Dr Raymond Shaw is a geologist and geophysicist with more than 30 years’ experience in the resources, energy, sector including the oil, gas and coal industries. He commenced his professional career as a petroleum explorationist with Shell Development Australia in Perth, prior to working for various consulting groups including the Swiss based international consulting firm Petroconsultants SA, as resident director based in Singapore and responsible for its Far East operations.
He has consulted extensively to industry, government, and international aid agencies on a variety of resource projects throughout Australia and Asia, including the World Bank, Asia Development Bank and Ausaid. He was a part time consultant with the New South Wales Department of Mineral Resources for 7 years providing input for industry initiatives during the late 1990's and early 2000’s. Dr Shaw was founding Managing Director of Great Artesian Oil and Gas Limited prior to its listing on the ASX in 2003 until April 2007.
In May 2007 he became Executive Chairman of ASX listed Enterprise Energy Limited. In 2008 Ray Shaw oversaw the merger and backdoor listing of some $250 million of coal assets into Enterprise Energy as part of a restructuring and change in business to form Bandanna Energy Limited, of which he is currently Managing Director. Bandanna holds extensive thermal coal assets in the Galilee and Bowen basins of Queensland. He is also a director of Red Gum Resources Ltd.
Mr Torey Marshall is a geologist with broad based technical and business development experience in the minerals, petroleum and geothermal sectors. This has resulted in the successful execution of various exploration programs (some resulting in discoveries), in a number of different areas. Having worked extensively as an exploration geoscientist, his skills have been considerably expanded to include senior management experience of various private and public (unlisted) companies.
As part of his consulting practice, he has developed strategies for, and acquired projects on behalf of a number of clients at a number of scales such as; $1-$5m acreage transactions, $18m sale of a private company, evaluated and executed a $100m bid for a development project.
He has assisted a number of public and private (unlisted) companies build their businesses to enhance shareholder value such as Phoenix Oil and Gas Ltd, Australian Oil Company Ltd, Red Gum Resources Ltd, Great Artesian Oil and Gas Ltd & QGC Ltd (A BG Group Company). He is a director of Red Gum Resources Ltd.
Mr Alexander Rose-Innes is a portfolio manager for long / short equities and global macro funds who has extensive experience working within the equity capital markets of Australia. With a strategic focus on the resources sectors of the ASX, JSE and FTSE markets, Alexander has a deep knowledge of African politics and business including a wide variety of contacts through his macroeconomic research that guides investment decisions. He was appointed to the Board of Earthheat in July 2010 and will be responsible for Business Development and Finance.
Alexander is currently employed as a Macroeconomic Analyst and Portfolio Manager at Coldstream Investment Holdings where he maintains a balanced portfolio of equities, derivatives, bonds and commodities. Previous experience includes Invicta Holdings Pty Led in South Africa and Publishing and Broadcasting Limited. He is fluent in English, Afrikaans and basic French.
Mr Zillman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology and a Bachelor of Science (with Honours) degree in Botany from the University of Queensland. Mr Zillman has nearly 40 years experience as a professional geologist. His initial training was as a petroleum geologist with international companies Aquitaine Petroleum in Papua New Guinea and Union Oil Company of California (UNOCAL) in Indonesia.
Mr Zillman has held positions of Exploration Manager and subsequently Deputy General Manager of Crusader Limited, General Manager Exploration and Production with Claremont Petroleum NL and Beach, and Manager of the Petroleum Branch of the Queensland Department of Mines and Energy and State Mining Engineer for Petroleum.
Mr Zillman has also held the position of Regional Manager of Northern Queensland for the Department of Mines and Energy based in Charters Towers where he supervised all aspects of mineral exploration and mining activities in that region including among others, the Ravenswood, Pajingo, Mt Leyshon and Thalanga mines. This broad experience base provided Mr Zillman with an intimate knowledge of the Queensland resource sector.
Consequently he has held a wide variety of public company positions including foundation Managing Director of Queensland Gas Company Limited, foundation Chairman of Great Artesian Oil and Gas Limited, Chairman of China Yunnan Copper Limited, director of Planet Gas Limited, non-executive Chairman of Blue Energy Limited and non-executive Chairman of Hot Rocks Limited. Mr Zillman is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia.
Mal Lucas-Smith has over 40 years experience in finance, executive and non executive management, property development, corporate secretarial and administrative services.
During that period he spent 12 years with State Bank of New South Wales and 18 years with the property finance and the property joint venture divisions of Australian Guarantee Corporation Limited, at the time a listed subsidiary of Westpac Bank.
Mal left AGC of his own accord in September 1987 to form a corporate services business and has since worked within and consulted to the corporate sector often assisting new start ups and existing operations proposing to list on the Australian Securities Exchange, and also providing local representative and registered office services for offshore entities.
He is the Company Secretary of Centrebet International (ASX listed), Healthlinx Limited (ASX listed), Medivac Limited (ASX listed) and Red Gum Resources (unlisted).
Mr Sutton has many years of experience as a director of companies in stockbroking and investment banking. He is a director of Martin Place Securities Pty Ltd, a licenced securities dealer where he is responsible for corporate finance and stockbroking activities. He is also a director of a number of listed companies including Imperial Corporation Ltd & Silver Mines Ltd.
Mr Pearce is a practising lawyer who specialises in corporate and securities work in association with a corporate administration services company, Hastings Management Corp, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Stephen serves as a director and/or officer of the following Companies:Sable Resources Ltd (TSX-V listed), and Golden Goliath Resources Ltd (TSX-V listed).
Stephen has a law degree from the University of British Columbia and economics degree from York University.
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