Introducing Our People

John Wigham, General Manager

Following some 27 years with Robe River Iron Ore at the company's Cape Lambert operation, John joined WATM in January 2002 as General Manager. His experience has included several senior management roles in the maintenance arena for both mobile cranes and fixed plant operations. John now oversees the day to day running of WATM with a heavy focus on the workshop and maintenance divisions.

Anthony Lazenby, Director

From starting in the WATM maintenance division in 1996, Anthony’s primary focus is now the Sales, Marketing and future growth of WATM. He also manages the sales of all Grove and Manitowoc cranes at WATM. From 2006 to 2010, Anthony joined Manitowoc Cranes in Sydney and Melbourne as Sales Manager and then State Manager for Vic, SA and NT. Whilst in Melbourne, he also completed his MBA at Melbourne Business School.

Bert Lavender, Crane Technical Support Manager

After joining WATM in January 1983 as a fitter, Bert has held several managerial positions and now manages the service department for WATM. Bert's vast experience in the repairs and complete 'ground up' rebuilds of mobile and vehicle loading cranes ensures that all of the repair work carried out by WATM is done to a very high standard. Bert's technical knowledge of cranes is well respected within the crane industry and is an asset to WATM.

Martin Large, Operations Manager

Martin commenced working at WATM in June 2011 as the Operations Manager overseeing the day to day maintenance of the workshops. Martin has worked in Mining and Retail Vehicle Maintenance for many years and has a vast amount of experience in mine site and general maintenance. Martin hopes to get out and about to meet and talk to future and current customers of WATM to discuss maintenance of their machines moving forward.