JDA’s account managers and consultants come from technical, trade, industrial or mining backgrounds so they understand your business through first-hand industry experience. 

Their focus is on supplying you with reliable, high quality personnel.  To learn more about our team, please scroll down the page.

John's mining sector career spans 40 years, with much of it dominated by his service to CRA on the Bougainville Copper Project.

Subsequent to a stint in South Vietnam, John was employed by Bechtel Pacific on the construction of the Bougainville Copper Project. John's experience encompasses roles within the Purchasing and Supply, Retail Management, Maintenance Planning, Training Management and Personnel Administration and Recruitment.

In 1990, John established John Davidson & Associates (JDA) to provide professional recruitment services for mining and construction projects around the globe.

Today, John continues to personally drive the future directions of JDA and consults across all employment disciplines with an emphasis on offering advisory services for senior mining professionals.

Neal Stewart brings more than 35 years domestic and international business and mining experience to JDA.

Neal’s extensive career, principally in the field of human resources, has seen him work across the globe from Papua New Guinea (PNG), the Philippines, Indonesia and the United Kingdom.

Domestically, Neal drove the entire human resource effort to establish new operations such as the Bronzewing and Jundee gold mines and the Cawse nickel mine in Western Australia. Earlier, Neal played key managerial roles with the Bougainville operation for CRA and the Kelian gold operation for RIO.

Mark is a leading Labour Hire recruitment expert with more than 15 years experience within the industry.

Mark has an excellent track record for results and exemplary business acumen skills. His experience includes working within project to executive level management positions across several industry sectors, including manufacturing and mining.

Primarily, Mark is currently responsible for managing JDA’s key business and industrial relationships in South East Queensland.

John Marsh – Business Development Manager

John has recently transferred from our Jakarta office and brings with him over 40 years experience in the field of mechanical maintenance for mining and construction machinery.

During his career, John has been employed in managerial roles for major contracting companies within Australia and overseas and has held the positions of Marketing Sales Manager, Branch and State Manager for equipment manufacturers.

Having worked in JDA’s Jakarta and Brisbane offices over a number of years, John has gained a thorough understanding of the varied and diverse needs of our clients. 

Garry Brady - Regional Manager, North Queensland

Garry has worked within Queensland’s recruitment and labour hire industry for the past 15 years. He is a highly respected and valued recruitment specialist within the sector and has worked with leading organisations such as Boyne Smelter Ltd, BHP Yabalu and Xstrata Technology in Townsville.

Garry’s outstanding ability to resource industry and candidate information, act quickly and proactively motivate his team enable him to stay at the forefront of the labour market industry.

Garry’s role is responsible for implementing JDA’s North Queensland vision and to meet the varying demands of one of the industry’s largest growth regions.

Romina holds a Bachelor of Sciences in Geology, majoring in Structural Geology. She worked as an exploration geologist in Argentina for 5 years before moving to Australia to start a new life.

After spending a year as a mine geologist in an open cut mine in North Queensland, Romina joined JDA as a consultant. Some 4 years on, Romina now holds the position of senior consultant and is highly respected by both candidates and clients.

Her experience working for one of South America’s largest open cut mines, together with her experience in Australia has given Romina a broad understanding of the mining industry. She has a positive attitude, strong interpersonal and negotiation skills and uses these attributes to nurture the careers of JDA’s candidates.

Romina’s philosophy is a simple one: A happy candidate may one day become a happy client.

Kerri Rohlf - Senior Consultant

Kerri is one of JDA’s most valuable recruitment consultants, successfully placing key appointments throughout Asia, Africa, Europe, Papua New Guinea, South America and Australia.

Since joining JDA in 1996, Kerri has been responsible the recruitment of staff, through all levels of the organisation and for a number of large off-shore projects as well as the placement of permanent and short-term contractors into the heavy earth moving and mining sectors.

Kerri has a strong customer service ethic and works as an integral part of JDA’s Maintenance and Engineering Team. Her current focus is on middle to senior management level placements for the mining and engineering industries.

Paul Creighton - Senior Consultant

Paul joined JDA in 2005 after several years within the warehousing and logistics management industry for companies such as Sanyo Australia, Apple Computer Australia and Danzas AEI. Since then, Paul has been an integral part of JDA’s Industrial Team and has provided quality recruitment services for a wide range of mining, construction and engineering positions.

Paul’s solid and practical employment experience and strong relationship skills enable him to understand the employer and employee dynamic, to successfully maintain and create successful long-term results for his clients.

Derek Gorst - Senior Consultant

Derek is one of JDA’s most experienced senior consultants and has worked within the mining sector for nearly 30 years in Australia, Papua New Guinea and Africa.

Derek has held senior IT and Maintenance Management positions with the CRA group at Bougainville Copper, and prior to joining JDA, was Administration Manager with Sierra Rutile in West Africa.

Derek is a degree qualified Chemical Engineer and has been a member of the AusIMM for more than 40 years. He is responsible for the management of professional appointments as part of JDA’s Professional Placement Division and specialises in technical disciplines such as metallurgy and chemical and electrical engineering.

Harry Degenaar - Senior Consultant

Harry has a Bachelor Degree in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering coupled with more than 30 years experience working within the heavy industrial machinery and industrial automation industries.

Harry has worked as a Senior Project Manager with industry giants such as Robert Bosch GmbH, SIG Swiss Industrial Company, and Klöckner-Werke AG and has an expert working knowledge of oil refineries, tank farms, oil terminals, tankers, offshore oilrig and industrial plant control and automation.

Previously, Harry held international roles such as project manager, commissioning/start-up engineer, and business development manager and worked some ten years (1995 to 2005) as a senior industrial plant control and automation consultant (FMCG) in the Asian region, particularly within China.

Harry’s global engineering background makes him an asset to the JDA professional recruitment team.

Emilie Chautard - Consultant

Emilie joined JDA as a consultant in 2009.  As part of the mining team, she is involved in end-to-end recruitment for mining and oil and gas projects, with a focus on French-speaking countries and candidates.

Originally from New Caledonia, Emilie speaks both English and French. She holds a Master of Business Administration (majoring in Human Resources) from Griffith University in Brisbane and a Bachelor Degree in Business from the South Pacific Business School in New Caledonia.

With three (3) years experience as a recruitment consultant, specializing in international recruitment, Emilie has successfully recruited personnel for nickel, gold, coal and copper projects around the world. 

She says it is important to set achievable goals and timeframes and is hopeful of overturning the perception that HR is not grounded in reality by working closely with clients; listening to their requirements, and understanding the technical challenges that go with recruitment. 

Len Bowman -  Consultant

Len is a qualified electrician with more than 25 years industry experience. He has worked in electrical supervision and plant maintenance and planning roles for major energy and mining projects such as BHP and Rio Tinto within Australia, Papua New Guinea and China.

Since commencing with JDA in November 2007, Len’s industry knowledge has proven invaluable in sourcing and placing resources for companies operating both in Australia and overseas markets.

Len’s experience has been instrumental in developing process plant and mining equipment maintenance planning and scheduling programs and managing the transition from in-house to MIMS computerised maintenance management systems.

Len’s strengths include his broad industry experience in mining and power generation, meticulous attention to detail and ability to deliver on demanding HR assignments for the sector.

Beverley holds a Graduate Certificate in Risk Management and has more than 13 years experience as a risk management professional.

Prior to joining JDA in 2006, Beverley worked for a number of years with a top 500 retail company. Her past experience includes the disciplines of insurance, workers compensation, intellectual property, business continuity and fleet management.

Since her commencement with JDA, Beverley has worked closely with senior management on re-branding the company’s image and developing its unique occupational health and safety platform.

An active member of The Risk Management Institution of Australasia (RMIA), Beverley was the first person to be awarded its Certified Risk Management Technician (CRMT) accreditation – a new industry certification recognising operational experience and expertise of managers and specialist practitioners in risk management.