Past Boards

Section Chair, Industry Relations – WA
Dean Finlayson*

Facilities Group
Xipo Zhang & Siddharth Setia
Jaiyeloa Idowu

GAIA Sustainability
Claus Otto
Enda O’Sullivan
Igor Jacimovic
Jeena Sunnassee
Nick Last
Mitra Golgoli

Technical Program
Jack Harfoushian*
Zachariah Pallikathekathil
Peter Tippet
Jeff Zhang

Vice Chair
Orla McSharry*

Past Chair, Australasia Council Liaison
Jeff Zhang*

Treasurer
Nick McNaughton
Robyn Tamke

Secretary
Vicki Kalaba

Professional Development
Denison Williams

Industry Relations – Timor-Leste
Steve McBride*
Eileen Khoo
Dean Finlayson
Orla McSharry

Social Activities
Dan Pickering

Marketing
Mark Williams
Scott Yunku Kang
Nayad Wadia
Isabelle Kueh
Zara Haeri
Helen Pham

Webmaster
Steve Smart

Membership
Katarina Van Der Haar

Young Professionals
Bunthita Phiromphisit
Ammar Fazillah
Anh Le
Allana Linggon Subago
Benicio III Gueco
Daphine Mapeto
Stephen Thornett

Scholarships
Adalberto Da Costa Nunes & Demi Migliore
Dean Finlayson
Steve McBride
Orla McSharry

Student Chapters
Olayinka Idowu
Kevin Jones Stephen (Curtin University)
Shubham Saraf (ECU)
Hugh Edwards (UWA)
Napoleão Magno Guterres (Timor-Leste)

Mentoring
Neil Mitchell
Rick Carter
Ali Sabzabadi
Domingos Teixueira Guterres

* Executive Directors

Section Chair
Jeff Zhang*

Facilities Group
Sahil Thathu & Xipo Zhang
Paris Denny
Jaiyeloa Idowu
Siddharth Setia

GAIA Sustainability
Claus Otto
Enda O’Sullivan
Igor Jacimovic
Jeena Sunnassee
Nick Last
Mitra Golgoli

Technical Program, Cross-Industry & AOG
Jack Harfoushian
Andrew Buffin
Jodi Mahoney
Masoud Jangani
Zachariah Pallikathekathil

Past Chair, Industry Relations for Timor-Leste
Steve McBride*
Eileen Khoo

Vice Chair, Treasurer & Industry Relations for WA
Dean Finlayson*
Robyn Tamke

Secretary
Vicki Kalaba

Professional Development
Denison Williams
Steve Smart

Hotel Event Management
Lynn Bird

Social Activities
Dan Pickering

Marketing & Webmaster
Isabelle Kueh
Raymond Gileno
Scott Yunku Kang
Nayad Wadia

Australasia Council Liaison
Dan O’Reilly

Membership
Katarina van der Haar

Young Professionals
Bunthita Phiromphisit
Benicio III Gueco
Daphine Mapeto
Stephen Thornett
Theanh Le

Scholarships
Orla McSharry & Adalberto Da Costa Nunes
Dean Finlayson
Steve McBride

Student Chapters
Olayinka Idowu
Aniruddh Patel (Curtin University)
Shubham Saraf (ECU)
Hugh Edwards (UWA)
Napoleao Magno Guterres (Timor-Leste)

Mentoring
Neil Mitchell
Rick Carter
Ali Sabzabadi
Domingos Teixueira Guterres

* Executive Directors

Section Chair
Jeff Zhang*

Facilities Group
Sahil Thathu & Xipo Zhang
Paris Denny
Jaiyeloa Idowu

GAIA Sustainability
Claus Otto
Enda O’Sullivan
Igor Jacimovic
Jeena Sunnassee
Nick Last
Mitra Golgoli

Technical Program, Cross-Industry & AOG
Jack Harfoushian
Anel Garapova
Andrew Buffin
Jodi Mahoney
Masoud Jangani
Zachariah Pallikathekathil

Vice Chair
Anel Garapova*

Past Chair, Industry Relations
Steve McBride*

Treasurer
Dean Finlayson*
Robyn Tamke

Secretary
Vicki Kalaba

Professional Development
Denison Williams
Steve Smart*

Timor-Leste
Steve McBride*
Eileen Khoo
Dean Finlayson
Orla McSharry

Hotel Event Management
Lynn Bird

Social Activities
Dan Pickering

Marketing & Webmaster
Isabelle Kueh
Raymond Gileno
Scott Yunku Kang
Nayad Wadia

Australasia Council Liaison
Dan O’Reilly

Membership
Katarina van der Haar

Young Professionals
Bunthita Phiromphisit & Jack Bechelli
Ammar Fazillah
Raniel Santos
Stephen Thornett
Thien Nguyen

Scholarships
Orla McSharry
Dean Finlayson
Steve McBride

Student Chapters
Eileen Khoo
Aniruddh Patel (Curtin University)
Shubham Saraf (ECU)
Lachlan Mills (UWA)
Inersia Soares (Timor-Leste)

Mentoring
Neil Mitchell
Rick Carter
Ali Sabzabadi
Domingos Teixueira Guterres

* Executive Directors

Section Chair
Steve McBride*

Facilities Group
Rodney Silberstein
Paris Denny
Sahil Thathu

Technical Programme, Cross-Industry & AOG
Jack Harfoushian
Jeff Zhang
Anel Garapova
Andrew Buffin
Masoud Jangani

Vice Chair
Anel Garapova*

Past Chair
Steve Smart*

Chair-Elect
Jeff Zhang*

Treasurer
Dean Finlayson*
Robyn Tamke
Vicki Kalaba

Professional Development
Denison Williams
Steve Smart

Australasia Council Liaison
Matt Flett

GAIA Sustainability
Claus Otto
Charlotte Boehm
Enda O’Sullivan
Igor Jacimovic
Jeena Sunnassee
Nick Last

Hotel Event Management
Lynn Bird

Secretary
Vicki Kalaba

Social Activities
Dan Pickering

Marketing & PR
Manuel de Leon
Raymond Gileno

Membership
Katarina van der Haar

Young Professionals
Leon Staaden
Ammar Fazillah
Andy Tjoeng
Bunthita Phiromphisit
Emily Brooke
Jack Bechelli
Raniel Santos
Duong Nguyen

Scholarships
Orla McSharry
Dean Finlayson
Steve McBride

Student Chapters
Eileen Khoo-Crellin

Student Chapter Presidents
Fahad Ahghamdi (Curtin University)
Shayan Saebi (UWA)
Nik Mitiurev (ECU)
Inersia Soares (Timor-Leste)

* Executive Directors

Section Chair
Steve McBride*

Facilities Group
Rodney Silberstein
Paris Denny
Aislinn (Ash) Kowald

Technical Programme
Jeff Zhang*
Jack Harfoushian
Soubhagya Das
Anel Garapova

Vice Chair
Anel Garapova*

Past Chair
Steve Smart*

Treasurer
Dean Finlayson*
Robyn Tamke

Professional Development
Denison Williams
Steve Smart

Australasia Council Liaison
Denison Williams

GAIA Sustainability
Ghazal Avijegon
Tom van der Muellen
Arsham Avijegon

Hotel Event Management
Lynn Bird

Social Activities
Dan Pickering

Marketing & PR
Manuel de Leon
Fabian Samarna
Turki Alabri

Young Professionals
Ash Kowald
Ammar Fazillah
Andy Tjoeng
Calum O’Neil
Emily Brooke (Maternity Leave)
Jin-Wei Mak
Laine Guilles
Leon Staaden
Mohd Farhan Khan
Morgan Taylor
Tony Trifunoski

Secretary
Fatemeh Kamali

Scholarships
Roberto Aguilera
Dean Finlayson
Steve McBride
Rosshan Prassad (Curtin University Student Chapter)
Rico Lee (University of Western Australia Student Chapter)

* Executive Committee

Section Chair
Steven Smart

PR & Marketing
Vacant

Secretary
Steve McBride

Treasurer
Dean Finlayson
Robyn Tamke

APOGCE 2020
Maththew Flett

Technical Programme
Jeff Zhang
Jack Harfoushian
Ghazal Avijegon
Soubhagya Das
Anel Garapova

Facilities Group
Rodney Silberstein
Paris Denny
Lina Velosa
Aislinn Kowald
Dean Finlayson

Career Development
Denison Williams
Charles Nweke

Social Activities
Daniel Pickering
Mark Sheppard

Young Professionals
David Evans
Andy Tjoeng
Ash Kowald
Emily Brooke
Luca Circati
Tony Trifunoski
Melance Nziza
Cathy Joseph
Kirsty Freeman
Morgan Taylor

Section Chair
Steven Smart, DA CoP Convenor, APOGCE Marketing

Ambassador Program Chair
Mitchell Sherston, Immediate Past Chair, APOGCE Exhibit

Treasurer
Dean Manifis, APOGCE Social Activities

Assistant Treasurer
Robyn Tamke

Secretary
George Catford

Conduct Chair
Matthew Flett, SPE ANZ/PNG Council Representative

Technical Program Committee
Anelle Garapova (Technical Program Chair)
Andrew Buffin (Committee Member)
Jack Harfoushian (Committee Member)

Facilities Group Committee
Dean Finlayson (Facilities Group Chair)
Rodney Silberstein (Committee Member)
Julie Morgan (Committee Member)

Career Development & Education Committee
Claudio Pellegrini, Management Track Lead, APGCE Training (Career Development Chair)
Denison Williams, APOGCE Social Activities (Technical Track Lead)
Ochuko Ofoyela (Scholarships Coordinator)
Ludovic Ricard (Memberships Liaison)

Social Committee
Daniel Pickering (Social Committee Chair)
Mark Sheppard (Committee Member)

Membership, Marketing & Communications Committee
Lina Velosa (Membership Chair)
Cathy Joseph (Committee Member – Communications)
Mario Fernandez (Committee Member – Communications)

Young Professionals
David Evans (Young Professionals Chair)
Jessica Dyson (YP Deputy)
Ayesha Parsons (Committee Member – Social)
Joshua Pimentel (Committee Member – Social)
Andy Tjoeng (Committee Member – Memberships)
Jordan Oakley (Committee Member – General)
David Bason (Committee Member – General)
Gavin Eadon (UWA Rep)
Andrew Mackenzie (Curtin Rep)

Chair
Mitchell Sherston

Secretary
Ludovic Ricard

Treasurer
Dean Manifis

Technical Committee
Andrew Buffin (Chair)
Abbas Khaksar
Wilkes
Toby Stephen
Anel Garapova

Social Committee
Jack Harfoushian
Dan Pickering
Mark Sheppard

Young Member Committee
France Eaton (Chair)
Brodie Wilkes
Abenezier Feleke
Claudio Pellegrini
Dennison Williams

Membership Committee
Matthew Flett
Vesna Sarich
Adrian Sklodowski

Website/Communications
Sarah Loh (Emails / Communications)
Ayesha Parsons (Young Professionals Chair)
Arvind Chetty (Mentoring)
Lina Velosa (Mentoring / SPE Facilities)
Luke Vlasich (Scholarships)
Rodney Silberstein (Inter-society)

WA Student Chapters
Tony Trifunoski (Curtin University Student Chapter President)
Alwyn Chan (UWA Student Chapter President)

Chair
Mitchell Sherston

Past Chair
Dan O’Reilly

Secretary
Ludovic Ricard

Treasurer
Dean Manifis

Program Committee
Andrew Buffin (Chair)

Continuing Education Committee
Abbas Khaksar (Chair)
Shaoib Memon
Sam Xie

Communications Committee
Steve Smart (Chair)
Jack Harfoushian
Matthew Flett

Social Committee
Simon Cornel (Chair)
Dan Pickering
Jane Chua

Young Member Committee
France Eaton (Chair)
Michelle Lim (Scholarships)
Luke Vlasich (Scholarships)
Arvind Chetty (Mentoring)
Lina Velosa (Mentoring)
Brodie Wilkes (Student Development)
Shawn Chacko (Student Development)
Ochuko Ofoyela (Student Development)
Will Montague (Curtin Chapter President)
Luka Zic (UWA Chapter President)
Lauren Malaxos (UWA Chapter VP)
Ayesha Parsons (Young Professionals)

Inter Society Committee
Rodney Silberstein (Chair)
Lina Velosa

Section Chair 2016-17
Dan O’Reilly, Chevron

Immediate Past Chair
Stephanie Lim, Total E&P

Incoming Section Chair 2017-18
Mitchell Sherston, Quadrant Energy

Treasurer
Michael Cullingford, Chevron

Secretary
Ludovic Ricard, CSIRO

Australia Council
Miles Ponsonby, AGR

Website Chair
Steve Smart, RightTime

Inter-Society Liaison
Matthew Flett, Chevron

SPE Administration
Lynn Bird, Baker Hughes

Technical Program Committee
Danielle Poskus, Shell (Program Chair)
Andrew Buffin, ResEval Consulting (Program Committee)

Continuing Education Committee
Abbas Khaksar, Baker Hughes (Continuing Education Chair)
Mofazzal Hossain, Curtin (Continuing Education Committee)
Shoaib Memon, Stochastic simulations (Continuing Education Committee)

Social Committee
Liam Le, Olympus Scientific Solutions (Social Chair)
Dan Pickering, Opes (Social Committee)
Rodney Silberstein, ARV Offshore (Social Committee)
Jane Chua, Bureau Veritas Australia (Social Committee)

Sponsorship
Dean Manifis, Quadrant Energy (Sponsorship Chair)
Mitchell Sherston, Quadrant Energy (Sponsorship Committee)
Joanna Lim, Baker Hughes (Sponsorship Committee)

Communications Committee
Jack Harfoushian, Schlumberger (Communications chair)
Sarah Loh, Woodside Energy (Communications Committee)

Facilities Group
Lina Velosa, Nexxis (SPE Oil & Gas Facilities Chair)
Chris Merrick, PTTEP (SPE Oil & Gas Facilities Committee)

Scholarship & Mentoring Program
Arvind Chetty, SPIE Oil & Gas Services (Mentoring Chair)
Jordan Oakley, UWA (Mentoring Committee)
Michelle Lim, ConocoPhilips (Scholarships Chair)
Jeanne Boles, Consultant (Scholarships Committee)

Young Professionals
Brodie Wilkes, Woodside Energy (YP chair)
Luke Vlasich, Woodside Energy (YP Committee)

Student Outreach
Ochuko Ofoyela, Chevron (Student Liaison)
Shawn Chacko, Graduate (Student Liaison)
Luka Zic, University of Western Australia (UWA President)
Will Montague, Curtin University (Curtin President)

Section Chair 2015-16
Stephanie Lim, Total E&P

Immediate Past Chair
Matthew Flett, Chevron

Incoming Section Chair 2015-16
Mitchell Sherson, Quadrant Energy

Treasurer
Dean Manifis, Quadrant Energy

Secretary
Dan O’Reilly, Chevron

Australia Council
Miles Ponsonby, AGR

Website Chair
Steve Smart, RightTime

Inter-Society Liaison
Peter Harris, Consultant

SPE Administration
Lynn Bird, Baker Hughes

Technical Program Committee
Sameh Macary, Consultant (Program Chair)
Andrew Buffin, ResEval Consulting (Programm Committee)
Danielle Poskus, Shell (Program Committee)

Continuing Education Committee
Abbas Khaksar, Baker Hughes (Continuing Education Chair)
Mofazzal Hossain, Curtin (Continuing Education Committee)
Tom Swarbrick, Chevron (Continuing Education Committee)
Gelber Taco, Kamenar & Associates (Continuing Education Committee)

Social Committee
Liam Le, Olympus Scientific Solutions (Social Chair)
Dan Pickering, Opes (Social Committee)
Rodney Silberstein, ARV Offshore (Social Committee)
Jane Chua, Bureau Veritas Australia (Social Committee)

Sponsorship
Tracy Frawley, BG solutions (Sponsorship Chair)
Ludovic Ricard, CSIRO (Sponsorship Committee)

Communications Committee
Jack Harfoushian, Schlumberger (Communications chair)
Sarah Loh, Woodside Energy (Communications Committee)
Abbey Roberts, Chevron (Communications Committee)

Facilities Group
Lina Velosa, Nexxis (SPE Oil & Gas Facilities Chair)
Angelina Gaede, Curtin University (SPE Oil & Gas Facilities Committee)
Chris Merrick, PTTEP (SPE Oil & Gas Facilities Committee)

Scholarship & Mentoring Program
Frances Eaton, Consultant & Executive Coach (Mentoring Chair)
Arvind Chetty, SPIE Oil & Gas Services (Mentoring Committee)
Michelle Lim, Santos (Scholarships Chair)
Michael Cullingford, Chevron (Scholarships Committee)

Young Professionals
Brodie Wilkes, Woodside Energy (YP Chair)
Luke Vlasich, Woodside Energy (YP Committee)

Student Outreach
Ochuko Ofoyela, Chevron (Student Liaison)
Yash Tyagi, Stochastic Simulation (Student Liaison)
Jordan Oakley, University of Western Australia (UWA rep)
Nitya Talluri, Curtin University (Curtin President)
Jacob Jackson, Curtin University (Curtin VP)

Section Chair
Matthew Flett, Chevron

Immediate Past Chair
Colin Roberts, Natural Resources Geo-strategy

Incoming Section Chair 2015-16
Mitchell Sherston, Apache

Treasurer
Diala Muna, Chevron

Secretary
Dan O’Reilly, Chevron

SPE Administration
Lynn Bird, Baker Hughes

Program Coordinator (Chair)
Stephanie Lim, Total

Sponsorship Coordinator (Chair)
Dean Manifis, Apache

Website Coordinator (Chair)
Steve Smart, Chevron

Australasia Council Representative
Miles Ponsonby, Empeira

Leadership & Diversity
Frances Eaton, Wrays

Engineers Australia Liaison
Lina Velosa, Abacco Consulting

Continuing Education Committee
Gelber Taco, Kamenar & Associates (Continuing Education Chair)
Abbas Khaksar, Baker Hughes (Continuing Education Committee)
Bens Merchan (Continuing Education Committee)
Brian Evans, Curtin University (Continuing Education Committee)

Communications Committee
Jack Harfoushian, Schlumberger (Communications Chair)
Zach Aman, University of Western Australia (Communications Committee)
Marco van Staden, Ajilon (Communications Committee)

Scholarship & Mentorship Programs
Michelle Lim, Santos (Scholarship Program Chair)
Thomas Hair, Chevron (Mentor Program Chair)

Social Committee
Liam Le, Bureau Veritas (Social Committee Chair)
Balsam Sabiry, Inpex (Social Committee)
Dan Pickering, Opes (Social Committee)

Young Professionals Committee
Ziad Zammar, Woodside (Young Professionals Chair)
Luke Vlasich, Woodside (Young Professionals Committee)

Student Outreach
Yash Tyagi, IBM (Student Liaison)
Ochuko Ofoyela, Chevron (Student Liaison)
Enes Kaya, University of Western Australia (UWA Student President)
Ayesha Parsons, Curtin University (Curtin Student President)