Commentary - Santos

Board of Directors
Kenneth Alfred
Dean
BCom (Hons), FCPA, FAICD
Age 60. Independent
non-executive Director
since 23 February 2005.
Chairman, Audit Committee
and Member, Finance
Committee of the Board.
Director of Santos Finance Ltd
since 2005.
Non-executive director of
Bluescope Steel Limited since
April 2009 and Chairman of
Bluescope’s Audit and Risk
Committee. Independent
non-executive director of
EnergyAustralia Holdings
Limited (formerly TRUenergy)
since June 2012.
Previously Chief Financial
Officer of Alumina Limited,
alternate director of Alumina
Limited and non-executive
director of Alcoa of Australia
Ltd, Alcoa World Alumina
LLC and related companies
(2005–2009). Director of Shell
Australia Ltd (1997–2001)
and Woodside Petroleum Ltd
(1998–2004).
Over 30 years’ experience
in the oil and gas industry.
Former Chief Executive Officer
of Shell Financial Services
and member of the La Trobe
University Council.
Gregory John
Walton Martin
BEc, LLB, FAIM, MAICD
Age 53. Independent
non-executive Director since
29 October 2009. Chairman,
People and Remuneration
Committee of the Board.
Member, Environment, Health,
Safety and Sustainability
Committee of the Board.
Non-executive director of a
number of listed and unlisted
companies including Energy
Developments Limited since
May 2006, Iluka Resources
Limited since January 2013
and Australian Energy Market
Operator Limited since July
2009. Chairman and Joint
Managing Partner of Prostar
Capital since July 2012.
Previously Deputy Chairman of
the Australian Gas Association
and inaugural Chairman of
the Energy Supply Association
of Australia between 2004
and 2006. Past member
of the Business Council of
Australia and Committee for
the Economic Development of
Australia. Formerly Managing
Director, Murchison Metals
Limited (2011–2012),
Managing Director and CEO
of AGL and Chief Executive
Infrastructure at Challenger
Financial Services Group.
Roy Alexander
Franklin OBE
BSc (Hons)
Age 59. Independent
non-executive Director since
28 September 2006. Member,
Environment, Health, Safety
and Sustainability Committee
and People and Remuneration
Committee of the Board.
Non-executive director of
Keller Group plc since July
2007 and Chairman since
August 2009. Non-executive
director of StatoilHydro
ASA since October 2007
and of Boart Longyear
Limited since October 2010.
Non-executive director of
Cuadrilla Resources Holdings
Limited since January 2012.
Previously Chief Executive
Officer of Paladin Resources
plc (1997–2005) and former
Group Managing Director of
Clyde Petroleum plc. Chairman
of BRINDEX, the trade
association for UK independent
oil and gas companies
(2002–2005) and a former
member of PILOT, the joint
industry/UK Government task
force set up to maximise
hydrocarbon recovery from the
UK North Sea (2002–2005).
In 2004, awarded the OBE
for services to the UK oil and
gas industry.
David John Wissler
Knox
BSc (Hons) Mech Eng, MBA,
FIE Aust, FTSE
Age 55. Chief Executive Officer
and Managing Director of
Santos since July 2008,
having been appointed Acting
Chief Executive Officer in
March 2008. Joined Santos
in September 2007 as
Executive Vice President
Growth Businesses. Member,
Environment, Health, Safety
and Sustainability Committee
of the Board.
30 years of experience in the
global oil and gas industry,
including as Managing Director
for BP Developments in
Australasia (2003–2007).
Previously held senior
positions with BP in Australia,
UK and Pakistan, and
management and engineering
roles at ARCO and Shell in the
United States, Netherlands,
UK and Norway.
Chairman of the Australian
Petroleum Production and
Exploration Association
(APPEA). Board member,
SA Botanic Gardens and State
Herbarium. Member of the
Business Council of Australia.
Elected in November 2012
as a Fellow of the Australian
Academy of Technological
Sciences and Engineering.
Peter Roland
Coates AO
BSc (Mining Engineering),
FAICD
Age 67. Appointed Chairman
on 9 December 2009.
Previously an independent
non-executive Director since
18 March 2008. Chairman,
Nomination Committee of
the Board and Santos Finance
Limited Board. Member, People
and Remuneration and Finance
Committees of the Board.
Non-executive director
of Amalgamated Holdings
Limited since July 2009 and
non-executive director of
Glencore International plc
since April 2011. Chair, Sydney
North West Rail Link Advisory
Board, since December 2012.
Former non-executive
Chairman of Xstrata Australia
Pty Ltd (2008–2009). Former
Chairman and non-executive
director of Minara Resources
Ltd (2008–2011). Previously
Chief Executive of Xstrata
Coal, Xstrata plc’s global
coal business. Past Chairman
of the Minerals Council of
Australia, the NSW Minerals
Council and the Australian
Coal Association.
Made an Officer of the Order of
Australia in 2009. Awarded the
2010 Australasian Institute of
Mining and Metallurgy Medal.
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