Morgan Thompson
A
qualified cabinet maker and shipwright, Morgan owned and operated
companies including a building business, joinery and sawmill,
before founding Macleay River Hardwoods in 2001 with Ken Berkeley.
Morgan has more than 35 years’ experience in the timber industry
and today manages overall operations and ensures MRH maintains its
reputation as a first-class supplier of timber.
Morgan
previously ran a yacht charter company in the Whitsundays and still
enjoys offshore yacht racing, as well as wake boarding, building
furniture and family time with his wife Simone and their six children
Emma, Rebekah, Sam, Jordan, Travis and Heidi.
Troy Kyle
Wood Machinist
Troy
joined Macleay River Hardwoods as Head Machinist and Operations Manager
of planing sheds when the company was founded in 2001. His
responsibilities include overseeing the production process from start to
finish.
Always on the go,
Troy enjoys fishing and catching taylor, chasing after his dogs Bob and
Maximus and spending time with his wife Jane.
Chad Spiteri
Sales, Dispatch & Product Controller
Chad
joined the Macleay River Hardwoods in 2004 and as the team all-rounder,
his duties include assisting with orders and sales, filling orders,
co-ordinating dispatch and customer delivery, and administration. Chad’s background is in warehouse distribution and management.
Outside of work, Chad
supports the Rabbitohs Football Club and enjoys spending time with his
wife Amanda and their four sons Hayden, Liam, Beau and Riley. Like
many of his colleagues, Chad is a keen fisherman and belongs to the local fishing club.
Gae Chapman
Office Manager
Gae joined the
Macleay River Hardwoods in 2004 when the company bought Timber Traders.
With a background in office work and administration, Gae’s role as
Office Manager is to ensure the business runs smoothly.
Gae and her husband
Rick enjoy spending time with their five children and two
grandchildren, and maintaining 25 head of beef cattle on
their 40-acre farm west of Kempsey.
Rebecca
commenced with Macleay River Hardwoods in December of 2009.
Another valuable member to our office team, as an Administration
Assistant who works closely along side Carolyn. Rebecca comes to us with
a background of administration and accounting roles from a variety of
industries including banking, legal, government, pharmaceutical and
retail. Whilst assisting Carolyn at keeping the office in
shipshape form Rebecca is also undertaking a business degree part-time
at Southern Cross University.
During her spare time Rebecca has great passion for surf boat rowing, scuba diving, motorbike riding and overall maintaining an active and healthy lifestyle.
Vlado Grahovac
Sales Representative
Vlado
started in the Timber Industry in 1986 in the Wholesale of
Imported timbers including exotic species from Europe, Asia and the
Americas. Vlado started his own business in 1995 kiln drying softwoods
and hardwoods from the Solomon Islands as well as Australian Hardwood
species, he has been involved with Australian hardwoods ever since.
Vlado started with Macleay River Hardwoods in 2010 as our Sales
Representative, he enjoys flying the flag and marketing our
products.
On
weekends Vlado and his wife Juliette enjoy boating, motorcycling and spending time in the garden.
Andrew (Pud) Mealing
Maintenance - Plant & Machinery
Pud
joined Macleay River Hardwoods in November 2012 and comes to us with a background in many trades.
During his career he has attained various trades including: Automotive; Electrical Distribution/ Overhead
& Underground; Cable & Rubber Manufacturing in Coal / Hard Rock mines. Pud is responsible for
the complete maintenance, installation and repair of all plant and machinery at Macleay River Hardwoods.
Pud’s
interests include fishing, boating, swimming and socialising a lot. He is married with 3 boys whom all are a
handful.
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