Management team

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Mark Southby

Chief Executive Officer

Mark assumes the role of CEO of ART Group having demonstrated market leading performance over two decades in the tower industry supporting tier-1 clients both domestically and internationally.

Mark is the immediate past CEO of a leading independent tower rigging and field services.

Mark has worked across Asia Pacific in a variety of leadership roles leading large-scale tower deployments and was a foundational executive supporting the Stilmark tower delivery program across Australia – at the time one of the largest ever independent tower build programs in Australia.

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Aaron Piper

Financial Controller

Aaron brings a strong background in financial management with experience in leading finance departments within the infrastructure industry. With a deep understanding of financial principles, he is accomplished in managing complex financial operations and strategic planning. 

As a qualified CPA, Aaron’s extensive knowledge of financial systems and controls within this sector has been pivotal in driving the financial stability and growth of the organisations he has served.  

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Ben Shields

Head of Operations

Ben has over 18 years’ experience in construction, rigging, and infrastructure. Before joining ART, he held senior roles at Highforce, leading complex projects across Queensland. With diplomas in Leadership & Management and Building & Construction, he now drives operations at ART, focusing on safe, efficient project delivery in Australia’s renewable energy sector.

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Michael Hicks

Head of Managed Services
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Nathan Lock

Sales Manager – Renewables

Nathan is an experienced sales professional with over 13 years in FinTech, SaaS, and financial services. He has a proven track record of exceeding targets, building strong client relationships, and leading high-performing teams.

Passionate and results-oriented, Nathan combines strong problem-solving skills with a people-first approach, ensuring lasting client relationships and sustainable growth.

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Richard Phillips

Richard Phillips

Chief Executive Officer - Lighthouse Industries

Richard lead’s Lighthouse having relocated from Detroit as the immediate past Vice President of global manufacturing engineering at General Motors. In the global role Richard oversaw the accelerated conversion of GM’s global manufacturing and tooling footprint to Electric Vehicles.

Richard has a passion for innovation and manufacturing as a source of competitive advantage and previously held responsibility for all General Motors Holden Australia manufacturing activity, in addition to leading General Motors South East Asia manufacturing operations including Thailand & Vietnam over a distinguished 30 year career in automotive manufacturing.

Paul Butterworth

Paul Butterworth

Chief Commercial Officer - Lighthouse Industries

Paul has over 25 years as a Sales and go to market executive and now leads Lighthouse customer revenue partnerships. Paul has extensive knowledge of critical infrastructure markets, having led multiple startups and scales up in Telco and Energy across Asia Pacific. Most recently as VP APAC for Project and Asset management platform, building customer relationships and partnerships across Australia, NZ and Asia with the region’s largest TowerCo’s, EV Deployments and Renewables projects.

Matthew Bechly

Dr Matthew Bechly

Chief Technical Officer - Lighthouse Industries

Matthew has a PhD in wind energy and is the immediate past CEO for ART Group, the Australian leader in turn-key wind system monitoring design, engineering, Install and Maintenance.

Matthew led major divisions for DNV GL Renewables Advisory in the Pacific region, responsible for all power performance measurements in Australasia + wind and solar services and data validation.

Matt has worked on a wide range of wind energy projects in Australasia, Asia, India, Europe and the USA and is a founding board member of the Australian Wind Energy Association.

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