Qualifications:
LLB University of Sydney

Experience:
Mr Barry has been a Director of Icon Energy Limited since 1993. He has been a key player in the development of the strategic direction of the Company. As a practising Solicitor he has extensive experience in Joint Venture and Farmin Contracts together with a wealth of knowledge on commercial law and corporate litigation. He was appointed as the Chairman of the Board on 18 December 2008.

Mr Barry is a member and Chairman of the Board’s “Remuneration Nominations and Successions” Committee. He is also a member and Chairman of the Board’s Audit and Risk Management Committee. Mr Barry has held no other Australian listed company directorships during the past three financial years.

Special Duties:
Stephen is Chairman of the Board’s Audit and Risk Management Committee and is the Chairman of the Remuneration Nominationsand Successions Committee.
 

Qualifications:
BSc Physics Geology University of NSW. T.C. University of Sydney. FAICD.

Experience:
Has 37 years experience in the petroleum industry in Australia, USA, Indonesia, SE Asia, M.East and Russia. He worked with Chevron Perth and Houston from 1969-74 and with Gulf Oil from 1974-80. He was the Managing Director of Australian Hydrocarbons from 1980-81 and the Managing Director of Omega Oil from 1987-91. He was a Director of Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) from 1999-2007 and Vice Chairman of APPEA from 2003-2005.

He is the Managing Director of Icon Energy Limited and its subsidiaries since 1993. He is the President of Icon Oil US LLC since 1999. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management. He is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and serves as a member of the Gold Coast Committee.

Mr Murphy was appointed to the Board on 20 March 2009 as a non-executive Director of Icon Energy Limited. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors and
a Senior Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia. He was admitted as a Barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland and the Federal and High Courts of Australia. Before practicing as a Barrister, he was the Queensland partner of ABS White and Company, a Sydney based stock broking firm.

He was a Crown Counsel,Deputy Commissioner for Securities and Commodities Trading for Hong Kong, Managing Director of what is now HSBC Asset Management, and Group Vice President, Corporate Communications, of First Pacific Company Limited, a publicly listed conglomerate with interests in telecommunications, food, property and health care. Mr Murphy is a Non-Executive Director of Hayco Manufacturing Limited, a large manufacturing Company in Hong Kong and China, a Director of Viro International Limited, and was Chairman of the School Council of The Southport School (TSS).

Dr Keith Hilless is Chairman of the Queensland Government owned ZeroGen, which specialises in commercial ‘clean coal’ technology. Dr Hilless is also a past Chairman of Ergon Energy Corporation Limited with $6 billion in network assets, revenues of $3.1 billion and over 4,000 staff. Dr Hilless was Electricity Commissioner of the Queensland Electricity Commission (QEC) for a time, CEO of the Queensland Transmission and Supply Corporation (QTSC), responsible for high voltage supply throughout Queensland and for forecasting changes in electricity demand and expanding Queensland’s electricity network.

In addition to his impressive corporate pedigree, Dr Hilless is a
Doctor of the University QUT, he was also Deputy Chancellor of Queensland University of Technology for a time, he is a Member in the General Division - Order of Australia, a Fellow of both the Institution of Engineers Australia and The Australian Institute of Management and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.