Our Firm

About Us

Veritas Asia Pacific Pty Ltd (VERITAS) is a progressive, independent, privately owned Australian advisory services firm that provides engineering consulting and advisory services to networked and asset‑intensive, service‑critical industries, with a business focus on delivering value through engineering‑based solutions and sustainable outcomes. VERITAS is a boutique, engineer‑led Australian advisory and training firm that helps asset‑intensive operators, government and defence organisations plan, assure, manage and improve their assets across the full life cycle, combining systems and safety engineering, asset management, assurance, Lean Six Sigma and cyber capability with recognised TfNSW accreditation and a growing national footprint across Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane and regional NSW. Founded in Sydney in 2017 as a partnership, the firm has grown to 11–50 staff and holds numerous government panel approvals.

Charles Plenge

Managing Director

Charles has drawn his extensive experience from asset intensive and linear networked industries that includes transport (heavy rail, light rail and roads), oil and gas, utilities (power generation & distribution and water), resources, heavy engineering and manufacturing sectors. Charles also has a background in quality control, testing and certification as well as broader quality management, quality assurance third party certification. He has an impressive record in driving strategy and delivering outcomes in Australia, New Zealand, Middle East, Europe and America. He has worked with some of world's largest and complex organisations in private industry as well as government, the not-for-profit sector and two of the "Big 4" professional services firms directing large and complex projects.

Neil Gleeson

Advisory Board

Neil brings extensive executive experience across finance, commercial, legal and risk leadership, with a track record of strengthening business performance, governance and operational effectiveness across complex organisations. Over a distinguished career spanning rail, infrastructure, manufacturing and telecommunications, he has held senior roles including Finance Director, CFO, Acting CEO and Company Secretary. Neil is particularly recognised for his ability to lead business transformation, improve controls and reporting, implement major systems and deliver measurable commercial outcomes. He has successfully led high-performing teams, driven enterprise-wide cost savings, and supported major organisations in establishing and enhancing finance, legal, risk and commercial functions.

David Mccredie AM OBE

Advisory Board

David brings more than a decade of senior leadership at the intersection of Australian and UK industry, government and trade. He served as CEO of the Australian British Chamber of Commerce, where he played a central role in deepening the bilateral commercial relationship — most notably through the Australia–United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement and AUKUSaligned industrial partnerships. He is now Managing Partner of McCredie Partners, continuing to operate at the most senior levels of government, industry bodies and major corporates across both jurisdictions. David has proven experience in scaling memberbased organisation, deep networks across Australian and UK government, defence and industry, and credible operating experience inside the sovereign capability, Future Made in Australia and AUKUS policy environment now shaping Australian industrial strategy.

How we work

Our delivery culture

VERITAS delivers as one team with our clients. We are independent, engineer‑led advisors who champion our clients' objectives, ground every conclusion in evidence and report with no surprises. Quality is a personal accountability for every member of our Delivery Team, from the first draft to the final deliverable. We stay disciplined on scope and value, protect our clients' information without compromise, and measure our performance against the only verdict that matters: our clients' own.

Certified March 2021 — 176th organisation

Certified to deliver engineering services for Transport for NSW.

Asset Management Systems Services

Systems Engineering

Engineering Management Services

Systems Assurance

Business Process Reengineering

Systems Integration Services

Rolling Stock

RAM Management

ISO 9001 — Quality

Document control, competency requirements, staged reviews and independent sign-offs, applied the same way to a training workbook as to a safety assurance report.

ISO 14001 — Environment

Environmental management covered under the same system rather than run as a separate program.

ISO 27001 — Information security

Client information protected without compromise, under the same controls that govern delivery.

ISO 45001 — Work health and safety

WHS and wellbeing carried through planning, delivery and review.

ISO 55001 — Asset management

The asset management discipline we advise on, applied to how we run our own engagements.

A supporting policy suite

Quality, environment, WHS and wellbeing, risk, sustainability, diversity and inclusion, anti-discrimination, drug and alcohol, ethical conduct, bullying and harassment, and IT and privacy.

NSW Government Pre-Qualification Scheme: Performance and Management Services

Our suite of Total Asset Life Cycle Support Services has been approved under this scheme.

SCM0005

NSW Government Pre-Qualification Scheme: ICT Services

Veritas has been approved under this scheme.

SCM0020

Professional Advisory Services State Purchase Contract

Veritas has been appointed to the Victorian PAS SPC Panel.

Victoria