Board of Directors

MR MICHAEL FOWLERMichael Fowler
B.Bus (Acc), Finsia (Fellow)

Executive Chairman 
Michael Fowler was a founding Director of Nexus and has been a board member since the company listed on the ASX in September 2000. In November 2007 he was appointed chairman of the board. Mr Fowler has over 20 years experience in the financial services sector. He began his career working for chartered accounting firms in Melbourne before leaving to join a private family investment group in the mid 1990s where he furthered his career by joining their board. Mr Fowler left that group to start the Treasury Group of Companies, a funds management company, with the Victor Smorgon Group in 1999. That business grew to have some $1.2 billion of funds under management and was taken over by an ASX 200 financial services company in early 2005. 

Special responsibilities
Member of the Nomination Committee


 
Michael Arnett

MR MICHAEL ARNETT
B.Com, LL.B

Deputy Chairman
Michael Arnett was appointed to the board of Nexus on 28 May 2009.  Mr Arnett has more than 20 years experience in the areas of capital raising, corporate, commercial, banking and finance, mergers and acquisitions and securities. He is a consultant to and former partner of international law firm Deacons predominantly consulting on mining, resources and oil and gas law.  Current directorships held by Mr Arnett include Archipelago Resources Plc, Archipelago Metals Limited, Cloncurry Metals Limited, New Guinea Energy Limited, NRW Holdings Limited and Queensland Energy Resources Limited.  Previously Mr Arnett held the position of chairman for Anzon Energy Limited and director of Anzon Australia Limited.

Special responsibilities
Chair of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nomination Committee


Ian Boserio

MR IAN BOSERIO
B.Sc Hons (Geophysics), B.Sc (Geology)
 
Executive Director
Ian Boserio was appointed to the board of Nexus on 19 November 2009. Mr Boserio has more than 25 years international experience in the oil and gas business focusing predominantly on exploration. He has spent the majority of his career with Shell including roles in Australia, North Sea, Middle East, India and Indonesia, and five years with Woodside as the Australia exploration manager. Mr Boserio's last position at Shell was as the Australian new business manager, prior to that he led the Shell Australia and NZ exploration team growing its gas portfolio for LNG development.

Special Responsibilities
Member of the Remuneration and Performance Committee
Member of the Nomination Committee
 
 
 
Steve Lowden
MR STEVEN LOWDEN
B.Sc, Master of Petroleum Engineering
 
Non-executive Director
Steven Lowden was appointed to the board of Nexus on 19 November 2009. Mr Lowden has over 25 years experience in the international oil and gas industry across exploration, development, production and gas liquefaction. Throughout his career in the oil industry Mr Lowden has worked in the North Sea, Middle East, South East Asia and North Africa.  Mr Lowden has previously held positions with Premier Oil plc, including chief petroleum engineer, general manager for development and production and an executive director of the board, and, more recently at Marathon Oil Company as president of Marathon International, head of corporate business development and an officer of the company. Since late 2005 Mr Lowden has been involved with two private energy
businesses focusing on assets in Africa.

Special responsibilities
Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nomination Committee

 
 
Symon Drake-Brockman
MR SYMON DRAKE-BROCKMAN
B.Com
 
Non-executive Director

Symon Drake-Brockman was appointed to the board of Nexus on 19 November 2009. Mr Drake-Brockman has over 20 years of finance experience covering both the debt and equity markets. He was formerly chief executive officer of RBS Global Banking and Markets in the Americas and chief executive officer of RBS Greenwich Capital, Global head of RBS' Debt Markets division and board member of RBS Global Banking and Markets. 
Mr Drake-Brockman previously held senior positions with ING Barings and JP Morgan in London, New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong.

Special responsibilities
Chair of the Remuneration and Performance Committee
Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nomination Committee


 
MR JOHN HARTWELLJohn Hartwell
MCom (Economics)
 
Non-executive Director
John Hartwell was appointed to the board of Nexus on 31 March 2011.  Mr Hartwell has over 18 years experience working in the Australian government where he held a wide range of positions dealing with trade, commodity and energy and resources issues. From 2002 to 2010 he was head of the resources division, in the department of resources, energy and tourism, Canberra.  The resources division provides advice to the Australian government on policy issues, legislative changes and administrative matters related to the petroleum industry, upstream and downstream and the coal and minerals industries.
 
Special responsibilities
Chair of the Nomination Committee
Member of the Remuneration and Performance Committee
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