Rob AdamsonNon-executive ChairmanRob has been involved in numerous transactions across the mining, energy and industrial technology sectors, playing key roles in the development of several successful companies. He lead's RFC Ambrian Group Limited’s deep-tech venture building activities and chairs multiple resource technology enterprises, including, Chrysos, FPR Energy and Hadean Energy.Read more
Kim CavallaroNon-Executive DirectorMs Cavallaro is an experienced corporate & commercial lawyer with 25 years' experience in the legal, engineering, resources and infrastructure sectors. She is motivated to help organisations achieve sustainable business objectives to preserve shareholder value and deliver positive impact for people and planet. Ms Cavallaro was formerly a corporate lawyer with top-tier Australian and international law firms, and a regional general counsel at two multi-national engineering consultancies. She holds legal, governance, climate literacy and sustainable business strategy qualifications and is a member of the Queensland Law Society and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.Read more
Peter CharlesworthNon-executive DirectorPeter was formerly the CTO of Codan and Executive General Manager of Minelab, a division of Codan which are the leading providers of high-end metal detectors. Peter brings extensive knowledge and experience to MagnaTerra from more than 30 years in the electronics industry, including more than 17 years at Codan and formerly in management and technical roles at Tenix Defence and Vision Systems.Read more
Daniel HutchinsonNon-executive DirectorDaniel is the Executive General Manager – Strategy, Corporate Development and M&A of Codan. Daniel brings almost two decades of investment banking and corporate advisory experience. Prior to his appointment at Codan, Daniel was a Managing Director at MA Moelis Australia (the Australian affiliate of Moelis & Company) where he advised on numerous M&A and capital markets transactions for Australian and international technology and growth companies. He also holds Board and advisory panel positions for Australian based e-commerce and manufacturing companies. Daniel holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) and a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Queensland.Read more
Nick CutmoreExecutive Director and Chief Technology OfficerNick is a passionate advocate of mission-directed R&D, accelerated commercialisation and industry impact. His career-long experience in innovation has focussed on developing disruptive and unique technologies with global application and collaborating with industry to translate these into successful commercial products. His work in these areas has been recognised in the award of the Australia Prize (Prime Ministerial award), the Prime Ministers Prize for Innovation, the CSIRO Chair's Medal, the CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement, and the Eureka Prize in Support of Defence and National Security, and he is an elected Fellow of the Academy of Technology and Engineering. Having overseen the CSIRO development of MR based technologies for two decades, he is excited to be now involved in their application into demining and security.Read more
John ShanahanChief Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer As CEO of MagnaTerra Technologies, he brings a leadership profile that is rare in the deep-tech world: a decorated operational commander who has built and led high-performance teams under extreme pressure, and a proven technology entrepreneur transforming that experience into sensing solutions that matter.<br />
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Concurrently CEO of MRead Pty Ltd, MagnaTerra's sister technology venture developing field-ready sensors for explosive and drug detection, he has spent the past several years bridging the gap between battlefield-proven operational intelligence and commercial sensing innovation. Before founding MRead, he served as Executive Director at Synergy Group, managing complex, multi-million dollar programmes in the Australian Defence sector.<br />
His military career spanned three decades of operational command across NATO and Coalition forces, including deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, Northern Ireland, Bosnia, and Kosovo. He led the British Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation in Lebanon in 2006, coordinating a multi-agency response under live threat conditions from Headquarters British Forces Cyprus, precisely the kind of high-stakes, zero-margin environment that forged his approach to risk, innovation, and decisive leadership.<br />
He has worked across the Middle East, South Asia, and the Indo-Pacific with governments, NGOs, and primary aid agencies in Jordan, India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Thailand, developing the cross-cultural partnership skills and operational adaptability that now underpin MagnaTerra's international growth strategy.<br />
What distinguishes his leadership is not simply what he has done, but how he thinks. Trained in design thinking, strategic risk integration, and unconventional problem-solving, he is the kind of leader who finds the signal in the noise and builds teams capable of acting on it.<br />
At MagnaTerra, his singular focus is enabling people to achieve their potential: the engineers pushing the boundaries of magnetic resonance sensing, the partners deploying solutions in the field, and the industries whose operations will be transformed by what we are building together.Read more
Leadership
Robert BeenstockChief Financial Officer Robert Beenstock is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of MagnaTerra, bringing over 20 years of experience in financial leadership, corporate finance, and strategic advisory. He oversees our global financial operations and supports the executive team in driving growth. His expertise in mergers, acquisitions, and cross-border operations has been instrumental in advancing the company's financial strategy. Previously, Robert held senior roles at Health House, where he led the company’s reverse listing on the ASX and successful acquisition. A Chartered Accountant, he holds an MSc in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London and a BSc in Mathematical Physics from the University of Edinburgh.Read more
Chris BealChief Executive Officer NextOreChris Beal is the CEO of NextOre and an experienced engineer and corporate financial advisor for natural resources companies. Chris has a passion for supporting the growth and commercialization of innovative companies in mining. For three years Chris had a leading role within RFC Ambrian’s technology and innovation portfolio, working with companies across sectors including renewable energy, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation and radio systems.Read more
Shivika SinghChief Operating OfficerShivika has been instrumental in driving the company's technological advancements and innovation strategies. As Chief Operating Officer, she oversees the development and integration of cutting-edge solutions that enhance operational efficiency and productivity for clients in the mining sector. Prior to her role at MagnaTerra, Shivika served as COO at NextOre and as the Technology Integration Manager at CSIRO, where she led the commercialisation of critical Magnetic Resonance and X-ray technologies within the Sensing and Sorting program. With over 12 years of expertise spanning business strategy, project management, product development, and engineering, Shivika has a proven track record of bringing novel technologies and processes to market. Shivika holds an MBA in Strategy from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. Her professional journey also includes extensive experience managing projects for advanced technologies in iron and steel plants, further highlighting her versatile and impactful contributions to industrial innovation.Read more
Rob Adamson
Non-executive Chairman
Rob has been involved in numerous transactions across the mining, energy and industrial technology sectors, playing key roles in the development of several successful companies. He lead's RFC Ambrian Group Limited’s deep-tech venture building activities and chairs multiple resource technology enterprises, including, Chrysos, FPR Energy and Hadean Energy.
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Kim Cavallaro
Non-Executive Director
Ms Cavallaro is an experienced corporate & commercial lawyer with 25 years' experience in the legal, engineering, resources and infrastructure sectors. She is motivated to help organisations achieve sustainable business objectives to preserve shareholder value and deliver positive impact for people and planet. Ms Cavallaro was formerly a corporate lawyer with top-tier Australian and international law firms, and a regional general counsel at two multi-national engineering consultancies. She holds legal, governance, climate literacy and sustainable business strategy qualifications and is a member of the Queensland Law Society and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
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Peter Charlesworth
Non-executive Director
Peter was formerly the CTO of Codan and Executive General Manager of Minelab, a division of Codan which are the leading providers of high-end metal detectors. Peter brings extensive knowledge and experience to MagnaTerra from more than 30 years in the electronics industry, including more than 17 years at Codan and formerly in management and technical roles at Tenix Defence and Vision Systems.
Read more
Daniel Hutchinson
Non-executive Director
Daniel is the Executive General Manager – Strategy, Corporate Development and M&A of Codan. Daniel brings almost two decades of investment banking and corporate advisory experience. Prior to his appointment at Codan, Daniel was a Managing Director at MA Moelis Australia (the Australian affiliate of Moelis & Company) where he advised on numerous M&A and capital markets transactions for Australian and international technology and growth companies. He also holds Board and advisory panel positions for Australian based e-commerce and manufacturing companies. Daniel holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) and a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Queensland.
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Nick Cutmore
Executive Director and Chief Technology Officer
Nick is a passionate advocate of mission-directed R&D, accelerated commercialisation and industry impact. His career-long experience in innovation has focussed on developing disruptive and unique technologies with global application and collaborating with industry to translate these into successful commercial products. His work in these areas has been recognised in the award of the Australia Prize (Prime Ministerial award), the Prime Ministers Prize for Innovation, the CSIRO Chair's Medal, the CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement, and the Eureka Prize in Support of Defence and National Security, and he is an elected Fellow of the Academy of Technology and Engineering. Having overseen the CSIRO development of MR based technologies for two decades, he is excited to be now involved in their application into demining and security.
Read more
John Shanahan
Chief Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
As CEO of MagnaTerra Technologies, he brings a leadership profile that is rare in the deep-tech world: a decorated operational commander who has built and led high-performance teams under extreme pressure, and a proven technology entrepreneur transforming that experience into sensing solutions that matter.<br />
Robert Beenstock
Chief Financial Officer
Robert Beenstock is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of MagnaTerra, bringing over 20 years of experience in financial leadership, corporate finance, and strategic advisory. He oversees our global financial operations and supports the executive team in driving growth. His expertise in mergers, acquisitions, and cross-border operations has been instrumental in advancing the company's financial strategy. Previously, Robert held senior roles at Health House, where he led the company’s reverse listing on the ASX and successful acquisition. A Chartered Accountant, he holds an MSc in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London and a BSc in Mathematical Physics from the University of Edinburgh.
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Chris Beal
Chief Executive Officer NextOre
Chris Beal is the CEO of NextOre and an experienced engineer and corporate financial advisor for natural resources companies. Chris has a passion for supporting the growth and commercialization of innovative companies in mining. For three years Chris had a leading role within RFC Ambrian’s technology and innovation portfolio, working with companies across sectors including renewable energy, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation and radio systems.
Read more
Shivika Singh
Chief Operating Officer
Shivika has been instrumental in driving the company's technological advancements and innovation strategies. As Chief Operating Officer, she oversees the development and integration of cutting-edge solutions that enhance operational efficiency and productivity for clients in the mining sector. Prior to her role at MagnaTerra, Shivika served as COO at NextOre and as the Technology Integration Manager at CSIRO, where she led the commercialisation of critical Magnetic Resonance and X-ray technologies within the Sensing and Sorting program. With over 12 years of expertise spanning business strategy, project management, product development, and engineering, Shivika has a proven track record of bringing novel technologies and processes to market. Shivika holds an MBA in Strategy from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. Her professional journey also includes extensive experience managing projects for advanced technologies in iron and steel plants, further highlighting her versatile and impactful contributions to industrial innovation.
Read more