David Coleman – Principal
With extensive operational and management experience across all modes of domestic and international freight transport, including environmental & safety compliance, energy efficiency, and business development, I now help freight shippers and carriers reach top environmental and social performance.
Logistics roles with leading transport, resources and engineering companies have seen me ship bulk minerals globally and around the coast, export containerised and break-bulk steel worldwide, service supermarket and fuel road supply chains, fly people and ship supplies to offshore oil & gas fields and re-supply resources and construction projects in the Pilbara, Timor Sea and South East Asia.
My “drill-bit to tail-pipe” knowledge of conventional and alternative fuel value chains is complemented by qualifications in logistics and environmental law. With strong understanding of how carbon and energy constraints impact Australian and global supply chains, I aim to play a leading role in business excellence projects that make a real difference.
Transficient was created to help clients from blue chip corporations to regional family businesses reach top environmental and social performance in 3 steps:
- Research to identify gaps in your systems and the right best-practice fixes
- Connect to people and solutions that help you excel
- Act to make transport clean, healthy and profitable for your business
We provide energy and carbon management, safety Chain of Responsibility and business development services in a variety of supply chain sectors, helping freight customers and fleet operators use better business data and processes to improve service costs, quality and social & environmental impacts.
Professional Memberships
- Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity – Freight Transport Working Group
Global Logistics Emissions Council / Smart Freight Centre
Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport
Carbon Market Institute
Honour/Award
- Innovation in Transport & Logistics Award 2015 – Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport (Australia)
Education
- Master of Environmental Law, Australian National University
- Bachelor of Business (Logistics), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology