Experience

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  Monash university

  Feb 1994 - Apr 1996

  Senior research technical officer
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  Western mining corporation

  Apr 1996 - Feb 1997

  Underground mine geologist
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  Monash university

  Feb 1997 - Jun 2001

  Honours & phd degree in earth sciences

  Honours thesis addressed the Formation of Archaean Komatiite Associated Nickel Deposits in Kambalda, Western AustraliaPhD study derived a unique and commercially relevant isotope geochemical/geological model for the formation of the Bushveld Layered Igneous Complex in South Africa (the world's largest platinum resource).

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  Shell

  Dec 2001 - now

  Shell Australia is a major long-term player in Australia's oil and gas industry, particularly in LNG. Shell is the operator of QGC in the East and has an interest in Arrow Energy. In the West the Prelude venture, Concerto and Crux fields. Shell also has a share in the Northwest Shelf Venture and holds equity in numerous other LNG ventures including the Gorgon and the Browse projects. Shell is also responsible for the governance of Shell’s onshore coal seam gas business. Shell and PetroChina acquired Arrow Energy Holdings Pty Ltd, intending to develop an LNG export project supplied from Arrow's onshore CSG resources in Queensland, Australia. Arrow operates and produces Coal Seam Gas (CSG) from approximately 500 wells in Queensland (circa 350 in the Surat Basin and 150 in the Bowen Basin relating solely to the Moranbah Gas Project).In 2016 Shell and BG combined resulting in Shell taking over major ownership and operatorship of the QGC JV. This presented a certain industrial logic for the collaboration of QGC and Arrow in providing a de-risked, lower cost route to market for Arrows Surat Basin Gas resources. This resulted in the negotiation of an arms-length agreement between the ventures culminating in the signing of binding agreements in Dec 2017. The Role of Venture Manager was created as accountable for the successful and timely implementation of those agreements including identification and realisation of synergies between the ventures. Show less

  • Upstream Commercial Manager

    Jan 2022 - now

  • Venture Manager

    Jan 2017 - Jan 2022

  • Subsurface Team Leader, Development Planner & (Arrow) Governance Lead

    Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

  • Senior Development Planner - Moranbah Gas Project & Bowen ½ Train Development

    Dec 2014 - Dec 2015

  • Pilots & Resource Maturation Manager - Arrow Energy Pty Ltd (Joint Venture Secondment)

    Jan 2011 - Nov 2014

  • Head of Shelf Exploration & Team Leader Hydrocarbon Maturation

    Aug 2007 - Dec 2010

  • Senior Exploration Seismic Interpreter

    Jun 2005 - Aug 2007

  • Southern Permian Basin Business Planner & Economist - Shell Netherlands

    Jul 2003 - Jun 2005

  • Exploration Seismic Interpreter - Shell Netherlands

    Dec 2001 - Jun 2003
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  Brisbane montessori school

  May 2013 - Oct 2018

  This school takes a learning-for-life approach to education and seeks to create empowered individuals realising their full potential through an alternative form of independent learning. I enjoy working with this school because these values largely match my own in terms of empowering individuals, continuous learning, enjoying new experiences and exploring non-conventional approaches to doing things.

  • Chairman Of The Board Of Directors

    May 2015 - Oct 2018

  • Non Executive Director

    May 2013 - May 2015