Mark Read

Mark Read is a business leader with over 30 years of experience across public-listed and privately held engineering service companies nationally and internationally.

He has been involved in leadership, management and change management of technical services and project delivery organisations; and had success in establishing, transforming, acquiring and growing businesses to improve profitability and achieve sustained growth.

Mr Read became chief executive of Verbrec in March 2023. He had previously held the roles of president of minerals at multinational engineering, procurement and construction company KBR. He was also the chief executive and managing director of ASX-listed coal engineering and technology company Sedgman where he was responsible for an overseas expansion strategy that led Sedgman to position itself in emerging high-grade coal regions including Mongolia and Mozambique. Prior to his appointment as chief of Sedgman, Mr Read was the global general manager of mining & metals and executive director of engineering services firm Sinclair Knight Merz, where he was employed for 20 years.