Our people
This section contains information on:
Board member biographies
Management team biographies
Board member biographies
The Hon. John Anderson
Non-Executive Chairman of the Board
Officer since 16 Oct 2007
- Former Deputy Prime Minister & Leader of the National Party of Australia (1999-05)
- Minister for Primary Industries and Energy (1996-98); Minister for Transport and Regional Development (1998-05)
- Served on Expenditure Review (Budget) Committee, National Security Committee and Standing Environment Committee while in Cabinet
David Casey
Managing Director
Officer since 21 Sept 2005
- Joined ESG in September 2005 with responsibility for all operations. Appointed to ESG Board in July 2006 as Executive Director (Operations) and became Managing Director in November 2007
- Previously Executive Director of ASX-listed CSG company Molopo Australia Ltd and General Manager of In-Situ (Australia), a company specialising in CSG consulting and appraisal
- Key figure in establishment of Australian CSG industry
- Active CSG industry participant with over 15 years’ technical and management experience in Australia and overseas
- Honours graduate of Sydney University
David King
Non-Executive Director
Officer since 25 Aug 2000
- Currently a director of Baron Partners Ltd, Gas 2 Grid Ltd and Chairman of Robust Resources Ltd
- CEO of Beach Petroleum/Claremont Petroleum from 1991-95
- Held executive positions at Offshore Oil NL, Hartogen Energy Ltd and North Flinders Mines Ltd (MD)
- First Class Honours degree in Physics/Mathematics from University of East Anglia (1969), Masters degree in Geophysics from Imperial College, University of London (1970) and PhD in Seismology from Australian National University in (1974)
Alexander M Sundich
Non-Executive Director
Officer since 20 Sep 2007
- Currently a non-executive director of Ellex Medical Lasers Ltd and Executive Director of Harvest Capital Partners
- Held senior management positions within the funds management industry
- Fellow of Financial Services Institute of Australia and Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
- Over 20 years’ experience in the financial services industry including work as an investment banker with Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse First Boston
Peter Lansom
Executive Director of Operations
Officer since 10 Sept 2007
- Previously Chief Petroleum Engineer at Origin Energy with responsibility for delivering corporate year end petroleum reserves report and ensuring consistently high standards in subsurface engineering
- Significant expertise in well intervention and stimulation, reservoir modelling, field development planning and optimisation and asset valuations in both conventional hydrocarbon and CSG
- Bachelor of Petroleum Engineering (Honours) from University of NSW and has over 20 years’ experience in conventional and CSG exploration and development
Christopher A Sadler
Non-Executive Director
Officer since 15 Oct 2009
- Currently a director of Mitre 10 Australia Limited and Deputy Chairman of Austock Group Limited
- Previously a director of Gloucester Coal Limited
- Strong involvement with not-for-profit organisations, Deputy Chairman of Opportunity International Australia and sitting on the board of Alpha International in London
- Extensive professional experience in the investment banking industry, working in senior roles in New York, London and Melbourne for companies such as JP Morgan, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank
