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The ERM Gas team members have been hand-picked based on their experience and success in the Australian energy industry.
Kelvin Askew - Chief Executive Officer
With more than 29 years' experience in the energy industry, Kelvin has acquired a comprehensive range of commercial and operational gas experience at companies including Pacific Gas & Electricity, Duke Energy, Energex & Enertrade. He has directly managed farmins, major conventional natural gas and coal seam gas supply, and transportation contracts across the states of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and Western Australia. His areas of expertise cover the management of transmission pipeline projects, capacity management, risk management, and regulatory affairs.
In addition to overseeing exploration and appraisal activities for ERM Gas, Kelvin developed and currently manages the commercial team responsible for all aspects of gas purchase, storage, and transportation. See more
Andrew St Baker - Executive Director
Andrew has 15 years’ experience in the energy sector, joining ERM as an executive director and shareholder in 1993. During the early stages of electricity market deregulation, Andrew worked closely with the company founder to turn the consulting practice into a project development business.
During these emergent years, Andrew contributed both professionally and financially in creating a successful business platform. Some highlights included the company’s first major project success, the Oakey Power Station, and the development of the Braemar project; now a major energy hub in Southern Queensland. Andrew was responsible for overall company finances, site acquisitions, and managing non-core investment. He held director positions in the joint venture companies and provided general business counsel and strategic advice on commercial matters.
Today as Chief Commercial Officer of ERM, Andrew draws on his depth of knowledge and experience gained within the business; he is responsible for corporate development, in particular, optimising partnership transaction structures and the overall capital structure of the business. Andrew works with senior management to develop and implement such structures and takes a lead role in corporate transactions.
Additionally, Andrew is an Executive Director of ERM Gas. He was instrumental in the company’s expansion upstream into exploration, and in procuring foundation tenement opportunities. See more
Kent Quinlan – Chief Financial Officer
Kent has invested 20 years in Queensland’s energy and resources sectors. He has specialist experience in the fields of financial and strategic planning, analysis and interpretation of business performance, and the integration of financial and business management systems.
Previously, Mr. Quinlan was the Manager of Strategic Planning for Queensland Gas Company (QGC), and held financial management roles with Energex Retail, Origin Energy, SANTOS and Mount Isa Mines Ltd.
Clem Hodda – Exploration Program Manager
Clem has 30 years' experience in senior engineering and commercial management within the Australian energy industry. He has held executive positions at Origin Energy, Duke Energy, and Energex. From 2005, Clem was responsible for commercialising the coal seam gas resource held by Queensland Gas Company with broad accountabilities, including strategy, commercial activity, major gas and electricity sales, project development, tenure management, joint venture management, and regulatory interfaces.
Clem has significant experience in project development and delivery, including drilling programs, gas processing facilities, gas pipelines, production water treatment, and power stations.
Peter Stark
Peter provides strategic and commercial advice for ERM Gas on fuel (natural gas and coal seam gas), supply, and transportation for its power generation developments. In addition to this work with ERM Gas, Peter also heads up the carbon strategy, across all of ERM's integrated energy businesses.
Prior to joining ERM Gas, Peter was the Group General Manager of Sun Retail’s wholesale trading department (formerly Energex Retail Pty Ltd), where he managed the hedging of electricity and environmental (including carbon) positions, worth more than $975 million per annum. He gained further energy industry experience at BHP’s coal and mineral division in his early career, and most recently managed his own trading and risk management consultancy business.
Larry Kramer – Project Development Manager for ERM Power
Larry has more than 20 years' experience in energy and resources in the USA, Africa, and Australia. He has held management roles at CS Energy, AUSTA Electric, and Caltex International. He was most recently responsible for development projects for Queensland Gas Company, including the Condamine Power Station. Larry will assist in the development of new projects for ERM Gas with particular emphasis on gas transmission and storage infrastructure.
Ian Paton – Senior Geophysicist and Reservoir Engineer (Consulting)
Ian has 30 years' experience in petroleum development and exploration in Australian and international markets. Since 2004, he has been involved in CSG operations in the Bowen Basin of Queensland and has assisted ERM Gas in evaluating farmin and exploration opportunities.
Ian played key roles at Santos Ltd, Conoco International, Amity Oil and Coogee Resources, where he was directly involved and managed onshore oil and gas developments. Ian was also heavily involved in the appraisal of the Whicher Range Field in the Southern Perth Basin and management of joint venture issues.
Steve Davidson – Senior Reservoir Engineer (Consulting)
Steve has more than 32 years' experience in a variety of international and domestic roles in the fields of reservoir engineering, exploration acreage assessment, development economics and marginal field developments; including subsea and marginal offshore field development.
Steve has been heavily involved with large-scale CSG exploration and development projects since 1990. In 2003/4, Steve oversaw the very successful hydraulic stimulation of Australia's first Hot Dry Rock Geothermal well near Innamincka as its project manager. This was also the world's first highly over-pressured geothermal well. He has held the position of Group Manager Commercial Development for a global utility, overseeing new gas supply and midstream processing project development, and also worked for a global service company in the well stimulation business.
Janelle Kennerley – Group Coordinator
Janelle brings significant administrative and project support experience to the ERM Gas team. In addition to ensuring project delivery at remote locations, she has managed day-to-day administrative operations at communications centres and non-government organisations. Janelle also brings exposure to the human resource and recruitment industry and has been responsible for quality assurance within an environmental consultancy.