Our Team

Julian Andrews

Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer

BCom (Hons), PhD, CFA, GAICD

Julian, as Managing Director and Chief Executive brings over 20 years of experience in diversified portfolio investment management. His background includes broad project finance, capital raising and mergers and acquisitions experience across the mining, energy and chemicals industry landscape.

Prior to taking the Managing Director role, Julian was Head of Strategy, Planning and Business Development at Iluka where he joined in 2017. Prior to Iluka, he held various roles at Wesfarmers, including General Manager, Business Development and Chief Financial Officer in Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy & Fertilisers division. He began his career in strategy consulting with PricewaterhouseCoopers Canada and worked in project finance and corporate advisory in the USA before returning to Perth in 2004.

Julian holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Alberta and a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) from the University of Western Australia and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder.

Brendan Ryan

Chief Financial Officer

​Brendan has mining engineer training with global commercial and project evaluation experience and training (MBA)

He began his career in engineering and operations in underground mining before moving into business development/evaluation at Rio Tinto in UK and US. Before joining Deterra Brendan was Chief Financial Officer/Businses Development at Boart Longyear.

Adrian Stone

Chief Technical Advisor, Business Development

Extensive mining finance and investment experience with over 30 years background in the exploration, mining and resources banking and equity investing industry in Australia, Asia and Africa. My experience includes mine and project exploration, operations management, project feasibility and development, strategic planning in the mining industry as well as conducting due diligence, project cost evaluation studies, financial modelling and project and corporate financing. I also have hands-on knowledge of economic analysis and commodity forecasting, project evaluation and business improvement, valuation, risk identification and management and project finance from both a financier and investor perspective.

Vanessa Pereira

Executive Assistant and Office Manager

Vanessa has extensive experience in administration, marketing, compliance and business and office management.

Vanessa began her career in HR and executive assistant roles before moving into operations, corporate administration, compliance and marketing.

Adrian Hartojo

Senior Business Development Analyst

Adrian is a seasoned business analyst with experience across the utilities, energy, chemicals and mining sectors.

He began his career at Synergy supporting commercial transactions before joining Wesfarmers Chemicals Energy Fertilisers’ business development team. Prior to joining Deterra, he evaluated various mine studies and capital projects at Rio Tinto.

Bronwyn Kerr

General Counsel & Company Secretary

Bronwyn is an experienced General Counsel and Company Secretary, joining Deterra from Pilbara iron ore producer Atlas Iron.  In her in-house roles, Bronwyn advised companies on governance, mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, leveraged finance and project development, including procurement, land access and community engagement.

Bronwyn commenced her career at a global law firm where she advised companies in relation to mining and infrastructure projects as well as a broad range of commercial matters.

Bronwyn is admitted to practice law in Western Australia and holds post-graduate qualifications in finance and corporate governance.

Li Li

Financial Controller

Li Li is a CPA qualified accountant with a wide range of finance and accounting experiences including financial planning & analysis, business case development, technical accounting, financial reporting, and internal & external audit from Big 4 and Fortune 500 companies in U.S. and China.

James Thomson

Senior Resource Geologist

James is interested in all geological sub-disciplines. Accomplished in the exploration and evaluation of ore bodies, planning and implementation of field programs. Advanced skills in geocomputing, 3D modelling and interpretation, resource evaluation, drilling and sampling programs, ArcGIS and database systems and technical reporting. A strong interest in finance providing a broad knowledge base of corporate finance within investment, appraisal and financial markets to support project evaluation and feasibility studies.

James has a Skilled Bachelor of Science, majoring in Geological Science with First Class Honours and a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Corporate Finance & Investment.