Board of Directors
Paul Fry
Executive Chairman
Mr Fry has over 20 years experience advising companies operating in the oil and gas industry in Australia, UK and North America.
He was formerly an oil and gas specialist partner with Ernst & Young and PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Australia and Canada, two major global professional advisory firms, and has strong commercial and financial skills.
He brings a wealth of experience working with junior oil and gas companies.
Mark Fenton
Managing Director
Dr Fenton has extensive experience in the oil and gas industry with over 24 years in operating oil and gas companies, including several years in executive management roles. Dr Fenton has extensive experience in both offshore and onshore oil field developments particularly in SE Asia and the Middle East. Dr Fenton has held a range of technical, management and executive positions with international and Australian oil and gas majors as well as smaller ASX-listed oil companies during his career.
Dr Fenton has a PHD in Geology and also a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Geology from the University of Melbourne. He is also a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). Dr Fenton brings strong executive leadership and commercial experience as well as a wealth of international technical and operating skills in project development, exploration and project acquisition.
Lawrence Brown
Executive Director
Mr Brown is currently an Executive Director and has been instrumental in establishing and building Kairiki's oil and gas asset base from 2006 to its current international portfolio located in the Philippines, Tunisia, Italy and Romania.
Mr Brown has over 25 years international petroleum exploration industry experience as an exploration geoscientist. He joined BP in 1982 and after 17 years, working predominantly on international assignments covering the Middle East, Asia, Africa, UK and Australia, he settled in Australia in 1999 where he took up a lead role in Woodside's International Team. He was appointed as a Shell Global Consultant and led Woodside's technical exploration effort in deepwater Mauritania, culminating in the landmark Chinguetti discovery.
In 2001 Mr Brown joined Fusion Oil & Gas, a Mauritania JV participant, helping to grow its asset portfolio into a diverse range of largely operated exploration assets in Gabon, Cameroon, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Western Sahara as well as Mauritania. He was then appointed Exploration Director of Sterling Oil & Gas following its takeover of Fusion Oil & Gas in December 2003 and resigned in January 2006 following the relocation of Sterling's exploration group to the UK.
Jyn Sim Baker
Non-Executive Director
Ms Baker brings corporate and commercial skills having held the role of Chief Executive Officer for IMC Resources Group, which spans Australia, China and Indonesia, since June 2006. She is responsible for investments in mining resources, oil and gas resources and the vertical integration process for the IMC's core businesses in shipping and logistics.
Ms Baker has over 20 years of management and legal advisory experience. Prior to joining IMC, Ms Baker was the Chief Executive Officer of Midwest Corporation Limited, a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. Formerly a practicing corporate lawyer, Ms Baker's expertise extends across energy industry projects, minerals exploration and mining, and infrastructure development
Ms Baker holds a Bacherlor of Law and an ICSA (Institute of Chartered Secretary and Administration) qualification from the University of London and a Certificate in Legal Practice from the University of Malaysia. She is a member of the AICD (Australian Institute of Company Directors), Australia.