Directors
Mr David Somerville – Chairman
Mr Somerville has an accounting background having been a senior partner in a large Western Australian accounting practice, before establishing a financial services company which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in 2007. He has over 20 years experience in a corporate capacity across a number of companies and a number of industry sectors including financial, resources and property development.
Mr Tee Lip Sin – Director
Mr Tee Lip Sin holds a Diploma in Business from Curtin University and a Diploma in Plantation Management from the University of Malaya. He has been employed in senior management for the past 10 years and is currently an Executive Director of several companies.
Prof. Anthony Brennan – Director
Professor Brennan holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Queensland, a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice and has practiced with one of Australia's largest private law firms as a solicitor in the area of corporate advisory, mergers and acquisitions and banking and finance. He has experience in corporate banking and finance transactions including development finance and refinance transactions, infrastructure and project finance, loan facility and security documentation, general corporate banking matters and significant commercial property transactions.
Mr Adrian Gurgone
Mr Gurgone is an experienced Chartered Accountant and MBA with significant experience in reporting to boards. In senior roles with Deloitte Consulting and other top-tier consulting firms, he has advised multinational and mid-cap organisations across a variety of industries globally. His experience encompasses financial and business analysis, risk management and corporate governance in a variety of industries including Mining and Resources, Education, Telcommunications, Services and Materials. He also lectures for a leading MBA program in finance and valuations. Adrian has also asissted several boards in Australia and overseas in improving organisational performance and in capital allocation.
Adrian is currently the Chairman for Fortis Consulting and the Chief Investment Officer for Fortis Capital. The Fortis Group provides boutique services, investments and advice to investors, boards and senior executives.
Mr Tee Lip Jen
Mr Tee holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT). Since graduating from Australia, Lip Jen started his career as a Process Engineer in the manufacturing industry for 2 years before expanding his experinece as a Project Engineer in a refinery plant specialising in producing downstream palm oil products.
He is currently the Assistant Chief Engineer in charge of overseeing engineering and production activities in seven palm oil mills with an estimated production output of 350,000 metric tonnes of crude palm oil per year. Apart from managing the daily activities in palm oil mills, he is also in charge of overseeing three palm oil plantation estates located in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia with an estimated acreage of 3,400 acres.
