Our Directors

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Lance Hockridge is an executive leader with extensive global experience in the transportation, manufacturing and heavy industrial sectors. He is a well-recognised thought-leader on international trade, diversity and transformative business strategy.

At BHP Lance led the Company’s global transportation activities. He also spent many years in the BHP Steel business. Lance retired as CEO of Aurizon Ltd in November 2016, having led the state-owned rail freight business through a successful IPO in November 2010. 

Lance is Chairman of AVADA Group Limited, a Non-Executive Director of Kelsian Ltd, and a Non-Executive Director of Saudi Arabia Railways together with other private company interests. He has extensive not-for-profit interests, including with The Salvation Army; together with diversity and domestic violence interests. He was recognised for his work in diversity as the only Australian CEO to be awarded a UN CEO Empowerment Award in March 2016.

Neil Scales OBE has decades of experience in the public, private and manufacturing sectors. He is a board member of the High Speed Rail Authority, Tourism and Transport Forum and the Queensland Transport and Logistics Council, and Deputy Chair of the Australian Road Research Board.

Prior to retiring from the Queensland Public Service,, Neil was Director-General of the Department of Transport and Main Roads Queensland for over a decade. 

Before moving to Australia, Neil was one of the United Kingdom’s most senior public transport executives. He was Chief Executive and Director-General of Merseytravel, the transport authority for Merseyside in the north of England.

Santo Santoro has an unparalleled record of high level contacts in all levels of government and their respective bureaucracies, together with extensive business contacts in both Australia and overseas. Santo is thus a recognised leader in Australian politics and public policy, particularly health, ageing, industrial relations and infrastructure. Over the last two decades, he has helped Australian and international businesses and industry groups succeed in navigating the maze of public sector funding and regulation, to maximise their competitive position. Equally, based on this background and experience he has provided advice and support in helping and guiding companies in business-to-business matters, together with the entry into new markets in Australia and internationally. 

Prior to his business advisory career, Santo was one of the few Australians to serve consecutively in both State and Federal Parliaments, first for over a decade as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Queensland, and latterly as a Senator in Canberra. 

Consequently, Santo brings pre-eminent insider's knowledge and perspective to clients.

 Lachlan Santoro is a highly credentialed financial and strategy executive with eight years of successful and high level analytical and research track record.

Having commenced his career path in corporate finance, in 2023 Lachlan launched Hainault Partners an Australian equities fund manager, which he continues to grow.

Lachlan holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) and Bachelor of Business Management (Business Economics) from the University of Queensland.