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Key People

Executive General Manager

Paul Webster

Joining OFI as Executive General Manager in 2025, Paul leads with a team-first philosophy, built on extensive industry experience. Starting as an apprentice and advancing to multiple leadership positions, Paul brings insight across all aspects of electrical engineering, manufacturing and construction.

He is committed to building and supporting capable and confident teams, enabling them to achieve targets that move the business forward.

Qualifications:

  • Executive Masters of Business Administration
  • Advanced Diploma Project Management

To Paul, OFI is: always growing, innovating and expanding.

Pre-Contracts Manager

Cobey Mills

Cobey is OFI’s Pre-Contracts Manager, responsible for business development, estimating, marketing strategies and pre-award contract negotiations. An electrical contracting professional for more than 25 years, Cobey possesses a range of technical, operational and contractual management experience across operations, business diversification and decarbonisation.

Cobey plays a key role in maintaining OFI’s reputation for quality delivery, strengthening client relationships and securing new and repeat business.

Qualifications:

  • Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD)
  • Electrical Contractor Management Representative & Nominee
  • A Grade Electrical Fitter / Mechanic & Instrument Technician

To Cobey, OFI is: on a strong growth trajectory and future-focused.

Head of Engineering

Atif Sharif

Atif provides strategic leadership and technical governance across OFI’s Engineering division. With a remit across the entire life cycle, he oversees the delivery of design and construct solutions, technical standards and a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring engineering outcomes are technically robust, commercially aligned and operationally sustainable.

Atif is committed to embedding “Zero Harm” principles into the design phase.

Qualifications:

  • Ph.D & B.Sc (Honours) Electrical Engineering
  • MS Computer Engineering (Majors Control Systems)

To Atif, OFI is: driving technology’s future, pioneering how the industry is powered.

HSE Manager

Jeya Subramaniam

With proven experience leading safety across large-scale companies and projects, Jeya approaches his role with one clear objective: everyone goes home safe at the end of the day. This includes ensuring compliance with both company and national standards, and the continuous improvement of current systems.

To Jeya, success is when teammates trust one another and feel confident in their work.

Qualifications:

  • Masters of Leadership
  • Graduate Certificate in OHS
  • Bachelor of Engineering – Electrical & Electronics (2nd Class Upper Honours)

To Jeya, OFI is: nurturing a culture where safety is part of everything we do.

Finance Manager

Lee Tilbrook

As Finance Manager, Lee’s experience spans multiple industries and countries, including the UK, where he worked for several years before joining the OFI team.

With a role that oversees Stores, Procurement, AP, AR and Payroll, Lee is motivated by the opportunity to strengthen and maintain OFI’s financial position. He believes success is about delivering on-time, accurate results.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor of Business
  • Certified Practising Accountant

To Lee, OFI is: collaborative, highly capable and in the process of major growth within decarbonisation.

Head of Business Services

Shane Royston

Shane Royston is the Head of Business Services at OFI, responsible for leading the Human Resources function. His focus is strategy, supporting senior leaders and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

Shane believes success is about building functions that are resilient, future‑focused and capable of strengthening the organisation’s capacity for growth.

Qualifications:

  • Postgraduate Certificate (with Distinction) in Supply Chain & Logistics Management
  • Bachelor of Commerce (Double Major: Human Resource Management & Industrial Relations)
  • Diploma of Management

To Shane, OFI is: solidifying its position in the industry.

Our people are excellent communicators and collaborators, who use their abilities to integrate seamlessly into projects – from point of concept through to onsite installation and electrical commissioning.

The dynamic skills of our people are adaptable to all conditions, including remote locations across Australia and the harshest of environments. No matter what, we have the capabilities to always deliver a clear, well-managed pathway to success.

Powering Opportunity

Investing in the training and development of our people is of paramount importance to us. This investment translates to an engaged and motivated team, dedicated to pursuing industry breakthroughs and elite systems performance, which directly benefit our clients.

We strive to create a culture where enhancing skills and embracing evolutions within the industry is the status-quo.

Creating sustainable futures, which benefit our people and the community we operate within is a priority for us. This means generating real opportunities with a positive social and economic impact.

Powering Local Community

We believe in supporting the community we work and thrive in, by prioritising employment of talented local people. Our supply chain also reflects this commitment and brings immense value to our operation.

We also care for our community by supporting local initiatives that are important to us. We support local causes on a rotating basis and take great pride in the positive impact we continue to make.

For more information on our specialist team, please contact us. We are happy to provide more information on our expertise, and how we maintain high standards of quality across our supply chain.