Board of Directors & Management

Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 September 2009 16:19 Written by Administrator Wednesday, 23 September 2009 15:51

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N Tomkinson

Chairman (Non-Executive Director)
Appointed 23 June 2006

N Tomkinson, LL.B (Hons.), the Chairman, has extensive experience over the last 25 years in the administration of, and investment in, exploration and mining companies in both oil and gas and in hard rock. Mr Tomkinson’s other public company directorships are Hampton Hill Mining NL (since January 1997), Traka Resources Limited (since September 2003) and Red Hill Iron Limited (since April 2008). He was appointed to the Board on 23 June 2006 and was elected Chairman on 29 December 2008.

M W Daniel

Non-Executive Director
Appointed 29 December 2008

Mike W Daniel B.Com.Ec was appointed to the Board on 29 December 2008 A former stockbroker and merchant banker he has held Directorships with the following organisations; GSB Supply Corp Ltd, Force Corporation Ltd, Northland Health Ltd, Northpower Limited, SKYCITY Leisure Limited, Elders Norstock Limited (Chairman) and Northland Port Corporation Limited (Chairman) He is a Director of Airwork NZ Limited and is Chairman of the R Tucker Thompson Youth Sailing Trust.

R A Radford

Non-Executive Director
Appointed 26 December 2008

R A Radford CA (NZ), has been a Director since 1979. His earlier career included senior financial roles in steel making, tin smelting and mining companies. He has in excess of 20 years’ experience in managing petroleum and mining companies. His other public company directorships are New Zealand Oil & Gas Limited (since June 1981) and Pike River Coal Ltd (since January 1992). Mr Radford resigned as chief executive of the Company on 16 December 2008 and as Chairman on 26 December 2008.

A W Tattersfield

Non-Executive Director
Appointed 22 February 2005

A W Tattersfield, M.Com (Auckland), has over 30 years’ experience operating retail and construction companies, plus the financing and negotiation of exploration joint venture deals. He was appointed to the Board on 22 February 2005. Mr Tattersfield is also a member of the Audit Committee.

J N Pitt

Non-Executive Director
Appointed 29 December 2008

J N Pitt, BSc, MAusIMM, MAIG, is a geologist with extensive exploration experience who has for more than 30 years been a director of exploration and mining companies in Australia. He has had a successful career providing seed capital for and managing listed exploration and mining companies including Aztec Exploration Limited, Golden Grove Mining NL, Forrestania Gold NL and Dalrymple Resources NL. Mr Pitt is currently a non-executive director of Hampton Hill Mining NL (since January 1997), Traka Resources Limited (since September 2003), Red Hill Iron Limited (since June 2005) and Red Metal Limited (since July 2003). He was appointed to the Board on 29 December 2008. Mr Pitt is also a member of the Audit Committee.

Belinda Flatters-Wright

Company Secretary/Legal Counsel

Ms B J Flatters-Wright Dip Law (SAB), Grad Dip corp Gov ACIS, is a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and has extensive experience in Company Secretarial and Legal Counsel roles with Listed Companies and is a member of the Australian Corporate Lawyers Association (ACLA) and Chartered Secretaries Australia (CSA).

Tom Prudence

Chief Executive Officer (‘CEO’)
Appointed 16 December 2008

The Company’s CEO is Tom Prudence, MSc Petroleum Geology; BScHons Geological Geophysics; FGS. Prior to joining PPP, Mr Prudence worked for four years with RISC Pty Ltd, a leading international oil and gas exploration and production consultancy in Perth, WA, where he held the position of Principal Adviser / Chief Geoscientist. In this capacity he advised on numerous diverse oil and gas projects throughout South East Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Australia and New Zealand, including valuations of exploration and producing assets, reserves auditing, and strategy and new business development. His experience prior to that covered a range of senior international technical and commercial positions with the Shell Group of Companies over a 25-year period including working in the UK, the Netherlands, Nigeria, USA, Australia and Brunei where he was Exploration and Technical Services Manager. Mr Prudence joined the company in September 2008 as General Manager Exploration and Production. On 16 December 2008 he was appointed to the position of CEO.

Kim Ware

Company Secretary/Accountant

Ms K M Ware, B.Com, CPA, LLB, has held senior financial accounting positions over a variety of different industries including credit reporting and telecommunications.