Strike Energy Limited (ASX:STX)

John has decades of advisory and capital markets experience across equity, debt, infrastructure, and property.

In parallel with his career as an investment banker, John has also been an active non-executive director of ASX-listed companies, government and education bodies and not-for-profit organisations.

John is executive chair of Poynton Stavrianou Pty Ltd and is a non-executive director of Perth Airport Pty Ltd.

John has served on the boards of ASX, Multiplex, Alinta and Austal, and for the Federal Government he has been a director of EFIC, the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Payments System Board and the Higher Education Endowment Fund.

In February 2024 John stepped down after 10 years as a Guardian of Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, the $220+ bn Future Fund.

In the not-for-profit arena, John has served as chair of the Council of Christ Church Grammar School, Celebrate WA, Giving West and the Foundation of the WA Museum.

In 2006 John was the recipient of the Western Australian Citizen of the Year Award in the Industry and Commerce category. In 2016 he was appointed as an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia.

John holds a Bachelor of Commerce and an honorary Doctor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia where he was also awarded a Dean’s Medal.

John was appointed to the Board as Chair on 10 April 2017.

Mr Nicholls joined Strike as its Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director in early 2017.

Mr Nicholls has led the transformation of Strike from its exploration roots into one of Australia’s first integrated developers of gas, renewable energy and fertilisers. Mr Nicholls has a broad ranging background across the energy landscape that included time in the up and downstreams at Royal Dutch Shell across most disciplines primarily from within Royal Dutch Shell’s gas businesses.

He has a key focus on the transition of our energy system and his commitment to lead Strike to carbon neutral by 2030. Mr Nicholls previous experience also includes six years with the Australian Army in senior leadership positions and he has worked in Australia, The Netherlands, Myanmar and Malaysia in corporate and operational capacities and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from UWA.

Mr Power is also Non-Executive Chairman of Future Battery Minerals and a Non-Executive and Lead Independent Director of employment services provider APM Human Services International Ltd.

With more than four decades of experience in mining, minerals processing, construction and steel making, Nev has accumulated a wide range of skills and knowledge across multiple sectors of the commercial and Not for Profit global business landscape. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Nev was appointed by the Prime Minister to lead an expert advisory board, the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission (NCCC). The Commission’s role was to help minimise and mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 on jobs and businesses.

From 2011 to 2018, Nev was Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Fortescue Metals Group Ltd, one of the world’s largest, lowest cost producers of iron ore.

During his time Fortescue more than quadrupled its production to over 170 million tonnes per annum and positioned itself as the lowest cost supplier of seaborne iron ore to China.

Before joining Fortescue, he held Chief Executive positions at Thiess and the Smorgon Steel Group. Nev also has an extensive background in agribusiness and aviation, holding both fixed wing and helicopter commercial pilot licenses.

Mr Power was appointed to the Board on 25 September 2019.

Mr Bizzell is the Chairman of boutique corporate advisory and funds management group Bizzell Capital Partners Pty Ltd. He is also currently Chairman of ASX listed MAAS Group Holdings Limited and Savannah Goldfields Limited and a Non-Executive Director of Challenger Energy Group Plc and Renascor Resources Limited.

Mr Bizzell was an Executive Director of Arrow Energy Ltd from 1999 until its acquisition in 2010 by Shell and PetroChina for $3.5 billion. He was instrumental in Arrow’s corporate and commercial success and its growth from a junior explorer to a large integrated energy company.

He was a founding director of Bow Energy Ltd until its $550 million takeover and was also a founding director of Stanmore Resources Ltd and a former director of Queensland Treasury Corporation.

Mr Bizzell qualified as a Chartered Accountant and early in his career was employed in the Corporate Finance division of Ernst & Young and the Corporate Tax division of Coopers & Lybrand. He has had considerable experience and success in the fields of corporate restructuring, debt and equity financing, and mergers and acquisitions.

Mr Bizzell has over 25 years’ corporate finance and public company management experience in the resources sector in Australia and Canada with various public companies.

Mr Bizzell was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 31 December 2018.

Ms Hackett has an extensive career in the resource sector, spanning more than 30 years, with senior executive roles in Brown & Root, Woodside, and General Electric, including Senior VP, Australia Oil, Woodside and CEO of General Electric Oil & Gas for Australasia.

Ms Hackett is also currently Independent Chair of Future Energy Exports Cooperative Research Centre, Non-Executive Director Blue Ocean Monitoring and Non- Executive Director of Clean Marine Fuel Institute. She also is a member of, or chairs, Audit and Risk, ESG, Major Projects and Remuneration Committees for several of the boards she serves.

A Graduate of AICD and a Fellow of Engineers Australia, Ms Hackett holds an honours degree in Mechanical Engineering from University College Galway, Ireland.

Ms Hackett was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 27 October 2020.

Non-Executive Director, BE (Chem) Hons, Grad Dip Bus Admin, GAICD

Mr Seaton has 35 years’ business experience across a range of finance, engineering, project management, investment banking and senior executive roles.

Mr Seaton was previously CFO of Santos Limited, Australia’s largest producer of domestic natural gas and a key supplier of LNG into Asia.

During his time with Santos, the company expanded its LNG portfolio to include interests in Darwin LNG, PNG LNG and Gladstone LNG.

Prior to this he worked in investment banking with Merrill Lynch in Melbourne and New York across a broad range of advisory, M&A, equity and debt capital markets transactions, and with NAB in corporate and institutional banking.

His early career included process engineering and project management roles across upstream oil and gas and petrochemicals.

Mr Seaton is currently the Managing Director of Australian Naval Infrastructure, and a non-executive Director of Rex Minerals Ltd and Homestart Finance Ltd.

Mr Seaton was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 18 August 2017.

Ms Hoffmann has more than 30 years in the energy industry, including 12 years as a senior executive for Woodside Energy Ltd as well as time spent at Chevron and Worley.

This experience includes a broad range of roles across the energy value chain and of note are her Senior Vice President roles in marketing and trading across Woodside’s full suite of energy products. This provided Ms Hoffmann with a deep understanding of the WA domestic gas market and regional gas market. Ms Hoffmann also led the development and implementation of renewable energy and environment and cultural heritage protection strategies at Woodside.

Ms Hoffmann is also a Non-Executive Director at Qube Holdings Limited. Ms Hoffmann is a former chair of Fremantle Ports, where she was also Chair of the Audit and Risk committee.

Ms Hoffmann holds a Master of Business Administration from Henley Management College, England and a Bachelor of Business from Massey University, New Zealand. She is also a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Ms Hoffmann was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 1 May 2023.