Directors

Christopher Walter Lambert - Executive Chairman

Mr Lambert’s financial background is predominantly commodity based in the City of London. Mr Lambert headed up the London and global trading operations for Elders Finance Group, The Rural and Industries Bank of Western Australia, Barclays Bank and Prudential Securities (USA) London. During his time at these companies, he was responsible for global dealing operations in the major financial centres around the world, along with the structuring of corporate and project finance transactions for governments, central banks, industrial companies and mining houses.

Mr Lambert is a Director of ASX listed PepinNini Minerals Limited.

Christopher John Schrape - Managing Director

Mr Schrape is a graduate of the University of Melbourne – B.A (Economics). He has more than 30 years experience in the resource and mining industries, including Chief Executive Officer of Griffin Coal in Western Australia and 20 years with Rio Tinto in a variety of senior management and marketing roles in Australia and overseas, notably as Marketing Manager with Indonesia’s largest coal operation (PT Kaltim Prima Coal) for 6 years from project start-up in 1991. Before joining Altona Energy, Mr Schrape was engaged as a Marketing Adviser for several prospective coal and power projects in Asia
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Mr Schrape became a consultant and adviser to Altona October 2005 and joined the Board in July 2006. He was subsequently appointed Managing Director in August 2006, with principal operational responsibility for the development of the Arckaringa Coal to Liquids (CTL) and Power Project in South Australia.

Anthony John Samaha - Executive Finance Director

Mr Samaha holds Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Economics degrees. He is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia and an Associate of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.  Mr Samaha has over 18 years experience in providing accounting and corporate advice in a diverse range of industry sectors, including resource development. Mr Samaha is a non-executive Director of AIM listed Equatorial Palm Oil Plc.

Peter Michael John Fagiano – Executive Director

Peter is a chartered engineer with over 45 years experience in process industries world-wide. He was previously Director of Operations – Process & Technology Division at Jacobs Engineering UK Limited, a subsidiary of one of the world’s leading project engineering firms which performed numerous techno-economic studies for Altona in respect of the development of the Arckaringa Coal-to- Liquids Project in South Australia under his leadership. Prior to that Mr. Fagiano worked with the ABB Group for 12 years, holding senior management positions including Managing Director of its UK & International Oil and Engineering Division, ABB Global Engineering. Additionally, he established an independent technology company specialising in synthetic gas applications and developing technology from its own research and development facilities.

Within the previous five years, Mr. Fagiano held a Directorship of the British Chemical Engineering Contractors Association, whose members represent the 20 major international process plant contractors based in the UK.

Zheng (Michael) Qiang - Deputy Chairman

Mr Zheng began his career as an economist at the China Economic Commission before moving to the China Rare Earth Office of The State Council Rare Earth Leading Group of the State Planning Commission, where he was in charge of rare earth production. He subsequently became the Deputy General Manager of the China Rare Earth Development Corporation, a commercial arm of the State Council Rare Earth Leading Group. Mr Zheng has also previously held senior management positions in the Beijing office of AMR Technologies Inc. (“AMR”), a resources company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, where he co-coordinated relations with Chinese entities and was responsible for AMR’s direct liaison with the Chinese Government.

Phillip George Sutherland - Non-Executive Director

Mr Sutherland joined the Board of Altona Energy in November 2006. He was the Chief Executive Officer of and Chief Industry Advocate for the South Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy (SACOME) from February 2001 until January 2007. SACOME is the peak industry association for companies with business interests in the Resources Industry in South Australia. Prior to his employment with SACOME, Mr Sutherland had extensive executive management experience with local, state and federal government agencies.

Mr Sutherland is well known in government, industry and media circles and is a graduate in business management from the South Australian Institute of Technology and the University of South Australia. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and a Member of both the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Australian Human Resources Institute.

 

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