Rob Bazzani

Mr Bazzani was formerly a top level Partner with global consulting firm KPMG, where he served in multiple leadership roles including as a member of KPMG’s National Executive Committee (NEC), which oversaw and was responsible for the firm’s turnover, strategic decision making, profitability and operations. He has significant hands-on experience in running and growing large scale and complex businesses, and is well skilled in business strategy and management, governance, accounting and law. He has worked extensively in corporate finance and advisory roles across a range of industries in both Australia and Asia Pacific.   Mr Bazzani is an advisory board member and/or chairman on a number of private companies.  His other current directorships include:

  • Non-Executive Director.   Mach7 Technologies (ASX: M7T)
  • Non-Executive Director.   Class Limited (ASX: CL1)
  • Non-Executive Director.   Keypath Education Inc (ASX: KED)

Rohan Martin

Rohan is the inaugural CEO of NALSPA. Prior to his appointment in November 2023, Rohan was a Group Executive and the Head of Corporate Affairs & Sustainability for the ASX listed, McMillan Shakespeare Group. During that role he also fulfilled the function of secretary for NALSPA. Rohan was instrumental in the formation of the Association in 2014. His experiences include senior executive positions with a diverse range of organisations including Tabcorp, iSelect, National Australia Bank, a leading NFP road transport peak industry association and global advisory firm KPMG.

Rohan has extensive regulatory, political, governance, communications, and media experience, whilst also participating in numerous State, Federal and Local Government working parties and associated committees, including the Federal Ministerial Expert Advisory Group on Gambling formed in 2010, and presenting in front of various Senate Committees. He also holds a strong understating of the Australian automotive sector and in particular low and zero emissions vehicles.

Rohan’s tertiary qualifications are in the discipline of Accounting, whilst his post graduate studies have related to the fields of Business Administration, Marketing and Investor Relations.

To contact Rohan Martin:
Mobile: +61 466 207 822
Email: rmartin@nalspa.org.au

Damien Berrell

Damien was appointed MD and CEO of FleetPartners in February 2023. He has over twenty years’ experience in the domestic and international non-bank financial institutional space, with the majority of this time in senior leadership roles at successful fleet leasing businesses. Damien joined FleetPartners in 2020 as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), where he was responsible for all aspects of Finance as well as Strategy, M&A, Legal, Investor Relations and Company Secretarial. Prior to this, Damien served as CFO at Custom Fleet. Here, Damien played a lead role in the sale of the business by General Electric (GE) and repositioning the business in Australia and New Zealand. Damien has also held senior finance positions at GE, including GE Capital in Australia & New Zealand, Japan, Asia and in the US. Damien holds a Bachelor of Economics, Accounting from Macquarie University and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

Melissa Joyce

Melissa joined FleetPartners in 2022 and has over 20 years’ experience in asset backed financial services, with roles spanning across risk, operations and relationship management. Melissa’s experience is primarily in risk management specifically in credit risk, asset risk, compliance and non-financial risk from her time at Ferrier Hodgson, GE Capital, ScotPac Business Finance and FleetPartners. She is the Chief Risk Officer at FleetPartners.

Robbie Blau

Mr Robbie Blau was appointed CEO of SG Fleet Group in July 2006 and appointed to the company’s Board in January 2014. Robbie has overall responsibility for the strategic development of SG Fleet and manages its relationships with financial services partners. Robbie holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Law) and a Bachelor of Laws (Cum Laude) from the University of the Witwatersrand, as well as a Higher Diploma in Tax Law from Johannesburg University.

Robert De Luca

Having joined MMS in 2022, Rob has over 20 years’ experience in Financial Services, Wealth Management, Disability and Healthcare, including roles as Managing Director of Bankwest, CEO of the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) and most recently as CEO of Zenitas Healthcare.

Scott Wharton

Scott joined Smartgroup in July 2023. Scott has more than 20 years’ experience in financial services and regulated industries with a strong track record leading and transforming organisations.

Scott has held executive positions in a number of organisations including as a Group Executive with Commonwealth Bank, and as a Managing Director with Citigroup in Hong Kong and New York.

Scott is a Fellow and Adjunct Professor (Industry) at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and a member of the Vice Chancellor’s Industry Advisory Board, and is a Board member of Supply Nation. Scott holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Sydney, a Bachelor of Laws from UTS, an Executive MBA from INSEAD and an Executive MBA from Tsinghua University.

Nigel Malcolm

Mr Nigel Malcolm is the Founder and CEO of Fleetcare, Australia’s largest independent fleet management company. Established in 1989, Fleetcare was built on Nigel’s desire to ‘do things better’. To achieve that goal, Nigel draws upon experience from both sides of the industry with a commercial background working with both vehicle manufactures and dealerships. Nigel’s independent voice offers objective insight on issues relating to Australia’s commercial and salary packaged fleets. He continues to be the driving force behind Fleetcare’s incredible growth story.

Will Clarke

Will joined MMS in September 2023 to lead Corporate Communications and Government Relations and is responsible for internal and external communications and manages the Group’s government relations programs.

He is an experienced communicator who helps executive teams and the companies they lead recognise, understand, protect and build their reputations to help them better connect with all their stakeholders. He is an all-round corporate affairs executive with many years’ experience gained in-house and in consultancy in Australia and the UK, having worked with companies in technology, telecommunications, retail, superannuation and automotive.

David Fernandes

Mr David Fernandes has been with SG Fleet Group since 2006 and was recently appointed as the company’s Group Head of Operations. David oversees strategic operations across all of SG Fleet’s markets, driving a whole-of-business approach to operational growth and improvement across Australia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand. David holds a Bachelor of Economics (International Finance and Mathematics) from Macquarie University.