EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM

Peter Bond has a successful track record in the coal and mining industries, both in Australia and overseas. His business interests include mineral, mining and associated operations in Australia and South East Asia.

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 around the world.

Building on his early engineering background, Peter has gained a unique knowledge and understanding of the coal 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.

Craig Ricato is Linc Energy's Director, Legal and Corporate Affairs. Craig is responsible for all transactional and corporate legal matters, including Linc Energy’s compliance with listing requirements in Australia and regulatory requirements within Australia and overseas. Craig also provides legal guidance to the Board, manages the various corporate functions within the Group and works with the United States team on Linc Energy’s oil & 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 Forensic Accounting and law enforcement.

Adam Bond joined Linc Energy as President – European Operations in 2011. He is now President Clean Energy where he is responsible for the execution and deployment of Linc Energy’s Clean Energy strategy globally, including UCG to GTL projects.

Adam’s commercial background in the leading and execution of large, complex infrastructure projects - particularly within the international energy sector - is key to the refocussing of Linc Energy’s Clean Energy Division towards commercialisation, of UCG in particular.  

Prior to joining Linc Energy, Adam held key positions with the British Government as Project Director on the United Kingdom's first carbon capture and storage program and was also instrumental in the design of the commercial framework for delivery of the United Kingdom's £10 billion offshore electricity transmission network. 

Adam is presently a Non-Executive Director of AFC Energy PLC and holds tertiary qualifications in law, commerce and taxation, and was a recent participant in Harvard Law School's Program on Negotiation. Originally from Australia, Adam relocated to London in 2007, but returned to Australia in September 2012 to lead Linc Energy’s Clean Energy business unit.

Scott has over 30 years of executive and operations experience in the Gulf Coast. He most recently served as General Manager – Gulf Coast Region for Linc Energy. Prior to joining Linc Energy in October 2011, Scott acted as CEO and Chairman of Probe Resources, a TSX-V listed exploration and production company with assets in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Prior to Probe, he was responsible for the evolution of Spinnaker Exploration Company from a non-operating entity to one of the premier operating companies in the Gulf of Mexico. He was also previously a partner in an engineering consulting firm (HTK Consultants) that provided engineering and operations expertise both offshore and onshore on the Gulf Coast. 

Scott holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Louisiana State University.

Michael Mapp has recently joined Linc Energy as the President of the Coal Group.  Michael is a respected and successful mining professional who has been working in the industry for more than 20 years. Michael joins Linc Energy from Intra Energy where he held the position of Chief Operating Officer.

Prior to Intra Energy, Michael worked with the Xstrata group as Operations Manager of Ulan Coal and before that as Director of Coal Operations Australia for Vale, responsible for operations including Carborough Downs, Isaac Plains, Broadlea and the Integra Coal underground and open-cut mines. He was promoted to Director after positions of Executive General Manager of Vale Australian Operations, Executive General Manager of Vale NSW Operations and General Manager of Integra Coal Operations with AMCI.

Additional mining experience was gained through Thiess Contractors as Plant Operations Manager & Director of Engineering & Operations Mining Technologies Australia which oversaw the introduction and operation of Highwall Mining systems in Australia.

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 SAPEX.

Janelle van de Velde has nearly 25 years of experience working for publicly-listed companies. Having worked for Ergon Energy, she has a diverse perspective of the energy industry and her previous experience also includes General Manager of a multi-million dollar sporting facility.

Janelle joined Linc Energy in August 2006 with a focus to develop and implement investor relations programs to keep stakeholders informed as its vision unfolded. Over the last five years, Janelle has held many diverse roles at Linc Energy including Investor Relations, Corporate Communications and Stakeholder Relations.

In the role of President Shared Services, Janelle is responsible for both Shared Services and Corporate Communications. For Shared Services, Janelle is accountable for ensuring all Linc Energy’s global offices are consistently established and has the required business services such as IT, telecommunications, travel and administration to support the Company’s requirements.

From a Corporate Communications perspective, Janelle and her team are responsible for delivering a global communications strategy – in particular, developing and leading corporate communications, media, and stakeholder and government relations activities across all facets of the organisation.

David's responsibilities extend across the strategic areas of the business including developing commercial partnerships, project development and operations of the Chinchilla Demonstration Facility.

David has 25 years of engineering and commercial development experience across a diverse portfolio of energy, infrastructure, construction and mining industries. Prior to Linc Energy David’s experience included operations management in the Middle East, Chairman of a state infrastructure association, Development Manager for a utility & construction company, State Manager for a condition assessment company and Strategic Development Manager for an international infrastructure & engineering company.

David is the former Linc Energy Chief Operations Officer and a former Director at the Yerostigaz UCG facility in Uzbekistan.

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).

Greg Perkins has over 15 years of experience in the energy, oil, and gas industries. He has extensive international experience having held previous positions in Australia, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Malaysia and the United States.

After internships with BHP and ABB during his undergraduate studies, Greg began his career as a research engineer with Rio Tinto. He was employed by Shell International in Europe and Asia in a variety of oil & gas focused roles, all with increasing responsibility. While working at Shell’s technology centre in Amsterdam, Greg specialised in chemical process development for the petrochemical business units, before working on multi-phase flow issues involving oil & gas for the upstream business units. Greg also spent several years in Shell’s gasification team where he was involved in the commissioning and start-up of a new gasification unit at a natural gas to liquid fuels complex in Malaysia.

Greg holds undergraduate degrees in Science and Engineering and has a PhD in Underground Coal Gasification. Greg’s extensive experience in gasification and process development positions him well for his role at Linc Energy. Since December 2009, Greg has led Linc Energy’s technology team towards commercialising UCG. As Chief Technology Officer, he is responsible for the overall management of Linc Energy’s efforts on UCG and the downstream conversion of syngas into liquid fuels, chemicals and power.

Corri Feige has over 24 years of global exploration and development experience in the mining and petroleum sectors. As a geophysicist and exploration program leader, Corri has worked exploration and development programs in the United States, Australia, Central America and South America, and has employed applied geophysical techniques to in-mine production and drill/blast programs in both coal and hardrock mining operations. Her experience includes project management, permitting, environmental compliance, and governmental affairs coordination. Corri holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geophysical Engineering from the College of Engineering at the Montana School of Mines.

At Linc Energy, Corri is responsible for Project Management in Alaska. Over the last 16 years, she has worked various mining and petroleum exploration and development projects in Alaska including remote exploration programs in Western Alaska and Southwestern Alaska, Coal Bed Methane exploration in the Cook Inlet Basin, conventional natural gas exploration in the Cook Inlet Basin, coal and hardrock mine permitting and environmental compliance, and permitting the first deep geothermal exploration project in Alaska.

Carl Fisher joined Linc Energy in 2008 and is General Manager Human Resources. In this role Carl holds global responsibility for the company’s human resources function.

Carl’s qualifications include a Bachelor of International Business from Murdoch University, and a Master of Business - Human Resource Management from the University of Notre Dame.

Carl brings a wide range of operational and strategic human resource management experience from within the construction, mining and energy industries, and he is a Fellow of the Australian Human Resources Institute (FAHRI).