Our Businesses

Verifact Traffic
Verifact Traffic was established in Brisbane in 1999 and provides integrated traffic management services to clients throughout South-East and Central Queensland.
A20 (Arid to Oasis)
A2O Traffic Solutions was established in Townsville in 2008. A2O offers integrated traffic management services to clients across Northern and Central Queensland.
D&D Group
The business of D&D Traffic Management was established in 2003 in Wollongong and is one of Greater Sydney’s leading traffic management providers.
Platinum Traffic
Platinum Traffic Services was founded in Sydney in 2011 and provides integrated traffic management services in Queensland and New South Wales.
The Traffic Marshal
Traffic Marshal was established in 2006 in Northern Sydney. Traffic Marshal provides integrated traffic management services to clients in the Greater Sydney region.
Customised Traffic Management
CTM is committed to providing high quality traffic management services to ensure that roadway workplaces are safe for contractors and road users who are working in or passing through these high-risk sites.
Linemark Traffic Control
Linemark Traffic Control are a professional traffic control provider based in Mackay and Rockhampton, servicing Regional Queensland.
Traffic Management People
TMP provides a holistic approach to their client's traffic management requirements, working hard to oversee every detail, saving clients time and money. They believe that sound planning yields savings in time, resources and increased safety.
Construct Traffic
Construct Traffic was established in 2007. Since then, they have become a leader in Melbourne’s traffic control and work zone safety scene, providing safe roadways and job sites with a proven track record of excellence.
Wilsons Traffic Management
Wilsons Traffic Management provides temporary traffic management in the South Island of New Zealand. Wilsons commitment to excellence, ensures that clients are consistently satisfied with their work.
Bilingarra Indigenous Services
Bilingarra Indigenous Services has formed a strategic partnership with the AVADA Group, Australia’s only Publicly listed traffic management company to develop and deliver traffic management projects that benefit not only our organisations but also the Indigenous communities where we work.
STA Traffic Management Solutions
As one of Australia’s largest and most established traffic control management companies, we’re committed to maintaining the high standard of safety we’re renowned for, and the integrity of our people, systems, and equipment.

Meet the Board

AVADA Group has a high quality Management Team and Board that combines industry and technical expertise with experience growing listed companies.
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Lance Hockridge
Non-Executive Chairman

Lance Hockridge is a globally experienced manufacturing, logistics and transportation executive with a focus on leading the safety, operational and financial transformation of businesses. Lance has nearly 40 years’ experience in the transportation and heavy industrial sectors in Australia and the United States with Aurizon (MD and CEO), BlueScope Steel (Nth. America President) and BHP Billiton.

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Ann-Maree Robertson
Independent Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chair

Ann‑Maree was appointed as a Non‑Executive Director on 9 November 2021. Ann‑Maree has been Director of Audit & Assurance at Nexia Australia since 2007. Ann‑Maree’s clients include ASX listed public companies, large public unlisted and proprietary companies and not for profit entities across a range of industries including exploration, construction, service industries and financial services.

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Daniel Crowley
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Dan Crowley is the CEO and a founder of Verifact Traffic, an Australian market leader and a founding business of AVADA Group. Dan will direct and execute the Group’s strategic direction. Dan is president of the Traffic Management Association of Queensland (TMAA Q) and the founding president of the Traffic Management Association of Australia (TMAA).

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Courtney Black
Independent Non-Executive Director

Courtney Black was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 19 June 2023.

She is a seasoned leader in commercial and operational roles across a number of industries, with specialist expertise in customer service, strategy, transformation and change management.  Courtney is an experienced commercial lawyer and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and has been a Director on public, private, and not-for-profit Boards.

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Jo Willoughby
Independent Non-Executive Director

Jo Willoughby was appointed as a Non‑Executive Director on 9 November 2021. Jo has a proven ability to deliver profitable and sustainable growth through customer-led innovation and change. Her diverse industry experience includes financial services, logistics, retail and professional services. Jo is Independent Chair for Collins SBA Holdings, and an independent Director for several private companies.

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Neil Scales OBE
Independent Non-Executive Director

Neil Scales was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 25 July 2023.

Neil has more than 40 years’ transport industry experience in Australia and the United Kingdom, having recently completed more than 10 years as Director General of the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads. Neil led the successful delivery of a number of major transport infrastructure projects including large civil engineering projects on the Bruce highway and the M1, and Gold Coast Light Rail. He also led the transport taskforce for the 2018 Commonwealth Games and responses to several natural disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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MICHAEL WILKES
Company Secretary & Acting Chief Financial Officer