Wayne Martin to chair DUG

West Perth-based technology company DownUnder GeoSolutions has appointed former Western Australian chief justice Wayne Martin as chair, as it pursues international growth off the back of its high-powered computing facilities.

Mr Martin was chief justice from 2006 to 2018 and has since assumed roles in arbitration and mediation at Francis Burt Chambers.

He chairs the Parkerville Children and Youth Care, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and the WA Football Commission boards, and is a non-executive director at EON Foundation.

DUG founder and managing director Matthew Lamont said Mr Martin would bring extensive leadership experience to the role.

“The appointment of Mr Martin is part of the broader board restructure and the start of what will be an extensive period of growth for DUG as sectors outside oil and gas start to understand the limitless application of our supercomputing technology," Mr Lamont said. 

Mr Martin said he was very pleased to be joining DUG for its next phase of development.

“It is such a great Australian story,” he said.

“Having started 16 years ago in a shed in Matt’s backyard, DUG now has four global offices and is using cutting-edge technology to compete internationally.

“It is exactly the sort of success Australia ought to be celebrating.”

Last year, the company launched DUG McCloud, the first global cloud purpose-built for high performance computing.

DUG is featured in Business News’ next Great for the State liftout, out on February 17.