Board of Directors

  • Jim McKerlie
    Chairman

    Mr McKerlie is a Chartered Accountant and business consultant and has had a global career consulting to small and large companies on growth strategies as a managing partner at KPMG and Partner in Charge at Deloitte. He has extensive corporate experience as director and chairman of private and public companies. Mr McKerlie is Chairmen of Bullseye, which he founded. Date of appointment, Great Artesian: 14 September 2007, appointed Drillsearch 12 August 2008.

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  • Brad Lingo
    Managing Director

    Brad Lingo has more than 25 years of oil & gas experience ranging from frontier deepwater exploration offshore West Africa to commercialisation of major gas projects in Australia. He has been involved in all phases of the oil & gas business and project development, mergers & acquisitions, financing and equity capital raising for both listed and private companies both in Australia and internationally. Mr. Lingo was appointed to the Drillsearch Board in May 2009 and became Managing Director on 15 June 2009

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  • Dato' Choo Beng Kai
    Non-Executive Director

    Dato’ Choo Beng Kai (BK) joined the family owned property development company in 1996. He later started his own company, Masmeyer Holdings Sdn Bhd in 2002 of which he is Managing Director. BK has many successful years entrepreneurial experience majoring in developing and implementing innovative business concepts. These developments have lead to the successful establishment of a number of businesses.

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  • Fiona Robertson
    Non-Executive Director

    Fiona Robertson currently works as the Chief Financial Officer of Petsec Energy Limited and has a background of more than 30 years in corporate finance and the resources sector. She has extensive experience in financial reporting, international corporate finance, corporate governance and in working with emerging resource companies. Her career includes roles with Delta Gold and The Chase Manhattan Bank in New York, London and Sydney.

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  • Ross Wecker
    Non-Executive Director

    Ross Wecker was until recently the Managing Director of Innamincka Petroleum Limited and has more than 35 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry. He is a highly experienced geologist with extensive exploration knowledge of the Cooper and Eromanga Basins. Prior roles include the direction of an exploration team in the Cooper Basin for Delhi Petroleum Pty Ltd and Esso Australia Limited and providing specialist technical advice to several Australian and American companies regarding the acquisition and management of exploration acreage in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins.

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  • Jean Moore
    Company Secretary

    Jean joined Drillsearch in November 2009 as Assistant Company Secretary and was appointed as Company Secretary in November 2010. Prior to joining Drillsearch, Jean spent 8 years working as a corporate lawyer where she specialised in corporate transactions, company law and corporate governance. Jean studied law at the University of Toronto and has completed the Chartered Secretaries Australia's Graduate Diploma in Applied Corporate Governance.

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