R A (Tony) Radford
Chairman
Tony Radford ACA, is a founding director of New Zealand Oil & Gas Limited, which was established in 1981. Tony used his accounting background to build a career in the petroleum and mining industries. Since retiring as CEO of NZOG in 2007 he has continued as non-executive Chairman of the company. Tony is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Prof Ray F Meyer ONZM
Deputy Chairman
Ray Meyer obtained his BE from the University of New Zealand (Canterbury) and his PhD from the University of Manchester. His career includes Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Dean of Engineering at the University of Auckland and he is a past president of the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand. He is a past director of ECNZ, Transpower, Watercare Services Ltd and Auckland UniServices Ltd and is currently a director of Pike River Coal Ltd. Ray joined the NZOG Board in 2000 as Deputy Chairman. He also heads the Executive Appointments and Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Corporate Governance and Public Affairs Committee.
David J Salisbury
Managing Director and Chief Executive
David Salisbury joined NZOG in April 2007. He obtained his LLB and BCA from Victoria University of Wellington and worked as a commercial solicitor before joining Petrocorp Exploration (later Fletcher Challenge Energy) as a business analyst. His career includes senior positions with Preussag Energie and OMV. Before joining NZOG he was Vice President Business Development for OMV based in Vienna, with responsibility for OMV's worldwide business development activities.
Paul G Foley
Independent Director
Paul Foley obtained a LLB and BCA from Victoria University of Wellington. He is a senior corporate/commercial lawyer based in Wellington, where he is a partner in Minter Ellison Rudd Watts. Paul has over 20 years experience working with companies in the financial services, manufacturing and energy fields, with significant involvement with major petroleum exploration and production companies. He became a director of NZOG in 2000 and is chair of the Audit Committee and the Corporate Governance and Public Affairs Committee and is a member of the Executive Appointments and Remuneration Committee.
Peter Griffiths
Independent Director
Peter Griffiths joined the board of NZOG in December 2009, having recently retired after 21 years with BP, the last 10 years of which he was Managing Director of BP New Zealand Ltd. Peter was previously involved in offshore oil and gas field operations in Australasia, Malaysia and the United Kingdom. He has served on the boards of New Zealand Refining Company Ltd, Liquigas Ltd and Bitumix Ltd and is currently a director of Wanganui Gas Ltd and New Zealand Diving and Salvage Ltd. He holds a BSc (Hons) from Victoria University in Wellington. Mr Griffiths is a member of the NZOG Audit Committee.
Andrew T N Knight
Independent Director
Andrew Knight is a Chartered Accountant and graduate of Waikato University with a BMS (Hons). Andrew has his own consultancy business and previously held executive management roles with Vector and NGC and worked in New Zealand and Australia with The Australian Gas Light Company, Fletcher Challenge Energy and Coopers & Lybrand. Andrew joined the Board of NZOG in January 2008.
Steve J Rawson
Independent Director
Steve Rawson has a MSc in geophysics from Auckland University. His career started in petroleum geophysics, later followed by managerial positions with Fletcher Energy in trading, logistics and supply. Steve is a senior executive at Mighty River Power. He joined the Board of NZOG in 2000.
David R Scoffham
Independent Director
David Scoffham joined the board of NZOG in 2003. David is a geophysicist with more than 40 years international experience in the upstream oil and gas industry; including Egypt, Gabon, Oman and Venezuela with Shell; and in exploration management with both Shell International and UK independent Enterprise Oil plc. David is a graduate of Christ Church Oxford (MA Physics) and Imperial College, London (MSc Geophysics).
