Po Valley Energy Ltd.
board & management

 
Graham Bradley - Chairman
BA, LLB (Hons), LLM, FAICD, Age 60


Bradley
Graham joined PVE as a director and Chairman in September 2004 and is based in Sydney. He is an experienced Chief Executive Officer and listed public company director. Graham previously served as Chief Executive Officer of one of Australia's major listed funds management and financial services groups, Perpetual Trustees Australia. He was Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of a national law firm, Blake Dawson Waldron and was a senior Partner of McKinsey & Company. Mr. Bradley is currently a director of Singapore Telecommunications Limited. He is Chairman of HSBC Bank Australia Limited, Anglo American Australia Limited, Stockland Corporation Limited and Boart Longyear Limited. Graham is Chairman of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee and member of the Audit and Risk Committee.

 
Michael Masterman - Managing Director and CEO
BEcHons, Age 45


Masterman
Michael is a co-founder of PVE and is based in Europe. Michael took up the position of Executive Chairman and CEO of PVE and Northsun Italia S.p.A. in 2002. Prior to joining PVE he was CFO and Executive Director of Anaconda Nickel (now Minara Resources). Michael oversaw the financing of the US$1 billion Murrin Murrin Nickel and Cobalt project in Western Australia, involving the negotiation of a US$220m joint venture agreement with Glencore International and the raising of US$420m in project finance from a US capital markets issue - the first of its kind for a green fields mining project. Prior to joining Anaconda Nickel, he spent 8 years at McKinsey & Company serving major international resources companies principally in the area of strategy and development. He is also Executive Chairman of Caspian Holdings Plc, an AIM listed company with oil interests in Kazakhstan.

 
David McEvoy - Non Executive Director
BSc, Grad Diploma (Appl. Geophysics), Age 61


McEvoy
David joined PVE as a Director in September 2004 and is based in Sydney. He has over 37 years experience in the oil and gas industry since joining Esso Australia Limited in 1969. Key positions held within Exxon affiliates included Esso Australia Limited's Exploration General Manager, Exploration and Development Vice President for Esso Resources Canada and Regional Vice President of Exxon Exploration Company responsible for Exxon's exploration activities in the Far East, USA, Canada and South America. He was recently the Business Development Vice President and member of the Management Committee of Exxon (subsequently ExxonMobil) Exploration Company, responsible for new exploration and development opportunities worldwide. He is currently a Non Executive Director of Woodside Petroleum Limited, Australian Worldwide Exploration and Innamincka Petroleum Limited. David is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee.

 
Byron Pirola - Non Executive Director
BSc, PhD, Age 47


Pirola
Byron is a co-founder of PVE and is based in Sydney. He is currently a Director of Port Jackson Partners Limited, a Sydney based strategy management consulting firm. Prior to joining Port Jackson Partners in 1992, Byron spent six years with McKinsey & Company working out of the Sydney, New York and London Offices and across the Asian Region. He has extensive experience in advising CEOs and boards of both large public and small developing companies across a wide range of industries and geographies. Byron is Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee and member of the Remuneration and Nominations Committee.

 

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