, Bahamas Searoad, Sea SA and the MacArthur River Lead Zinc Project, which used an innovative self-discharging bulk carrier design to establish a viable remote lead zinc mine.

Stuart is a fellow of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects and has written numerous nautical publications and papers. He has a long list of awards including the ICHCA Annual Award 1996, Seatrade Award 1997 (London), Cruise and Ferry Award 2003 (London), AUSMEPA Marine Environment Award 2006 (Sydney) and the Institute of Export – Export Hero of the Year 2008 (Australia).

Stuart holds a Masters of Philosophy (Naval Architecture) from Strathclyde University, Scotland, and was awarded an honorary doctorate in science from Strathclyde in 2014 for his services to the maritime Industry.

Scott Jaffray

Scott is the CEO of Duxton Asset Management Pte Ltd; Group CIO and a shareholder of Duxton.

Scott began his career in Asset Management in 1986 and has more than 30 years’ experience in managing client portfolios.

Prior to joining Duxton in 2017, Scott worked with Deutsche Asset Management in Asia. After joining DeAM (Asia) in 2005, he held several positions including CIO Asia Pacific and served as a Director of DeAM.

Scott started his career as an equity analyst and launched his first mutual fund as portfolio manager in 1989. After managing portfolios for two large insurance companies, Scott joined Pictet Asset Management in 1996 where he was both a lead Portfolio Manager and responsible for the Developed Equity Group.

Scott graduated in 1986 with a master’s degree in Economics from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. He is an associate member of the CFA Institute and ASIP (UK).

Freddy Bartlett

Freddy has more than 20 years of experience within the funds management industry, having worked in Adelaide, Sydney and London.

Freddy is the Managing Director of ICAM and Executive Director of ICAM Retail Funds Management Pty Ltd and an equity owner of both businesses.

He founded ICAM in 2015 following six years as Chief Investment Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Motor Accident Commission of South Australia. There, he was responsible for the investment team, outsourced investment entities, strategic and dynamic asset allocation of the $3.5 billion multi-asset government investment fund which encompassed a $150 million infrastructure portfolio, $600 million direct property portfolio and a $350 million cash portfolio. Freddy was also responsible for overall investment strategy setting, portfolio construction and capital management.

Prior to the Motor Accident Commission (SA), Freddy held senior roles across business development in Westpac Bank and IAG Asset Management for managed funds and structured products and a portfolio management role at Allianz Australia.

Freddy is the Vice President of the Property Council of Australia SA Division and is on the Investment Advisory Committee for Public Trustee SA, the University of South Australia Business School Advisory Board as well as the South Australian Centre for Economic Studies Independent Research Fund Advisory Committee. He is also a director of Crime Stoppers SA.

Ken MacArthur

Ken is an experienced project and structured financier / commercial advisor with more than 30 years’ industry experience.

Ken’s primary focus has been on the maritime sector as well as infrastructure based projects. He spent the first 18 years of his career in banking in London, Piraeus, Singapore and New York followed by 4 years in Australia as an independent financial adviser for investors and end users.

In 2010 Ken relocated to Singapore, working for various shipbroking firms.

Ken is currently the Managing Director of Marine Capital Corporation and bases his operations in Thailand doing commercial and financial advisory work for select, primarily overseas, clients utilising his global contacts.

James Forbes

James is a Managing Partner of Australia China Investment Fund (ACIF) who through their affiliates are providing subordinated debt and equity investment to the Trust.

James has a wide range of experience in national engineering business both in Australia and China and is prominent in the product development and investment management space for Australian projects including infrastructure, property, agriculture, selective breeding of livestock and business acquisition.

James has a detailed understanding of effective investment strategies suited to China, with almost 20 years of experience in that space.

James currently Chairs SCI Investments, Hunt Boilers, ME-001-11 Australian Standards Development Technical Committee, and is a Director in entities including SIV Fund, Priority Fund, Prosperity Fund and sits on a range of Investment Committees.

Kieran Carvill

Kieran’s role is to oversee the development and operations of T-Ports in Australia. Originally from Ireland, Kieran’s background is in shipping and grain trading and he has worked with a number of well-known global companies in the industry.

Kieran has worked with Sea Transport Corporation since 2014 where he was responsible for the creation and development of a portfolio of agricultural and mineral port projects in Australia and Asia.

Kieran was CBICS / KCH Steel International Sales and Procurement Manager, responsible for creation and development of a portfolio of suppliers and customers in Asia. He was subsequently appointed Managing Director, taking on team management and strategic development worldwide.

He spent three years at AC Toepfer as European and Eastern European Grain Trading Manager working across market risk, trade profitability, analysis, strategy and the management of pan European trading.

Other roles include International Commodity Manager and World Product Manager for Cargill where he managed the full trading and back office team, worldwide coarse grain trading, pan European wheat and coarse grain trading, as well as Company representation with the European Union.

Kieran holds a Masters of Economics from The University of Dublin and is fluent in German, English, and French.

Michael Garry

Michael is an experienced corporate lawyer who has advised some of Australia’s biggest corporates and funds on their most complex and strategically critical transactions.

Known for his pragmatic and commercial approach, Michael works closely with clients to understand their commercial goals and drivers in order to deliver the right outcomes.

Michael’s broad experience covers mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, private equity, restructures, funds management and financial services.

Michael has advised high profile clients across a range of industry sectors including private equity, consumer goods, financial services, transport, agri-business, property and infrastructure and wine and beverages.

Michael is listed in the areas of M&A and Corporate Law in the 2018 edition of ‘Best Lawyers in Australia’ and is listed as a recommended Corporate and Commercial lawyer in the 2017 edition of Doyle’s Guide.

Mark Antushka

Mark has more than 20 years’ experience in management of business, project and commercial developments in the grain industry. He was Bunge Capital Projects Manager from 2010 and 2016, where he established the $50 million Bunbury Grain Export Terminal, country feeder sites and the inaugural enterprise agreement for Bunge Grain Services.

Between 2007 and 2010, Mark was Deputy General Manager of New World Grain, a joint venture agribusiness company between ABB Grain and the Soufflet Group, marketing and exporting grain from the Ukraine’s Black Sea region. In this role, he co-negotiated exclusive export agreements with port terminal operators and supervised execution of ABB’s first barley shipments from the Black Sea.

From 2002 to 2007, Mark worked as ABB Grain National Logistics Manager where he supervised ABB’s entire national supply chain from farm to ship. In this capacity, Mark negotiated road, rail and warehousing supply chain services valued at up to $200 million per year.

Mark holds a Bachelor of Arts in Accountancy and a Graduate Diploma in Business Marketing from the University of South Australia and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia.

Reid Toogood

Reid has extensive senior leadership experience in the agribusiness, energy and construction sectors. During his 30 year career he has worked for several notable top 100 South Australian companies. His achievements have been centred on evaluation, restructuring for performance and leading teams to drive productivity and profitability.

Reid is committed to fostering and rewarding good leadership, teamwork, innovation and accountability to deliver the strategic aims of an organisation.

His 10 years in the grain storage and handling industry culminated in the role of Operations Manager for AusBulk Limited, where he was responsible for the performance of 7 South Australian grain export terminals and 110 up country silos. In this time Reid also oversaw several significant initiatives to drive costs down and improve service to growers. Reid is looking forward to achieving similar benefits for all stakeholders in T-Ports.

Reid holds Post Graduate qualifications in business from the University of Adelaide.

Tim Gurney

Tim’s relentless effort to develop business, diversify income streams and identify growth initiatives is a testament to his broad knowledge base and visionary / entrepreneurial approach.

He has a wealth of experience across the agriculture sector in SA. He is a driven and experienced professional who strives to consolidate credible and solid relationships with clients to build upon business growth and success together.

Tim has professional expertise in the storage and handling of many commodities including fertiliser, grain, salt, mineral sands, dolomite, gypsum and limestone.

He has managed nearly 50 up-country storage facilities, including 13 large grain bunker sites across SA over the past 27 years, and all 6 of the major grain port facilities on the Yorke and Eyre Peninsulas.

Tim has been heavily involved in the design, construction and commissioning of many strategic sites and most recently the greenfield Lucky Bay Port facility in 2020.

He had also chaired SA’s grain processing group responsible for eight grain cleaning sites and has managed three fertiliser import and storage distribution centres. His ability to develop Business Liaison Groups and freight provider groups to collaborate together is very sound.

Julie Marsh

Julie Marsh has extensive experience in human resource management, training, change management, occupational health & safety, recruitment, employee relations, industrial relations and client contract management. She has held senior management positions with the South Australian Tourism Commission and St Peter's Girls' School as well as roles with construction and labour hire companies.

Claire Wilde

Claire Wilde joined Duxton Asset Management in March 2018 and is responsible for overseeing the finance function for T-Ports as well as the newly listed Duxton Broadacre Farms.

Prior to joining Duxton, Claire held finance positions in the oil and gas, aviation and agricultural industries. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance) and is a member of CPA Australia.

Suzanne Irvine

Suzanne has more than 13 years’ experience in the grains industry in roles including managing grower services teams, Tier 1 client account management and driving business improvement initiatives. This has included the development and improvement of online systems for grower services and stock management.

She is responsible for managing relationships with a diverse client base and administers bulk storage, transport and export shipping activities. This includes assisting customers in the seamless execution of their transactions whether they be warehouse transfers, freight movements or loading grain to ocean going vessel.

Suzanne is also the friendly voice behind the customer helpline.

Tasha Potgieter

Tasha is an experienced administration officer who has worked in both operational and management roles over the last 15 years. Prior to joining T-Ports she was the Senior Administration Officer and Quality Manager at a professional engineering services firm where she was primarily responsible for maintaining the company’s quality assurance accreditation. Tasha oversaw the transition of their Quality Management System from ISO9001:2008 to ISO9001:2015.

Tasha provides administrative support to the Chief Executive Officer and the Management team to assist in the day to day operations of T-Ports.

Antonio Calabrese

Antonio has more than 15 years’ experience working in mergers & acquisitions, capital strategy and valuations.

Antonio started his career at KPMG Corporate Finance where he worked on a range of advisory assignments, structuring transactions, executing acquisitions and undertaking valuations of infrastructure assets and companies.

He then spent five years in London working for Sky plc, a FTSE top 30 company and Europe’s leading media company, where he was responsible for execution of acquisition and disposal projects, development of Sky’s M&A strategy and capital structure, and analysis of strategic business development projects.

Following that, Antonio returned to Australia as a Director at KPMG Corporate Finance where he advised several domestic infrastructure operators on evaluating growth & strategic opportunities, business planning and executing capital transactions.

As Head of Infrastructure Portfolio Management at ICAM, Antonio is responsible for the daily active management and continuous refinement of ICAM’s infrastructure portfolio. This includes driving new investment opportunities and working closely with the portfolio operational teams on delivery.

Danylo Lyzlov

Dan is an experienced maritime professional and ship’s captain with more than 13 years’ experience in the marine industry.

He has graduated from maritime institutes in Ukraine (Kherson State Maritime Academy) and Fremantle (Challenger Maritime Institute of Technology) with honours.

He has a Master Unlimited Certificate from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority and has extensive knowledge and practical experience in the marine industry on bulk carriers, platform supply vessels, anchor handling tug supply vessels, passenger and merchant vessels.

Dan is master of the transhipment vessel, the Lucky Eyre.

Our People

The Board

Rob Chapman

Andrew Polkinghorne

Stuart Ballantyne

Scott Jaffray

Freddy Bartlett

Ken MacArthur

James Forbes

Kieran Carvill

Michael Garry

Senior Management

Kieran Carvill

Mark Antushka

Reid Toogood

Tim Gurney

Julie Marsh

Claire Wilde

Management

Jeff Cowan

Daniel Mooney

Phil Durell

Steve Pelecanos

Danylo Lyzlov

Support Team

Suzanne Irvine

Tasha Potgieter

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Rob Chapman

Andrew Polkinghorne

Stuart Ballantyne

Scott Jaffray

Freddy Bartlett

Ken MacArthur

James Forbes

Kieran Carvill

Michael Garry

Mark Antushka

Reid Toogood

Tim Gurney

Julie Marsh

Claire Wilde

Suzanne Irvine

Tasha Potgieter

Antonio Calabrese

Danylo Lyzlov