Our Teams
Our Leadership Team
John Lewis
Executive Director
Dan Woolcott
Executive Director
John Hadden
Head of Department – Technology
Evan Karjalainen
Head of Department – Project Controls
Stephen Banks
Head of Department - ADR, Contracts & Commercial
Stephen has been a Chartered Engineer for nearly 30 years. His career in the oil & gas industry includes engineering and project management roles with BP Exploration, Shell and Santos. More recently, Stephen was Head of Contracts with Origin Energy on the APLNG Phase 1 project. Since gaining a Master of Business Law in 2008, Stephen has mainly practiced in contracts and dispute resolution, having assisted on various large complex technical claims, including Inpex Ichthys subsea systems.
Jonathan Key
General Manager – New South Wales
Jonathan brings a wealth of knowledge in international construction having worked for a number of global consultancies and blue- chip organisations across ANZ and Europe He has a diverse commercial perspective and project lifecycle view, having represented operators, government, professional services consultants, engineers and contractors over the last 25 years. Jonathan has a strong background in setting up and developing PMOs and specialises in project management, project controls, procurement and risk management across various industry sectors. Jonathan has a BSc in Design and Construction Management and a MSc in Project Management. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Building and Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Richard Vincent
Business Development Manager
Extensive experience within the engineering, transport infrastructure, resource and defence sectors, Richard has held various management level positions across design, construction, project management, operations, and maintenance disciplines. He has demonstrated expertise in the strategic selection and development of projects under varied delivery models and supports Lewis Woolcott Team’s Business Development activities.
Alex Purser
Office Manager
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Our Claims & Commercial Team
Stephen Banks
Head of Department - ADR, Contracts & Commercial
Stephen has been a Chartered Engineer for nearly 30 years. His career in the oil & gas industry includes engineering and project management roles with BP Exploration, Shell and Santos. More recently, Stephen was Head of Contracts with Origin Energy on the APLNG Phase 1 project. Since gaining a Master of Business Law in 2008, Stephen has mainly practiced in contracts and dispute resolution, having assisted on various large complex technical claims, including Inpex Ichthys subsea systems.
Kevin Little
Technical Director - Commercial
Scott Byrne
Technical Director - Contracts
Thomas Lee
Technical Director – Quantum
Jesse Mitchell
Associate Director – Delay
Darcy Costello
Senior Consultant – Contracts Administration
Andrew Sim
Senior Consultant - Contracts Administrator
Andrew is a Contracts Administrator with 5 years’ experience in Contracts Administration for major infrastructure projects in the Rail and Telecommunications sector. Andrew has developed expertise in subcontractor and claims management, dispute resolution and financial reporting along with a focus on improving efficiencies and processes to achieve beneficial outcomes for the project.
Lauren Kerr
Senior Consultant - Contracts Administrator
Lauren is a skilled contracts administrator with 10 years’ experience working in the oil and gas sector, specialising in claim and dispute resolutions and commercial framework. Most recently she worked on the Australia Pacific LNG Project valued at $11 billion assisting the Phase 1 Insurance Claims and Pipelines teams. Prior to this, Lauren worked as a paralegal for a number of years in boutique law firms. Lauren is also a qualified Justice of the Peace.
Our Project Controls Team
Evan Karjalainen
Head of Department – Project Controls
Martin Nunn
Senior Associate Director – Planning
Sambhav Jain
Senior Consultant – Delay
Andrew Collins
Associate Director – Forensic Planning
With over 17 years’ experience, Andrew has worked for major Contractors and Operators across Australia, Canada, Saudi Arabia and United Kingdom. He has specific expertise in forensic delay analysis, project planning, and cost engineering. With real world experience of all project life-cycle phases within oil & gas and mining, rail, infrastructure and building, Andrew has worked on a variety of projects, including Queens Wharf Brisbane Integrated Resort Development, Eglington Cross Rail project – Toronto, Inland Rail Project, Arrow Energy Shell / Petrochina Joint Venture LNG Project & APLNG Project.
Judy Desmond
Senior Consultant – Document Control
Paul Spriggs
Senior Consultant – SMART Project Coordinator
Glenn Mora
Associate Director – SMART Project Coordinator
Jess Ellmers
Senior Consultant – SMART Project Coordinator
Jess is a highly experienced Oil & Gas, Mining, Marine and Health Sector professional, with 20 years’ experience in Operations, Commercial and Project Management. Jess has an extensive education profile including multiple industry degrees and certificates, and is very familiar with emergency and crisis management. In addition, Jess has spent 10 years in the elite AMOSC Core Group providing oil spill response worldwide, in both an Operational and Management position.
Justin Lawrence
Consultant - Planner
Justin graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Mathematics & Statistics in 2021. He has joined Lewis Woolcott as a Graduate Planner after three years’ learning experience managing civil projects. During this time Justin has submitted tenders, overseen ongoing project management and undertaken post-project tasks for civil projects such as subdivisions, drainage and pavement projects.
Mikaeala Kenwood
Consultant - Planner
Currently completing a Bachelor of Engineering and International Business degree at Queensland University of Technology, Mikaela demonstrates a strong understanding of planning and project management, having the ability to apply engineering methods to design and projects. Mikaela specialises in civil engineering and has a wide range of skills in communications, data management systems, and software programs.
Waylon Whitehead
Head of Risk
Our Technology Team
John Hadden
Head of Department – Technology
Jack Kenyon
Senior Associate Director – Developer
Darcy Kenyon
Senior Consultant – GIS Developer
Jack Allen
Consultant – Developer
Completing a Bachelor of Computer Science at RMIT University, Jack has experience in AWS development, full stack development, machine learning and data science. He is proficient in most commonly used programming languages and has wide range of knowledge including cybersecurity, algorithms, and statistical modelling.