Managing Director

Peter was appointed Managing Director in September 2007.

Peter first joined O’Brien^® in 2001 as Sales Director. During his initial 2 years with O’Brien^® he made significant progress with the business in a tough and competitive environment.

In 2003 Peter accepted the position of Sales Director with our UK based business Autoglass, which, together with O’Brien^® forms part of Belron^®, the world’s largest vehicle glass repair and replacement company. In 2004 Peter took on the additional responsibility for the Marketing function becoming Sales & Marketing Director before returning to Australia in 2007.

Prior to joining Belron^®, Peter spent 10 years in the IT industry in various senior management positions and five years with one of Australia's largest insurance companies.

Peter has a teaching degree from Sydney University.

Chief Financial Officer & IT Director

Vivian joined the O’Brien^® team in November 2010 as Chief Financial Officer & IT Director.

Vivian started her career in Finance at IBM and worked in a variety of roles for 11 years. She then joined the Consumer Division of Johnson & Johnson where she gained further experience over the next 13 years in both local and regional roles. 

 In 2006, Vivian joined Wyeth which at the time was a global research based pharmaceutical and health care company. Her role as CFO included responsibility for Finance, Supply Chain, IT, Procurement and Office Services for the pharmaceutical and infant nutritional businesses within Australia and New Zealand. Vivian was ultimately responsible for the company’s integration with Pfizer.

Since 2003, Vivian has been associated with the School of Accounting, Faculty of Business at UTS in her part time role as Adjunct Professor. Vivian is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Co Directors, Senior Associate of Finsia and an FCPA with a BEc from Macquarie University.

Human Resources Director

Jo joined the O'Brien^® team in April 2005 as Human Resources Director.

Jo is responsible for developing Human Resources Strategy, and for implementing HR initiatives that support the achievement of the long term and annual business plans of O'Brien^®.

Jo commenced her career as a HR/IR trainee with BHP and before spending over seven years in senior HR roles with large international Defence organisations. Underpinning her 19 years of HR experience, Jo holds a BA with majors in Psychology and Organisational Behaviour.

Operations Director – Building Glass

Mark was appointed Operations Director of O’Brien’s^® Building Glass division in October 2009, and as such, is responsible for leading the HSO Operations team and the ongoing development of our Service Delivery strategy to best meet the needs of O’Brien’s^® current and future customers.

Mark first joined O’Brien^® in March 2006 as Regional Operations Manager before assuming the position of Central Operations Manager in May 2008. Prior to O’Brien^®, Mark gained 13 years experience in operations management in various senior roles with Ausdoc Information Management and Boral Construction Materials, and has completed extensive tertiary studies in Business Management throughout his career.

Operations Director – Automotive

Darren was appointed Automotive Operations Director in February 2010; in this role he is responsible for leading our the Automotive Operations team across Australia, as well as our National Sales Centre based in Padstow.  This includes the sharing and adaptation of best practice service delivery, customer delight strategies and the ongoing development of the operations team.

Darren has a long history with the Belron^® group, having joined the organisation in 1991 as a Technician, progressing his career through Branch and Regional Management of our UK business -  Autoglass UK before becoming Operations Director of Laddaw® the Belron® supply business in the UK.  Darren brings to O’Brien^® a passion for customer service supported by a strong expertise in leadership and operations excellence.  

Supply & Distribution Director

Nick was appointed Supply & Distribution Director in March 2009.

In his role Nick is responsible for leading the O'Brien^® Supply & Distribution team and shaping our Supply Chain Strategy in order to meet both the current and future needs of our business.

In assuming this role Nick has relocated from the United Kingdom where he has held senior roles with the Insurance Division of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), responsible for such activities as national contract negotiation, supplier performance management, supply chain strategy and strategic supplier partnerships. Prior to RBS Nick spent many years with Visteon (Ford) in their European parts supply and distribution business.