01 Dec 2014
The Board of the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) is pleased to announce the election of Mr Bruce Lake as Chairman and Mr Warren Ford as Vice Chairman, following APPEA’s Annual General Meeting on Thursday 27 November.
Bruce Lake is Managing Director of Vermilion Oil and Gas Australia Pty Ltd. He succeeds Mr Rob Cole as Chairman, who resigned from the position following the announcement of his forthcoming appointment as Managing Director of Beach Energy.
Bruce has been a long-term Director on the APPEA Board, and is acknowledged as an industry leader in health, safety and operations. Warren Ford continues as APPEA’s Deputy Chairman.
Following the APPEA Board election, Board Directors are as follows:
| Bruce Lake (Chairman) | Vermilion Oil and Gas Australia Pty Ltd |
| Robin Antrobus | ConocoPhillips Australia Pty Ltd |
| Peter Cleary | Santos Limited |
| Rob Cole | Woodside Energy Ltd |
| Ernie Delfos | eni Australia Ltd |
| Gerry Flaherty | Chevron Australia Pty Ltd |
| Warren Ford | Apache Energy Limited |
| Doug Handyside | BHP Billiton Petroleum Australia |
| Philip Home | BP Developments Australia Pty Ltd |
| Seiya Ito | INPEX |
| Grant King | Origin Energy Limited |
| David Mendelson | Total E&P Australia |
| Richard Owen | ExxonMobil Affiliates in Australia |
| Andrew Smith | Shell Development (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Peter Stickland | MEO Australia Ltd |
| Eric Streitberg | Buru Energy Limited |
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