Board Management – Baumart Holdings Limited

Board & Management

We are a proudly an Australian company with a “Glocal perspective”. It is through our unique position in Asia but having a global perspective, that we enjoy the best of both worlds.

Best service from the best team.

Mr Ben Talbot

Executive Director

Ben has over 15 years, experience as a senior financial and engineering consultant with special interests in the aviation industry and rural communities. In this role, he provided strategic planning, compliance and corporate services to his clients in various engineering and development projects, all over regional Western Australia. Between 2000-2005 Ben developed a security solutions business installing integrated electronic security systems and access control solutions for his clients.

Ben has also been involved in the management of his family’s farming interests in the south-west region of WA and has over 25 years’ experience in the agribusiness and finance sector.

Ben holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Southern Queensland, and MBA from Murdoch University and a Bachelor of Business from the Edith Cowan University, and an Advanced Diploma of Electrical Engineering from EIT. He also holds a Commercial Pilot’s licence with a Flight Instructor rating.

Mr Hadi Widayat

Executive Director

Mr Widayat has a wealth of experience in banking and corporate finance, with a career of more than 25 years serving in various senior management and company directorship roles with private and multi-national companies in the South East Asian region. In his previous roles, he was responsible for a number of value- accretive mergers and acquisitions, and successfully led a number of business expansions and successful joint ventures across a diverse range of industries, spanning from manufacturing to property development.

Hadi holds a Bachelor of Business Administration majoring in Finance and Information System from the University of Washington, Seattle.

Mr Berthus Budiman

Non-Executive Director

Berthus has more than 25 years’ experience in the manufacturing, wholesale and distribution industry across an extensive range of products such as building and raw materials, industrial products, pharmaceutical products and consumer goods in South East Asia. Prior to joining BauMart, Berthus held senior management positions with global corporations such as Young Corporation (Young Indonesia Pratama, PT), Mahakam Group of Companies and SC Johnson & Son (Indonesia).

During his time with the Young Corporation as Vice President, Berthus oversaw the establishment of various distribution companies and manufacturing facilities in Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and North and South America. Berthus studied at the Christian University of Indonesia’s Faculty of Mechanical Engineering from 1967 to 1970.

Mr Anson Gan, BEng (Hons)

Non-Executive Director

Anson is a registered electrical engineer with the Institution of Engineers (Malaysia). He has held a range of project engineering and consulting positions with various engineering companies in Australia, Malaysia and China, as well as established his own business specialising in green building design and green energy technology and the supply of green building materials.

He is experienced in electrical engineering, project management and green building consultancy in large scale residential and commercial construction projects in Malaysia.

Anson has a Bachelor of Engineering with a major in Electrical Engineering from Curtin University, Western Australia.

Ms Natalie Teo, BCom MAcc

Company Secretary

Natalie graduated with Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Marketing and Management and a Masters in Accounting from Curtin University in Western Australia and is currently pursuing a Graduate Diploma in Applied Corporate Governance with the Governance Institute of Australia.

Natalie is currently working with a firm which provides company secretarial and accounting services to both listed and unlisted entities.