Net zero 2020

Iain MacDougall’s career in the upstream petroleum exploration and production business spans more than 30 years, prior to which he worked in the nuclear power industry and in automotive powertrain research and development. Iain spent the first part of his oilfield career with international services company Schlumberger with operational and management assignments in Australia, Asia, the UK North Sea, Europe, West Africa and the Middle East. Since 2001, he has been based in Australia. He joined independent operator Stuart Petroleum in 2004, then worked with Senex Energy, Bight Petroleum and Barker Wentworth Consulting prior to joining Cooper Energy in 2014, where he is currently General Manger HSEC and Technical Services and a member of the Executive Leadership Team. Iain is an alumnus of Manchester University in the UK and of the INSEAD Business School in France. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and serves on the Advisory Board of the Australian School of Petroleum and Energy Resources at Adelaide University.

Oliver Glade-Wright graduated from Flinders University in 2003 with a BSc in Marine Biology. He is an environmental professional with over 15 years of experience working in the petroleum, mining and marine consulting industries in operational and leadership roles. Oliver has extensive experience in environmental impact assessment, approvals, implementation and monitoring programs. He has managed environmental teams for petroleum exploration and development activities around Australia. After six years at Santos, coordinating and implementing environmental approvals and leading regulatory and stakeholder liaison, Oliver joined Cooper Energy as Environment Manager in 2018.

Bindi Gove (BA, Grad Cert Marketing, MAICD) is the Head of External Affairs for Cooper Energy. She has worked in senior external affairs related roles in the oil and gas and mining sectors for over a decade. She has developed enduring social investments between the resources, community and environment sectors, covering Indigenous education, marine protection and regional health services. She is an experienced member of crisis response teams and has worked on a number of major incidents and activist campaigns. Previously, she was a Chief of Staff to a Cabinet Minister holding the Resources, Energy and Tourism portfolios. Her early career focused on the Australian tourism sector as an economic driver of regional development.

Todd Berkinshaw has been Chief Executive Officer of Biodiverse Carbon since it commenced operations in 2016. Prior to that he has worked across the Australian conservation sector for over 20 years, designing and implementing large-scale reforestation programs across all major bioregions. He has a background in economics, accounting and environment and has worked across the commercial and non-governmental organisation sector, with qualifications including a Master’s Degree in Environmental Studies and a Bachelor of Economics/Accounting. This diverse experience and knowledge allow Todd to recognise the economic value in large-scale ecosystem restoration programs and in creating new finance models through emerging environmental credit markets. Todd has also held several executive positions within Greening Australia, including Executive General Manager (National Operations), National Director of Conservation and Acting Chief Executive Officer.