Mr Michael Fry B.Comm ASIA
Non-Executive Chairman
Michael holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Australia, is a Fellow of Financial Services Institute of Australasia, and is a past member of the ASX. Michael has extensive experience in capital markets and corporate treasury management specialising in the identification of commodity, currency and interest rate risk and the implementation of risk management strategies. Michael was a founding Director of Challenger Energy Limited and currently serves as its Chairman. He is also Chairman of Red Fork Energy Limited.
Mr Paul Bilston BE (Mech), PhD
Managing Director
Paul Bilston has a Bachelor of Mechanical engineering and a PhD in Structural engineering, with 15 yrs experience in all aspects of oil & gas sector,. He has worked in a number of senior technical, commercial and management roles for companies including Worley, GHD, AGL Energy and AJ Lucas. In recent years his focus has been on the unconventional hydrocarbon space in Australia and overseas, and most recently managed the Gloucester Gas project in NSW which was in December 2008 for $370M by AJL & MPO.
Mr David Prentice Grad.Dip.BA, MBA
Executive Director
David Prentice’s career includes 21 years experience in commercial management and business development within the natural resources sector, working for some of Australia’s leading resource companies. This has included high-level commercial and operational roles with a number of listed and unlisted resource companies. David was a founding Director of Challenger Energy, he is also Managing Director of Red Fork Energy Limited. David has overseen the successful transformation of Red Fork Energy Limited from a small ASX listed oil and gas explorer to a substantial United States based oil and gas production and development company with a market capitalisation of more than A$100 million.
Adrien Wing, CPA
Company Secretary
Mr Wing is Certified Practicing Accountant qualified. He practised in the audit and corporate divisions of a chartered accounting firm before working with a number of public companies listed on the Australian Stock Exchange as a corporate/accounting consultant and company secretary.
