Corporate Centre
Management
John Baillie
Chief Financial Officer
B.Com., MBA, ICA (Accountant)
Mr Baillie has 40 years experience in auditing, corporate banking, general management, stock broking and accounting. His background includes working at Deloitte Haskins & Sells as an auditor, Robe River Iron Ore Associates as Financial Accountant and Treasurer, Citibank Limited as a Corporate Banker, JB Were & Sons as Client Advisor and Diamin Resources NL as Executive Director and Company Secretary, Crown Diamonds NL as Executive Director and Company Secretary as well as United Credit Limited as Non Executive Director. He is also the Chairman of the Telethon Speech and Hearing Centre.
Steve Twartz
Exploration Manager
BSc (Syd), MEnvs (Melb)
Mr Twartz has worked as a geoscientist in the upstream hydrocarbon exploration, development and production business for over 30 years. Mr Twartz's career includes 16 years with Esso/Exxon, 11 year with Woodside and most recently 4 years with Cairn Energy across a variety of basins and geological specialties, both onshore and offshore. Mr Twartz has considerable technical and managerial experience in hydrocarbon exploration and development geoscience in Australia, PNG, South East Asia and South Asia.
Andrew Warton
Engineering Manager
B.Eng (H1)
Mr Warton has worked in the oil and gas industry for over 22 years. He started his career in design and construction of offshore oil and gas facilities for BHP Petroleum, and has since worked on a range of projects in Australia, Asia and Africa for companies such as ExxonMobil, Woodside and Worley Parsons. He is responsible for technical direction and project management of production facilities for Cooper Energy’s oil and gas development projects.
Scott Blenkinsop
Legal and Commercial Manager
Mr Blenkinsop is a widely experienced oil and gas lawyer with corporate, commercial, finance, operations, construction and project experience. Through his work with companies such as Woodside (8 years), Inpex (as General Counsel) and Chevron, Mr Blenkinsop has a thorough understanding of the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors of the oil and gas industry. This experience includes projects in Australia, Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
Pedro Nemalceff
General Manager - Indonesia
BBA (Finance and Commercial)
Mr Nemalceff has over 18 years of experience in the oil and gas industry in the areas of Finance, Commercial, Operations and Management. His career includes operating in Ecuador, USA, Argentina, Bolivia and Indonesia and he has worked previously for Maxus Energy, YPF, Repsol, and Ellipse Energy. Mr Nemalceff has been in Indonesia since 2000 which allows him to contribute to Cooper Energy with his vast network and expertise in operating in the country.
Nawfel Ghariani
General Manager - Tunisia
B.Sc Geology, M.Sc Geophysics
Mr Ghariani has 20 years experience in the Oil and Gas Industry in Tunisia. Mr Ghariani was recently Oil Search's General Manager in Tunisia. Prior to this he was the General Manager of Atlas Petroleum Exploration Worldwide (APEX) in Tunisia. Mr Ghariani also has significant experience with ETAP. Mr Ghariani's primary responsibility is to manage Cooper Energy's activities in Tunisia.