Our Board
Mr Geoff Knox
Executive Chairman of the Board
Coming Soon!
Mr Ben Harrison
Non-Executive Director
Mr Harrison has 15 years of experience in advising and investing in companies. He commenced his career as a Project Manager for a large international engineering consulting firm working on a number of infrastructure projects in Australia and South East Asia.
Mr. Harrison later moved into investment banking, working for a leading corporate advisory house where he executed over $2.0 billion in capital market transactions and $5.5 billion of public M&A transactions. He is a partner and Chief Investment Officer of Altor Capital and is active in the private equity and private credit sectors in Australia.
Mr Harrison currently holds board and advisory roles with several private and public companies. Mr Harrison’s extensive investment, financial background and board experience will provide key leadership to the HighCom Board.
Mr Mark Smethurst DSC, AM
Non-Executive Director
Mr Smethurst’s significant Defence experience spans over 35 years in Australian Army, with 27 years as a Senior Special Forces Officer and was the Deputy Commander of the Australian Special Forces. He commanded all the NATO Special Forces in Afghanistan and was the Deputy Chief of Operations for the US Special Operations Command.
Prior to leaving the Australian Defence Force in early 2017 after over 7 years as a Brigadier, he was the Head of Preparedness / Director General Joint Force Analysis, responsible for developing Futures Concepts, Experimentation, Lessons and Preparedness.
Mr Smethurst is a member of, and Advisor to the Global SOF Foundation and is the Chairman of the Commando Welfare Trust.
Through his other business interests, he is well positioned to support HighCom both within the Australian and international contexts.
Ms Adelaide McDonald
Non-Executive Director
Ms McDonald has over 15 years’ experience in corporate advisory and equity research. She is currently an Non‑Executive Director of VGI Partners Global Investments Ltd (ASX:VG1) and VGI Partners Asian Investments Ltd (ASX:VG8). In addition, Ms McDonald has held roles as a Director at KPMG in the Mergers and Acquisitions practice with previous roles at Wilson HTM and BDO Kendalls.
Ms McDonald graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Commerce, with majors in Accounting and Finance, and a Bachelor of Business Management, majoring in Business Economics. She has completed the CFA Program and has been awarded the CFA Charter.
Mr Martyn Dominy
Group Chief Financial Officer
Martyn was appointed as Highcom’s Group Chief Financial Officer overseeing financial custodianship of the Australian and US operations. As an experienced senior executive, Martyn has successfully worked across multiple infrastructure sectors including defence manufacturing, aviation, rail, shipping and property where he supported Boards and Executive teams through turnaround and growth plans.
During his career he has managed investment portfolios and led capital raisings across both debt and equity. He has assisted aviation and rail infrastructure businesses to refinance major debt portfolios of over $3.0b, that were used to fund expansion programs of growth asset infrastructure. He has also led organisations through extensive capital structure reviews and most recently assisted an ASX listed defence manufacturer through an off-market take-over acquisition.
Martyn is a Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA Australia) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Canberra.
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