James Hipwood

James oversees Petuna’s Finance and IT team, providing expert and ethical financial and commercial advice as well as efficient statutory reporting, fleet management, procurement, risk management, insurance, and internal and external audits.

James leads the development and management of Petuna’s key performance metrics, annual operating plan and forecasts, and capital expenditure plans as well as the organisation’s long-term strategic plan. He also has responsibility for the information technology function and is Petuna’s Company Secretary.

James holds a Bachelor of Business, is a CPA and has more than 16 years’ business and accounting experience, starting with KPMG and subsequently holding several management and accounting roles in the infrastructure and transport sectors, both in Tasmania and the United Kingdom.