 Robert Michael Kennedy ASAIT, Grad Dip (Systems Analysis), FCA, ACIS, Life Member AIM, FAICD
Independent Non-Executive Chairman
Mr Kennedy is a chartered accountant and a consultant to Kennedy & Co, Chartered Accountants, a firm he founded. He joined Beach Energy in December 1991 as a Non-Executive Director and has been the Chairman of Beach since 1995. He is also a Director of ASX listed companies Ramelius Resources Limited (since 1995), Flinders Mines Limited (since 2001), Maximus Resources Limited (since 2004), Eromanga Uranium Limited (since 2006), Monax Mining Ltd (since 2004) and Marmota Energy Limited (2007). His special responsibilities include chairmanship of the Corporate Development and Remuneration and Nomination Committees and membership of the Audit Committee. Mr Kennedy brings to the Board his expertise in finance and management consultancy and extensive experience as Chairman and Non-Executive director of a range of listed public companies including in the resources sector. Mr Kennedy leads the development of strategies for the development and future growth of the company.
|  Reginald George Nelson BSc, Hon Life Member Society of Exploration Geophysicists, FAusIMM, FAICD
Managing Director
Mr Nelson joined in May 1992 as an Executive Director, appointed Chief Executive Officer in October 1995 and then Managing Director in May 2002. He has had a career spanning nearly four decades as an exploration geophysicist in the minerals and petroleum industries. He was Chairman of the peak industry organisation, the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) from 2004 to 2006 and remains a member of its Council. He is also a Director of ASX listed companies, Ramelius Resources Limited (since 1995), Monax Mining Ltd (since 2004) and Marmota Energy Limited (since 2006). His special responsibilities include membership of the Corporate Development Committee and was a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee until May 2009.
|  John Charles Butler FCPA, FAICD, FIFS
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Butler joined in June 1999 as a Non-Executive Director, having been previously the Alternate Director to Mr R G Nelson from 1994-1998. He brings to the Board financial and business experience from employment in senior management positions in the financial services industry from 1974 to 1992. He has been a business consultant and company director since 1992. He is the Chairman of Lifeplan Australia Friendly Society Group and was formerly a Chairman of former ASX listed company, Great Artesian Oil and Gas Limited (appointed and resigned in 2006). His special responsibilities include chairmanship of the Audit Committee and membership of the Corporate Governance Committee.
|  Franco Giacomo Moretti BE (Hons), FIEAust, CPEng, MAICD
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Moretti joined Beach Energy as a Director in March 2005. He is an engineer with over 40 years experience in engineering, procurement and project management of major projects as a consultant to government and private enterprise in the delivery of major infrastructure projects in Australia and overseas. Mr Moretti brings to the Board extensive experience in the delivery and management of major projects. Mr Moretti was formally Chief Executive Officer of Asia Pacific Transport Pty Ltd, responsible for building, owning, financing and operating the Alice Springs to Darwin railway project. He was previously with Kellogg Brown & Root as Director, Infrastructure Investment and Kinhill where he was a Board Director. His special responsibilities with Beach include membership of the Corporate Governance and Corporate Development Committees.
|  Hector Mackenzie Gordon BSc (Hons), FAICD
Executive Director / Chief Executive Officer
Mr Gordon was appointed as an Executive Director in June 2005 and appointed the Chief Executive Officer in June 2009. He is a geologist with over 30 years of experience in the petroleum industry. His previous employers include Delhi Petroleum Pty Ltd, Esso Australia Pty Ltd, AGL Petroleum and Santos Limited. He is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Society of Petroleum Engineers. Mr Gordon's contribution to the Board includes his extensive knowledge of the petroleum industry and of the business and operations of Beach.
|  Glenn Stuart Davis LLB, BEc
Indepedent Non-Executive Deputy Chairman
Mr Davis is a solicitor and partner of DMAW Lawyers, a firm he founded. He joined Beach Energy in July 2007 as a Non-Executive Director and appointed Deputy Chairman in June 2009. Mr Davis is a Director of ASX listed companies Monax Mining Ltd (since 2004) and Marmota Energy Limited (since 2006). His special responsibilities include chairmanship of the Corporate Governance Committee and membership of the Audit Committee and Remuneration and Nomination Committee. Mr Davis brings to the Board his expertise in the execution of large legal and commercial transactions and his expertise and experience in corporate activity regulated by the Corporations Act and ASX Ltd.
|  Neville Foster Alley PhD, PSM
Independent Non-Executive Director
Dr Alley is an internationally known earth science researcher and has wide experience in geological research in Australia and overseas. In 2004 he was awarded the Verco Medal for his contribution and leadership in the earth sciences and the Public Service Medal (PSM) in 2005 for outstanding contribution to geology and the minerals industry. He is a Non-Executive director of ASX listed company Monax Mining Limited (since 2004), and an Executive Director of ASX listed company Marmota Energy Limited (since 2007) and a Visiting Research Fellow, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide (since 2004) and was a Non-Executive Director of ASX listed company InterMet Resources Limited from 2005 until retiring from the Board in August 2008. His special responsibilties include membership of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee since May 2009. Dr Alley's contribution to the Board is his technical and commercial knowledge of the resources industry.
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BPT.AX
ASX S&P200
ASX:BPT
Beach Energy Limited (ASX: BPT) is a long established oil and gas Exploration and Production Company. Based in Adelaide, South Australia, the Company has oil and gas reserves of 66 million barrels of oil equivalent (at 30 June 2009), an annual production in the 2008/09 Financial Year of 9.6 million barrels of oil equivalent and an active exploration program within a balanced global portfolio of tenements.
