Anthony Sgro's early career was spent with an international engineering group, including an extended period managing operations in Indonesia.
In 1979, with two partners, Mr Sgro started Kelair Pumps which grew to be the largest privately owned pumping equipment supply company in Australia. The company was sold to an international group in 2004 but Mr Sgro remained with the company as general manager until his retirement in 2015.
In a career spanning 45 years, Mr Sgro was involved in the technical and commercial aspects of supply of specialised equipment to the major process industries including oil and gas, petrochemical, chemical and mining industries, including equipment specification, material selection, commercial and technical aspects of large tenders, contract negotiation and contract management.
