Executive Team

Andrew Hansen
Chief Executive Officer

Andrew Hansen has almost 30 years experience in the IT industry, joining Hansen in 1990.  Prior to Hansen, he held senior management positions with Amfac-Chemdata, a software provider in the health industry. Andrew is responsible for implementing the Group's strategic direction and overseeing the everyday affairs of the Hansen Group.

Mark Benne
Global Consulting Director

With over 25 years experience in the IT industry Mark Benne has been responsible for the management, delivery and maintenance of enterprise software solutions to customers throughout the world and has been focused on the utility industry for the past 10 years. Prior to joining Hansen, Mark managed large technical and development teams for a number of international organisations.

Julia Chand
General Counsel

Julia Chand joined Hansen Technologies in early 2007 and has since played a strategic role as General Counsel. In addition, Julia has played a crucial role in the acquisition team responsible for the purchase of Peace Software, and is a member of the Hansen Technologies Executive Team. Julia has 12 years experience in legal consulting for IT and Financial Service organisations, spanning two countries. Julia has an LLB from the University of Canterbury.

Breck Hilton
Global Sales Director

Breck Hilton joined the Hansen Technologies executive team in 2010 to oversee the expansion of our global sales operations in the energy and telecommunications industries. Prior to joining Hansen, Breck was an Executive Director at GPR Dehler consulting. Breck has signifant experience in management consulting and has worked with leading energy and telecommunications companies throughout Asia Pacific and Europe.

Cameron Hunter
Chief Operating Officer

Cameron Hunter joined Hansen in 1987 and has played a major role in the growth of the company across the software and IT outsourcing business units, both in Australia and overseas.  Today, Cameron remains responsible for effective operations of Hansen's business units.

Grant Lister
Chief Finance Officer & Company Secretary

Grant Lister is a qualified Chartered Accountant with more than 25 years experience in senior financial management. He has considerable international experience having lived and worked in Asia, USA and Europe. As CFO Grant has responsibility for all financial aspects of Hansen's global operations. Grant joined Hansen in 2002.

Darren Meade has a long history in the delivery of customer care and billing solutions, including more than 10 years with Hansen. With a background programming in multiple languages and undertaking development on many operating systems, Darren currently oversees the technical and architectural direction for Hansen's software solutions.  Prior to joining Hansen, Darren managed large development and project delivery teams for organisations such as Telstra and Worldcom. 

Trevor Presser
Mergers and Acquisitions

Trevor Presser joined Hansen in 2008 as the Director of Mergers and Acquisitions, and played the central role in the acquisition of Peace Software completed in 2008.

Prior to joining Hansen, Trevor was an owner at PPA Consulting Group, Sales Director at Masterpack, and GM - Asia Pacific at Moldflow. Trevor's background in venture capital and acquisitions has spanned multiple countries in the Asia Pacific region.

Scott Weir
COO, European Operations

Scott Weir is Director of European operations for Hansen Technologies, joining the company in 2007. Prior to joining Hansen, Scott was Operations Director at Scantrack Healthcare Systems and held a variety of positions in the project delivery field.

Geoff Prior
President, North America

Geoffrey Prior has over 25 years experience in the IT industry and joined Hansen in 2008 as President of North American Operations. Prior to joining Hansen, Geoff held senior management roles at Kenan Systems, CSG Systems, and SunTec business solutions. Geoff has an MBA from Georgetown University, and a BSEE from the University of Rochester.

Graham Brookman
Executive Account Director, APAC

Graham joined Hansen in 1993. He is responsible for the development, implementation and ongoing support of a number of time-critical development projects. He has responsibility for day-to-day liaison with client project management personnel, risk assessment and mitigation, change control and service level agreement management.

Paula Canning
Executive Account Director, Europe

Paula Canning joined Hansen in 2006 and comes with 10 years international experience in IT for the telecoms and utilities sectors. Paula has a BSc Honours degree in IT and Spanish, and started her career working in IT services consulting for telecommunications companies in Southern Europe. Today Paula is an Executive Account Director and works with Hansen's strategic European clients to ensure overall delivery and operational satisfaction.

Breck Hilton
Global Sales Director

Breck Hilton joined the Hansen Technologies executive team in 2010 to oversee the company's global sales operations in the energy and telecommunications industries. Prior to joining Hansen, Breck was an Executive Director at GPR Dehler consulting. Breck has significant experience in management consulting and has worked with leading energy and telecommunications companies throughout Asia Pacific and Europe.

Gareth Kentish
Sales Director, Telecoms

With over 20 years experience in the Telecoms industry and holding senior management positions at both Cable & Wireless and BT, Gareth has led teams responsible for delivering projects to some of the largest networks in Europe. Since joining Hansen in 2003, Gareth has lead the strategy for the telecommunications market and is responsible for the global expansion of the telecom business unit.

Catriona Walsh
Marketing Manager

Catriona joined Hansen in 2010, bringing almost a decade of technology marketing experience across vendors such as Oracle, Cisco and Sybase. She has a proven track record of successful strategic marketing programs across Europe and Emerging Markets and is an expert in marketing with and through the channel.

Catriona is responsible for developing and implementing global marketing strategy, she works and lives in Melbourne.