Board and Management
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Non-Executive Director Mr Clifton has over 40 years mining and corporate experience as a geologist and director of companies. He was the managing director of Perilya Limited and is currently non-executive chairman of Uranium Equities Limited. Mr Clifton has a long association with the company having held the position of non-executive chairman of Strike Energy Limited prior to its listing in June 2004 and is currently a substantial shareholder of the company. Mr Clifton was appointed to the Board on 13 August 2008. |
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Managing Director Mr Ashton has over 30 years experience in the Australian and international petroleum and resources industries. He joined WMC Limited (WMC) in 1974 where he held various positions in the nickel, coal and petroleum divisions including a period as Exploration Manager - Carnarvon Basin. From 1987 to 1991, he was responsible for establishing WMC's US petroleum subsidiary, Greenhill Petroleum Corporation, where he served as Senior Vice President in Houston, Texas. After returning to Australia in 1991, he held the position of Manager International New Business - Petroleum Division until his departure in 1996. In 1997 he co-founded Strike Energy Limited with ex-Executive Director Jim Durrant. Mr Ashton was appointed a Director on 8 May 1997. |
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Executive Director Mr O'Keeffe holds a degree in Engineering and a Master of Business Administration. He brings his outstanding commercial and technical expertise in his role as Chief Operating Officer of Strike's operations. He also has over 28 years' upstream and downstream experience in the oil and gas and energy section in Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe and North America and has previously held executive director and senior management roles with Australian and international companies. Mr O'Keeffe was appointed a Director on 13 May 2010. |
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Non-Executive Director Mr Wrench graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) from the University of Sydney in 1987. He subsequently gained significant experience in precious metal, base metal and energy markets in Australia and North America. Until the end of 2004 Mr Wrench was directly involved with a number of private resource companies and project developments in his capacity as a director of the private equity arm of Macquarie Bank Limited. Mr Wrench is currently the Managing Director of Eastern Nomad Buildings Pty Limited, a company specialising in the manufacture, hire and sale of portable and modular buildings. Mr Wrench was appointed to the Board on 29 October 1998. |
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Non-Executive Director Tim has over thirty years experience in the resource industry. He has been involved in the formation and management of a number of publicly listed companies and is currently a director of Uranium Equities Limited and Chairman of Liontown Resources Limited. Tim is also a major shareholder in the Company. Mr Goyder was appointed a Director on 19 August 2010. |
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Company Secretary Mr Brazier joined the Company in December 2005 and was appointed Company Secretary on 30 June 2007. Mr Brazier is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and Chartered Secretaries Australia. He has over 15 years international experience in resources, commerce and public practice, having worked for an international accounting firm for many years where he was actively involved in the audit of many resource exploration and support companies, including Hardman Resources Limited (now part of Tullow Oil plc) and Macmahon Holdings Limited. He has extensive experience in engineering, technology, and manufacturing industries, having worked for Siemens plc and Singtel Optus Limited. In additional to his role as Company Secretary he is also the Group's Chief Financial Officer. |
Other Key Managers
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Manager of Exploration and Environment Don joined Strike Energy in 1997 after working for 25 years in technical and management roles with GSI, Burmah/Woodside, Mesa and WMC Resources. Don served as Exploration Manager with WMC for eight years and spent two years with WMC´s subsidiary in the USA, Greenhill Petroleum where he worked alongside the principals of Cypress E&P, the operator's of Strike Energy's joint venture in the USA. Don received a BSc. Hons degree from the Australian National University in 1971 and since that time has been involved in petroleum exploration and production in most of Australia's onshore and offshore basins and various basins of the USA. Outside of work Don has a keen interest in the environment and is a committee member of several community groups. |
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Manager of Geoscience Rob has over 30 years experience in both the mineral and petroleum industries. Rob began work as a mine geologist in 1977 at Rosebery, Tasmania. His petroleum career commenced in 1984 with WMC Resources Petroleum Division where he had various roles including Senior Explorationist and Regional Exploration Manager - Canning Basin. Rob also spent two years with Greenhill Petroleum - WMC´s subsidiary in the USA - where he worked on redevelopment of old fields in the Permian Basin, West Texas and offshore Louisiana. On his return to Australia in 1993 Rob worked offshore exploration on the North West Shelf in Western Australia and then as a Petroleum Analyst for WMC´s International New Ventures mainly in South America. In 1997, Rob joined Strike Energy where he is currently responsible for geotechnical evaluation of Strike's interests in the Carnarvon and Cooper Basins, Australia and the Gulf Coast, Texas, USA. |
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Commercial Manager John is a lawyer with more than 30 years experience in legal and corporate affairs in Southern Africa and Australia. He has acted as a corporate lawyer to several Australian resource companies and has been involved in resource projects and acquisitions in Australia, Africa and Indonesia. John has been a director of Strike Energy during the period 2000 to 2005 and has held the positions of company secretary and commercial legal manager for Perilya Limited from 2000 to 2005 and Tanami Gold NL from 2005 to 2007. In June 2007, John joined Strike Energy as Commercial Manager. |