Meet the board
Philipp Kin ( Managing Director )
Philipp has over 15 years wealth of experience in the Energy and Mining Sectors with a specific background in analysis, financing and deal structuring. His career has spanned stockbroking, investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, debt capital markets, equity capital markets and oil, gas and energy research in roles including Lead WA LNG Asset Economist at Shell, Head of Oil and Gas Research at Royal Bank of Scotland, Senior Investment Relations Advisor at Oil Search, and Director of Corporate Finance at Baillieu Holst.
While with Shell, Philipp worked on both offshore and onshore exploration projects, the development of conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon projects, and commercial projects including assisting the Gorgon LNG team to Final Investment Decision.
Philipp is currently non-executive director of Hexagon Energy Materials Ltd (ASX:HXG).
John Cathcart ( Non-Executive Director )
Mr Cathcart has 30 years’ experience in energy and mining investment analysis including extensive experience in these sectors at a technical, corporate and financial level, working in oil, gas, gold, copper and nickel at several major operations.
He made the successful transition to the financial sector and broking in 1994 where he established a very strong reputation with several brokers including Baillieu’s, BT, HSBC and CommSec before running the Resources portfolio at Thorney Investments.
Mr Cathcart has invested in oil and gas stocks in Australia and the USA for many years and has travelled extensively reviewing these investments. Previously, Mr Cathcart was an investment manager at Thorney Investments for a significant period of time and was recently a director of stockbroking firm Rawson Lewis. He is currently an advisor to Cygnet Capital.
Mark Lochtenberg ( Non-Executive Director )
Mr Mark Lochtenberg graduated with a Bachelor of Law (Hons) degree from Liverpool University, U.K. and has been actively involved in the coal industry for more than 30 years. Mr Lochtenberg is the former Executive Chairman and founding Managing Director of ASX listed Baralaba Coal Company Limited (formerly Cockatoo Coal Limited).
He was a principal architect of Cockatoo’s inception and growth from an early stage grassroots explorer through to an emerging mainstream coal producer. Mr Lochtenberg was also formerly the co-head of Glencore International AG’s worldwide coal division, where he spent 13 years overseeing a range of trading activities including the identification, due diligence, negotiation, acquisition and aggregation of the coal project portfolio that would become Xstrata Coal.
Prior to this Mr Lochtenberg established a coal “swaps” market for Bain Refco, (Deutsche bank) after having served as a senior coal trader for Hansen Neuerburg AG and as coal marketing manager for Peko Wallsend Limited. Mr Lochtenberg has previously been a Director of ASX listed Pacific American Coal Limited and Cumnock Coal Limited and of privately held United Collieries Pty Limited.
Mr Lochtenberg is currently appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of Evolve Limited, ASX listed Terracom Limited (TER) and Equus Mining Limited (EQE) and is also Non-Executive Director for ASX listed Nickel Industries Limited (NIC).
John Kenny ( Non-Executive Director )
Mr Kenny is a lawyer by profession and holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western Australia.
Mr Kenny co-founded Helios.
Henko Vos ( Non-Executive Director and Company Secretary )
Mr Vos is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), the Governance Institute of Australia (GIA), and the Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) with more than 20 years’ experience working within public practice, specifically within the area of corporate services and audit and assurance both in Australia and South Africa. He holds similar secretarial roles in various other listed public companies in both industrial and resource sectors. He is a Director at Nexia Perth, a mid-tier corporate advisory and accounting practice.