MEO Australia
energy for the future
Jürgen Hendrich, B.Sc. (Hons)(Geology), PDM, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
Jürgen was appointed Chief Executive Officer of MEO 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. In 2004 Jürgen joined Australian broking firm Tolhurst where he headed resources research. For the two years prior to joining MEO he was Director, Corporate Finance.
Sasha Aistrope, Executive Assistant
Sasha joined MEO in December 2008 to provide support primarily to the Managing Director & CEO, and to the MEO executive team. Prior to joining MEO, Sasha was the Executive Assistant to the Directors of Morton Philips, an executive search firm in Adelaide. Sasha also has 10 years experience working within the banking and finance sector, mainly within financial planning firms, both head office and member firms and also within the Private Banking division at NAB Head Office in Adelaide.
Colin Naylor, FCPA, B.Bus (Acc.), Chief Financial Officer & Company Secretary
Colin has 30 years financial experience in the resource sector, the majority of these years spent in the upstream industry with Woodside Petroleum Ltd and BHP Petroleum. His responsibilities include accounting, taxation, compliance, treasury, company secretarial as well as involvement in the many commercial activities of the Company.
Renata Carlassare, Assistant Accountant
Renata joined MEO in February 2010 to assist with the accounting and finance aspects of the company, including Accounts Payable and Payroll functions. Renata has over 10 years experience in various roles as Office Manager, Bookkeeper and Accounts Officer working directly with the Company Accountant at Alfasi Hire, subsidiary of the parent company Alfasi Steel Constructions, responsible for steel construction projects found at Melbourne's Southern Cross Station, MCG and Etihad Stadium.
Robert Gard, B Eng (Hons) (Mechanical/Electrical), Commercial Manager
Robert Gard is an Honours graduate in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. With 22½ years experience at ExxonMobil, he has over 9 years gas related commercial negotiation experience on PNG, Cooper Basin, Gippsland and WA agreements. His career experience also includes corporate affairs and planning, sub-surface engineering and various other engineering and project management roles. At MEO Australia, he is responsible for managing existing JV relationships and agreements and he heads negotiations and analysis for existing and new business ventures.
Ken Hendrick, B.E. (Civil), M.Eng. Sc., M.B.A., Implementation Manager
Ken Hendrick is a Senior Project Manager with extensive experience in the safe execution of complex multi-discipline developments for the resources sector, particularly in the offshore oil and gas industry. Projects have varied from 'brownfield' upgrades to major 'greenfield' new builds, generally in the Australian and South East Asian region. He has maintained a ‘hands on’ personal participation in all facets of project execution. Responsibilities have covered design through procurement to construction, project commissioning and contract administration/litigation closure in E / E&P / EPCM / EPC environments.
Mr Hendrick has undertaken a diverse number of senior project roles ranging from client representative in an office or site situation; to active management of a 250 person multi-discipline consulting practice and to sponsorship/management of multi-million dollar CAPEX projects. As the Company's Implementation Manager, he is responsible for both the design and project implementation strategies, which embrace conceptual evaluation, budget preparation; contracting plans; construction and the operational support phases.
David Maughan, B.Sc. (Hons) (Geology/Geophysics), Exploration Manager
David Maughan is an Exploration Geophysicist with world-wide experience in exploration, development and production. He worked for and consulted to ExxonMobil for 35 years, with over 20 years expatriate service in North and South America, Asia and Europe. He spent 25½ years in management in a variety of line, operational, staff and technical functions. He is responsible for managing MEO Australia’s G&G team and all aspects thereof in relation to existing projects and potential new ventures.