Management

The Management team is made up of:
Bill Day
Chief Financial Officer

Mr Day is an internationally experienced corporate financial manager with over 27 years experience including senior positions in financial directorship, accounting, treasury, project evaluation, risk management, corporate governance and company secretarial functions.  These roles have covered sectors including renewable energy, resources, commodity and trading, property development and manufacturing and have included business sizes ranging from start-up enterprises in Australian and the UK to major publicly listed companies including BHP Billiton.

 

Mr Day holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (Accounting, with Merit) from the University of Wollongong and holds Fellow status with CPA Australia. 

Dr. Tom Denniss
Chief Technology Officer

Dr Tom Denniss founded the Company (initially called Energetech Australia Pty Ltd) in 1997 and spent nine years as the Company's first CEO.  He developed the core technology that Oceanlinx is now commercializing. Prior to forming the Company, he spent four years lecturing in mathematics and oceanography at the University of NSW and five years in an investment bank. He has continued as a prominent contributor to the marine technology industry over many years through both academia and industry conferences and committees around the globe.  He is the recipient of a number of awards for his pioneering work in wave power.

 

As Chief Technology Officer Dr Denniss will continue to improve and advance Oceanlinx OWC technology as well as use his extensive global network of relationships with academic and industry leaders to further enhance the Company's position and profile as well as expand the Company's investment and business portfolio.

Stuart Weylandsmith
Chief Operating Officer

Stuart Weylandsmith joined Oceanlinx in December 2007 as Projects Manager responsible for monitoring, oversight and guidance of commercial projects from first inception through to hand-over to operations & maintenance. Secondary duties include systematising all Operations processes for commercial projects, product development and research.


Stuart has some 24 years technical management and leadership experience in marine operations, technology development, contract and project management. Stuart has a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical), Graduate Diploma in Applied Computing, Graduate Certificate in Management and Graduate of Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Emil de Graaff
Project Manager

Emil joined Oceanlinx in December 2004 and has been active in the final stages for the fitting out of the Port Kembla Wave Energy Barge. A marine engineer, Emil has worked for more than 25 years in the marine propulsion manufacturing industry and energy sector. He has lived and worked in Latin America, Far East Asia and Europe where his responsibilities included the construction and running of manufacturing facilities as well as customer aftermarket and product support organisations. He has held positions as production manager, product support director and managing director.

Nathan Faulks
Business Development Manager

In October 2007 Nathan Faulks joined Oceanlinx bringing with him international finance experience in a variety of businesses ranging from rapidly growing small-medium enterprises to large blue chip international organisations. Nathan holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accountancy) from the University Of Wollongong, Australia, and is a qualified accountant with CPA Australia.

 

From Oceanlinx’s London office, Nathan manages the Company’s business, commercial and project development activities in Europe and the Americas.