Peter Neilsen

Forward-thinking CFO and Controller with both public and private accounting and financial reporting experience.

Offering proven track record of exceptional accuracy in planning, forecasting, reporting and auditing.

Strong leader with calm presence and builds relationships across all organisational levels.

Skilled in managing shareholder, board member and international government relationships with excellent mediation and negotiation skills.

• A strategic and results-driven CFO with extensive expertise in financial leadership, operational excellence, and business transformation, dedicated to driving sustainable growth and maximising organisational value.

• Lake Resources NL, Houston, Texas, Chief Financial Officer & Company Secretary, 01/01/21, 12/31/23
• Porgera Joint Venture, Porgera, PNG, Manager Finance, 01/01/20, 12/31/20
• Round Oak Minerals, Queensland, Australia, Chief Financial Officer, 01/01/14, 12/31/19
• Xstrata Coal, Queensland, Australia, Financial Controller, 01/01/07, 12/31/13
• Ludowici Limited, Australia, Financial Controller, 01/01/06, 12/31/06
• Placer Dome, Australia, Corporate Accountant, 01/01/05, 12/31/05
• Cromwell Corporation Limited, Australia, Finance Manager, 01/01/03, 12/31/04
• BDO Kendall's, Australia, Charted Accountant, 01/01/01, 12/31/02

As a reputable financial professional who is highly accomplished and results oriented, I build a culture of high expectations and enable high performance. I lead with presence in a high trust environment, as I influence others towards achieving clearly designed and articulated organisational goals. 

I bring a relentless focus on successful relationships with government, banking and industry partners to deliver high confidence to board members and shareholders through demonstrated growth. My strong imperative to lead collaboratively and empower teams through well designed organisational structures and effective communication delivers cohesive team commitment to streamline workflow and enhance productivity. 

Across my extensive career I have moved from being knowledge expert to deliver all aspects of financial management, commodity management and asset management to leading teams of knowledge experts to achieve this. Distributed, remote and shared leadership models are necessary while I model personal accountability for outcomes. Knowing the action points for instructional leadership and mentoring of system leaders has been purposeful in building the accountability of leaders across organisations. 

Wisdom and personal growth have enabled me to value the importance of building a strong and capable workforce to strategically deliver sustainable organisational outcomes aligned to the business strategic plan with all resources optimised.