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Wolf G Martinick
B.Sc, Ph.D, FAIMM
Non-Executive Chairman and Independent Director
Experience and expertise
Dr Martinick was appointed to the Board on 19 February
1996 and became its Chairman on 1 March 2011. He is
an earth scientist with over 40 years experience with the
exploration, mining and oil and gas industries, especially
with respect to environmental and social issues, project
approvals and funding. He is a Fellow of the Australian
Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a past Vice President
of the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies.
Other current directorships
He is the Chairman and Managing Director of ASX listed
Oro Verde Limited (ASX: OVL), Non-Executive Director and
founding Chairman of AIM listed Weatherly International
PLC (LON: WTL) and Non-Executive Director of ASX listed
Azure Minerals Limited (ASX: AZS).
Former directorships in the last three years
Uran Limited – resigned 12 November 2010
Special responsibilities
Non-Executive Chairman of the Board from 1 March 2011.
Member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees.
Interests in shares and options
Dr Martinick holds 29,000,000 fully paid ordinary shares
and 5,000,000 unlisted options in the Company.
Govert van Ek
B.Eng (Hons), Ph.D, C.Eng, AIPN, SPE, SEAPEX,
MAICD
Managing Director
Experience and expertise
Dr Govert van Ek joined as Managing Director of Sun
Resources NL in March 2013. He has 17 years of
upstream oil and gas and related finance experience
and has worked at upstream oil and gas companies
and investment banks focusing on upstream oil and gas
transactions and lending.
He has worked on numerous upstream transactions
in Europe, Asia and Australia. He was formerly CEO at
Spyker Energy and Business Development Executive at
Genting Oil and has gained a broad depth of experience
with managing and financing junior oil companies. He also
formerly worked at ANZ Investment Bank in London and
Sydney and was head of upstream oil and as lending at
BNP Paribas in Singapore, where he focussed on lending
and corporate finance for junior oil companies in the Asia
Pacific region.
He started his career in 1996 at Shell International E&P
as an operations engineer and also worked at Shell on
oil and gas field development planning and economics.
Govert graduated with a Doctorate from The University
of Manchester, U.K, in Total Technology, has a degree
in Mechanical Engineering and is a member of the
American Institute of Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN),
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and South East Asia
Exploration Society (SEAPEX).
Former directorships in the last three years
No former directorships in a public listed company in the
last three years
Special responsibilities
Managing Director (from 20 March 2013).
Member of the Audit Committee.
Interests in share and options
Dr van Ek holds 500,000 fully paid ordinary shares and
30,000,000 unlisted options in the Company.
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DIRECTORS’ REPORT 23 SUN RESOURCES ANNUAL REPO T 2013