Criag McGown is an Investment Banker with more than 35 years experience in capital raisings and mergers and acquisitions throughout Australia and internationally, particularly in the natural resources sector.  He brings to the Board a comprehensive knowledge of the equity markets and financing of projects in relation to resource companies.  He is currently an Executive Director of New Holland Capital Pty Limited, the corporate advisory and investment banking business associated with the Taurus Group/Taurus Funds Management.  He is also a Non-Executive Chairman of Pioneer Nickel Limited and a Non-Executive Director of Bass Metals Ltd and Peel Exploration Limited.  Mr McGown was formerly the Executive Chairman of DJ Carmichael Pty Limited and an Executive Director of Resource Finance Corporation Limited.

Russell Brimage has in excess of 30 years experience in the upstream oil and gas industry. He was a founding Director of Oilserv Australia Limited, a company providing drilling, well testing and production services. Prior to joining Entek Energy he was Chief Executive of Western Resources NL and General Manager of a Western Australian gas field operator. Mr Brimage is also an executive director of Lion Energy Limited.

David Anthony Craig

Non-Executive Director

Mr Craig is an experienced businessman and lawyer, who has held Executive and Board positions in the fields of law, financial services and the resources industry.  As a Partner of a major Perth law firm he specialised in resources and commercial legal advice, which included work on resources joint ventures, the acquisition and disposal of interests in companies and projects, and capital raisings by
companies.  This was followed by ten years in the financial services industry as a Stockbroker and an Executive Director in a national stockbroking and investment banking company.  Mr Craig then spent
five years working with Woodside Petroleum Ltd in an Executive position in the field of public and government affairs. He brings to the Board expertise in the law, financial markets, stakeholder engagement, relationship management, strategic planning, and risk management.
  

Andrew J Padman

Non-Executive Director

Mr Padman has over 32 years experience in the upstream petroleum E & P industry, working on new ventures, exploration and exploitation projects in the sedimentary basins of S.E. Asia and the UK North Sea and most of the basins of Australia and New Zealand, with some experience in the Gulf Coast, USA.  After 11 years working internationally,
Mr Padman returned to Australia and was employed by Woodside Petroleum as a geophysical technical specialist. From 1996 to early 2008, Mr Padman has served as Exploration Manager to Discovery Petroleum, Premier Oil Australia, Gulf Australia, Newfield Australia and ARC Energy, gaining extensive experience in exploration strategies, portfolio management and business development, particularly across the SE Asian region.  Mr Padman has the technical expertise to drive and manage Entek Energy's exploration activities.  He is now a prime facilitator in the process of guiding Entek through its future growth plans and asset-enrichment opportunities at a time when exploration activity is increasing worldwide as a result of strong global demand for oil and gas.

Mr Sandover has participated in a broad range of business and corporate advisory projects for a diverse range of companies over the past 25 years, including the banking, mining and corporate finance industries in Australia and overseas.  He is experienced particularly in the treasury and financial markets sectors including financial feasibility studies for the provision of debt or equity for project funding.