MA, MSc, DIC. Petroleum Geology
  Chief Executive Officer

 

Mr. Byrne has over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. In his most recent role, Mr. Byrne was President, North West Shelf Australia LNG (ALNG) – the organisation responsible for marketing more than 16 million tonnes of LNG per annum on behalf of the six North West Shelf Project Participants. Immediately prior to joining ALNG, Mr. Byrne was the Australian Country Head of BHP Billiton Petroleum and Head of Production.

Following BG, Mr. Byrne joined BHP Billiton Petroleum and was appointed General Manager of the company’s operations in Pakistan. In this role, he had full management accountability for all aspects of gas and condensate production from the Zamzama field, which produces more than 15% of Pakistan’s total energy needs.

Upon reassignment to Australia, Mr. Byrne became BHP Billiton Petroleum’s Vice President of Gas Marketing for Australia/Asia and subsequently became Australian Country Head and Head of Production. In this latter role, Mr. Byrne was responsible for all aspects of the company’s production and operational activities, which included a significant restructure of BHPB’s operated assets and a major initiative to improve HSE performance, and he represented BHP Billiton at the highest levels of Federal and State Government.

Mr. Byrne has an MA in Natural Sciences (Geology) from Trinity College in Dublin, and a Masters Degree in Petroleum Geology from the Imperial College in London. He started his career with Hamilton Brothers Oil and Gas as an Exploration Geologist and subsequently joined the BG Group, where he held a number of senior exploration, business development, commercial, and leadership roles in Bulgaria, the UK, Tunisia, and India.
 

  B.Comm, CA, A Fin, GAICD
  Chief Financial Officer

Ashley Gilbert joined Nido in 2006 and was appointed to the role of Chief Financial Officer in 2007.

As a Chartered Accountant with over 16 years experience in commerce and public practice, his previous roles include finance positions within the Corporate, Exploration and Portfolio & Planning divisions of Woodside Petroleum Limited, as well as working for GlaxoSmithKline plc in London and prior to this spending seven years in public practice in taxation, auditing, business development and financial management roles.

Ashley is responsible for managing Nido Petroleum's financial, accounting, taxation, treasury, risk and insurance matters.

  B.Sc (Hons) Geology, M.Sc Stratigraphy
  Head of Exploration

Jon is Head of Exploration at Nido Petroleum.

He is a senior petroleum executive with over 26 years experience in the oil and gas industry and a proven track record of delivering and creating value through organic growth and new business development projects. He has worked in the majority of the world premier oil and gas provinces including the North Sea, Middle East, West Africa, SE Asia, Australia's NW Shelf and PNG.

He has also held senior executive management positions with Oil Search Limited, BHP Petroleum Pty Ltd, Bridge Oil Pty Ltd, Enterprise Oil Exploration Limited and Phillips Petroleum. These include positions managing international exploration and development projects, strategic planning and commercial areas of the oil and gas business.

Jon graduated from the University of London with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) and a Master of Science.

  B.Ec, LLB
  General Counsel and Company Secretary

John is responsible for managing Nido's legal teams in Perth and Manila and has more than 15 years experience as a lawyer.

John's recent experience includes a senior legal position with the Timor Sea Designated Authority where he worked on the Bayu-Undan LNG Project, an executive appointment with the Northern Territory Government working on the Ichtys LNG Project and with Cridlands Lawyers where he negotiated the project agreements for the Bootu Creek manganese mine.

John also worked at the Northern Land Council representing traditional Aboriginal owners in projects such as the Ranger Uranium Mine. Prior to working in a resources context John was the principal lawyer with the Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre in Melbourne where he was an accredited specialist in immigration law.

John graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Laws.