Edward (Ted) Ellyard – B. Sc. (Geology), Grad Dip, MAusIMM, MAAPG
Non-executive Chairman
Mr Ellyard is a petroleum and mineral geologist with over 30 years experience. Graduating in 1974 from Curtin University, Perth, he has worked as a geologist and in more senior roles for several international and Australian resource companies including Western Mining Corporation Limited, WAPET, Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Corporation and Stirling Resources NL.
More recently, Mr Ellyard was Managing Director and CEO of Hardman Resources Ltd from 1996 to late 2004. In that role he oversaw the international expansion of Hardman into several new international projects, including the Mauritanian oil/gas discoveries. During Mr Ellyard’s eight year tenure as CEO, Hardman’s market capitalisation grew dramatically from less than $5 million to over $1.5 billion. In March 2002 Hardman became the first Australian oil company to be dual listed in London and Australia and the company won the AIM (London) International Company of the Year award in 2004.
Mr. Ellyard has been involved at board level in the management of listed Australian resource companies for the past 19 years and has been a founding director of several companies, including Kingsgate Consolidated Limited and Bounty Oil & Gas NL. Currently, Mr. Ellyard is also Chairman of Bonaparte Diamond Mines NL and a non-Executive Director of Minemakers Limited. |
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Ken Russell
Managing Director/CEO
Mr. Russell is a petroleum engineering and production technology specialist with over 30 years experience in the international oil and gas industry. He commenced his career in the oil producing offshore fields of West Africa with Gulf Oil Limited in Angola and later worked for Flopetrol Schlumberger Limited, involved in well testing, wireline services and production and worked in areas such as Australia, Asia and various parts of Africa and Europe.
In 1984 he established a petroleum engineering and production technology consultancy business which has participated in the development to production of a large number of the oil and gas fields in Australia and also in parts of South East Asia, Brazil, and Russia. His client list included companies such as Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell), Enterprise Oil plc, Chevron Limited, BHP Billiton Limited and Hardman as well as a number of smaller entities.
Mr Russell has held a number of managerial roles and directorships in the oil and gas industry throughout his career and was a founding Director of the ASX listed Bounty Oil and Gas NL. He has considerable experience, developed over the last 20 years, in international business and has practical operating experience operating in the areas of Key Petroleum’s exploration permits. |
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Dennis Wilkins – B.Bus, AICD, ACIS
Finance Director
Mr Wilkins is an accountant who has been a director, company secretary or acted in a corporate consulting capacity to listed resource companies for over 20 years.
He is the principal of DWCorporate Pty Ltd which provides corporate advisory services to the exploration and mining sector.
Mr Wilkins is a director of Marengo Mining Limited, Bonaparte Diamond Mines NL, South Boulder Mines Limited and Minemakers Limited. |
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Richard O'Shannassy – B.Juris.; LL.B. (Hons)
Non-executive Director
Mr O'Shannassy is a commercial lawyer with over 25 years' experience in the mining and energy sectors. He has experienced private legal practice, including conducting his own practice in Perth for over 15 years, as well as in-house roles. He was General Counsel & Company Secretary for Hardman Resources Limited until it was acquired by Tullow Oil plc under a Scheme of Arrangement in late 2006. He has served upon mining industry committees over a number of years and is a member of Australian Mining & Petroleum Law Association Inc. Currently Mr O’Shannassy is a director of Minemakers Limited and Hardman Resources Pty Ltd (formerly ASX listed company Hardman Resources Limited). Mr O'Shannassy has not held any former directorships in the last 3 years.
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