Directors
Simon R. Molesworth AM QC
BA, LL.B, FEIANZ, FAIM, FAICD, FVPELA, PIA(Hon.F), C.Env.P, M.ICOMOS Queen's Counsel (Non Executive Chairman)
Mr Molesworth is one of Australia's most experienced Queens Counsel specializing in environmental and resource law. He is a fellow of five professional institutes and has been a member of numerous government advisory bodies at both State and Federal levels, including having reviewed the Victorian Mineral Resources legislation in 2005 and having once served as Victoria's Mining Warden. Mr Molesworth has served on many boards, mainly as chairman, including a number of publicly listed corporations in the resource field. He is currently a director of Alison Hunter Memorial Foundation Limited, Australian Council of National Trusts, and Rippon Lea Endowment Fund Ltd. Mr Molesworth is also the Chairman of the ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Association of Australia and President of the ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Society of Victoria Inc. During the past three years Mr Molesworth has sat on the boards of the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand, the Earth Foundation Australia Limited and the National Trust of Australia (Victoria).
Robert J. Annells
CPA, F.Fin (Non Executive Director)
Mr Annells is a former member of ASX with over forty years experience in the securities industry and is a qualified accountant. His experience includes provision of corporate and investment advice to the business and resources industries. During the past seven years Mr Annells has also served as Executive Chairman of ASX listed oil and gas exploration company Lakes Oil NL, Chairman of ASX listed mining company Minotaur Exploration Limited, Non Executive Director of both Gippsland Offshore Petroleum Limited and Rum Jungle Uranium Limited, and Chairman of London based company Xtract Energy PLC.
John T. Kopcheff
B.Sc. (Hons)(Geology and Geophysics), SPE, AIMM (Non Executive Director)
Mr Kopcheff is a geologist and geophysicist, and holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from the University of Adelaide (1970). He has extensive petroleum experience in Australia, South East Asia, USA, South America and the North Sea, both in field operations and management. Mr Kopcheff is the Managing Director of Victoria Petroleum NL and is a director both of Kestrel Energy Inc and Great Panther Resources Limited.
Robert L. King
B.Sc. Dip Ed. M Env. Studies (Executive Director)
Mr King had 25 years experience working for the Geological Survey of Victoria. In 1985 he led a team that reviewed the geothermal potential of Victoria and produced a report that formed the basis for the current geothermal legislation and managed the Geological Mapping and Basin Studies Section in the Geological Survey. Mr King was the Director of Minerals and Petroleum Regulation Branch that administered licensing, occupational health and safety and environmental law covering offshore and onshore petroleum operations, oil and gas transmission pipelines, mines and quarries. Mr King was a member of a Federal Government team that formed to establish the National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority and from 2005 he has been a member of its board.
Managing Director
Mark Miller Bsc Geology
Mr Miller has extensive senior management experience across a number of industries both domestically and internationally including downstream oil marketing, consumer products manufacturing and distribution, banking and finance as well as environmental technology. Mr Miller holds a Bachelor of Science Degree (Maj Geology) form La Trobe University, Melbourne.
Company Secretary
Vicki M. Kahanoff B Bus, CPA
Mrs Kahanoff is a qualified accountant (CPA) who has spent the majority of her career in the resources sector. Mrs Kahanoff spent eight years in the forestry sector, being initially employed in the native forestry sector, performing the management accounting function for the Department of Natural Resources in Orbost and then in Melbourne. On privatisationof the plantation section of the department Mrs Kahanoff was the management accountant, and then the financial accountant for the state owned enterprise, Victorian Plantations Corporation. She assisted in its successful sale to Hancock Victorian Plantations, now know as Hancock Victorian Plantations. During the last five years, she has been the corporate accountant and chief financial officer of Lakes Oil NL. These roles have involved overseeing all of the accounting functions as well a sasssisting in company secretarial functions.