Executive Team


Vin Stenta – Chief Executive Officer
Vin is the CEO of IES, having originally joined Cootes Transport in 1998 as Manager for the NSW and Queensland regions. In early 2001, he was appointed to the role of National Customer Service Manager and in July 2002 was promoted to the position of General Manager of the Cootes Transport Group. Following the acquisition of Cootes by ION Limited, Vin was appointed General Manager of ION Energy Services and was instrumental in the growth of this business through to its acquisition by CHAMP. Prior to joining Cootes, Vin worked for the Shell Company of Australia. He has worked in the Petroleum and Gas Industries for over 20 years and has vast experience in supply chain and logistics management, terminal and facilities management and aircraft refuelling operations.

Vin holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from Swinburne University in Melbourne, Australia.


Stephen Fraser – Group Finance Director
Stephen joined IES in May 2007 as the company’s Finance Director. Stephen has extensive international experience in manufacturing, construction and service industries and all aspects of mergers and acquisitions as well as business restructuring, having held a number of senior finance roles with McConnell Dowell Corporation, James Hardie Electronic Systems, Utilux and Adsteam Marine Limited.

Stephen holds a Bachelor of Business degree majoring in Accounting, has a Masters of Business Administration degree, is a qualified CPA and is also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.


Ross Kemp – Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary
Ross is the CFO of IES. He joined the company in 2003 as CFO of ION Energy Services, working alongside Vin Stenta, and has supported the business in its growth during the last four years. Prior to joining ION Energy Services, Ross held senior finance positions in the logistics industry for companies including Freight Australia and TDG Limited.

Ross holds a Bachelor of Business degree from RMT and is also a qualified CPA.


Greg Niven – General Manager, IES Liquids
Greg joined IES’s heritage company Cootes Transport in 1995 in an operations role which he held for two years before moving to Adelaide in 1997 to assume the position of South Australia Manager. In 2000, he returned to Melbourne to work with the LPG business before taking up the position of Victorian and Interstate Manager. In 2003, Greg transferred to Sydney to become National Manager of the Sydney Fuels and Cootes Liquids businesses. In 2006, Greg became General Manager of Cootes and was subsequently promoted to General Manager of IES Liquids.


Danny Lo – General Manager, IES Asia
Danny has had more than 15 years experience in the oil and gas industry in Singapore and is instrumental in developing the status and profile of IES Asia as a reputable oil and gas haulage player. Danny is the General Manager of IES Asia, having previously held the position of Managing Director of Watt Wah Petroleum Haulage Pte Limited, IES Asia’s heritage company. During his time leading Watt Wah, Danny oversaw significant growth, with Watt Wah achieving a dominant market position in Singapore. He has also been presented with numerous awards from ExxonMobil and Chevron.

Danny holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the National University of Singapore majoring in Political Science and History.


Joe Thomas – General Manager, IES Resources
Joe joined IES in 2006 after more than ten years with Queensland Rail. Joe began with Queensland Rail as a Business Analyst before proceeding to commercial and marketing roles. These roles included servicing coal and minerals customers in Queensland for over eight years. As Business Manager Minerals & Industrials for Queensland Rail, Joe managed the inputs and outputs of most of the company’s Queensland base metals operations as well as the movement of the majority of dangerous goods transported by rail in Queensland. He moved to Newcastle to oversee interstate rail operations between Brisbane and Melbourne (General Freight) and the Hunter Valley (Coal). Joe joined IES as the General Manager Commercial focusing on business development and acquisitions and was subsequently appointed General Manager of the IES Resources division.

Joe has an Honours Degree in Mathematics from the Queensland University of Technology.


Rod Evans – CEO, IES Equipment
Rod is the General Manager of the IES Equipment division, having joined the company in October 2004. Rod has had extensive manufacturing and business management experience in Australia and overseas, after commencing his professional career in Australia working with Cadbury Confectionery, and also spending time managing Cadbury New Zealand’s Auckland Operations. In 1988, Rod joined what was to become Pacific Dunlop and later Nestle, with responsibility for managing the Plumrose, Leggos, and Yoplait operations in regional Victoria. In 1997, Rod accepted the position of Vice President – Australian Operations with Caterair Australia, servicing the airline, catering, logistics and cleaning industries. This led to a promotion to the USA with parent company LSG Sky Chefs, where ultimately he achieved the position of Southwest Region, Vice President of Operations. During this time Rod developed a strong interest and involvement with lean manufacturing / business excellence which led to the establishment of a business excellence consulting business on his return to Australian in 2003, prior to taking up a position with Liquip.

Rod holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree and has had undertaken extensive post graduate training.


Cherie Logan – Group Manager Health, Safety, Security & Environment
Cherie joined IES in February 2007 and has 18 years experience in HSSE, quality management and business excellence across a variety of industries and organisations in Australia and New Zealand.

Cherie has also held positions including National HSE Manager, Telstra Consumer and Marketing (from 2004), with Behaviour Based Safety Consulting (B-Safe Australia), General Manager HSE NZ Post (from 2001), National HSE & Quality Manager Pilkington Automotive New Zealand (from 1998), Victorian State Manager/Principle Consultant CQS Australia and Quality Manager Amcor Fibre Packaging.

Aside from traditional HSSE risk management and systems development, Cherie has a strong background in HSSE cultural change, behavioural based safety, leadership, employee engagement, solution-problem solving, best practice methodologies and benchmarking. She is a qualified environmental management systems auditor (NZ) and holds an associate diploma of applied science.
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