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Tom Nickels

Tom Nickels has forged an extensive and highly successful career with a keen focus on customer outcomes. He has led large industrial businesses across a variety of sectors, achieving consistent commercial growth, materially improving safety and sustainability, and transforming business processes.

Working in Australia and New Zealand, Tom has senior business leadership experience in sectors as diverse as engineering, waste and environmental services, transport fleet management, infrastructure, manufacturing and processing. His background includes roles at James Hardie Building Products, Fletcher Challenge Forests, Carter Holt Harvey, Chubb Security and Waste Management.

Passionate about safeguarding our beautiful environment through sustainable management of resources, Tom brings real-world expertise to how we can think bigger, better, and brighter to reach our sustainability targets.

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