About

Our Management Team

Paul Reynolds

Chief Executive Officer
Paul Reynolds

Paul has over 20 years of experience in the engineering and manufacturing sector including design, project management, business management and strategic leadership.   

Paul is an active member of Engineers Australia having held several positions including Division President, National Congress Rep, Mechanical College Board Rep and Mechanical Branch Chair. Currently Paul is a Division Committee member, Chair of the Education Committee, Newcastle Chief Judge and sits on Engineers Australia’s Accreditation Board.  

Paul seeks to strengthen links between industry, education, research and government. To this end he sits on the University of Newcastle Mechanical and Mechatronics Industry Advisory committee and is a past chair of that body. Paul is also a board member of Regional Development Australia Hunter. 

Paul received his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering with honours class 1 from the University of Newcastle and holds a Diploma of Management from the Australian Institute of Management.  

Craig Wellings

Manager – Environmental Services
Craig Wellings

Craig is an Environmental Scientist with over 30 years of combined environmental and geotechnical experience, having successfully delivered projects to international scale. He has a strong consulting background in contaminated land, site remediation, hazardous materials, waste and design and approvals, from varied industry sectors.

Craig has demonstrated performance in commercial/technical sector management, client and regulator relations, and successful execution of all parts of the project life cycle, including technical and commercial delivery, maximisation of HSE and environmental outcomes, regulatory compliance and stakeholder engagement.

As Advitech’s Manager – Environment, Craig ensures the environment team apply the highest levels of efficiency, innovation and technical and regulatory rigour in the support provided to our diverse and growing client base.

Abby Yates

Principal – Sustainability & Environmental Management
Abby Yates

Abby is an accomplished environmental scientist and quality leader with vast corporate and operational experience (nationally and internationally) in sustainability, energy, environment, and quality management.

Her strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills have enabled Abby to help businesses comply with ESG obligations, and reduce their environmental and social impacts by applying new technologies or implementing improvement policies and strategies. Abby specialises in engineering and scientific service delivery to improve access to secure, sustainable and affordable energy.

With a strong background in Environment, Social and Governance issues, Abby will help our clients reduce their environmnetal impacts and achieve their net zero targets and sustainability strategies.

Phil Howlin

Principal – Mechanical Engineering
Phil Howlin

Phil has delivered mechanical engineering and design services to industrial and materials handling projects for almost 20 years.

As a Reliability Engineer, he significantly improved run time of equipment through precision maintenance and making small design improvements. Phil joined Advitech following three years as an Associate Lecturer where he was awarded a Faculty of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award for innovations in education, and continues to teach a guest lecture on industrial applications of Finite Element Analysis.

His communication skills combined with his industry experience enable Phil to lead a team which provides solutions for clients in mining, minerals processing, materials handling, chemicals processing, and defence sectors.

Alan Cross

Principal – Risk and Functional Safety
Alan Cross

Alan is a chartered electrical and risk engineer with a strong background in control systems, risk management and compliance. His exceptional communication and interpersonal skills enable him to facilitate risk assessments, identify and deliver continuous improvement projects and ensure regulatory compliance.

Alan joined Advitech in 2019, having spent the majority of his career with Rio Tinto in engineering, specialist risk and performance improvement roles in alumina and heavy haul rail. His knowledge of mining and minerals processing operations, including alumina and zinc processing, combined with his experience as a risk and assurance advisor allows him to succeed in this Risk and Functional Safety role.

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