Team

A visionary man with a rigorous eye for opportunity, Scott isn’t just building on the foundations of his forefathers, he’s forging a new future entirely. Through exceptional standards in performance, infrastructure and service quality, Scott’s expertise in both casting and materials has helped to push Kormax to an industry leading position.

But Scott’s not just passionate about industry, he’s a people person too which is evident in the successful team he leads.

As our Sales Director, Walter has a decisive hand in identifying and delivering value with a deep understanding of customer needs. To ensure outstanding global standards and world-class solutions, Walter, with his passionate drive, facilitates collaboration between clients and our innovative engineering team. From the first point of contact to the entire customer journey, Walter ensures exceptional service at every single stage.

During his international career, Abrie has been involved in a very wide range of designing, manufacturing, quality control, and research and development functions. These key skills, combined with his in depth understanding and knowledge of materials, their mechanical properties, and abilities are vital in his role as our Product Development Engineer. Abrie is instrumental in analysing crucial processes to maximize efficiency and identifying the necessary quality controls and parameters at every stage of our customers’ projects.

With a passion for meeting new people and using challenges as catalysts for development and learning, Abrie is a valuable asset to ensure innovative and reliable solutions for Kormax and our clients.

Josh is a man of his word and will not compromise on quality whilst ensuring you receive excellent service for all time-critical projects.

As our project lead, Josh was instrumental in Kormax achieving ISO certification in Quality (ISO 9001), Health and Safety (ISO 45001), and Environmental (ISO 14001). Quality assurance is synonymous with Kormax, and Josh is an example of how that extends to our Teams too.

With a foundational understanding of business systems and entrenched industry knowledge, combined with a natural touch of personality, he makes sure customers have everything they need, exactly when they need it.

It’s not just Hamish’s ability to exceed expectations and connect with customers that impresses us, it is the relationships and business knowledge he’s honed on the way.

Hamish’s passion for excellence ensures Kormax provides customers with quality products to enable their engineering victories.

Being passionate about the fast-paced energy of interacting with customers to deliver on their needs, Matt is always sharing his experience to help our customers succeed.

From a career in working with metal alloys, casting processes and expert knowledge on best manufacturing methods, our Sales Engineer helps customers with the more complex projects. How? With a proven record of extensive knowledge on expanding industries, Dereks employs a creative insight that others may struggle to.

Derek consistently uses foresight to get ahead of the market, customer needs, and understand what’s possible from a supply and manufacturing point of view. The outcome? Kormax and our customers stay ahead, every single day.

Soner brings extensive experience in multiple industries, from automotive parts to large scale steel castings. With Soner’s valuable skills, Kormax continues to leverage advanced computer simulations to assist our customers in ensuring a quality cast product. Soner’s extensive experience with simulation technology means we can offer our customers comprehensive assessment of factors such as mould filling, solidification, cooling rates, and potential defects, enabling proactive adjustments and optimisations before physical production takes place.

With his passion for process and quality engineering, Soner perfectly augments the Kormax Development and Quality team’s design for manufacturing services. Regarded as an opinion leader in his field, Soner is an author in quality management and casting processes, making him an asset to Kormax and our customers.

Combining his B Tech Degree in Manufacturing Engineering, with 12 years’ experience, Sushil has a profound understanding of casting manufacturing methods and processes. His extensive knowledge of quality management and dedication to continuous improvement means that Kormax and our customers can be assured that they will receive the highest quality products every time.

But it’s not just about spotting errors, it’s about preventing them too.

Reuben guides his expertise towards innovative process adjustments, improving casting designs and streamlining projects for customers. It’s simple – Reuben identifies a problem for a customer and solves it. So, when it comes to Kormax, we are proud that Reuben is a part of our ever-growing list of world-class solutions.

Scott’s primary focus is to deliver exceptional service to our North American based customers. Through his involvement in new product development, defect analysis, streamlining manufacturing processes, and overseeing quality control management, he enables our customers to confidently address their unique application requirements across various industries.

Scott’s profound understanding of a diverse range of materials, including brass, bronze, aluminium, steel and cast-iron metallurgy, guarantees that our customers’ various application needs, and industry-specific requirements are met with utmost precision and efficiency.

Dave is perfectly positioned to guide us towards a future of continued supply chain excellence. Drawing on his strong analytical skills and process driven approach we are looking forward to achieving all-encompassing systems, optimised landing prices and effective stock covering, with Dave at the forefront of the operations.

Having completed a B.TECH Bachelor’s in Technology, majoring in manufacturing and industrial technology, Dave brings a wealth of knowledge that is sure to benefit both Kormax and our customers. Previously Dave has managed the supply planning function across 6 New Zealand factories for a large FMCG manufacturer. He also has proven success in implementing new planning tools for the purpose of production planning and network efficiency, facilitating the optimisation of fill rates and inventory reduction. His ability to blend data-driven insights with creative problem-solving approaches is pivotal in overcoming complex challenges, enhancing operational efficiency, and helping us in our pursuit of continuous improvement.

Through his Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy, as well as a multitude of involvement facilitating both financial and commercial activities, Phil has expertly refined his skills in budgeting, forecasting, cost optimisation, working capital management and capital investment. His natural inclination to build relationships through networking and his collaborative working style embodies the Kormax corporate values and filters right through to how we work as a team to service our customers.

Her main mantra? Brenda believes that marketing success is only achieved when one truly delivers on customer needs and build partnering relationships with customers. As Kormax’s Marketing Manager, Brenda is passionate about the irreplaceable expertise and inherent knowledge that exists within Kormax, and finding innovative ways to employ them into the service offering to our customers. The reward? The success of Kormax’s customers. She loves telling brand stories and highlighting our customers’ engineering feats, too.