NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Qualifications:
BA, LLB (UQ), LLM (Lond), FAIM, FAICD, FHKloD, SF Fin
Experience:
Mr Derek Murphy was appointed to the Board on
20 March 2009 as a Non-Executive Director of Icon Energy
Limited. Derek is a member of the Board’s Remuneration,
Nominations and Succession Committee and a member of
its Audit and Risk Management Committee. 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 in Brisbane for some
years, he was the Queensland partner of ABSWhite and
Company, a Sydney based stock broking firm. During
a career spanning 20 years in Hong Kong, he was a
Crown Counsel, Deputy Commissioner for Securities and
CommoditiesTrading, Managing Director of what is now
HSBC Asset Management, and GroupVice President,
Corporate Communications, of First Pacific Company
Limited, a publicly listed conglomerate.
Derek is a Non-Executive Director of Hayco Manufacturing
Limited, a large manufacturing Company in Hong Kong
and China. He is Chairman of the Clem Jones Research
Centre for Stem Cell andTissue RegenerativeTherapies at
Bond University, and a Member of the Gold Coast Advisory
Council at Griffith University. He retired as Chairman of the
School Council ofThe Southport School (TSS) at the end of
2009 after 12 years on Council.
Director Since:
20 March 2009
MR DEREK MURPHY
Qualifications:
AM, BE (Elec) Qld, DUniv QUT, FIE
Aust, FAIM, FAICD
Experience:
Dr Keith Hilless was appointed to
the Board on 3 April 2009 as a Non-
Executive Director of Icon Energy
Limited. Keith is the Chairman of the
Board’s Audit and Risk Management
Committee. Keith 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 corporate experience,
Keith is a Doctor of the University QUT.
He was also Deputy Chancellor of
Queensland University ofTechnology
for a time, is a Member in the General
Division - Order of Australia, and is a
Fellow of the Institution of Engineers
Australia,The Australian Institute
of Management and the Australian
Institute of Company Directors.
Director Since:
3 April 2009
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
DR KEITH HILLESS
AM
Qualifications:
BA, MBA, MAcc, PhD(Bond), CPA, FAIM,
FAICD
Experience:
Kevin Jih joined Icon Energy as Deputy Chief
Financial Officer in November 2008 and was
promoted as Chief Financial Officer in July 2010,
Dr Jih was appointed an Executive Director
in December 2011 and appointed Company
Secretary in May 2015 following an internal
restructure of the Company.
Kevin graduated with a Master of Business
Administration in 1994 and a Master of
Accounting both from Bond University. In
2008 he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy
in Accounting from Bond University. He is a
Certified Practising Accountant and has wide
experience in the private and public sectors
specialising in management accounting,
financial accounting, human resource
management and corporate governance.
Kevin has held no other Australian listed
company directorships during the past three
financial years. He is a Fellow of the Australian
Institute of Management and the Australian
Institute of Company Directors, as well as a
member of the CPA Australia.
Director Since:
30 November 2011
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
DR KEVIN JIH
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ICON ENERGY LIMITED
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