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

Head of Corporate Development

​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.

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 a professional geologist with over 10 years of experiences across a range of commodities including, Iron Ore, Nickel, Lithium, Coal and Diamonds. Throughout this time period he has developed advance skill sets in 3D modelling and resource evaluation, including leading exploration drill programs for BHP and Mineral Resources. He also has a broad knowledge base in corporate finance to support strategic studies, project evaluation and life of mine planning.

James holds a double degree from the University of Western Australia with Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours in Geology and a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Corporate and Investment Finance. He is also a member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM).

Sruti Simon

Business Development Analyst

Sruti is a Business Development Analyst with Deterra. Sruti also worked as an Analyst for BlueMount Capital, working on several infrastructure and pharmaceutical transactions. Prior to transitioning into her role at Deterra, Sruti worked in an engineering services firm, Motherwell Automation, as a Finance Manager.

Sruti holds a Masters in Applied Finance from the University of Western Australia and an undergraduate degree majoring in Finance and Accounting from the University of Cape Town. She has completed CFA Level I and II.

Jason Clifton

Chief Financial Officer

Jason has over 25 years experience in finance, strategy, capital management and business integration across the banking, energy and resources industries. Jason’s previous roles include Chief Financial Officer of Australian Strategic Materials, Senior Vice President Financial Services at Woodside Energy, Chief Financial Officer of Bankwest and Chief Financial Officer of Westpac New Zealand.

Jason is a Board member of the Cancer Council WA, holds a Bachelor of Commerce from UWA, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.