Executive Team
Meet our Executive Team
Executive Team
Mauro Neves de Moraes, BEng, MSBA, GAICD
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Mauro commenced as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director on 22 January 2024. He is a global executive with 30 years’ industry experience across the resources and logistics sectors. A mechanical engineer with dual Brazilian Australian citizenship, Mauro has a track record of driving operational and strategic business performance for some of the world’s biggest mining companies. Prior to his appointment at IPL, Mauro held a number of executive and leadership roles including as Asset President at BHP, Executive Vice President – Commercial and Marketing at Aurizon Holdings Limited and Global Coal Director at Vale S.A. Mauro holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1994) and a Master of Science, Business Logistics and Administration from Pontificia Universidade (1997).
Paul Victor, BCompt (Hons), CA, International Tax Law (Hons)
Chief Financial Officer
Paul commenced as Chief Financial Officer in 1 July 2022. Paul brings more than 30 years international experience, including working in a multinational company. He has a wealth of experience across regional, divisional, enterprise and Group CFO roles, working across functions including finance, treasury, tax, financial planning and analysis, control, M&A, investor relations and IT functions. Prior to his appointment as Chief Financial Officer at IPL, Paul gained invaluable experience during his ten-year tenure at Sasol, where he was Acting CFO, Group Financial Controller and CFO of Sasol Synfuels, a subsidiary of Sasol Limited. Paul was also the Financial Manager for Harmony Gold Mining for four years. Paul is a qualified Chartered Accountant and is also recognised by the Australian Chartered Accountant Board as a practising CA in Australia. He completed his articles at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in 1996.
Greg Hayne, BComm, MBA
President, Dyno Nobel Americas
Greg is a senior executive with 30 years’ experience in international business development, strategy, finance, people leadership and general management. Greg will be appointed President, Dyno Nobel Americas on 1 October, having held numerous senior leadership positions within the IPL Group, most recently as President, Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific (DNAP) from 2018-2024. He has also held the roles of Senior Vice President, Retail Sales & Operations for Dyno Nobel Americas, and Vice President, International Operations, Vice President South East Asia, and Vice President, Marketing for DNAP.
Scott Bowman, BComm
President, Incitec Pivot Fertilisers
Scott was appointed President at Incitec Pivot Fertilisers (IPF) effective 1 June 2024. Prior to this appointment Scott held the position of President (Interim), Vice President Strategy, Business Development & Trading in IPF.With a breadth of international and local experience, Scott has performed a number of senior leadership roles across Incitec Pivot Limited in his more than 20 years with the business across fertiliser and chemical manufacturing, global supply chains, international commodity trading, strategy development, customer engagement and distribution operations.
Braden Lusk, PhD, P.E.
Chief Technology & Marketing Officer
Braden has more than 20 years’ experience in the mining and explosives industry and will commence as Chief Technology & Marketing Officer on 1 October 2024. Braden has been with IPL’s Dyno Nobel Americas business since 2018 and prior to being appointed Chief Technology & Marketing Officer has served as President, Dyno Nobel Americas and Senior Vice President Corporate Accounts and Tech Services.
Braden has a combination of practical on-site skills, including working as a mine supervisor, international consultant, and trainer, along with extensive academic experience. Prior to joining Dyno Nobel, Braden was Chair of Mining and Nuclear Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology where he had previously earned a PhD in mining engineering, with an emphasis in explosives engineering. As a professor with the University of Kentucky Department of Mining Engineering, he worked to build its credibility as a world class institution in the field of explosives, founding its Explosives Research Team.
Stephenie De Nichilo, BEng(Mech)(Hons), MBA
Chief HSE & Operations Excellence Officer
Stephenie was appointed Chief HSE & Operations Excellence Officer in December 2021 and has over 25 years’ experience in manufacturing, mining and oil and gas industries. Stephenie commenced with IPL in 2018 as the Group’s Vice President of Corporate HSE and most recently, was IPL’s Vice President Global Asset Management, Technology & HSE. Before joining IPL, Stephenie spent 16 years at Santos where she held a number of senior leadership positions where she drove sustainable change in business performance and team culture through the development and operationalization of strategic business plans in the fields of Maintenance, Reliability, Asset Management, Operations Management for Onshore and Offshore Hazardous Facilities and Corporate Health and Safety.
Rob Mill, Psychologist (Psychology Board of Australia), BSc Honours (Physiol. & Psych.), BAppSc (Physiol. & Psych.)
Chief People Officer
Rob leads IPL’s Human Resources Function. He has more than twenty years of experience in senior human resources and psychology roles including with BHP and over a decade with Rio Tinto. He joined IPL in 2018. Prior to commencing as IPL’s Chief People Officer in December 2021, Rob was the Vice President of Human Resources for Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific, Incitec Pivot Fertilisers, Australian Manufacturing and the Global Technology Group. Rob is a Registered Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency’s Psychology Board of Australia and has held roles within the Organisational Psychology Unit of Queensland Rail and as a Senior Psychologist in management consulting.
Robert Rounsley, MSc (Chem), BA Hons (Chem), MBA
Chief Growth Officer
Rob was appointed as IPL’s Chief Growth Officer effective 1 October 2024. Rob has invested 25 years in R&D, product management, marketing, and technology across IPL globally. Rob has held a number of senior leadership roles within IPL include as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Technology and Marketing. He is an internationally recognised explosives expert, understanding the complex challenges customers face globally.
Sunil Salhotra, B.Com, MBA
Chief Development & Sustainability Officer
Sunil commenced as Chief Development & Sustainability Officer on 1 June 2024. He has been with IPL since 2021, previously holding the role of Chief Strategy & Sustainability Officer. With more than 30 years international experience, Sunil has worked across a range of industries including energy and resources, oil and gas, telecommunications and management consulting for leading private and listed companies across Australia and Asia.
Prior to joining IPL, Sunil held a number of executive and strategy leadership roles including as Chief Executive of Pangaea Resources, Group Executive Strategy and Planning at Santos, and Vice President, Planning & Regional Development at Unocal South ASEAN.
Tatiana Rudometova , LLB Hons, BA Hons
Chief Legal & Corporate Affairs Officer
Tatiana is a senior legal professional with over 15 years’ experience in commercial law. She was appointed as Chief Legal & Corporate Affairs Officer at IPL on 1 June 2024. Tatiana has over ten years of senior leadership experience at IPL, including as Group General Counsel, Vice President Legal for Incitec Pivot Fertilisers, Senior Corporate Counsel and Senior Legal Counsel for Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific, advising the business on key projects and strategic initiatives.
Prior to joining IPL Tatiana was an Associate at King & Wood Mallesons where she worked on mergers and acquisitions and equity capital raisings.