Our Leaders Driving Change

Richard Mathews is the CEO of RPMGlobal and serves on its Board of Directors.  He is a 25+ year veteran of the software industry who is recognised for his leadership and innovation. Richard has a successful track record in scaling public and private enterprise technology companies. Since joining RPMGlobal, Richard has helped lead the company’s development and growth from a desktop software provider to a truly global organisation that is transforming the mining industry with the delivery of enterprise solutions in operations. Whilst the rest of the industry was contracting, he was investing and expanding RPMGlobal’s offerings and footprint. 

Prior to RPMGlobal, Richard was the Non-Executive Chairman and CEO of eServGlobal Limited. Before eServGlobal, Richard was the CEO of Mincom and held Executive roles at  JD Edwards and Translink Transport Authority. He is also a founding partner of MHB Holding Pty Ltd. He currently serves as a board member of Telstra Health Pty Ltd and previously was part of the Board for METSIgnited. Richards holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Science and ACA. 

Paul is the Chief Technology Officer, CTO, at RPMGlobal where he is responsible for leading the company’s global information technology strategy and driving the development and delivery of key IT initiatives to support RPMGlobal as it grows its workforce, customer base and the RPMGlobal solution suite. With more than two decades of experience, he has a proven track record in leading enterprise-wide programs and implementing best practices for employees.

Prior to RPMGlobal, Paul was the CTO for eServGlobal and Mincom. He has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Computing.

David is the Executive General Manager – Technology Consulting and Partners at RPMGlobal where he has operational responsibility for engagement with RPMGlobal’s customers and partners.  His objective is to be the execution hub for all RPMGlobal solutions that delivers consistent methodology and services whilst maintaining the high quality our global customer base demands making it easier for customers and partners to do business with RPMGlobal. David is instrumental in the growth and development of RPMGlobal’s strategic partner network and continues to grow RPMGlobal’s Training division from strength-to-strength. David brings more than 15 years of global experience that includes management and development of alliance programs extending across 50 countries, as well as leadership of a product globalisation team, and readying software for sale in multiple jurisdictions and languages. 

He has held leadership positions at Mincom and JD Edwards. 

Philippe joined RPMGlobal as a geologist in 2008 and went on to successfully build the group’s advisory business in Asia before recently taking executive ownership of all Advisory services. Having started working life in open cut and underground operations in Western Australia, followed by 3 years developing large porphyry copper projects in Russia, Philippe has spent the last eight years focusing on financial market transactions and downstream operational and exploration value creation. 

Based out of Beijing for the past 5 years Philippe has managed numerous Due Diligence and Independent Technical Review projects for private acquisitions and listing purposes and has worked closely with leading Chinese state-owned enterprises and international financial institutions in Australia, Hong Kong, Mongolia, China and Russia.

Philippe holds a Bachelor of Science Mineral Exploration and Mining Geology, an Associate Diploma of Geoscience, a Graduate Certificate of Geostatistics and is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientist (“MAIG”). He meets the requirements for Qualified Person (“QP”) for 43-101 and SGX reporting, and Competent Person (“CP”) for JORC and HKEx reporting for most metalliferous Mineral Resources. 

Michael is the Chief Financial Officer of RPMGlobal where he is responsible for all aspects of RPMGlobal’s financial operations. Within finance, he guides the controller, treasury, accounting, tax and internal audit functions to support RPMGlobal’s growth strategy. Prior to joining RPMGlobal Michael held a senior management position in the business advisory division of chartered accounting firm Moore Stephens. Throughout his 15+ year career in accounting and auditing, Michael has successfully aligned financial and business metrics to support business strategy and high-growth.

Michael is a Certified Public Accountant and Fellow of the Tax Institute of Australia. Michael holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Queensland.

James is the Executive General Manager – Group General Counsel and Company Secretary of RPMGlobal where he leads the RPMGlobal legal, compliance and investor relations departments. He also works closely with the senior management team and board of directors on any legal, regulatory or compliance matter affecting the company. He has broad experience acting in an in-house legal capacity for multi-national companies, has served as company secretary and has experience in corporate governance, joint ventures, acquisitions and contract negotiation with multi-national licensing and consulting service businesses. Prior to RPMGlobal, James was as Regional General Counsel with Hyder Consulting Pty Ltd, and held Senior Legal Counsel roles at Ansaldo STS Australia Pty Ltd and Mincom Pty Ltd respectively. 

James holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Information Technology from Queensland University of Technology, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Corporate Governance from the Governance Institute of Australia, is a Solicitor and Member of the Queensland Law Society and is an Associate Member of the Governance Institute of Australia (AGIA) and Chartered Institute of Secretaries (ACIS).

Brittany is a dynamic Human Resources practitioner with over 10 years’ experience working in technology and software development companies. She has extensive knowledge of the critical drivers that shape RPMGlobal’s business strategy, having spent more than five years in the company’s Human Resources function. In 2020, Brittany was appointed Executive General Manager for Human Resources. In this role, she is responsible for the company’s global HR strategy, including workforce development, talent management, leadership/management development, organisational effectiveness, and employee engagement.  

Brittany possesses strong experience in performance management and transformational leadership and has a proven track record in effective international recruitment across the fields of technology, engineering and consulting. Brittany holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources and Management and postgraduate education in Employment Relations.  

Anthony Fraser is RPMGlobal’s CMO and is responsible for managing relationships with both internal and external stakeholders of the business. The priority is ensuring all have a positive experience with the brand and get the most value from RPMGlobal’s solutions and teams. Marketing also falls under his responsibilities which is aimed specifically at increasing awareness of RPMGlobal’s products and capabilities.

Anthony is an experienced business professional having spent the past 15 years in software and hardware technology businesses within the mining and oil and gas industries. Anthony Joined RPMGlobal in 2015 and has a Bachelor’s Degree from Griffith University in Australia.