Australia's Port of Newcastle bolsters executive team
Senior Australian infrastructure managers Glenn Thornton and Paul Brown will join Port of Newcastle’s (PON) executive team on 9 June as the organisation enters a major growth phase.
Thornton – who comes to the port from global engineering professional services consulting firm WSP, where he was the NSW region director and project director advisory for Australia – has been appointed PON’s executive manager projects.
Brown, who will be the port’s executive manager business development, was formerly general manager of growth and business development at freight rail operator Aurizon. He was most recently based in New York with General Electric, as sales director for GE renewable energy and, before that, GE transportation (rail, mining and marine). (mw)