About ICN NSW

Ian Hudson is currently Executive Director of ICN NSW. He started his business career in the consumer goods packaging industry as a cadet at Amatil Ltd. He then moved through junior accounting and operations roles to develop a sound appreciation of business and into sales and product management positions in the industrial packaging and building materials industries. From there he undertook marketing roles in the food packaging industry which involved everything from corporate marketing to new product development and capital expenditure programmes. This broad experience was then utilised as a business consultant assisting manufacturers, local governments and not-for-profits. He now fills the role of Executive Director with ICN following previous roles at ICN as Regional Manager, Manager Agrifood and Economic Development Officer Aboriginal Business.

With a background in the oil and gas industry, Thuy joined ICN in 2009 to support the resources drive on projects like Gorgon and Ichthys. Before that started though, it was engagement in the Building the Education stimulus program that provided exposure to the depth and scale of ICN’s reach in connecting businesses with opportunities. Since then, Thuy has had involvement in projects large and small across a diverse range of sectors to appreciate Australian industry’s ingenuity and resilience. Based in ICN NSW North Sydney office, Thuy oversees metropolitan Sydney projects and has been enjoying the challenges and rewards in looking after transformational and community impacting projects like the NSW Bushfire Clean-up Program and Sydney Metro.

David Norris is a highly experienced sales leader with over 30 years of experience in the construction industry. He has a background as a construction operations manager and is highly qualified in business management. David has a proven track record of building high-performing sales teams, developing effective selling models and account management strategies, and fostering innovation. He also possesses extensive knowledge of the Australian business environment. As the new Regional Manager for the NSW Central West region, David will leverage his expertise to connect local suppliers in the construction industry with major projects and exciting new opportunities.

Dusko is a highly experienced Manager with 40 years’ experience in the development, design, procurement and delivery of major infrastructure projects across Australia, New Zealand and Europe.

Dusko has held senior roles for the last 20 years with Tier 1 contractors: Barclay Mowlem/Laing O’Rourke, Abigroup and Lendlease prior to joining ICN NSW in Regional Manager – Hunter & Northern role in 2017.

His extensive experience in procurement strategy, commercial alignment, contract award, project mobilisation & overseeing contract administration is a key asset for the current role with ICN.

Since 2018 Dusko fills the role of NSW Defence Industry Manager for the major defence projects and Advisor to the Hunter Defence Task Force.

Prior to joining ICN NSW, John worked as a Business Adviser for over 15 years delivering AusIndustry business growth and capability development assistance services to SME manufacturing firms in NSW. This role included supply chain capability assessments for suppliers in the rail rolling stock and defence industry sectors.

With qualifications in the metal trades, engineering and business, he has held senior management positions with Australian companies in the automotive component manufacturing sector, beverage container packaging, security printing as well as working as a management consultant with clients throughout Australia.

In his role with ICN, John is looking to further assist firms in the local manufacturing and construction sectors to pursue exciting business growth opportunities in the Illawarra/South East region and beyond.

Geoff joined ICN NSW as the regional manager for the Riverina Murray in May 2020.

Prior to commencing with ICN NSW Geoff worked to assist national and international construction companies and machinery supply chain in the area of safety and compliance.

Prior to that he worked in the area of material supply to the construction industry. Geoff is committed to facilitating connections between buyers and suppliers for their mutual benefit.

Brad Donnan has extensive experienced in the Northern NSW building industry, having represented one of Australia’s leading building products manufacturers for over 20 years.

Responsible for bringing all aspects of the supply and installation chain together, Brad successfully developed and maintained long term stakeholder relationships which were coupled with clear communication, technical knowledge and customer service to achieve dependable, quality results.

Brad is dedicated to advancing Northern NSW businesses through connection to industry supply opportunities, leading to positive economic and social outcomes.