Board and Management

Chairman
Tim Clifton, BSc (Hons)

Tim Clifton has over 40 years mining and corporate experience as a geologist and company director.

Tim has a long association with Strike Energy and is now a substantial shareholder. He was appointed to the Board on 13 August 2008 and appointed Chairman on 19 August 2010.

 

Managing Director
David Wrench, B Eng (Mining) Hons

David Wrench has a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) from the University of Sydney. He has worked in Australia and North America with Macquarie Bank, Credit Suisse and Chase Manhattan Bank, gaining commercial experience in the precious metals, base metals and energy markets segments. David was a co-founder and Director of coal seam gas pioneer CH4 Gas Limited and has been a Director of a number of private resource companies.

David was appointed to the Board on 29 October 1998 and assumed the role of Managing Director on 1 October 2011.

 

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Executive Director
Ben Thomas, B Sc (Petroleum Engineering)

Ben Thomas joined Strike in mid-2010 and presently serves as the Company’s President of US Operations. His elevation to the Board reflects Ben’s strong technical capabilities and experience, but also the importance of the USA assets to Strike’s growth strategy.

Prior to joining Strike, Ben has over 40 years upstream petroleum sector experience, including management, engineering and marketing roles with Mobil Oil Corporation, Superior Oil Company, Mark Producing, Edisto Resources and Hall-Houston Oil Company.

Ben was appointed a Director on 29 September 2011.

 

Non-Executive Director
Simon Ashton, B Sc (Hons) M Sc MBA

Simon Ashton has over 30 years experience in the Australian and international petroleum and resources industries. He spent over 20 years with WMC Limited (WMC), holding various positions in the nickel, coal and petroleum divisions. Amongst other things, Simon established WMC's USA petroleum subsidiary, Greenhill Petroleum, where he served as Senior Vice President in Houston, Texas.

Simon co-founded Strike Energy in 1997 and served as Managing Director until 30 September 2011.

 
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Non-Executive Director
Tim Goyder

Tim Goyder has over 30 years experience in the natural resources industry. He has been involved in the formation and management of a number of publicly listed companies and is currently the Chairman of Chalice Gold Mines Limited and Liontown Resources Limited, and a Director of Uranium Equities Limited

Tim was appointed a Director on 19 August 2010. He is also a substantial shareholder of Strike Energy.

 

  

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 Non-Executive Director

Eytan Uliel, BA, LL B

Eytan Uliel is the Chief Commercial Officer of Dart Energy Limited. He offers Strike the benefit of his extensive corporate finance expertise and international commercial experience within the oil and gas sector.

Prior to joining Dart Energy, Eytan held senior investment banking roles in Australia and Asia. He has served on a number of public company boards, including the Australian coal seam gas pioneer, CH4 Gas Limited

Eytan was appointed a Director on 29 September 2011.

 

Management
 
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General Manager - Australia & Company Secretary
Andrew Dimsey, B.Bus CPA

Andrew Dimsey has worked in Australia and international oil and gas sectors for over 30 years. He has broad sector experience gained through management, administration, development, operations and marketing roles.

Andrew has held senior management positions with Beach Petroleum NL, Alliance Oil Development NL, Claremont Petroleum NL, Origin Energy Limited and ARC Energy Limited.

He joined Strike in June 2011and was appointed General Manager - Australia in September 2011.
   
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Chief Financial Officer & Chief Commercial Officer
Andrew Hooper-Nguyen, LL B (Hons), B Com

Andrew Hooper-Nguyen is responsible for Strike's capital management and for driving business strategy, new ventures and other commerical activities.

Andrew has extensive financial, commercial, business management and international experience. He spent seven years with Macquarie Bank's investment banking team focusing on the oil and gas and mining sectors. Andrew has also held positions with Freehills, Framework Capital and Scorpio Logistics.

Andrew joined Strike in July 2011.

 

  

Manager of Exploration and Environment
Don Poynton

Don Poynton joined Strike Energy in 1997 after working for 25 years in technical and management roles with GSI, Burmah/Woodside, Mesa and WMC Resources. Don served as Exploration Manager with WMC for eight years and spent two years with WMC´s subsidiary in the USA, Greenhill Petroleum where he worked alongside the principals of Cypress E&P, the operator's of Strike Energy's joint venture in the USA.

Don received a BSc. Hons degree from the Australian National University in 1971 and since that time has been involved in petroleum exploration and production in most of Australia's onshore and offshore basins and various basins of the USA.

Outside of work Don has a keen interest in the environment and is a committee member of several community groups.

 

  

Manager of Geoscience
Rob Weeden

Rob Weeden has over 30 years experience in both the mineral and petroleum industries.

Rob began work as a mine geologist in 1977 at Rosebery, Tasmania. His petroleum career commenced in 1984 with WMC Resources Petroleum Division where he had various roles including Senior Explorationist and Regional Exploration Manager - Canning Basin. Rob also spent two years with Greenhill Petroleum - WMC´s subsidiary in the USA - where he worked on redevelopment of old fields in the Permian Basin, West Texas and offshore Louisiana.

On his return to Australia in 1993 Rob worked offshore exploration on the North West Shelf in Western Australia and then as a Petroleum Analyst for WMC´s International New Ventures mainly in South America.

In 1997, Rob joined Strike Energy where he is currently responsible for geotechnical evaluation of Strike's interests in the Carnarvon and Cooper Basins, Australia and the Gulf Coast, Texas, USA.