About us
Baynton & Co is an independent strategic advisory that gets excited by the opportunity to achieve great outcomes.
Our forte is unlocking big opportunities with clear thinking.
Company Overview
Baynton & Co has been established to help clients overcome complex challenges and achieve their dreams.
We do this by leveraging our deep understanding of the resource sector and experience across many fields including strategy, project development, environmental and social governance, innovation and values-based leadership.
Our Purpose
Bring clear thinking to making strategic decisions that stand the test of time.
Our Vision
To be a valued and trusted advisory that creates outcomes for our clients that make a difference.
Grant Young
Managing Director
“You don’t know how to win, if you don’t know who to beat.”
Meet the Founder
With more than 30 years of Tier 1 experience in the resources sector, Grant has been instrumental in bringing many highly regarded business and major projects developments to fruition.
He has held senior leadership roles spanning strategy, planning and investment, mergers and acquisitions and major project development.
His management expertise is underpinned by his ability to establish and lead diverse, high performing teams that deliver outstanding business outcomes.
Meet our team
William Codd
Associate Director
With 18 years of international project development experience across Australia, Ireland, Africa and the Middle East, William has held roles across the full project lifecycle—from shaping to delivery—of complex resources, energy and infrastructure projects.
William establishes and leads diverse, high-performing teams in challenging environments. He is able to operate confidently at both executive and operational levels. He combines technical rigour with commercial acumen across corporate strategy, project development, partnerships, and government engagement.
M: +61 408 885 691
E: william.codd@bayntonandco.com
Gavin Price
Principal Consultant
Gavin Price has over 35 years’ experience across the minerals and chemical processing sectors having held senior management and Executive roles in Environment and Sustainability related disciplines.
Gavin is experienced in navigating changing environmental and social expectations. He has brought about internal change and represented companies to successfully navigate complex and difficult regulatory reforms that have included land use conflict, air quality, community health, marine impacts, biodiversity and water.
Gavin’s extensive work with Governments, NGO’s and Communities has been recognised with global awards for excellence in HSEC.
Joe Templeton
Knight – Principal Consultant
Joe has over 35 years’ experience in the global resources sector having held senior management and Executive roles in geology, geoscience, orebody knowledge and mineral exploration.
He has worked on global assignments across many commodities including Copper - Gold, Lead-Zinc-Silver and Nickel Sulphides and Iron Ore in Australia, South America, India and West Africa.
Joe’s strengths include a deep and personal leadership commitment to health, safety, environmental and social performance.
“We leverage our in-house expert support and a network of highly capable technical service providers.”
How we work
We listen, we understand, and then we bring together high-powered teams.
Industry Sector Reviews
A client wanted to understand the future trajectory of a major iron ore producing region.
We conducted a ‘boots on the ground’ sprint that leveraged our network of stakeholders and experts to understand the key issues in play.
These insights framed scenarios that generated new insights for the clients strategic planning process.
Major Project Shaping
The value of high-quality project front-end loading is well understood but often poorly done and still too many major projects don’t achieve their objectives.
With the best of intentions, a client found they were ‘picking winners’ that struggled to navigate the scrutiny of the clients rigorous investment process.
We ran an efficient and engaging process with study, business and leadership teams that framed / reframed five major projects to build confidence that the projects that advance will maximise value in the clients operating context.
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