Robert Parton has extensive experience in business management within manufacturing, wholesaling, retailing and franchising sectors. As a qualified accountant, Mr Parton has skills in business analysis and due diligence evaluation and is nearing 20 years' experience providing business analysis and management. Previous employers include BHP, Kraft Foods, Crane Group, Mitre 10 and PDL Electronics. Mr Parton focuses on deal-flow evaluation and raising capital in Australasia, and is involved in transaction management from sourcing, analysis and due diligence evaluation through to settlement. Since 1987, Mr Parton has developed extensive business management experience across the corporate advisory, property, cleantech and manufacturing sectors. Mr Parton has been on the boards of Eagle Nickel, Telesso Technologies, Red Mountain Mining, Basper, Motopia, Viculus and DirectMoney. He is currently chief executive of TPG Progressive.