David is a highly commercial, multi-disciplinary professional with strategic planning, project evaluation, financial analysis and asset management experience; and technical and operational experience across multiple industry sectors including mining, technology, health, manufacturing and services. He is a founding director and shareholder of a number of successful businesses, including Segnut. He has been responsible for several core achievements for Segnut, including capital raising, the establishment of Australian and international distribution networks, supply chain negotiations and organisational restructuring. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Australian China Business Council, and active in the two-way promotion of business and trade between Australia and the People’s Republic of China.

Brian’s combination of experience in the fastener industry, innovation driven problem solving, and access to sophisticated design and machining capability provides Segnut with an invaluable resource.

Brian has invented and been granted patent rights to multiple innovative designs, one of which has been implemented by the Water Corporation in WA. From 1993 to 2000, Brian was employed by NYSE-listed Furmanite Corporation, an internationally recognised specialist in on-site machining and on-line plant and pipeline bolting maintenance. It was during his time with Furmanite that he gained a first-hand appreciation of the productivity, labour costs and safety issues relating to fastener removal. In 2014, this knowledge provided the spark of the breakthrough design of the Segnut.