01 EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM
Peter Bond // Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Peter Bond has a successful track record in the coal and gold mining industries, both in Australia and overseas. His business interests include mineral, mining, and associated operations. Peter was appointed to the Linc Energy Board in October 2004 and has been pivotal to its success since it listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in May 2006. He has personally seen the company evolve from a small-cap business into an ASX 200 company, and seen the company grow in talent from a small team to over 400 employees across four continents.
Peter has a unique knowledge and understanding of the coal mining industry over the course of a diversified career spanning more than 20 years. Peter has experience in the design, installation, commissioning and operation of complex processing plants and projects, and his various companies are recognised in the mineral processing industry for both innovation and efficiency.
Kobus Terblanche // President Linc Energy Australia & Africa
Kobus joined Linc Energy as General Manager GTL in 2008. He has extended his responsibilities to Chief Operating Office and is now President of Linc Energy's Australia and Africa operations. Kobus has more than 25 years of experience in the upstream and downstream oil and gas industry, with a specific focus on GTL project management, operations, and technology management. With a Master's degree in chemical engineering, Kobus started his career in basic research and development with Sasol.
Kobus has performed roles such as Vice-President and Executive Director with Glencore in the Democratic Republic of Congo where he managed a refining, storage and logistics business. For Mossgas in South Africa he played a key role to establish its commercial GTL facility. As General Manager of corporate strategy and new ventures,
Kobus was also involved in the formation of South Africa's PetroSA. Kobus has furthered his expertise through executive management studies at Stanford University and a Master's degree in financial economics at the University of London.
Craig Ricato // EXECUTIVE Director, Legal and Corporate Affairs
Craig Ricato is Linc Energy's Director, Legal and Corporate Affairs. Craig's primary
responsibility is to ensure Linc Energy's compliance with the regulatory requirements of both the Australian Securities Exchange and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Craig also provides legal guidance to the Board, manages the legal affairs of the company and works with the United States team on Linc Energy's oil and gas acquisition program.
Craig Ricato brings a broad range of international experience to Linc Energy across the regulatory, accounting and legal industries. Craig obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1991 and was admitted as a Legal Practitioner of the Supreme Court in 2001 after graduating with a Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours. His early career background prior to joining the legal profession was in the area of Forensic Accounting and
law enforcement.
Don Schofield // President Linc Energy Operations, USA
Don Schofield has extensive worldwide experience in founding mining and energy related private and public companies, and has served in roles including
Managing Director, General Manager, Mine Manager, Operations Manager, Exploration Manager and Project Manager in the petroleum, coal bed methane, mineral exploration, mining, and drilling industries. In the early 1980s, Don was involved in some of the initial UCG work performed in the United States.
Don has tertiary qualifications in science, majoring in mining engineering and geology and a Master of Arts in sedimentation and marine geology. Don is responsible for Linc Energy's expansion and operations in the United States.
David Smith // Chief Operating Officer
David's operations responsibilities extend globally across the strategic areas of the business including upstream and downstream technologies, safety, environment, exploration, projects and procurement. David has 25 years of engineering and business development experience across a diverse portfolio
of energy, infrastructure and mining and development industries.
David is a representative Linc Energy Director at the Yerostigaz UCG facility in Uzbekistan and a director for other companies in which Linc Energy has an interest, such as AFC Energy.
David has an MBA from the University of Queensland, an Honours degree in Engineering from the University of Wollongong and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).
Adam Bond // General Manager European Operations
Adam Bond joined Linc Energy as General Manager Ð European Operations, responsible for the development and delivery of Linc Energy's European expansion in the
United Kingdom, mainland Europe and Russia.
With over 12 years of experience Adam's background is in providing commercial advice to public and private sector organisations in the United Kingdom and Australia,
as well as to international energy and infrastructure markets.
Prior to joining Linc Energy, Adam held positions with the British Government as Project Director, Lead Negotiator and Commercial Lead for the United Kingdom's first carbon capture and storage program. He was also instrumental in the design of the commercial framework for delivery of the United Kingdom's offshore electricity transmission network.
Adam holds tertiary qualifications in law, commerce and taxation, and was a participant in Harvard Law School's Program on negotiation. Originally from Australia,
Adam relocated to London in 2007.
