 Jim McKerlie
Chairman
Mr McKerlie is a Chartered Accountant and business consultant and has had a global career consulting to small and large companies on growth strategies as a managing partner at KPMG and Partner in Charge at Deloitte. He has extensive corporate experience as director and chairman of private and public companies. Mr McKerlie is Group Chief Executive of Bullseye, which he founded. Date of appointment, Great Artesian: 14 September 2007, appointed Drillsearch 12 August 2008.
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 Brad Lingo
Managing Director
Brad Lingo has more than 25 years of oil & gas experience ranging from frontier deepwater exploration offshore West Africa to commercialisation of major gas projects in Australia. He has been involved in all phases of the oil & gas business and project development, mergers & acquisitions, financing and equity capital raising for both listed and private companies both in Australia and internationally. Mr. Lingo was appointed to the Drillsearch Board in May 2009 and became Managing Director on 15 June 2009.
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 Dato' Choo Beng Kai
Non-Executive Director
Dato' Choo Beng Kai (BK) joined the family owned property development company in 1996. He later started his own company, Masmeyer Holdings Sdn Bhd in 2002 of which he is Managing Director. BK has many successful years entrepreneurial experience majoring in developing and implementing innovative business concepts. These developments have lead to the successful establishment of a number of businesses. In addition to hands on project management, BK is also involved in NGOs and is Deputy Chairman of Penang Choo's Association and a member of the central committee of the World Choo's Association. BK is a Member of the "Order of the Crown of Kedah" (AMK) and a Knight Commander of the "Most Honourable Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah" (DSAP). He was also appointed Justice of Peace by the State government of Kedah, Malaysia in 2008.
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 Fiona Robertson
Non-Executive Director
Fiona Robertson currently works as the Chief Financial Officer of Petsec Energy Limited and has a background of more than 30 years in corporate finance and the resources sector. She has extensive experience in financial reporting, international corporate finance, corporate governance and in working with emerging resource companies. Her career includes roles with Delta Gold and The Chase Manhattan Bank in New York, London and Sydney.
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 Ross Wecker
Non-Executive Director
Ross Wecker was until recently the Managing Director of Innamincka Petroleum Limited and has more than 35 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry. He is a highly experienced geologist with extensive exploration knowledge of the Cooper and Eromanga Basins. Prior roles include the direction of an exploration team in the Cooper Basin for Delhi Petroleum Pty Ltd and Esso Australia Limited and providing specialist technical advice to several Australian and American companies regarding the acquisition and management of exploration acreage in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins.
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 Ian Bucknell
Company Secretary
Ian joined Great Artesian in October 2007 as Financial Controller and was appointed as Company Secretary in March 2008. Ian is an experienced Certified Practicing Accountant with over 10 years International upstream Oil and Gas accounting experience. He held a number of finance management positions with Oil Search Limited prior to joining Great Artesian. Date of appointment as Company Secretary, Great Artesian: 26 March 2008, appointed Drillsearch 12 August 2008.
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Drillsearch Energy Limited (ASX:DLS) explores and develops conventional oil and gas projects. Drillsearch has a strategic spread of petroleum exploration and production acreage in Australia’s most prolific onshore oil and gas province, the Cooper/ Eromanga Basins in South Australia and Queensland. The company’s focus is on ‘brownfields’ exploration where geological risk is reduced and there is access to existing infrastructure, ensuring that any discoveries can be brought into production. The company also has offshore exploration interests in the Gippsland Basin and in PNG as well as oil & gas production interests in Canada.
