SteelStorage

Jonathan Perrins

Drew Douglas

Drew Douglas obtained a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Queensland in 1983 and commenced working as an accountant with Coopers & Lybrand in Brisbane. From there, he worked with a Funds Management Company for seven years and completed a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment with the Securities Institute of Australia before commencing operation of his own business as a Licensed Securities Dealer in January 1990.

In 1994 Drew  merged with the Wenck Group to form Douglas Wenck which in April 2007 became part of the Shadforth Financial Group. He is currently State Manager in Queensland and continues to devote his time to advising and managing an extensive range of clients relying on his knowledge and experience as an adviser.

In addition, he is Chairman of a general insurance brokerage company and a Director of a number of other external companies including Steel Storage Holdings.
 

Lindsay J. Phillips

Lindsay Phillips is the Head of Private Equity at Lazard. He joined them in June 2007 following the acquisition of his fund, Phoenix Development Fund Limited. He has been involved in private equity for many years, commencing in London in 1987 with MJH Nightingale & Co. Limited and then in Australia from 1995.

Prior to entering private equity Lindsay worked as a Chartered Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers for 7 years in Perth, Sydney and London, ending as a Senior Manager in London. He is also Chairman of ASX listed Flat Glass Industries Limited and is a board member of several other private companies.

Lindsay holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia. He is married with 3 children and lives in Sydney.
 

Kalvin Booth

Kalvin Booth is Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary for the Steel Storage group. He joined the company in May 2007 and has overall responsibility for financial operations and board issues across the group.

Kalvin started his career working for KPMG in 1984 where he worked in audit for four years. Following this he moved to London and worked in banking and private equity. The majority of his time there Kalvin was employed by Electra, a large publicly listed private equity company. In 2002 he returned to Brisbane where he joined Australian Agricultural Company, a publicly listed cattle and beef production company, as the group’s financial controller. He left there to join Steel Storage.

Kalvin has a Degree in Commerce from the University of Queensland and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.