Key People Ita Dinh
Research & Administration Manager
BRIAN THORNTON: B.Ec., A.S.I.A. Managing Director
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Brian Thornton, a graduate in Economics from the Australian National University and an Associate of the Securities Institute of Australia, has a diverse background covering the public and private sectors. In 1976 he was appointed a research economist at the Bureau of Agricultural Economics in Canberra (now ABARE) and in 1980 to the New South Wales Premiers Department as Trade and Investment Adviser, South East Asia and China. Apart from a number of overseas assignments with the Government, he also directed a number of commercial undertakings and reviews including implementation of key elements of the Broken Hill Economic Review Committee’s findings and assisted with the evaluation and re-negotiation of New South Wales’ mining royalties applying at the time. He has directed assignments and briefs for Government organisations and has been responsible for marketing and public affairs programs for a number of agencies. He established Farrington Corporate Services in 1986. His earlier experience covered media and government relations management, investor relations, the strategic planning and management of financial and corporate marketing campaigns on behalf of a large number of publicly listed Australian and overseas companies. Over the last 10 years, he has focused exclusively on the mining and exploration sectors and has been engaged by some of Australia’s largest and most respected mining companies as an adviser. Mandates have included advice on takeover and defence tactics and strategy, financial marketing campaigns relating to capital raisings – including floats, placements, rights issues etc, investor roadshows in Australia and overseas and corporate counsel. Clients have included Anglogold Ashanti Australia, Goldfields Ltd, Delta Gold, Nuigini Mining, Highlands Pacific, Straits Resources, Zimbabwe Platinum Mines, Macarthur Coal, Tectonic Resources, Magnesium International, Emperor Mines and Bendigo Mining Limited. In addition he has been responsible for the management and financial marketing of a large number of exploration, mining and technology IPOs in Australia ranging in size from A$5m to A$150m. These have included Ross Mining, Simsmetal Limited, Macarthur Coal, Nord Pacific Limited, Reliance Mining, KAZ, Queensland Gas, Discovery Nickel and most recently Quay Magnesium Limited. The company continues to advise a significant number of listed mining companies operating throughout Australia, Indonesia, China, Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Southern Africa. These clients are involved in gold, base metals, PGMs, coal and coal bed methane and bulk commodities. Brian Thornton founded Farrington Corporate Services in 1986 and remains its Managing Director and major shareholder. He has completed the Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment with the Securities Institute of Australia. Top
Derek Besier, BA Account Executive
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He has over seven years of corporate communications experience in the minerals and energy sectors managing the development and execution of media and investor relations programs for ASX listed resource companies throughout Australia and offshore. Derek also has experience with ASX/Press releases, corporate presentations, event management and IPO marketing campaigns for emerging uranium, gold and coal companies. Derek Besier has also completed a Bachelor Arts at the Australian Catholic University Majoring in History, English and Education and has achieved a Certificate IV in Financial Services at the Australian Institute of Financial Services and Accounting. In addition Derek has also worked as a retail sales manager and has returned to Farrington after spending the last two years as an Assistant Manager in a wholesale nursery operation producing over 800,000 plants a year for major retail outlets across Australia. His focus at Farrington is business development for the minerals, coal seam gas and energy sectors. Top
LOU CARUANA, BA Comm
Account Executive
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Lou Caruana has joined the Farrington National team as a Senior Media Relations Adviser based in Sydney.
With a track record of more than 20 years in finance journalism, investor relations, and financial public relations specialising in the resources and technology, he brings to the company a wealth of experience in finance journalism and public relations counsel.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications at Charles Sturt University in 1984, majoring in economics and politics.
A former award winning editor of Australian Mining magazine, Lou began his career with the Australian Financial Review before working in Fleet Street London on publications such as the Sunday Times and the Daily Express.
He then took up an appointment as Senior Finance Journalist with The Australian newspaper in its Melbourne and Sydney bureaus.
In the financial public relations arena, Lou was an Account Director at a global communications group, where his clients included the Commonwealth Bank and CommSec.
He has extensive experience in promoting emerging companies at the IPO stage and raising their profile as they reach critical milestones and has worked at a senior level with some of Australia’s largest listed resources companies. Top
SYLVIA WADDELL, BSpThy, GradDipBusStud Account Executive
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Sylvia brings to Farrington National a complementary suite of technical writing and editing skills, developed from nearly 15 years of varied roles within the resources and renewables industries. Sylvia’s key experiences are in writing project documents for publication including site-wide operating procedures, greenfield plant process descriptions and machinery success stories, and in addition, the editing of many business-critical reports within tight deadlines. In 1995, Sylvia consolidated her speech pathology background in training, psychology and literacy to diversify into business consulting, offering organisational culture reviews and training programs to small- and medium-sized businesses. After presiding as training coordinator for a Cape York community campus and completing a Graduate Diploma in Business Studies in 2001, Sylvia broadened her consulting scope to an emerging niche in the market, namely, technical writing and editing for corporate mining and engineering organisations. Her major clients have included BHP Billiton, Anglo Coal Australia, Oxiana Limited and Comalco Bauxite. Sylvia particularly enjoys working in professional environments, undertaking difficult and complex tasks and building up long-term relationships with her client base. Top
ITA DINH, BA
Research & Administration Manager
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Ita joined Farrington in 2005 and is responsible for general office management, administration, research and media monitoring. Ita also acts as executive assistant and provides management support for the company’s offshore projects.
She graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts with majors in Social Policy, Government and Public Administration, and currently undertaking a Graduate Certificate in Finance.
Ita has worked in a major bank and private companies as accounts clerk and office management. With an academic background in the public sector, she also worked for the Australian Electoral Commission and the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Top
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