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Geoff Gander
Executive Chairman
Mr Gander graduated from the University of Western Australia in 1984 where he completed a Bachelor of Commerce Degree. He has been involved in the listing and running of public companies since 1994. Mr Gander was appointed as a Director of Jupiter Energy Limited on 27 January 2005 and is currently responsible for Group Corporate Development, Group Investor Relations and he also works with JPR's Almaty based Director Erkin Svanbayev in developing the Kazakhstan operation.
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David Thorpe
Managing Director
David is a graduate of both the University of Western Australia and the University of New South Wales where he completed a Doctor of Philosophy (Geology) and Master of Engineering Science (Petroleum Engineering), respectively. He has worked in field and office based positions for a number of international and Australian petroleum exploration and production companies in geoscience, operations and engineering roles. Prior to joining Jupiter Energy, David was most recently working in Australia for BHP Billiton and previously Woodside.
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Erkin Svanbayev
Executive Director
Erkin is a Kazakh educated Engineer with an oil and gas background in Kazakhstan and extensive upstream and downstream experience. He is an experienced oil trader, operating predominantly in the Mangistau Basin and shipping oil out through the port city of Aktau. Erkin assists Jupiter Energy in both identifying oil projects is Kazakhstan as well as acting as the key contact for the Company in our Almaty office.
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Andrew Childs
Non-Executive Director
Andrew is the Managing Director of Petroleum Ventures Pty Ltd, Chairman of Australian Oil Company Limited (AOC), and also sits on the Boards of Orion Energy Pty Limited, Grove Energy Limited, Audax Resources Limited (ADX), Bombora Energy Limited and Stratic Energy Corporation. Andrew graduated from the University of Otago, New Zealand in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science in Geology and Zoology. He gained technical experience with Petroz NL as a Geoscientist and later commercial experience as the Commercial Assistant to the Managing Director. Andrew is a member of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
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Scott Mison
Company Secretary
Mr Mison holds a Bachelor of Business degree majoring in Accounting and Business Law, is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and Chartered Secretaries Australia. Mr Mison was until recently an Associate Director of Capital Investment Partners Pty Ltd, a corporate advisory firm which delivers a comprehensive range of investment banking services including strategic capital raising, merger and acquisition and financial advisory services, primarily to small-cap emerging listed companies.