Management Team

Philip Dray

Philip has more than 20 years experience in telecommunications and IT. During the past ten years with Hamel Group, he has successfully led a number of $100m+ business transformation, infrastructure and IT programs. Philip previously worked in the UK, where his roles included leading a A$250m telecommunications business and setting-up an international joint venture.

Kate van den Broek

Kate is our communications expert. She has more than 20 years experience in not-for-profits and corporate relations and internal communications for organisations such as Nokia Siemens, Lloyds International’s Black Horse Foundation, Fauna & Flora International, Sydney Community Foundation, Optus, Cable & Wireless and AMP. She has worked for Hamel Group for ten years. Kate provides strategic consulting as well as internal and external communications services for organisations and projects implementing major changes.

Sam Quinn

Sam has more than 20 years experience in telecommunications and IT. Having joined Hamel Group in early 2006 he has successfully completed a wide range of transformation and program delivery assignments. He previously held positions as operations director and CIO for Macquarie Telecom in Australia, and as head of BT's international carrier operations in the UK.

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 Gary Warner

Gary has more then twenty years experience as a senior program and operations manager including the sucessful delivery of the $2.3 billion program to introduce the Airbus A380 for Qantas.  This program was the overall national winner of the 2009 Australian Institute of Project Management achievement awards.

Gary achieves results though his excellent interpersonal skills, an ability to engage at all levels - from the board to the shop-floor, a focus on the business results and his long experience in project management.

You can read more about Gary via his Linked In profile here

Grant Shatford

Grant started his IT career in New Zealand, installing its first corporate frame relay network. He relcoated to Australia to help establish the first competitor to Telstra's Faxstream. After this start-up was bought by a venture captial company - now PGi - Grant moved to Sydney to lead its 165-strong operations and customer service team for PGi Asic Pacific, rolling out managed technology services to eight countries in the region. His operations experience and leadership is now focussed helping Australian companies to accelerate technology projects and build sustainable solutions and teams.

You can read more about Grant via his Linked In profile here

Daniel Kupec

Daniel has extensive experience managing programs throughout South-East Asia. He managed PGi's Operations Department for Asia Pacific responsible for generating $50 million annual revenue as well as its Projects Department across Asia Pacific responsible for $7 - $10 million per annum. Daniel has also held various network mangement and operations positions within Kordia and Digital Distribution Australia.

Read more about Daniel via his Linked In profile here