John Beech

John Beech has worked extensively in various senior executive positions, holding corporate and operations roles across the mining, energy and technology industries.

He was a senior executive and director of NYSE- and ASX-listed Orbital Corporation for 15 years until late 2002. While at Orbital, Mr Beech was involved in the negotiations of technology licenses with a value in excess of $200 million, raised capital in excess of $250 million, listed Orbital on the New York Stock Exchange and negotiated long-term system sales and engineering services contracts with a value of over $400 million.

Prior to joining Orbital, Mr Beech was the corporate planning manager at the State Energy Commission of Western Australia for four years, and held a range of finance roles over eight years at Rio Tinto Zinc (formerly CRA) and its various subsidiaries.

Since 2003, Mr Beech has provided consulting and advisory services to assist companies in commercialising their technologies into global markets.

He was an award-winning chair for The Executive Connection for 15 years, providing leadership and peer mentoring services to CEOs, business owners and senior executives.