Ian Knox - Managing Director

Ian is a founding director of HFM and its Principal Consultant. With vast experience and technical knowledge gained from running commercial buildings, Ian is an expert on the "as-built world" and is highly skilled at maximising available resources for a positive result.

Ian has been responsible for multiple industry changing developments and initiatives over the past 25 years, including invitations to join the (Federal) Renewable Energy Advisory Panel in 1992 and the WA Water Corporation's Customer Advisory Panel.

Ian specialises in the following services:

• Specialist energy and water auditor and management consultant
• Energy and water procurement
• Project management of large refurbishments covering soft fit outs, mechanical/electrical upgrades, hotel refurbishments
• Due diligence and condition reports for commercial buildings and hotels

Damien Moran - Director

Damien has over 18 years' experience in the mechanical services industry and six years' in building efficiency auditing across Australia. His specialist area of expertise is energy efficiency, capital planning and facility support services.

Damien has been an accredited NABERS assessor since  2005 and is also a CBD Accredited assessor. He is a member of the Property Council of WA's Sustainability Committee, a state judge for the CitySwitch tenant efficiency program and was recently a panel member for a Federal Government pilot study to develop a methodology for commercial building energy use baselines.

Damien specialises in the design and implementation of building efficiency programs for all types of properties. He is particularly interested in embedding energy management procedures into buildings to drive efficiency improvements.

He believes in the use of current technology and cutting edge concepts to progressively simplify the complexities owners currently face when making key decisions to drive building efficiency. 

Ray Bott - Development Manager

Ray is highly experienced in sustainability and facility management within the commercial, retail, and hotel property sector.

He has worked within and managed technical services divisions for some of the largest property portfolios in Australia, including the Department of Defence, commercial property, international hotels, casinos and the in strata management region.

He has extensive experience in refurbishment projects and engineering infrastructure upgrades. This experience is complimented by a strong customer service focus and exceptional technical administrative capability.

As HFM's East Coast Development Manager, Ray is also responsible for the operational management of the Eastern States and is particularly interested in the further development of industry sustainability and facility management concepts.

Chris Olde - General Manager

With over 14 years' experience in the real estate and commercial property sectors Chris is well positioned to advise clients about the commercial benefits of successful energy management and building efficiency measures. He also oversees financial and human resource management and is responsible for standardising operations and developing business improvement initiatives.

Chris was previously an Associate Director with international real estate agency Knight Frank. There, he oversaw a large Commercial, Industrial and Retail portfolio, primarily owned by high net wealth individuals and listed and non-listed real estate investment vehicles, including Dexus, Challenger, Viento and Primewest Management. As a result of managing such a diverse portfolio, Chris is well versed in all major trends, both past and emerging, within many different markets.

Matt Holmes - National Systems Manager

Matt's skill set is broad - his formal education path earned him a Bachelor of Social Science. Prior to HFM his focus was aquatic and recreation management for assets owned by local government. He has extensive experience in operational facility management, government process, OH&S policy development and asset management, including facility design and development consultation.

Matt is now responsible for the data management, analysis and interrogation of data through our website utilitymonitoring.com. Matt has completed over 85 NABERS assessments Australia wide, making him one of the most experienced auditors available.

Bevan Tyler - Systems Manager

Bevan has over 20 years' experience working with national and international hotel operators. Previous roles have included Group Operations Manager at Broadwater Hospitality and Group Systems Manager at five Accor Perth properties.

Bevan is responsible for Electricity Procurement, sales and support of Irequest and M1 training, data management for TMAR and associated auditing works, IT and communications systems and project management.

He has a wealth of practical and theoretical knowledge and adopts a practical, customer-focused approach to finding solutions to operational issues, strategic planning and development.