Board

Roland has extensive automotive business experience in the UK, Asia and Australia.  Roland was the founder of, and remains the principle shareholder in, the Park Lane (UK) vehicle acquisition business in the UK some 35 years ago. 

He is also the Managing Director of the successful Triple Eight Race Engineering team, winning 8 out of the last 13 V8 Supercar championships.

Kees Weel is the founder of PWR and has been awarded the 2021 Australian Performance Automotive Industry “Australian of the Year”.  From the humble beginnings of hand making his first copper and brass radiator in 1982 to a visionary leader of PWR, Kees has led PWR on an extraordinary journey that has cemented PWR’s reputation globally for quality and innovative cooling products and unparalleled customer service.

It was Kees inspiration to begin manufacturing radiators that quickly led to a ready-made customer base that required superior quality and capability from radiators.  With an ever growing business and in-demand product, in 2006 Kees started building, what is today, PWR’s state of the art manufacturing facility at Ormeau.  Kees’s uniquely Australian approach to business is his greatest strength, where no challenge is too big and an ethos that everything can be made with time, money and hard work.

Following its listing on the ASX, Kees has continued to oversee the extraordinary growth of PWR while still maintaining its commitment to quality and customer service and that ‘family feel’ amongst employees.

Kees continues to develop PWR’s business capabilities and leads his high performance team to be innovative, listen to the customer and always have a can do attitude.  Printed in supersized letters on the wall at the Ormeau manufacturing facility is Kees’ motto: Most people see things as they are and say why.  We dream of things that never were and say why not?

Kees was a team principal of PWR Racing V8 Super Car Team 1998-2007 and was a board member for Tega V8 Supercars in 2007.

Kym brings to the Board over 45 years’ experience in the Defence Force and Defence industry.  He has undertaken Defence strategic procurement and capability planning for the Defence Force as well as personally leading major Defence capability programs, including the $17B F-35 Joint Strike Program for Australia.  Kym was Australia’s senior Air Force representative to the UK, and later was the senior Defence representative in the US engaging with the US military as well as with international major Defence companies. Kym flew operationally as a fast jet aviator in aircraft including the F-111, Phantom and F-18 and commanded at all levels through to two-star rank. He was deployed to the Middle East where he directed air operations for the Coalition with responsibility for over 400 aircraft and 25,000 staff. 

In his Reserve military capacity he has also led many overseas industry delegations to engage with overseas primes and military organisations to generate export contracts. Kym also worked for six years as a senior member of the Canberra PricewaterhouseCoopers firm where he was a strategic adviser to Defence for the $270B Force Structure Plan 2020 and led a team that planned the establishment of Defence Space Command. In 2019, Kym was awarded a Defence Industry Service Commendation by the Minister for Defence for his contributions to Defence and Defence Industry over many years.

• Current roles

Mr Osley was the most recent NSW Defence Advocate (Investment NSW) and is a non-executive director of Quickstep Holdings Limited (ASX:QHL), a member of LEOLabs Strategic Advisory Board, and is the Chair of the Australian Air Force Cadet Foundation. He also is an Air Vice-Marshal in the Air Force Active Reserves, and acts in a pro-bono capacity as Executive Secretary of the Australian Institute of Navigation, Patron of the Australian Federation Guard, and Patron of various Air Force veteran organisations.

• Qualifications

Master of Arts – Strategic Studies

Master of Defence Studies

Graduate Diploma of Management Studies

Graduate Diploma of Military Aviation

Bachelor of Science – Physics

• Memberships

Graduate Advanced Management Program – Harvard Business School (US)

Graduate Australian Institution of Company Directors

Fellow and Executive Secretary of the Australian Institute of Navigation

Fellow of the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies

An accomplished and respected senior executive and defence industry leader, Amanda commenced her career in military systems engineering developing interoperable combat, communications and simulation systems for the Royal Australian Navy in roles at Adacel, ADI and Thales.  

She further developed her understanding of complex military systems when she joined Australian engineering and systems integration company, SYPAQ Systems in 2007. SYPAQ provided Amanda with the opportunity to work with capabilities such as naval shipbuilding, submarine systems, naval and army aviation, aerospace systems, land surveillance and autonomous Systems. Amanda was appointed SYPAQ’s Chief Executive Officer in 2015 after being General Manager, Defence and Aerospace and Chief Engineer for four years prior.  

Amanda was the recipient of the 2019 Female Defence Leader of the Year Award.  

• Current roles  

Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, SYPAQ  Member of Defence Council of Victoria  

Cyber Security Expert Advisory Panel, Victorian Government  

Co-Chair Land Environmental Working Group, Army  

Co-Chair Maritime Environmental Working Group, Navy  

• Qualifications  

B. Eng (Aerospace)  
B. Business  

Senior Executive MBA  

• Memberships  

Fellow of Engineers Australia (FIEAust, EngExec, CPEng, NER)  

Member Australia Institute of Company Directors  

Member, Australian Institute of Project Management  

Kristen has a distinguished legal background and over the past 20 years has worked as a commercial lawyer advising a wide range of companies and boards on governance matters, major projects and developments including those in the technology, mining, energy and defence industries. Kristen has extensive senior executive-level experience including her prior role as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner of McCullough Robertson, a leading Australian independent law firm and most recently as CEO of Women’s Legal Service Queensland, which provides free legal and social work services to over 5000 Queensland women every year. 

Kristen has a passion for supporting girls to pursue careers in industries where women are underrepresented, and was a founding director of charity UNIQ YOU, a charity supporting women in STEM related areas. 

Kristen is a current non-executive director of Silver Mines Limited (ASX: SVL) and is the incoming Chairman of ADG Capital Pty Ltd, a company involved in a range of engineering disciplines across various industry sectors including resources and infrastructure. 

Jason has more than 30 years of experience working with businesses in Australia and across the globe. His expertise is in the management and governance of complex organisations, particularly in the fields of M&A, corporate and project finance, and business transformation. 

He is a former board member of ASX listed and private companies in the energy infrastructure, resources, clean technology and not-for-profit sectors, and a former CFO of Transgrid, Australia’s largest power transmission business, and of DUET Group, a former ASX100 energy infrastructure conglomerate.

Current board roles

Non-executive Chair of Birdwood DG Pty Limited (backed by Aware Super)

Non-executive Director of Symphony Infrastructure Partners (backed by Blackstone)

Non-executive Director of Beca Group Limited

Qualifications

Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD)

Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (FCA)

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)

Lisa Dalton (B.App. Sc., M.App. Sc., LLB (Hons), FAICD, FCIS) was appointed as Company Secretary on 7 August 2015.

Lisa is an experienced governance professional having held roles as a director, chief executive officer, senior executive and company secretary.  Lisa has strong capability in leadership, problem solving and communicating with significant stakeholders. She has led large teams responsible for strategy development and implementation, governance, risk management, internal audit, human resources, cultural improvement, communication, stakeholder relations and program management.

Lisa is Chairman of Second Skin Pty Ltd, Non-Executive Director of Healthia Limited (ASX:HLA), Company Secretary of Jameson Resources Limited (ASX:JAL) and independent member of the Audit and Risk Committees for the Queensland Departments of Justice and Attorney General and Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water.  Lisa is also a member of the Advisory Council of Marist College Ashgrove.