Board of Directors

Gordon Sklenka

B.Comm (UWA)
Chairman
Mr Sklenka began his career in Chartered Accounting in Sydney and Perth. He has more than 15 years experience in corporate finance in the areas of capital raisings, IPOs, acquisitions and project finance in the resources and technology sectors. He has worked with a number of listed public companies in both Australia and Canada and developed extensive experience in company formation, capital raisings and project acquisition. Mr Sklenka is currently a director of Advance Energy Ltd, AXG Mining Ltd, Vector Resources Ltd, Regal Resources Ltd, Rand Mining NL and Tribune Resources NL.

Brian Ayers

B.Geophs, MBA
Director
Mr. Ayers is an E&P executive with over 28 years of experience in the US oil and gas industry. He began his career as a geophysicist with Texaco USA in New Orleans, Louisiana then became an exploration geologist with Coastal Oil and Gas (pipeline, marketing, exploration and production company) where he rose to Vice President, Domestic Exploration over an 18-year tenure. He was Vice President and Houston Division Manager for Samson Resources, a large, private oil and gas company based in Oklahoma, then was President and CEO of Centurion Exploration Company, a private, US Gulf Coast explorer, for four years. Mr. Ayers is currently Senior Vice President and Houston Division Manager for America Capital Energy Corporation.
He has wide-ranging technical experience in the Gulf Coast arena and has successfully managed several integrated oil and gas exploration and production teams.

Anthony Short

BPE, B.Comm, Grad Dip Fin, MAICD
Director
Mr Short has 16 years experience in the administration and management of listed public companies. He has extensive experience at board level in the management and formation of public companies in the areas of oil and gas exploration and production and gold mining in the USA. Mr Short has held the position of chairman, CFO and managing director in a number of listed public companies and has also acted as corporate advisor on a number of successful public listings. He was a founding director of Amadeus Energy Ltd and Advance Energy Ltd has a very strong working relationship with strategic partners in the US. He is currently the managing director of Advance Energy Ltd and is a director of Odin Energy Ltd, Vector Resources Ltd, and Regal Resources Ltd.

Mr David Ballantyne

MA, ACA
Company Secretary
Mr Ballantyne has almost 20 years experience in the management and administration of public companies in the resources, technology and agribusiness sectors on ASX in Australia and AIM in the UK. Prior to this he worked in corporate services, audit and insolvency with Hall Chadwick, Price Waterhouse and Grant Thornton in Australia and the UK. He has held the position of director or company secretary in a number of companies, and is currently company secretary of Advance Energy Limited, Kilgore Oil and Gas Limited, Odin Energy Limited and Regal Resources Limited.