Bill Foster is an internationally experienced energy executive with extensive corporate, transaction, financing, development and production experience.

His early international experience included operations in Asia, Africa and Australia for large corporations such as Marubeni Corporation, Chevron and Kufpec.

Following this, some 30 years was spent with Marubeni Corporation as a key Energy Advisor. This senior role with this very large organisation involved the development of their Oil, Gas and LNG business. During this time, a global business was established with Tokyo, London, Houston, Singapore and Perth offices. Mr Foster was a director of Marubeni’s various exploration and production subsidiaries.

Bill’s activities have covered most aspects of the energy industry, across oil, gas and LNG. These activities included the construction of production facilities on Barrow Island and Dongara in Western Australia, exploring and appraising oil fields in Sudan, overseeing offshore drilling operations in Indonesia and China, multiple acquisitions of exploration permits and producing fields in UK North Sea, US deepwater Gulf of Mexico, commercial negotiations for Production Sharing Contracts and arranging reserve based finance for various Marubeni acquisitions.

Bill is a member of the Audit Committee, Remuneration & Nominations Committee and the Risk, Governance & Sustainability Committee.

Rob has three decades experience in stockbroking and ECM, primarily with Euroz Hartleys (Euroz), which he joined in 2002.

In 2014 Rob was appointed Managing Director of Euroz, having previously run the Institutional Sales Desk where he was responsible for servicing domestic and international institutions. In 2017 Rob was appointed to the Board of the listed parent company, Euroz Limited. In March 2022 Rob relinquished his role as Managing Director of Euroz following his appointment as Head of ECM syndication. He subsequently retired from Euroz in May 2023 after 21 years.

During Rob’s tenure as Managing Director of Euroz, he oversaw significant growth of the business, with the acquisition of Blackswan Equities in 2014, Entrust Private Wealth Management in 2015, and the merger with Hartleys Limited in 2020. Rob was instrumental in supporting and driving the growth strategy of Euroz and advised on, and led, numerous transactions raising significant capital for Euroz’s clients.

Rob holds a Bachelor of Business (majors in Finance and Accounting) and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Rob is Chair of the Remuneration & Nominations Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and the Risk, Governance & Sustainability Committee. Effective 1 July 2024, Rob will assume the role of Chair of the Board.

Mr Delroy is Founder and Portfolio Manager of Nero. His Nero Resource Fund has delivered sector leading returns of ~25% p.a. (+981% absolute return) since its inception in 2013. With over 20 years’ experience in funds management, corporate finance and executive management.

Mr Delroy has a proven track record in unlocking shareholder value through active company engagement. Examples include Capricorn Metals (2019 Board renewal), Warrego Energy (acquired 2023) and Talon Energy (acquired 2023).

Russell is Chair of the Audit Committee.

Will is a geologist with more than 20 years’ experience in exploration and development of large-scale resource projects in Australia and internationally. He is founder and Executive Director of Western Gas, the developer of the proposed Equus Gas Project in Western Australia.

Will was previously General Manager LNG at Arrow Energy before Shell and PetroChina completed a takeover of Arrow for A$3.5 billion.

Will is Chair of the Risk, Governance & Sustainability Committee and a member of the Remuneration & Nominations Committee.

Philip joined Carnarvon in early 2007 as Principal Petroleum Engineer but was promoted to Chief Operating Officer.  He has an extensive engineering background with nearly 20 years in the oil and gas industry encompassing many years of rig exposure on offshore and remote locations and several years reservoir engineering experience.

Philip has worked internationally in Asia and the Americas in a number of engineering and management roles, is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and sits on the Industry Advisory Council to the Department of Petroleum Engineering at Curtin University.

Alex is a finance executive responsible for the overall financial management of the Carnarvon business, with approximately 12 years of commercial and financial experience. Alex is a Chartered Accountant and an associate of the Governance Institute of Australia with experience in taxation, financial reporting, governance, raising capital and commercial transactions.

Alex jointly performs the Company Secretary role in which he manages Carnarvon’s corporate governance framework and regulatory compliance.