Our People
Board & Management

Wayne Mitchell

AASA, AAIM

Executive Chairman

Mr Mitchell is a qualified accountant with over 30 years extensive senior management experience in the natural resource sector, both in Australia and in South East Asia.

In the early 1970's, Mr Mitchell and two partners were the initial promoters and developers of Thailand's major zinc deposit located at Mae Sot, Northern Thailand. This resource deposit is now owned and operated by a Thai public company, Padaeng Industry Company Ltd.

Mr Mitchell specialises in the areas of financial planning, fund raising and project evaluation. He is also a past Chairman of listed company Central Victorian Gold Mines N.L and a director of Diversified Mineral Resources NL where he initiated and led the project team for the Burton Downs Coal project taken over by Portman Mining before being sold for more than $200 million.

David Smith

B Econ, Dip Mgmt - Executive MBA

Executive Director

Mr Smith is an investment banker of 15 years experience, and was most recently at BBY Limited where he was Head Equity Capital Markets and a member of the group's Executive and Risk Management Committee.

Mr Smith joined BBY in 2004 and since that time, BBY's Corporate Finance division has raised more than $4 billion for its corporate clients and now maintains regular Top 15 positions in the various Australian Investment Banking League Tables.

He has extensively advised corporate clients in the bulk commodities sectors of coal and iron ore. In 2008, the BBY Corporate Finance division won the "Best Corporate Deal of the Year" award at the Australian Stockbrokers Foundation Awards for a coal sector client.

Wesley Harder

B Sc. Dip SIA. MAusIMM

Director, Exploration

Mr Harder is a former coal analyst with Jackson Stockbrokers Ltd and he also worked as a resource analyst and stockbroker with a number of stockbrokers including Ord Minnett and Frank Renouf. He has also worked as a field exploration geologist for over 15 years in Australia and its near neighbors including Sumatra and Irian Jaya in Indonesia, mainland Papua New Guinea and New Britain Island, many parts of the Solomon Islands and Fiji. In Australia he worked in the states of New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory and Tasmania.

He has worked in tropical/temporate and wet and arid environments searching for a range of mineral commodities including gold, copper and uranium for such major companies as Newmont Mining Inc., Placer Prospecting Ltd and Pancontinental Mining Limited. He was CEO and founding director of Zinico Resources NL and its successors. Mr Harder is a founding shareholder of Coalworks Limited.

Tony King

Non Executive Director

Mr King is a professional Metallurgist and qualified geologist with over 20 years operational and technical experience within the resource industry. A graduate of the University of Cape Town South Africa, Mr King worked for Cominco in the mid 70s as geologist in the field carrying out exploration programs and later held senior positions as Company Chemist for Ardlethan Tin. Gold Copper Exploration Pty Ltd and Great Northern Mining Corporation Ltd. During this time he completed another degree in Earth Science at Macquarie University. Sydney and in 1987 established Tableland Analytical of which he is principal providing mill, processing design, assay and metallurgical services to the resource industry.

Mr King is a former director of Allegiance Mining NL where he was General Manager-Operations. He has also been involved in design and construction of coal washing plants and has participated in a wide variety of resource projects.

David Oastler

B Com, CA

Chief Financial Officer

Mr Oastler is a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years experience with various SME's, listed and private company groups, as well as services to various governmental agencies. David is also CFO of Coalworks Limited.

Nathan Bartrop

LLB, B Com, ACIS

Company Secretary

Mr Bartrop is a Chartered Secretary and associate member of Chartered Secretaries Australia. His previous role was as Assistant Company Secretary at Mirabela Nickel Limited, a nickel producer in Brazil. Prior to this, he worked at ASX for 2 years as a Listings Adviser in Perth which involved the provision of interpretation and advice to existing and prospective listed entities and their advisers, in relation to the application of the ASX Listing Rules.

Mr Bartrop also has previous experience working in litigation and dispute resolution, as well as tax consulting and has a Bachelor of Laws & Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia.

Sin Pyng Teng

B Econ, Dip Fin Mgmt, CPA, FAICD, AFAIM

Senior Advisor

Mr Teng is a Certified Practicing Accountant, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and an Associated Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management. Mr Teng has been employed by several manufacturing companies in senior accounting positions. Mr Teng has since 1990 worked full time as a consultant involved with mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructuring.

He has had several years experience on project development and investor relations and has a strong association with the investment community in Singapore and Malaysia. He has also consulted with respect to a number of Initial Public Offerings and public company capital raisings and stock exchange practice. Mr Teng currently holds position as director and company secretary to other public listed companies.

Mr Putra has a Bachelor Degree in Geological Engineering, Faculty of Mineral Technology, Trisakti University, Jakarta. Mr. Hasan has more than 15 years experience in the Indonesian Mining Industry. Mr. Hasan worked from 1994 to 2011 as Geologist for various mining companies in Indonesia. Mr. Putra joined OEG in June 2011.

Mr. Sidik has a Diploma in Mining Engineering from Politeknik Muara Teweh, East Kalimantan. Mr. Sidik worked from 2005 until 2011 for various mining companies in Indonesia. Mr. Sidik joined OEG in April 2012.

Mr. Situmorang has studied Economics and Business Administration in Jakarta. He worked from 2004 to 2009 for the Singapore International School, Jakarta, as Finance and Accounting Supervisor. From 2010 to October 2011 he is working for Putera Sampoerna Foundation as Accountant