The Hon. Paul Henderson MLA, Chief Minister for the Northern Territory

Minister for Major Projects, Trade and Economic Development

Also Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services; Education and Training; Climate Change; Territory-Federal Relations; and Multicultural Affairs.

Mr Henderson was appointed Chief Minister of the Northern Territory on 26 November 2007.

Mr Henderson first became a Minister in 2001 and since that time has worked tirelessly to develop the gas industry in the Northern Territory.

Mr Henderson has been instrumental in the enhancement of the Northern Territory’s relationships with key resource companies throughout Australia and the Asia Pacific.

The Hon. Martin Ferguson AM, MP, (Australian Federal) Minister for Resources and Energy

Martin Ferguson was born in Sydney and was educated at St Patrick's, Strathfield. Prior to entering Parliament, Martin was President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) after working for the Federated Miscellaneous Workers' Union of Australia since 1975.

As president of the ACTU, Martin was a member of advisory councils and foundations including the Social Security Review, the Economic Planning Advisory Council, the National Labour consultative Council and the Advance Australia Foundation.

Ryan M Lance, President, Exploration & Production - Europe, Asia, Africa, Middle East, ConocoPhillips
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Lance began his career with ARCO Alaska in 1984. He held a number of engineering and operations positions in Alaska before transferring in 1989 to ARCO's Bakersfield, Calif. operations. In 1992, he transferred to Midland, Texas, where he supervised ARCO's coalbed methane operations in the San Juan Basin.

He returned to Alaska in 1994 as exploration engineering manager. In 1996, he transferred to Vastar Resources in Houston as planning manager, a position he held until 1998 when he was appointed vice president of the Western North Slope for ARCO Alaska, Inc. Lance returned to Houston in 2001 as the general manager of the Lower 48 and Canada for Phillips Petroleum.

With the merger of ConocoPhillips in 2002, he became vice president, Lower 48, then president, Asia Pacific, for exploration and production in 2003. In June 2005, Lance became president, strategy, integration and specialty businesses, and was named senior vice president, technology and major projects, in April 2006, and senior vice president, technology, in February 2007.

Mr Nolan joined Esso Australia Ltd in 1978, and held various engineering and operations assignments in Sale, Sydney and Long Island Point. In 1992 he became General Manager, Employee Relations based in Melbourne.

In 1994 Mr Nolan transferred to the United States to Exxon Company, International; in May 1996 was promoted to Production Manager of the New Orleans Production Organisation, responsible for Exxon's offshore Gulf of Mexico operations and onshore operations in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida.

Managing Director, Global Gas, Cambridge Energy Research Associates
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Michael Stoppard, CERA Managing Director, is a member of CERA's Senior Leadership Team. A leading energy thinker, Mr Stoppard has particular expertise in the international gas business and is responsible for the development and coordination of CERA's global and interregional analysis of LNG and its communication to clients.

Mr. Stoppard led CERA's entry into LNG research as Project Manager for the pioneering study The New Wave: Global LNG in the 21st Century. Earlier he was a core team member of CERA's European Gas group, developing CERA's European natural gas and power scenarios.

Ambassador Richard Jones, Deputy Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA)
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Richard H. Jones took up his duties as Deputy Executive Director of the International Energy Agency on 1 October 2008. Ambassador Jones, a former American diplomat, brings to the IEA over thirty years of diplomatic and policy experience on issues ranging from Middle East politics to trade negotiations and energy security.

After a rapid rise through the ranks of the U.S. Foreign Service, he served as the American Ambassador to four countries: Israel (2005-2008), Kuwait (2001-2004), Kazakhstan (1998-2001) and Lebanon (1996-1998). He also acted as the U.S. Secretary of State's Senior Advisor and Co-ordinator for Iraq Policy from February-August, 2005.

His appointment follows six years as Deputy Secretary in Treasury with responsibility for domestic and international macroeconomic issues and as Deputy Secretary of the Climate Change Group in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet with responsibility for leading and coordinating implementation of the emissions trading scheme and coordinating climate change policy.

Don Voelte, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Woodside Energy Limited
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Don Voelte has 34 years of experience in the global oil and gas industry, and has been Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Woodside since joining the company in 2004.

Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Don graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Nebraska in 1975.

Don began his career at Mobil Corporation in the same year, staying with the company for 22 years. During his time with Mobil he held a variety of executive positions across the Corporation, including US marketing and refining roles.

Roy Krzywosinski, Managing Director, Chevron Australia Pty Ltd
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Roy Krzywosinski is the Managing Director of Chevron Australia Pty Ltd and head of the Australasia Strategic Business Unit, located in Perth, Western Australia.

The Australasia Strategic Business Unit is responsible for Chevron's upstream oil and gas interests and activities in Australia and the Philippines. This includes the oil production operation on Barrow and Thevenard Islands, interests in the North West Shelf Venture and Browse LNG Project, managing the development of the Gorgon Project and wholly owned Wheatstone gas field in Australia, and an interest in the Malampaya Gas to Power project in the Philippines.

Prior to Mr Krzywosinski's appointment in January 2008, he held the position of President and General Manager, Chevron Project Resources Company, in Houston, Texas. In this position, Mr Krzywosinski was responsible for Chevron's project development, providing oversight for the execution of the corporation's worldwide major capital project portfolio.

Recognising that business model for Production Services differed from the rest of KBR, (it was less capital-intensive and had a lower risk profile), Bob saw the opportunity to spin out the division. Bob secured over $400m (US) of funding from the Bank of Scotland Integrated Finance and on 1st May 2006 created PSN through an award-winning $280million (US) management-buy-out.

Since the origination of the deal, Bob has overseen a 20 per cent growth in the business with EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) several million dollars ahead of plan. PSN has also created over 2500 new jobs globally and now employs a network of 8,500 people, working in over 20 countries, across five continents. Bob's charismatic leadership style, technical operational experience and outstanding commercial acumen has lead the creation of a company with turnover over $1 billion and an order book worth more than $2 billion.

Michiel Soeting, Global Energy and Natural Resources Leader, KPMG
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Michiel is Global Chairman of KPMG's Energy and Natural Resources Group and Global Lead Partner for one of the firm's major advisory clients, Royal Dutch Shell. Michiel has an extensive understanding of major international oil and gas operations and the key operational and strategic challenges facing the broader oil and gas industry.

During his tenure, Michiel has had the opportunity to visit and support many of Shell's key projects around the globe.

Joel Kiker, Vice President, Drilling, ExxonMobil Development Company, Houston
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Mr. Joel Kiker is Vice President, ExxonMobil Development Company, an ExxonMobil Subsidiary, with responsibility for worldwide drilling and completions operations.

Mr Kiker started his career with Exxon in 1976 as a civil engineer. In the early part of his career he held various engineering, planning, supervisory and management positions, including Exxon USA Crude Oil Manager, Production Manager for Alaska, and affiliate advisor to Malaysia and Australia.

In 1998 Mr Kiker was named Technology Manager for Exxon Company, U.S.A. responsible for geoscience and engineering. He became the Global Subsurface Engineering Manager for ExxonMobil in 2000. In 2002, he became Drilling Operations Manager, ExxonMobil Development Company and was named Global Drilling Manager in 2005. Mr. Kiker was named to his current position of Drilling Vice President in January, 2007.

Mr. Kiker has a lovely wife, Karen, of 33 years and three grown children that he cherishes. A native of Texas, Mr. Kiker holds a Civil Engineering Degree from Texas A&M University.

Lucio DellaMartina, Executive Vice President Pluto, Woodside Energy Limited

Jürgen was appointed Chief Executive Officer of MEO Australia Limited in June 2008 and Managing Director in July 2008.

He began his professional career in 1984 as a petroleum geologist with Esso Australia (wholly owned by ExxonMobil) and in a career spanning nearly 12 years, progressed from technical roles to commercial roles including strategic planning, business analysis and Joint Venture relations.

In 1996 he commenced his investment banking career with JB Were (now Goldman Sachs JB Were) where he became a top rated Energy Analyst prior to moving into funds management and subsequently founded his own consulting practice specialising in advising emerging companies.

Seiya joined Indonesia Petroleum Ltd (INPEX) in 1977 following graduation from Waseda University's Faculties of Law and Foreign Studies. He has remained with the company since this time, undertaking roles in various divisions including as the Director/General Manager Corporate Planning & Management, Director/Assistant COO Corporate Strategy & Planning Unit, and Director/Deputy COO Oceania & Americas Business Division.

Shaun Scott, Chief Executive Officer (Australia), Arrow Energy Limited

Shaun Scott is CEO (Australia) of Arrow Energy, a leading Australian integrated energy company focused on the development of coal seam gas throughout eastern Australia and Asia. Arrow is one of Australia's top 200 publicly-listed companies and has a current market capitalisation of more than $2 billion.

Shaun is a chartered accountant with over 20 years of upstream and downstream experience in the oil and gas and energy sector in Australia, Asia and the United States. He brings to bear his outstanding commercial and financial expertise in his role as CEO of Arrow's Australian operations, having previously held the roles of Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Financial Officer with the company.

Belinda Robinson, Chief Executive, Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association.

Belinda Robinson is a leading voice in public policy particularly around issues related to energy and resources.

In addition to her position as Chief Executive of the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association, Belinda also sits on a number of advisory committees including the Government's Reference Group responsible for developing a national energy security policy and CSIRO's Energy Transformed Flagship Advisory Committees.

She also chairs the Australian Industry Greenhouse Network and CSIRO's Wealth from Oceans Flagship Advisory Committee.

• Milan Bartos, Technical Advisor, Champion Technologies
• Gregor Brown, Research Director, Caldon Ultrasonics
• Steven Cooper, Senior Consultant, Granherne
• Fiona Aoun, Senior Consultant, Granherne
  
• Karl Heiden, Principal Engineer - Environment, Xodus Group Pty Ltd
• Samantha Jarvis, Senior Environmental Advisor, Woodside Energy Ltd
• Cameron Grebe, Environment Manager, Woodside Energy Ltd
• Greg Wheatley, Technology Manager, Coretrack Ltd
• Dmitry Molokhov, Reservoir Domain Champion, Schlumberger
• Adrian Slayter, Principal Production Technologist, Senergy
• Peter Roy, Principal Consultant, Coffey Environments
• Ron Reinten, Safety, Health, Environment & Security Manager, ExxonMobil
• Andrew Antony, Manager Environment Health Safety & Sustainability, Santos Limited
• Steve Tucker, Senior Geologist, ConocoPhillips
• Andrew Long, Geophysical Advisor, Petroleum Geo-Services
• Mark Taylor, Lead geophysicist, Woodside Energy Ltd
• Enda O'Sullivan, Operations Director, MCS;
• Simon Bingham, Apache Energy Ltd
• Tommy Graham, Drilling Advisor, ExxonMobil Development Company
• Jon Stanford, Partner-Economics, Deloitte Economics
• Andrew Petersen, Partner-Climate Change, Sustainability & Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Stuart Barrymore, Partner, Freehills
• John Torkington, Senior Advisor-Climate Change Policy, Chevron Australia Pty Ltd
• Greg Leveille, General Manager-Lower 48 Exploration, business development and land, ConocoPhillips
• Graham Baker, Senior Advisor, RLMS
• Rob Willink, Executive General Manager, Origin Energy Ltd
• Andrew Constantine, Staff Geologist, Origin Energy Ltd
• David H Taylor, Geologist, GeoScience Victoria
• Geoffrey O'Brien, Manager Energy Geoscience, Geoscience Victoria
• Russell Curtin, Partner, Ernst & Young
• Philip Reichardt, Division Director, Macquarie Group Ltd
• Kevin Smout, Partner, KPMG
• Nick Henry, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Takehiko (Riko) Hashimoto, Basin Analyst, Geoscience Australia
• Brad Field, Sedimentology Team Leader, GNS Science, NZ
• Chris Nicholson, Geologist, Geoscience Australia
• Stephen Graham, General Manager, Land & Marine Technology Systems
• Themis Carageorgos, Australian School of Petroleum
• Olav Brakstad, Sales Manager, ClampOn AS
• Les Coleman, Department of Finance, University of Melbourne
• Paul Careless, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
• Bill Grierson, Managing Director, Specialised Broking Associates
• Brent Steedman, Partner, KPMG
• Mark Thompson, Exploration Team Leader, Woodside
• Gregory Smith, Principal Geologist, Woodside
• Matthew Dielesen, Exploration Geophysicist, Apache Energy Limited
• Larry Tilbury, Principal Geophysicist, Woodside
• Shailesh Sakarkar, Senior Manager-Business Consulting, Aspen Technology
• Peter Dighton, Principal, Flex LNG
• Rodney Pinna, Structural Engineer, Arup
• Jacqueline Naess, Engineer, Aker Solutions
• Chidi Amudo, Petroleum engineering advisor, Chevron Australia
• Tim Pritchard, Process Engineer, Aker Solutions
• Neville Driver, Director - Building Capability, Industries Services Training
• Peter Davidson, Principal Psychologist, ValueEdge
• Steve Tiley, Managing Director, Universal Engineering
• John Laurie, Senior Research Scientist, Geoscience Australia
• John Gorter, New Ventures Manager, Eni
• Thomas Bernecker, Senior Geoscientist, Geoscience Australia
• Georgina Ryan, Geoscience Australia
• K. Ameed R Ghori, Senior Geologist, Geological Survey of Western Australia
• Stepehn Hostetler, Senior Geohydrologist, FrOG Tech
• Chris Uruski, Frontier Petroleum Basins Project Leader, GNS Science
• Sandeep Sharma, Program Manager-Pilot and Demonstration Program, CO2CRC, Schlumberger Carbon Services
• Chris Boreham, Principal Research Scientist, CO2CRC, Geoscience Australia
• Diane Labregere, Senior Reservoir Engineer, Schlumberger Carbon Services
• Akim Kabir, Curtin University of Technology
• Chong Y Wong, CSIRO Petroleum
• Shakil Ahmed, Research Scientist, CSIRO Petroleum Resources
• Mahdi Nadri, Curtin University
• Anh Bui, Research scientist, CSIRO Materials Science & Engineering
• Tomás Horacio Castiñeiras, Technical Manager, Tenaris Global Services Australia
• Pavel Bedrikovetsky, Australian School of Petroleum
• Grant McMurtrie, Senior Explorationist, Nido Petroleum