CORPORATE INFORMATION
Directors and Company Secretary
Directors
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Alex Forcke (Chairman and Company Secretary) Mr Forcke (44), B Comm (Accounting and Finance), MAICD, is a public company executive with extensive financial and commercial experience in both the resources and investment banking industries. From 1998 to 2003, he was an Executive Director of ARC Energy Limited (“ARC”) and was responsible for directing ARC's financing, commercial and business development programs. Mr Forcke continued as a Non-Executive Director of ARC until September 2005 when he resigned from that board. Prior to ARC, Mr Forcke had established a career in project finance and investment banking with major international and Australian financial institutions. |
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Chris Hodge (Managing Director) Mr Hodge (57), MSc, DIC, F Fin, is a qualified geologist and petroleum geophysicist with extensive experience both in Australia and overseas. In addition to a variety of senior technical roles, he has held managerial positions in major petroleum E&P companies where he played a significant role in substantially growing their asset base through a mix of successful exploration and acquisition. He is a member of PESA, SEG and the AAPG and a former President of the PESA and ASEG NSW State branches. | ![]() |
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Eric C. Streitberg (Non-Executive Director) Mr Streitberg (61), BSc (App Geoph), has over 30 years experience in petroleum geology and geophysics, petroleum exploration and production company management. He held the position of Managing Director of ARC from 1997 until August 2008 during which time ARC was transformed from a junior oil and gas exploration company with limited financial resources into a profitable, mid size Australian oil and gas producer. He is the current Chairman of the APPEA Council, a Fellow of the AusIMM and the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a member of the SEG, PESA and the AAPG as a Certified Petroleum Geologist and Chairman of the Marine Parks & Reserves Authority of Western Australia. He is also an Executive Director of Buru Energy Limited. |
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Graham D. Riley (Non-Executive Director) Mr Riley (57), B.Jur LL.B (UWA), is a qualified legal practitioner having gained his Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Jurisprudence Degrees. After 10 years legal practice as a partner of a commercial firm in Perth, he resigned to pursue private interests in the resources and exploration sector, where he continues to act in various non-executive capacities. Mr Riley is also Chairman of Giralia Resources NL, Buru Energy Limited and Red Hill Iron Limited. |
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