Blue Star Helium (ASX:BNL)

Neil’s successful career in the finance sector spans more than two decades, starting as an Investment Advisor at one of Australia’s premier investment firms. He then spent considerable time working in Europe where he was the founding Managing Director of Truestone Capital Limited, a London based Corporate Advisory firm focused on delivering results for companies in the Australian resources sector.

Neil was appointed CEO at ASX listed Aziana Limited, a multi commodity, exploration company focused on assets in Madagascar and Louisiana, USA and was instrumental in recommending and completing the reverse takeover of Aziana Limited by Brainchip Limited (ASX:BRN.) He maintained a Non-Executive Director position with the company during a transition period until he resigned in November 2016. Neil has considerable experience in capital raising, asset acquisition and disposals, company structuring and positioning companies for growth.

Trent brings to the Board significant ASX corporate experience, expertise in geoscience, exploration and project development as well as significant recent experience in the USA.

Trent has over twenty years of experience in the upstream oil and gas industry in exploration, appraisal and development. He holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons)(National Centre for Petroleum Geology & Geophysics, University of Adelaide) and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He has originated numerous projects from concept or acquisition through to discovery, appraisal, successful development and exit in Australia, SE Asia, the Gulf of Mexico and the US onshore. Trent specializes in new ventures and project execution and has expertise in hydrocarbon and helium systems analysis.

Gregg brings a proven track record of commercial leadership in the industrial gas sector with over 30 years of direct market experience. Most recently he was Helium Director, North America for Linde PLC (Praxair Inc.). Gregg managed all aspects of commercial helium operations (from mid-2010), including price strategy, contracting, client portfolios, supply system development, as well as marketing and technical support to operating business units, distributors, and end-users across all modes of supply, liquid and gaseous.

Previously, Gregg spent six years as Director of Industrial Gas for Praxair Inc.’s packaged gas business, responsible for the financial performance and development of all gas products, including atmospherics, fuel gases, and CO2 (responsible for both the industrial and BevCarb segments), and the rapid expansion of the MicroBulk initiative.

Currently, he is COO for the Edelgas Group and Managing Director of Disruptive Resources, LLC.

Gregg is based in the United States. He holds a Bachelor's degree in marketing from Valparaiso University and an MBA in operations from Loyola University.

Ross is an experienced natural resources executive. He has held executive and non-executive director roles in several public companies listed on AIM and the ASX and a number of private companies. He has been involved in ventures with interests in operated and non-operated oil and gas assets in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma and upstream and gas to power projects in Indonesia. He practiced as a corporate finance lawyer with Mallesons Stephen Jaques in Perth and Melbourne and Clifford Chance in London.