Brett Manning is 54 years of age and lives in Western Australia. Brett was born and grew up in Newcastle in New South Wales and commenced his working life in the Royal Australian Air Force in advanced avionics before moving into the private sector. He has spent 25 years in corporate management, mainly in the development of greenfield mineral exploration and mineral processing projects. More recently he has working in the field of enterprise scale renewable power generation projects. Brett has studied mechanical engineering and has held positions as Company Secretary, Company Director, Managing Director and Company Chairman in listed public companies in Australia. His passions are sailing, exploring remote parts of Australia and his interests are military history and writing.