Experience

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  Oilmin group

  Jan 1984 - Dec 1985

  Exploration geologist

  Exploration and development geology, drilling, production testing and well-site geology operations in Central Australia Amadeus Basin (NT), including Mereenie oil and gas field appraisal and development.

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  Bhp billiton

  Jan 1986 - Aug 1986

  Exploration geologist

  Exploration geology for Australia-wide sedimentary basin analysis targeting manganese deposits.

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  Consultant geologist

  Aug 1986 - Jan 1988

  Msc student and contractor for well site geology services

  Petroleum Geology Masters programme at University of Aberdeen and contractor providing well-site geology services to Mobil and Hunt Oil in the North Sea, UK.

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  Shell development australia

  Apr 1988 - Sept 1995

  Business development including farmin/farmouts, new acreage release evaluation and bidding, frontier basin evaluations. Exploration geology and drilling operations in the Gippsland Basin and Southern Margin. Farmin/farmouts including acquisition of LASMO's Gippsland Basin acreage.

  • Team Leader, New Ventures

    Jul 1992 - Sept 1995

  • Exploration Geologist and Drilling Operations

    Apr 1988 - Jul 1992
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  Shell development australia

  Dec 1995 - May 2000

  Shell secondee in Woodside managing a large exploration team and portfolio of operated exploration permits in the Timor Sea (including JPDA with East Timor) and onshore Canning Basin, Kimberley region. Leading Shell operated seismic/drilling campaigns in the onshore Canning Basin and offshore in the Timor Sea (including the Zone of Cooperation between Australia and Indonesia). NOV governance and asset manager for Woodside operated exploration and production ventures in the Timor Sea, including the Laminaria oil field development.

  • Exploration Manager, Timor Sea and Onshore Australia

    Feb 1999 - May 2000

  • Asset Manager, Timor Sea and Onshore Ventures

    Dec 1995 - Jan 1999
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  Shell international

  May 2000 - Jul 2016

  Delivering an investable LNG project concept for the giant Abadi gas field, Arafura Sea, Eastern Indonesia. Working with JV partner and operator (Inpex) and Government of Indonesia ministries, regulators, NGOs, academics and industry stakeholders. Leading global business development for Shell's floating LNG technology. Commercial representative on the leadership team for the Floating LNG development program. Leading commercial advice to Shell's LNG projects supplying the Japanese market. Managing key customer and government/industry stakeholders. Leading strategy development, growing market share & value, price renegotiations and new long-term LNG contracts with Japanese customers. Delivery of shareholder support for new Asian LNG market development and associated M&A to underpin NWS Project expansion. Leading Shell's governance of the NWS Project, including LNG & domgas businesses, offshore gas supply, exploration, field initiations, third party gas and LNG shipping.

  • Chief Advisor, Shell Upstream Indonesia

    Jul 2014 - Jul 2016

  • Global Floating LNG Commercial Development Manager, Singapore

    Sept 2008 - Jul 2014

  • GM Gas & Power, Shell Japan

    Jul 2005 - Sept 2008

  • NWS Project Business Development Manager

    May 2000 - Jun 2005
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  Senex energy limited

  Nov 2016 - Mar 2019

  Leading portfolio and strategy refresh, growth opportunity identification, farmins/farmouts, divestments. Leading operated joint venture governance and stakeholder management, oil & gas marketing/sales, infrastructure and commercial agreements, business development.

  • GM Business Development & New Ventures, Senex Energy

    Jan 2018 - Mar 2019

  • General Manager Commercial, Senex Energy

    Nov 2016 - Dec 2017
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  Various

  Apr 2019 - now

  Energy consultant

  Strategy development, sub-surface exploration, drilling, business development, commercial, gas markets, project development, stakeholder management.

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  Emperor energy (asx: emp)

  Apr 2019 - Mar 2020

  Non executive director

  Gas exploration and project development in the offshore Gippsland Basin, Victoria

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  Triangle energy (global) limited (asx: teg)

  Jun 2020 - Feb 2022

  Non executive director

  Triangle Energy (TEG) is an ASX listed oil and gas producer and explorer with operations located in the offshore and onshore Perth Basin (270 km north of Perth). TEG operates the Cliff Head oilfield, approximately 12km offshore from Dongara.

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  Buru energy

  Feb 2021 - now

  Non executive director

  Buru Energy Limited (BRU) is an oil and gas producer and explorer with its core area in the northwest of Western Australia in the onshore Canning and Carnarvon basins. The Company currently produces oil from the Ungani Field and is working to appraise its very large Rafael wet gas discovery in the Canning Basin. It is also participating in the new energy economy with interests in natural hydrogen, carbon capture and underground storage (CCUS), and battery minerals.