Damion Verhoogt

Managing Director / Bruce Rock Engineering

Damion Verhoogt joined Bruce Rock Engineering in 2003 as engineering manager and became managing director in 2014. The company has since grown from 3 staff to nearly 200 employees across six sites, increased its product range from two to 12, and is one of the largest trailer manufacturer and service provider to the road transport industry in WA.

Mr Verhoogt is a founding board member of Bruce Rock Community Services, a fire captain for the Bruce Rock Volunteer Emergency Services, and committee member of the Bruce Rock Squash Club.

In 2021, Mr Verhoogt was named First Amongst Equals at the 2021 Business News 40under40 Awards. He also received the prize for the Family Business Category Award.

Lists and Charts

40under40 Award Winner 2021

First Amongst Equals

All 40under40 winners for 2021

Name	Current company

Ben Aldridge	30 Foot Drop
Michael Bartier	BGC Australia
Paul Claxton
Tim Cornish	Pentanet
Neale Crawford
Katie Day	Fortescue
Alex Dorsch	Chalice Mining
Sophie Doyle	Alf the Label
Rebecca Epworth
Daniel Estrin	Estrin Saul Lawyers
Brittany Garbutt
Jo Hawkins	The University of Western Australia
Ella Hickman	Hickman Family Lawyers
Jaydon Hirst	JMH Group WA
Ben Hollings	Blue Ocean Monitoring
Kate Holsgrove	Tourism Council WA
David Jenaway	A&O Shearman
Wade Jolly	KTrans
Jess Karlsson	The General Gumala Foundation
Kate Kirwin	She Codes Australia
Justin Linney	Linneys
Rob Mason	WA Fuel Supplies
Dawn McAleenan
Neil Miles
Joe Oliver	Delorean Corporation
Brendan Parker	LiveMine
Gina Ravenscroft	Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research
Steven Russell	Blasta Brewing Company
Adam Santa Maria	Acacia Coal
Cameron Scadding	Source Certain
Navik Shah
Kim Smith	Standing Strong
Kyla Smith
Christian Stanes	Peritas
James Staples
Melissa Strutt	3BY2
Erin Studsor
Aaron Teo
Damion Verhoogt	Bruce Rock Engineering
Andy Wood	Committee for Economic Development of Australia