Andrew Adams Chief Executive Officer Bass Strait Oil

Andrew Adams has over 27 years experience in the petroleum exploration industry ranging across both technical and commercial aspects of the business. He started his professional career as a geophysicist with Amoco Canada.  In 1982 he moved to Australia with Santos Ltd where he lead exploration and development teams, with areas of responsibility across most major basins in Australia, as well as areas of Southeast Asia. In conjunction with his MBA university studies in the early 1990s he transferred to Santos’ planning department and became involved in budgeting, planning and commercial projects.  Mr Adams also has significant small company experience having worked for several years on acquisitions and project finance as Commercial Manager with Cue Energy Resources Ltd.   This role included projects located in Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Since 2001 he has worked with Bass Strait Oil Company Ltd combining a wide ranging commercial role with responsibility for the conduct of joint venture operations.  Mr Adams was appointed Managing Director of Bass Strait Oil Company in July 2006.

Richard Aldous Executive Director Department Primary Industries

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Robert Annells Executive Chairman Lakes Oil

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Paul Anthony Chief Executive Officer AGL

Paul Anthony is Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of AGL.  His career as an executive has been with energy and resources companies in several countries.  He has had extensive experience in business start-ups, turnarounds, IPOs, mergers & acquisitions and high growth targets in the public and private equity sector. Paul has operated in managing director, chief executive officer, executive chair and non-executive director positions within the energy sector internationally and has a deep knowledge base of deregulated electricity and gas markets.

Hon. Peter Batchelor Minister for Energy and Resources Victoria
Peter Batchelor is the Minister for Energy & Resources and Minister for Community Development in the Brumby Government of Victoria. He has been the member for the Thomastown electorate since 1990. Prior to being elected to Parliament, he was Victorian Secretary of the Australian Labor Party from 1983 - 1990.

Shane Breheny Chief Executive Officer Powercor
Shane Breheny has a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) degree from RMIT and is a Fellow of the ASCPA and AIM.  He is a Director of the Energy Supply Association of Australia (ESAA) and Energy Networks Association (ENA) (from September 07).  He is also an Executive Board member of the Committee for Geelong, a Director of LifeFlight Pty Ltd and Chairman of AquaTower Pty Ltd.

Lane Crockett General Manager, Development Australia - Pacific Pacific Hydro

Lane Crockett joined Pacific Hydro in December 2005 and is responsible for leading his team in finding and developing renewable energy projects in Australia and the Pacific. Lane has over twenty years of international experience in the energy industries in Australia, Asia, the UK and New Zealand.  Lane has worked in utilities regulation, managed the performance of electricity and gas operating and maintenance alliance contracts, and led engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) projects in the oil and gas, and petrochemical industries.

Gerald Doucet Secretary General World Energy Council

Gerald Doucet is Secretary General of the World Energy Council based in London, England.  This UN-accredited organisation is 80 years old and is the only global, non-governmental, multi-energy, industry-focussed body active in over 95 countries.   He has had a varied career in Canadian government service, industry organisations and international relations as an economist, consultant and diplomat.    From 1982-1987 he was Senior Vice President of the Retail Council of Canada and served as Agent General for Ontario in Europe from 1988-1992 when he became the founding President of the Europe-Canada Development Association.  From 1994-1998 he was President and CEO of the Canadian Gas Association and a Director of Gas Technology Canada.

Malcolm Eccles Chief Executive Officer Basslink
Malcolm Eccles is the (Acting) Chief Executive Officer for Basslink Pty Ltd, he is responsible for determining overall business and operational strategies with the Board of Directors for Basslink Pty Ltd.  He also provides engineering and operational advisor to CitySpring Infrastructure Trust on acquisitions in the Asia-Pacific region and Middle East.

Paul Fearon Chief Executive Officer Essential Services Commission

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Darryl Flukes Chief Executive Officer Infratil Energy Australia

As CEO of IEA, Darryl is responsible for all wholesale energy procurement and risk management as well as generation and other business development activities.  Darryl is also chairman of Perth Energy, a small retailer operating in the more recently deregulated WA market. Previously, Darryl was General Manager of Energy Trading at Southern Hydro where he was instrumental in the pioneering of weather risk management products in Australia. Between times, he has run his own advisory business, Flukes Value Management, focussing on value creation through trading and risk management in the energy industry.

Ross Fraser Executive Director Energy Response

Ross Fraser has an extensive career in the energy sector over 40 years, including 13 years as an independent consultant.  Major contributions Ross has made to the industry include: Leadership of the development of a Demand Side Response (DSR) initiative for electricity markets Project Management of the implementation of the Australian NEM Management of a large electricity retail and distribution business, including its transition to a market environment Engineering and management of planning, design and contruction of thermal and hydro-electric power station, power transmission and distribution systems.

Bill Hartnett Managing Director Innovest

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David Holland Managing Director Solar Systems

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Robert Hosking Executive Chairman Karoon Gas Australia

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John Howarth GM Strategy and Development VENCorp

John has provided solutions to energy industry problems for more than 25 years in the areas of infrastructure planning, asset management and control system design and testing.  As a manager during the early 1990s, with the transmission company in Victoria PowerNet, he was involved in the reform process and the formation of the new industry in Victoria as well as being involved in the committee work for the rules for the National Electricity Market.  John moved to the Victorian Power Exchange (VPX) in 1997 and VENCorp in 1999.  In VENCorp John has been responsible for energy infrastructure planning and more recently developing and implementing a new gas market within Victoria which was successfully implemented on the 1 February 2007.

James Hunsaker Gas and Power Marketing Director ExxonMobil

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Jeff Kendrew Chief Executive Officer Babcock & Brown Infrastructure

Mr Kendrew was appointed Acting Chief Executive Officer in June 2007 and was previously Babcock and Brown Infrastructure's Chief Operating Officer Energy. In this role Mr Kendrew supported the acquisition team for a number of BBI's assets and was responsible for their integration.  His primary duty was the oversight of BBI's energy infrastructure operations and their asset management.  He also holds the roles of Director and Deputy Chairman of various BBI subsidiary company Boards.

Marianne Lourey Executive Director, Energy Division DPI Taskforce Member National Emissions Trading Taskforce

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George Maltabarow Managing Director Energy Australia

George Maltabarow has had senior roles within the energy industry, as well as within the central agencies of government.  This has encompassed planning and development of power systems, policy development and regulation.  In utility roles, his career has spanned all sectors of the electricity industry – ie generation, transmission and distribution, together with an assignment at Sydney Water. As an Executive Director of the NSW Treasury, he was responsible for managing the NSW Government’s ongoing program of microeconomic reform, including development of a comprehensive financial policy framework for all Government owned businesses, as well as implementing structural and market reforms for the electricity industry.

Kim McGrath Executive Chairman Oil Basins

Kim McGrath is an internationally experienced corporate finance and investment banking lawyer specialising in corporate strategy.  He is the Managing Director of Delta Corporate Finance Pty Limited, a specialist advisory group based in Sydney, and has his own personal corporate and commercial legal practice in Australia and the UK. His prior roles in Australia have included prime legal positions with Comalco and ICL,  as General Counsel and Company Secretary of Bank of America Australia and the merchant bank BA Australia, as General Counsel with Bell Resources responsible for negotiating international lines of finance, business acquisitions and strategy – including  that involving Bass Strait and Weeks Petroleum – and later being involved with corporate plays as General Manager - Strategy and Planning with Industrial Equity.

Richard McIndoe Managing Director TRUenergy

Mr Mclndoe has been Managing Director of TRUenergy since early 2006. He is also a member of CLP Holdings' Finance and General Committee. Until mid 2006, Mr McIndoe was responsible for the development and management of the CLP Group's international electricity business in the Asia Pacific region.  Under his management, CLP has become the largest international investor in the Australian, Chinese, Indian and Thai energy sectors, and is currently the largest international IPP company in the Asia Pacific region.  Mr McIndoe was also responsible for the establishment of OneEnergy, CLP’s 50:50 joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan, which focuses on the development of power projects in South East Asia.

Karen Moses Chief Operating Officer Origin Energy

Karen is responsible for effectively managing the integrated operations of Origin within Australia covering oil and gas exploration & production, power generation, trading and retail of natural gas, electricity and LPG. She is also responsible for Origin’s HS&E group. Prior to joining Origin Energy, Karen previously held development and trading roles in the Exxon Group (1983-94).  Karen is a Director of the Victorian Energy Networks Corporation (VENCorp), a Director of the Energy and Water Ombudsman (Victoria) Limited and the Centre for Engineering Leadership and Management.  Karen is also a Director of Contact Energy Limited in New Zealand.

Reg Nelson Managing Director Beach Petroleum

Reg joined Beach Petroleum in May 1992 as an Executive Director, appointed Chief Executive Officer in October 1995 and Managing Director in May 2002.  He is an exploration geophysicist with 38 years experience in the minerals and petroleum industries. He is a Non Executive Director of Ramelius Resources Limited, Monax Mining Limited, Marmota Energy Limited and GTL Energy Limited.  Reg is also a Councillor (and former Chairman) of the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association, the peak national petroleum industry body.

Ian Nethercote Chief Executive Officer Loy Yang Power

Ian Nethercote is the Chief Executive of Victoria’s largest generating Company and Australia’s largest open cut mine reporting directly to the GEAC Board. Ian has been employed in the electricity industry since 1976 and has held a number of key strategic and line management positions within the industry. Prior to his appointment as Loy Yang Power Chief Executive in February 1999, he held the position of Director Operations and Marketing.

Paul Nield Supply Manager Air Liquide

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Ian Tchacos Managing Director Nexus Energy

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Graeme York Chief Executive Officer International Power Hazelwood

Graeme York joined the power industry in 1983 with the State Electricity Commission of Victoria before moving to an independent power producer (Edison Mission Energy) in 1993.  His experience has covered engineering, maintenance, business development and asset management.  This has included three years of business development in Europe, and three years of asset management in the United States.  Graeme transferred to International Power as a result of the sale of EME's international assets to International Power and Mitsui in December 2004, and is currently CEO of International Power Hazelwood, a 1600 MW power station and associated lignite mine in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria.