Directors

Mr. Julien Moulin BA (Hons), Masters Asset Management (Hons)
Acting Managing Director
Mr Moulin is co-founder of Maoming Investment Manager Ltd, an investment management company investing globally in listed and unlisted companies.  He has held positions at Global China Fund, SKI Capital and UBS Global Asset Management. Mr Moulin also holds directorships with Envision Energy and Legend Media Inc.ú

Mr Gauthier De Potter
Non-executive Director
Mr De Potter is based in Brussels and is currently an Executive Director of Transcor Astra Group (“Transcor”). Transcor was founded in 1947 with principal businesses including the refining, storage, distribution and trading of crude oil, oil products, natural gas, coal and coke. Transcor is a subsidiary of Compagnie Nationale à Portefeuille S.A. and is controlled by Baron Albert Frère and his family. Mr De Potter is a qualified Electro-Mechanical Engineer and Certified Financial Analyst. He has held senior positions at JP Morgan, Tractebel (now GDF-Suez) and Bechtel Enterprises/InterGen.

Mr. Rod Bresnehan BAppSc
Non-executive Director
Mr Bresnehan has 35 years of experience in the oil and gas industry in both upstream resources and reserves development; and in downstream commercial and marketing areas, with specific recent emphasis on coal bed methane projects. He has held positions at Santos Limited and Oil Company of Australia (Origin Energy).  Mr Bresnehan is currently Chairman of the Australian Council of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and a director of Clean Energy Australasia and Energy Resources Development.

Mr. Sebastian Hempel BSc., LLB., Graduate Diploma in Applied Corporate Governance
Non-executive Director
Mr Hempel is a corporate lawyer with over 18 years advisory experience with ASX listed companies and in the resources sector.  He has held positions at Minter Ellison, Macquarie Bank Limited and the Australian Securities Exchange.  Mr Hempel also holds directorships with Prosperity Resources Ltd, Greenwich Legal, Conchinta Nominees Pty Ltd and is a member of the Council of the Armidale School.

Mr Mark E Pitts B.Bus, CA.
Company Secretary
Mr Pitts is a Chartered Accountant with over twenty five years experience in statutory reporting and business administration in Australia and internationally. He has been directly involved with, and consulted to a number of public companies holding senior financial management positions. Mr Pitts is a Partner in the advisory firm Endeavour Corporate (Endeavour).

Mr Thierry Suvaal MSc (Economics & Business)
Chief Financial Officer
More than 20 years experience in senior financial and general management roles mainly within the energy sector in France and internationally. Mr Suvaal has held senior positions in BP, Royal Nedlloyd Group and Cooper and Lybrand.

Mr Nicolas Ricquart ENSIACET, IFG
General Manager Gazonor S.A.
An engineer with over 20 years experience mainly in operations and projects in the energy sector.  Mr Ricquart has held senior management roles in Exxon Chemicals, EMC (Entreprise Minière et Chimique) and ANDRA (French agency for nuclear waste management) and has conducted Safety, Health and Environment ("SHE") standards implementation for several major corporations.