List of Confirmed Speakers

Hon. Anna Bligh, Premier of Queensland and Minister for the Arts

The Hon Anna Bligh MP made history on 21 March 2009, when she became the first

popularly elected female Premier in Australia. Prior to the election, she served as

Queensland Premier from 13 September 2007, following the resignation of Peter

Beattie.

Ms Bligh was born in Warwick, Queensland. She grew up on the Gold Coast,

attending Catholic primary schools and Miami State High School, before completing

the last six months of her schooling at Nowra State High School.

She became Deputy Premier of Queensland in July 2005 - the same month she

celebrated 10 years as Member for South Brisbane. As Deputy Premier she was also Treasurer and

Minister for Infrastructure, running the $33 billion Queensland State Budget and leading construction of the

$9 billion South-East Queensland Water Grid.

Ms Bligh was formerly Minister for Finance, State Development, Trade and Innovation. Prior to that she

was Queensland's first female Education Minister, spending almost 5 years overseeing the most significant

reforms to the state‘s education system in decades.

Hon. Wayne Swan, Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia

The Hon Wayne Swan MP was sworn in as Treasurer on 3 December 2007, and

handed down the Rudd Government's first Budget on 13 May 2008. Wayne has been

the Member for Lilley from 1993 to 1996, and from 1998 to the present. In 2005 he

published Postcode: the Splintering of a Nation, a well-received book on economic

and social policy in Australia.

Before his appointment to his current role, Wayne was Shadow Treasurer for three

years and Shadow Minister for Family and Community Services for six years before

that. Wayne was for twelve years a lecturer at the Queensland Institute of Technology

(now QUT), then ran the Queensland Branch of the Australian Labour Party.

He was born 30 June 1954 in Nambour, and grew up on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.

Loftus Harris AM, Queensland Government Special Representative to the Middle East and India

Mr Loftus Harris has extensive experience in international trade, investment, and

economic development having held positions as Chief Executive and Director-General

and as a Senior Executive in the Queensland and New South Wales public sectors,

and in the Australian Trade Commission.

Having served as an Australian Trade Commissioner and Senior Trade Commissioner

in Australian embassies in West Africa, Asia, Scandinavia, Europe and the Middle East

and as head of the India, Middle East, and Africa Branch of Austrade in Canberra,

Loftus has extensive international operational and policy experience in export and

investment development.

Loftus has served as Chair and member of numerous state and national bodies concerned with

international trade and business development. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company

Directors, the national President of the Australian Institute of Export and was appointed a Member of the

Order of Australia in 2008.

Neville Roach AO, Member of the Indian Prime Minister’s Global Advisory Council of Overseas

Indians

Neville Roach was born in Bharuch, Gujarat, India. He was transferred to Australia by

the New India Assurance Company Limited in 1961 and has lived in Australia ever

since. He is married, has 3 children and 8 grandchildren.

Mr Roach is highly respected as a business and community leader who has made a

significant contribution to the IT industry, the Education and Research sector, the

development of social policy, especially relating to immigration and multicultural

community relations, and Australia‘s overseas relations, especially with India.

Mr Roach is a graduate of the University of Bombay, India, where he majored in

economics and political science from St Xavier‘s College, winning two university awards, the S K Patil Gold

Medal and Prize for standing first in Political Science and the Ellis Scholarship and Prize for standing first

in English.

Mr Roach has had a distinguished career in the Information Technology and Telecommunications industry,

which began with IBM Australia in 1965. He worked for Fujitsu Australia from 1980 to 2004, during which

he rose to the position of Chairman and CEO. He is currently Chairman of TCS-FNS and TCS

Management, Australian subsidiaries of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India‘s largest IT company. He

is also an Advisor to TCS Australia.

In the wider business sphere, Mr. Roach‘s appointments have included Director of OneSteel Limited and

NRMA Building Society. He was also Director and New South Wales President of the Committee for the

Economic Development of Australia (CEDA).

Doug McTaggart, CEO, Queensland Investment Corporation

Doug McTaggart is the Chief Executive of QIC a leading institutional investment

manager with $65 billion* in funds under management. * as at 31 December, 2009 for a

broad range of private and public sector clients.

Dr McTaggart has held various positions as an academic economist, finishing as

Professor of Economics and Associate Dean at Bond University. Prior to joining QIC he

was the Under Treasurer and Under Secretary of the Queensland Department of

Treasury.

He is currently a Councillor on the National Competition Council, a member of the COAG Reform Council,

and a Director of CEDA.

He is a past President of the Economic Society, Australia, has been a member of the Australian

Accounting Standards Board, a Council Member of the Queensland University of Technology and was a

Director (and past Chair) of the Investment & Financial Services Association.

He has been published extensively in academic journals, is the author of several economics textbooks,

and holds both an Honours Degree in Economics from the Australian National University and a Masters

Degree and PhD from the University of Chicago.

Huw McKay, Director of Economics, Westpac

Huw McKay, Director and Senior International Economist, joined Westpac‘s Economic

Research team in the year 2000. He is the Bank‘s spokesperson on pan-Asian

economic and market issues. He has recently completed a secondment to the Federal

Treasury as Principal Advisor Financial Markets.

His research covers issues related to Asia, world growth, macro-financial linkages,

demographics and urbanisation, resource intensity and policy design. He is the author

of a number of scholarly articles on Asia. His article entitled ―Consider India‖, penned

almost a decade ago, awoke many in the financial markets to the country‘s enormous

long run potential.

Huw has visited India as both an economist and a cricketer (under the flag of Sydney University).

It is rumoured that he is also the author of Phat Dragon, Westpac‘s weekly chronicle of the Chinese

economy. Huw is affiliated with the Global Dynamic Systems Centre at the Australian National University.

Vanessa Sullivan, Executive Director, Climate Change & Sustainability Services, Ernst & Young

Vanessa has extensive experience in Queensland across the resource, energy and

water sectors. Vanessa has been a senior member of energy and water reform teams

and has played a key role in a number of market reform related areas namely:

Advisor to a number of private sector corporate entities on both water and energy

market developments and risks;

Project manager with the Office of Energy responsible for the development of a

revised energy procurement arrangement for the entire Queensland franchise load;

Advisor to the Queensland Office of Energy in relation to the 13% gas scheme;

Advisor to the Queensland Government on Queensland‘s Full Retail Competition project;

Vanessa has also been involved in assisting clients develop their strategic responses and risk assessment

frameworks in a carbon constrained environment

Dr. Ligia Noronha, Director, Resources, Economic Regulation & Global Security Division,

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India

Dr Ligia Noronha is a Senior Fellow of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India, and Director of the Resources and Global Security Division. The Division serves as a focal point for TERI‘s research on studies and strategies for resources – conserving, sharing, responsible development, and use – to assist India‘s efforts at developing a positive vision for a more global and regional security. Her work at TERI includes leading and managing a research agenda and team on resource security, resource and environmental federalism, and policy issues relating to

emerging technologies, trade and environment. She has an M.A. in Economics from the University of Bombay, and an M.Sc in Sea Use Law, Economics and Policy, and a PhD from the London School of Economics.

Paul Curnow, Partner, Baker & McKenzie

Paul is a Partner of Baker & McKenzie's Global Environmental Markets Practice, having

specialised in renewable, carbon and environmental markets for over 10 years. Paul

advises government, multilateral and private sector clients on domestic and

international climate and renewable energy regulation and policy, cross-border

renewable and carbon project development and financing, and structured carbon

financing deals in OTC and exchange-traded markets. Between 2001 and 2004 Paul

was an international climate change negotiator with the Australian Greenhouse Office.

Nicholas Jacobson, Senior Engineer Renewable Energy, RenewablesSA, Government of South

Australia

Nicholas Jacobson is a Senior Engineer in Renewable Energy, has more than 8 years

experience in the sector. With international experience in the renewable energy sector,

many clients and communities now benefit from his capabilities in wind and photovoltaic

energy generation. His work in Australia and Asia Pacific has extended to identification,

evaluation, EIS, process design, due diligence and government approval of renewable

energy projects.

Greg Nielsen, Assistant Director General, Office of Clean Energy, Queensland Government

Greg Nielsen is Assistant Director-General of the Queensland Government‘s Office of Clean Energy

(OCE).

With growing carbon constraints, the OCE is charged with delivering a robust clean

energy sector, improving the resilience and competitiveness of Queensland industry

and boosting regional productivity.

The 2009 Queensland Renewable Energy Plan is helping stimulate up to $3.5 billion in

new investment, creating up to 3,500 new jobs and reducing greenhouse gas emissions

by more than 40 million tonnes by 2020.

To support the plan, the OCE is developing the Queensland Energy Management Plan to foster energy

efficiency and demand management technologies, attract investment, create new green jobs and engage

the community about the opportunities and benefits of clean energy.

Before joining the OCE, Greg worked with Ergon Energy for 14 years in strategic development, regulation,

customer service, business development and network analysis.

Tony St Clair, Agribusiness Manager, MBD Energy

Tony was Chief Executive of Federated Farmers of New Zealand for eight years

(1997-2005). The organisation had approximately 19000 farm members at the end of

Tony‘s tenure.

He has been on multiple committees at CEO level within New Zealand. The have

involved; International trade, food safety, human capacity building, farm safety,

various emergency response groups for both adverse events and biosecurity.

Over this time in New Zealand he has also represented the Agriculture Sector in

W.T.O forums( Seattle, Cancun) and International Federation of Agricultural Producers ,Cairns Group

Farm leaders and CER Ministerials. He was Chair of the Australian New Zealand Business Council in

2004. Tony also attended the COP 15 in Copenhagen in late 2009.

Prior to his time in New Zealand he was Executive Director of the Victorian Farmers Federation (1990-97)

and had extensive commodity trading and commercial background in the agricultural production and

processing industry. This included terms as Commercial

This included terms as a livestock auctioneer, Commercial Manager for Uncle Ben‘s of Australia (1978 -85)

and D.R.Johnston /Conagra (1986-1990).

Vivek Pandit, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)

Vivek Pandit is working as a Director in FICCI and heads the Energy Division, which

includes Power, Hydrocarbon, Nuclear and Coal. As leader of the Energy team at

FICCI, Mr. Pandit works closely with the concerned ministries at Central and State

level, Regulatory bodies, energy companies both in the public and private sector,

financial institutions, multilateral agencies, foreign governments, MNCs, think tanks

and other experts, to bring to fore FICCI‘s stance on matters related to the energy

sector. In addition, Vivek is also the Director of the Defence & Aerospace Practice at

FICCI. He has been associated with FICCI for the past 15 years and is a post

Graduate in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi.

FICCI is the Apex Business Organization in the country and has evolved to become a ―Partner in

Progress‖ with the Government, representing various regional and local Chambers of Commerce, Trade

Associations and Industry Bodies, speaking directly and indirectly for over 2,50,000 business units- small,

medium and large- employing around 20 million people. FICCI also has direct membership of about 2000

companies from private, public and multinational sectors. FICCI has been playing a pivotal role in the

formulation of major economic policies. It has encouraged and adopted strategies for greater private sector

participation, free markets, exports and foreign direct investment and has contributed significantly to the

development of all sectors of the economy.

Dr Gon Chaudhuri, National Co-ordinator, Department of Science and Technology, India

Gon studied at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, securing a Degree in Bachelor of

Electrical Engineering achieving a 1st Class, as well as a Certificate course on

Renewable Energy. Gon is trained on New Technology and Renewable Energy in

different Institutions of UK - British Council Programme.

As a National Co-ordinator Mr. Gon Chaudhuri designs and assists with different

groups in regards to implementation of the project, where he trains the Project Heads.

He has to monitor the project and prepare the O&M manual of Micro hydel units, Solar

PV units and Biomass Gasifier units. The Project includes installation of Solar PV

systems, Micro Hydel units and the Biomass Gasifier unit. The duration of the project is 2.5 years and

about 1000 number of families will get grid quality electricity from the projects. There are approximately 20

technologists are working under the guidance of Mr. S.P.Gon Chaudhuri to execute the project well within

time frame.

Tony Denholder, Partner, Blake Dawson

Tony is the Practice Head of Blake Dawson's Resources and Native Title practice in Brisbane. He specialises in advising clients in the mining and energy sector, and has an acknowledged national expertise in native title law. Tony advises on the development of major resource and infrastructure projects, including new mines, gas pipelines and rail and port infrastructure. He is experienced in negotiating with Government on regulatory approvals and other support for proposed projects.

Tony is a lead partner in respect of some of the most important infrastructure projects currently being developed in Queensland:

Wiggins Island Coal Terminal – a proposed $4 billion development in Gladstone involving a

consortium of 18 coal companies.

Santos' proposed Liquefied Natural Gas project in Gladstone (capex expected to exceed $7 billion).

The Surat Basin Rail project involving a consortium including Queensland Rail and Xstrata.

Hancock Coal's proposed Alpha Project in the Galilee Basin (involving a new mine, rail infrastructure

and development at Abbot Point).

Adviser to Rio Tinto, Santos, BHP Billiton and Anglo Coal in respect of their Queensland operations for over a decade.

Mark Pervan, Head of Commodities Research, ANZ

Mark Pervan is ANZ‘s Head of Commodity Research. He has been involved in the

research of Australian listed mining companies and global commodity markets for the

past 16 years. His role at ANZ is to set the bank‘s strategy and price forecasts for the

global metal and energy markets. Mark travels extensively throughout Australia and

the Asian region marketing to key industry participants, is often interviewed by local

and international media, and regularly participates in commodity-based seminars.

Prior to joining ANZ in August 2007, Mark worked for nine years as the Australian

resources analyst and global commodity strategist for Japanese Investment Bank,

Daiwa Securities SMBC. In his last four years with Daiwa he was Australian head of research. Prior to

Daiwa, he worked for four years with ABN AMRO as the banks Australian gold and metals mining analyst.

Mark grew up in New Zealand, graduating from the University of Victoria with a double major in finance

and economics.

Paul Mulder, Managing Director Coal, Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd

Paul Mulder is Managing Director – Coal. He has been heading up the Alpha Coal and

Kevin‘s Corner Projects since September 2007, His responsibilities have increased to

include the Kevin‘s Corner Coal Project in Queensland also.

Prior to joining Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd Paul worked in a variety of operating and

management positions in the steel and resources industries. Paul commenced his

career at BHP Steel subsequently transferring to other divisions in coal (BHP Mitsubishi

Alliance) and iron ore (Western Australian Iron Ore). Paul also worked for BIS

Industries (formerly part of Brambles) in the provision of contract mining services.

Paul is a Materials Engineer and has an MBA with approximately 17 years of operational and commercial

experience.

David Stolz, Director Coal Infrastructure Taskforce, Department of Infrastructure and Planning,

Queensland Government

David Stolz has 20 years experience in a range of industrial sectors, from

telecommunications to banking and insurance, and government sectors. David is

currently the Director of the Queensland Government's Coal Infrastructure Taskforce,

which was established in the Department of Infrastructure and Planning to lead whole-of-

government planning for coal infrastructure.

Ajit Kumar, General Manager, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)

Sh Ajit Kumar graduated in Electrical Engineering in 1980 from Delhi College of

Engineering. He joined NTPC as Executive Trainee in 1980. He has been associated

with engineering of Thermal and Gas based power projects in NTPC. He has served

as Head of Department in Electrical engineering and Quality assurance and

Inspection departments of NTPC. Presently he is working as General Manager

(Project Engineering—Task Force) supervising engineering activities of various

plants.

D.N. Prasad, Director (Technical), Ministry of Coal, Government of India

Mr. D.N. Prasad, graduated in Mining Engineering from the Osmania University,

Hyderabad, India in 1978 and has over three decades of long experience in India‘s coal

and energy sectors covering operation and management of coal mines and

development policy planning for coal and lignite. Mr. Prasad is a holder of First Class

Mine Manager‘s Certificate of Competency to manage coal mines and MBA from

University of Hull, UK. He served public sector coal companies Coal India Ltd. and

Singareni Collieries Co. Ltd. before joining the services of the Planning Commission‘s

Energy Division, Government of India where he was involved in development policy for

coal and lignite broadly covering areas of exploration, production, coal demand, coal

movement, techno economic appraisal of coal sector projects, coal bed methane, clean coal technologies,

environmental appraisals, perspective planning etc. He is presently continuing as Director (Technical) in

the Ministry of Coal, Government of India, New Delhi and working on development policy for coal and

lignite.

Manish Garg, Principal – Corporate Services, Xstract Mining Consultants

Manish has some 20 years mining experience in mining operations, marketing,

corporate roles and consulting. Before joining Xstract Manish has managed business

analysis, planning and improvement functions at Rio Tinto Coal, BHP Billiton Illawarra

Coal, WMC Resources, Oceanagold and Pasminco.

Manish‘s experience includes market intelligence, due diligence, metal and concentrate

marketing, valuation, strategic planning and optimizing business performance. M

Manish has managed and worked on due diligences, feasibility studies and reviews for

banks, financial investors and mining companies on worldwide projects including

Australia, New Zealand, India, South Africa, Congo, Zambia, Kazakhstan, Peru & Bolivia. Manish is a

B.Eng (Hons) (Metallurgical Engineering), Master of Applied Finance, and a member of the Financial

Services Institute of Australia.

Jim Varghese, CEO, Springfield Land Corporation

Jim Varghese AM is the Chief Executive Officer with the Springfield Land Corporation.

Mr Varghese oversights the development of the international award winning world‘s

leading master planned city – Greater Springfield. He is accountable to the Chairman

and Managing Director for the delivery of the development of the city of Springfield,

which is located in the heart of the fastest growing region in south East Queensland.

Springfield comprises of more than 2,860 hectares, Greater Springfield, embodies all

facets of lifestyle, from shopping to schools to business parks offering state of the art

technology, set in an environmentally and sustainable lifestyle.

Mr Varghese has over 30 years experience in the Australian public sector in leading multifaceted

government agencies covering transport, education, training, employment and primary industries. Mr

Varghese has an outstanding track record as a Chief Executive capable of running multifaceted

businesses with a determined focus and proven ability to deliver outcomes with excellence and innovation.

He has successfully driven and implemented the Queensland Government‘s Smart State reform agenda in

Main Roads, Education, Training, Employment and more recently, Primary Industries and Fisheries.

Mr Varghese has a professional and passionate interest in service delivery and best practice management.

He is the creator of the award winning "Three Learning Frames" management approach, which aligns

outcomes with congruent relationships, structures, systems and capabilities. He was awarded the

Centenary Medal for services to the Public Sector and in 2009 was awarded an Order of Australia for

Services to Public Sector Reform and Services to the Community. He is a Fellow of the CPA and

Australian Institute of Management, Co-Patron of the Federation of Indian Communities of Queensland,

board member of Australia 21 and the Puuya Foundation.

Leo Zussino, CEO, Gladstone Port Corporation

MR LEO M ZUSSINO was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Gladstone Ports

Corporation (GPC - previously Gladstone Port Authority) on 19 October 2000. His role at

GPC is to direct and control the business and operational activities of the Ports

Corporation, providing leadership in developing plans and strategies to ensure short and

long term objectives are achieved.

He was previously Chairman of the Gladstone Ports Authority (GPA) from 1990 to 1999;

Chairman of the Queensland Ports‘ Association (QPA) from 1992 to 1999; President of

the Australian Association of Port and Marine Authorities Incorporated (AAPMA) from

1996 to 1999, Member of the Council of Central Queensland University (CQU) from 1990 to 2001 and

Chairman of the Gladstone Advisory Committee for the Central Queensland University from 1991 to 2003.

Mr Zussino is presently Chairman of the Australia Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) and Chairman of the

Gladstone Economic and Industry Development Board (GEIDB).

He was awarded the James Goldston Award for ‗outstanding contribution to the development of

Engineering facilities and programs for the Gladstone Campus of the Central Queensland University‘ in

1998. The official naming of the Leo Zussino Building in May 2004 served to further recognise Leo‘s

significant contribution to the development of the Gladstone campus.

Mr Zussino has presented papers on the Queensland coal industry and the Port of Gladstone at numerous

Australian and International Conferences. He is an annual presenter at the Australia Coaltrans

Conference and has presented papers at the World Coaltrans Conference on a regular basis.

Bruce Munro, Chief Executive Mining, Thiess

Bruce Munro is a 1974 graduate from the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the University

of NSW in Sydney.

He has spent 36 years employed in the construction and mining industries. Projects

involved roads, bridges, marine facilities and heavy civil engineering construction and

industrial buildings through Australia, India and Vietnam.

For four years after graduation Bruce worked as an Engineer with the Department of

Main Roads in Sydney. In 1978 he joined Leighton Contractors working on the ANL

and CTAL Container terminals at Botany Bay, followed by two years in Hobart with

Leighton Candac on a major bridge construction then three years with Pearson Bridge on the Abbot Point

Coal Loader in North Queensland, a bridge on the Gold Coast, a 13 months stint as the Chief Engineer

and 12 months in Melbourne on the Flinders Street Railway Station Redevelopment.

Bruce joined Thiess in 1986 as Project Manager for construction of a large incremental launch bridge. In

1989 he transferred with Thiess as Project Manager in East Kalimantan. In 1993 Bruce was transferred by

Thiess as Country Manager for their operations in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. He returned to Indonesia

in July 1997 to work for Thiess Indonesia as Manager for the construction of a major telecommunications

projects in Central Java.

In 1999 Bruce was appointed President Director of PT Thiess Contractors Indonesia, a role he fulfilled for

eight years. During this time the Indonesian arm of Thiess underwent major growth and won several major

mining and construction contracts which saw the business expand from US$130 million annual turnover to

US$500 million per year.

In August 2007, Bruce was promoted to Executive General Manager Asia to enable him to focus on the

Thiess Group‘s growing Asian interests and in particular the opportunities in India. In January 2010, he

was appointed Chief Executive Mining, bringing together all of the Thiess Group‘s mining operations under

one leadership. From July 2010 Bruce will be based in the Thiess Corporate office in South Bank,

Brisbane, Australia.

Y.K Sehgal, Executive Director, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL)

Y.K. Sehgal is presently working as Executive Director (SEF, CE & IT) in Power Grid

Corporation of India Ltd., the Central Transmission Utility, and is responsible for

complete Transmission System planning, studies and analysis, technological

initiatives, strengthening of National Grid, open access, preparation of Detailed Project

Report, project cost estimates, R&D, IT activities, coordination of construction

activities, information technology integration in transmission systems etc.

Mr. Sehgal has over 28 years professional experience at various capacities in the field

of Transmission and open access. He has implemented various innovative

techniques/R&D activities in transmission systems, National grid through interconnections etc. towards

development of efficient T&D network with minimum environmental impact in a cost effective manner.

He is member of CIGRE and published a number of technical papers in various international and National

forums.

Suman Kumar, Director, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

While serving as Director of the Confederation of Indian Industry‘s (CII) Energy &

Climate Change Program, Suman has been responsible for formulating CII‘s legislative

and regulatory policies on behalf of energy sector member companies, and devising

advocacy strategies and awareness initiatives that promote deployment of energy

efficiency measures, renewable energy technologies and other climate-friendly

technologies. He has also gathered vast research and consultancy experience on

energy efficiency, carbon trading, renewable energy, energy financing/investment and

energy trading & derivatives.

Suman has extensive record in conceptualization, acquisition, management & execution of CII‘s donor

funded projects on renewable energy, climate change, rural electrification and carbon trading &

derivatives. Donors included European Commission, DFID, British High Commission, USAID, UNDP,

Asian Development Bank, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India.

He also has vast experience in serving on several Government/Industry task forces, committees, working

groups and research groups mandated to devise policy change instruments, financial incentives and legal

instruments in the field of energy efficiency and renewable energy

He has significant experience in organizing executive business delegations, policy roundtables,

conferences, training and awareness programs that facilitate networking and collaboration among key

energy sector stakeholders. He is also experienced in teaching/mentoring of energy professionals and

students on topics such as climate change, carbon trading, energy financing and rural electrification.

Suman got trained as a business economist at University of Delhi. He completed the Financial Risk

Management (FRM) course (2005) from Global Association of Risk Professionals. He also completed CFA

course conducted by CFA Institute and now is a CFA charter holder. He has also completed several

training courses on energy trading and derivatives conducted by ICE Futures, London; NYMEX; Energy

Management Institute, New York and certificate courses on renewable energy from Renec Academy,

Berlin and Institute of Energy Economics, Tokyo. Recently, he has been a Chevening Fellow with

University of Edinburgh at UK and completed course on ‗Finance and Investment in Low Carbon Economy‘

Mark Couchman, Associate Director, Natural Resources Group Institutional Banking, ANZ

Mark is a career banker, with experience over 10 years and spanning multiple

geographies including Europe and Asia. Since joining ANZ's Natural Resources

Group in December 2005, Mark has expanded ANZ's banking and finance capabilities

and relationships to the resources industry in Queensland & in PNG. Prior to joining

ANZ, Mark spent 3 years in London, at ABN Amro as a Senior Capital Analyst,

responsible for the management of balance sheet and allocation of capital for the

group‘s Institutional clients. Mark holds a Bachelor of Business (Management),

Graduate Certificate in Finance and is in the final stages of completing his Masters of

Business Administration at QUT.

S.K.Srivastava, Director General, Directorate General of Hydrocarbons

Mr. Srivastava did his post graduation in Geology from Lucknow University, India. He

joined Oil India Limited (OIL) in 1977 where he worked for more than 30 years in the

spheres of Exploration and Production. He has been the Chief Adviser (Exploration &

Development), Country Manager of Oil India Limited‘s Libya Operations. He has

actively guided OIL in national and international bidding in several countries in Africa,

Middle East, South East Asia and North American Continents. He was also Head of

Exploration for OIL in North East India. He was responsible for several oil and gas

discoveries and credited with setting up Oil India‘s state of the art G&G Interpretation Centre and Libya

Project where the Company has exploration acreages. Prior to his joining as Director General Directorate

General of Hydrocarbons, Mr Srivastava held the position of Director Operations in Oil India Limited, the

post which he joined after his short tenure of 2 years as Deputy Director General in the Directorate

General of Hydrocarbons (DGH).

Mr. Srivastava is currently the Director General of DGH and is responsible for giving technical advice to the

Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on the exploration of oil and gas, Reservoir management review of

exploration programmes and the relinquishment of acreage. He is also responsible for the continuous

review of discovered reserves, development plans and repository of E&P data besides laying down

strategies for exploration abroad. He is the Technical coordinator of the Indian National Gas Hydrate

Programme. Under his able leadership renewed emphasis is being given to the exploration and

exploitation of Coal Bed Methane, Oil Shales and Shale gas in the country.

The Director General faces the challenge of improving the quality and pace of exploration in India. Besides

ensuring optimal exploitation of discovered reserves, attracting global E&P companies is also an equally

important task.

He is an ardent reader and has a knack over languages. He can speak in most of the 30 odd regional

languages spoken in India He is fond of music and is a keen golfer.

Drew Edwards, Associate Director Natural Resources Group Institutional Banking, ANZ

Drew joined the ANZ Natural Resources Group (NRG) in March 2008. He is the NRG

petroleum industry expert responsible for the financial review of petroleum companies

and the technical and economic analysis of petroleum projects. Prior to this Drew was

Head of Economic Evaluation Australia/Asia for BHPBilliton Petroleum. Drew has 15

years petroleum industry experience, including:

Head of Economic Evaluation Australia/Asia for BHPBilliton Petroleum (Perth)

Senior Commodities Analyst: BHPBilliton Petroleum Strategy (Melbourne)

Senior Business Analyst: Business Development BHPBilliton (London)

Lead Mechanical Engineer, Woodside Petroleum Development Engineering Consultant (Perth)

Mal Hellmuth, General Manager, Strategic Economic Projects, Government of Queensland

Mal Hellmuth is the General Manager of the Strategic Economic Projects Unit in the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation of the Queensland Government. He is responsible for the facilitation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects throughout Queensland and for leading the development of a Queensland Government position in relation to the emerging coal seam gas and LNG industries. Mal has worked for the private and public sectors on a range of complex infrastructure projects.

With background in asset planning management and valuation, Mal has also held General Manager

positions associated with the development and delivery of major infrastructure programs by the

Queensland Government. He is a Registered Professional Engineer and has extensive experience in

policy development, program delivery, strategic planning, and community engagement.

Alistair Webb, Commercial Manager, Geodynamics Limited

Mr Alistair Webb is Geodynamics‘ Commercial Manager, responsible for overseeing

the commercial development of all the company‘s hot fractured rock geothermal

projects. A chartered accountant, Alistair also develops strategies for third-party

involvement in the company and provides managerial direction and oversight of all

media and investor relations activities.

Mr Webb was previously Energy Derivatives Manager at Eraring Energy where he

played a key role in developing and implementing a greenhouse gas / emission trading

strategy for the company‘s renewable portfolio.

Nathan Mitchell, CEO, Mitchell Energy

Nathan Mitchell has a lifelong involvement with the drilling and resource exploration industry. Throughout this time he has developed both skilled technical ability and commercial management expertise. As CEO of Mitchell Drilling for six years, Nathan doubled the size of the company and directed international expansion to Indonesia, India, China, USA and Zambia. After the sale of Mitchell Drilling's Australian operations in August, 2008, Nathan incorporated Mitchell Group as a governing company to all existing international operations and future energy sector expansion.