ABOUT
Founded in Sydney, Australia in the 1950's, the company became a highly specialised mining and infrastructure service provider in Australia. AJ Lucas listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1999 and saw considerable growth in the following years, concentrating on the resources market and undertaking significant projects in the Water, Oil and Gas segments.
Currently the Australian business focuses on drilling services to the Eastern seaboard coal mining industry by providing surface to inseam drilling services as well as exploration drilling projects. We are a leading provider of exploration, production and directional drilling services to some of the world’s largest coal miners.
AJ Lucas has successfully proven up the potential for Oil and Gas development of several tenements in Eastern Australia. More recently, our investment in UK Shale represents our largest and most important asset, which we believe has the potential to become a world class energy asset.
OUR STRUCTURE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OUR STRUCTURE
BRETT TREDINNICK
Chief Executive Officer of Drilling Operations
With more than a decade’s experience at Lucas, Mr Tredinnick has been responsible for some of the company’s most significant degasification projects and business growth initiatives. In 2007, he was appointed General Manager, Drilling and oversaw a period of rapid expansion, including the acquisitions of McDermott Drilling, Capricorn Weston Drilling and Mitchell Drilling. In 2011, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer with management responsibilities across all the Company’s operating divisions. Mr Tredinnick has been responsible for significant culture and management system changes, focused on ensuring Lucas becomes the leading coal and coal seam gas drilling services provider. Prior to joining Lucas, Mr Tredinnick held various operational and project management roles with Rio Tinto Coal and BHP. Mr Tredinnick holds an Assoc Dip Metallurgy and an MBA from the University of Queensland.
SENIOR MANAGEMENT
AUSTEN PERRIN
Chief Financial Officer
Austen Perrin was appointed as the company’s Chief Financial Officer in December 2014. Prior to joining AJ Lucas, Austen was the Chief Finical Officer for Whitehaven Coal Limited for over 5 years. He also previously held the group CFO roles with Asciano Limited and Pacific National Limited and was an executive director and divisional CFO of the listed Toll NZ Limited as well as holding various senior finance roles within the Toll Holdings group and TNT. Mr Perrin has considerable knowledge of transport, infrastructure and the mining industries and has in depth experience across commercial, accounting and the finance spectrums. Prior to that he started his career with KPMG.
MARCIN SWIERKOWSKI
Company Secretary
Marcin Swierkowski joined AJ Lucas as a Finance Manager in June 2013, with primary responsibility for statutory compliance and controls. He was appointed Company Secretary in June 2015.Prior to joining AJ Lucas, Mr Swierkowski held senior finance and company secretarial positions in listed companies across mining, investments and facilities management. Prior to that he commenced his career with Deloitte. Mr Swierkowski is a Chartered Accountant and holds an MBA (Exec) from the University of New South Wales.
NICOLE MCDONALD
Executive General Manager, Human Resources
Ms McDonald has over 18 years’ experience in Human Resources and Industrial Relations across a diverse range of mining, energy and heavy industries, including over 9 years working with Lucas. Ms McDonald holds a Masters of Employment Relations and is highly experienced across a broad range of HR and IR functions. Ms McDonald is responsible for the People and Performance function, including HR and IR, Training and Learning and Development. Ms McDonald is currently a member of the Lucas Executive Leadership Team.
OUR
VALUES
Underpinning our technical expertise and experience is the practical knowledge, application and attitude of our people. We have a passion for building relationships and providing solutions; this is the Lucas difference. We are committed to becoming the first choice for our customers and our people. We do this by providing a safe and productive workplace where our people feel valued and can achieve their full potential. For our customers, we develop and deliver solutions to exceed their expectations. Our values set the foundation for the way we work and the standards we expect of ourselves.
OUR LOCATIONS
Headquartered in Sydney, Lucas has a strong presence across eastern Australia.
Our Drilling division is based in Brisbane with regional facilities strategically located within the major coal and coal seam gas basins of Queensland and New South Wales.
To the right is a map of Australia detailing our major workshop facilities.
Moranbah Workshop
Hexham
Workshop
Brisbane Head Office
Sydney Head Office
OUR
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS & CERTIFICATIONS
OUR MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Lucas operates in a highly regulated environment, requiring compliance with a broad set of standards and regulations that are driven by federal and state legislation, as well as specific standards set by industry and our customers. Our certified integrated Health Safety Environmental and Quality Management System provides an effective structure to achieve and maintain compliance in line with community expectation as well as providing a foundation for industry leading performance in all aspects of our operations.
SAFETY
Our company-wide goal is an injury-free workplace. Properly engineered plant, processes and systems of work supported by good leadership and an engaged workforce has and will continue to deliver exceptional performance. We understand the impact poor safety performance can have on attainment of, not only our business objectives, but also those of our clients and other stakeholders. As such Lucas invests heavily in its people and their safety and well-being.
ENVIRONMENT
A responsible environmental policy supported by detailed planning applies to all of our projects, sites and related activities. We act in a manner that protects the environment and drives continual improvement as well as work closely with our clients to achieve the best possible environmental performance and outcomes.