Mr BF Horwood, B.Comm., F.A.I.C.D., F.C.P.A. (Chairman), 68 years Mr Horwood was appointed a director on 28 May 2004 and Chairman of Oil Search on 1 June 2004. Prior to joining Oil Search, Mr Horwood had 35 years experience with the Rio Tinto Group, having held executive positions in Australia, the United Kingdom and Papua New Guinea. Most recently, Mr Horwood was Managing Director, Rio Tinto-Australia. Mr Horwood was previously the Chairman of Energy Resources of Australia Limited and Coal and Allied Industries Limited. He has been a member of the Business Council of Australia and a director of the Minerals Council of Australia.
Mr EF Ainsworth, AM, B.Comm., F.A.I.C.D., F.C.P.A., 64 years Mr Ainsworth joined the Board in October 2002. Mr Ainsworth has extensive energy and resources industry experience. He spent 26 years with CSR Limited, mainly in CSR’s resources businesses, including 7 years in CSR’s Oil and Gas Division, and 5 years as Managing Director of Delhi Petroleum Pty Ltd (“Delhi”). When CSR sold Delhi he became Managing Director and CEO of Sagasco Holdings Limited, then the 4th largest oil and gas company listed on the ASX. Mr Ainsworth is Chairman of Horizon Oil Ltd and a non-executive Director of Envestra Ltd (both ASX listed companies) and, from 1 January 2006, Chairman of the unlisted Tarac Australia Ltd. He was formerly Chairman of SA Generation Corporation (the South Australian Government owned coal mining and electricity generating Corporation).
Mr G Aopi, CBE, 56 years Mr Aopi was appointed an Executive Director in May 2006 and presently fills the position of General Manager PNG (Papua New Guinea), a post he took up in August 1998. Mr. Aopi has substantial public service and Business experience in Papua New Guinea, having had a long and distinguished career in government, filling a number of important positions, including Secretary for Finance and Planning and Managing Director of Telikom PNG Ltd. He is presently Chairman of Independent Public Business Corporation (IPBC) and Telikom PNG Ltd. Mr Aopi is a Director of Steamships Trading, Bank of South Pacific and a number of other private sector and charitable organisations in Papua New Guinea.
Mr PR Botten, B.Sc. ARSM, CBE (Managing Director), 55 years Mr Botten was appointed Managing Director on 28 October 1994, having previously filled both exploration and general manager roles in the company since joining in 1992. He has extensive worldwide experience in the oil and gas business, previously holding various senior technical and managerial positions in a number of listed and government owned organisations. Mr Botten is presently President of the Papua New Guinea Chamber of Mines and Petroleum and is on the Executive Committee of the Australia PNG Business Council. He was awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2008 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to commerce and the mining and petroleum industry in Papua New Guinea.
Mr KG Constantinou, OBE, 53 years Mr Constantinou joined the Board in April 2002. Mr Constantinou is a prominent business figure in Papua New Guinea, holding a number of high level public sector and private sector appointments. He is a director of various companies, including Airways Hotel & Apartments Limited, Lamana Hotel Limited, Heritage Park Hotel and Gazelle International Hotel. He is also Deputy President of the Employers Federation of Papua New Guinea, a director of Airlines of PNG, Chairman of the National Physical Planning Board, Honorary Consul for Greece in Papua New Guinea and Trade Commissioner of Solomon Islands to Papua New Guinea.
Mr R Igara, CMG, B.Econ., Grad. Dip. (international Law), MBA, MAICD, 57 years Mr Igara joined the Board in April 2002. At that time he was one of Papua New Guinea’s most highly placed civil servants and he has extensive experience in the public sector, in international relations and multilateral development and financial matters. He served as a diplomat in Suva and Canberra and as the Secretary to the Department of Trade & Industry. He was formerly Chief Secretary to Government in PNG, Acting Secretary for Treasury and Chairman of Mineral Resources Development Company Limited. Mr Igara was an independent director of Orogen Minerals. He has also held Chairmanships of other Boards of statutory bodies, including the PNG Investment Promotion Authority. He was a member of the Board of the Bank of Papua New Guinea from 2001 to 2005. He was the founding Chief Executive Officer of PNG Sustainable Development Program Ltd from 2002 to 2008, a company which has a 52% interest in Ok Tedi Mining Ltd, and since March 2008 the Executive Director (Strategic Investments Group) within PNGSDP Ltd. He also serves on the boards of several community and not-for-profit organisations in PNG and the Pacific.
Dr AJ Kantsler, B.Sc (Hons), Ph.D, FTSE, 59 years
Dr Kantsler was appointed to the Board on 19 July 2010. Until his retirement in mid 2010, Dr Kantsler worked with Woodside Petroleum for more than 15 years, where he was most recently the Executive Vice President Health, Safety and Security. Prior to this, Dr Kantsler was Woodside Petroleum’s Executive Vice-President Exploration & New Ventures from 1996 to 2009. Before joining Woodside Petroleum, Dr Kantsler had extensive experience with the Shell Group of Companies working in various exploration roles in Australia and internationally over a period of more than 15 years. Dr Kantsler has been a Councillor of the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) for 15 years, as well as being chairman of several of APPEA’s committees. In 2005, Dr Kantsler was awarded the APPEA Reg Sprigg Medal for his outstanding contribution to the oil and gas industry.
Mr MD Kriewaldt, B.A., Ll.B., F.A.I.C.D., 60 years Mr Kriewaldt joined the Board in April 2002. Mr Kriewaldt is a director of Campbell Brothers Limited, Macarthur Coal Limited, BrisConnections and ImpediMed Limited. He is Chairman of Opera Queensland, President of the Queensland division of the Institute of Company Directors, and provides advice to Allens Arthur Robinson. He has previously served as a director of Suncorp Metway Limited, GWA International Limited, Peptech Limited and Orogen Minerals Limited and as Chairman of Suncorp Insurance and Finance, Infratil Australia Limited, Hooker Corporation Limited and Airtrain Citylink Ltd.
Mr JL Stitt, F.A.I.C.D., M.A., 67 years Mr Stitt joined the Board in April 1998. He has extensive experience in the international oil and gas business, having worked for 33 years with the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of companies including inter alia being responsible for Shell’s world wide procurement, Director of Finance for Shell Australia, and President and CEO of Shell Japan. Mr Stitt is a former director of Woodside Petroleum Limited, Mitsubishi Chemicals K.K. and Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.
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