David Tanner has made an outstanding contribution leading multi-discipline engineering temas developing innovative industrial power plant projects across Australia and South-East Asia and has been instrumental in securing for Australia the Global Lead Design Centre for solid fuel industrial power plants. He is currently active in managing and ongoing training of a highly skilled team of around 100 engineers and technical staff.

Mr Tanner has been involved heavily in the application of new and existing technology - in biomass fuel power plants (Queensland, Thailand, Vietnam), by-product gas combustion systems (Tasmania, New South Wales, Guanghzou Iron and Steel), Combined cycle plants, and coal washery tailings.