 | Edek Choros MSc (Geol), BE (Mining)
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Mr Choros qualified as a geologist and mining engineer at the University of Mining and Metallurgy in Krakow, Poland and moved to Australia in 1989. For the next 11 years, he worked first for the Electricity Trust of South Australia and subsequently as a private consultant in the coal mining industry. In 1999, he founded a successful coking coal project near Moranbah, Queensland known as Millennium Coal. In 2004/2005, Mr Choros and co-investors sold their stake in the project to Excel Coal Limited, which company was subsequently acquired by Peabody Coal. Over a number of years, Mr Choros had developed a keen interest in how to increase the efficiency of coal and other carbonaceous matter. After retiring from the Millennium Coal project, he founded Ambre Energy for the purpose of developing new coal technologies. |
 | Michael van Baarle BCom, LLB
Director Business Development Mr van Baarle holds degrees in Law and Commerce from the University of Queensland. He commenced his legal career with a prominent Brisbane law firm in 1986, before moving to practise in the United Kingdom in 1990. In 1994 Mr van Baarle returned to Brisbane and worked for BHP Coal’s in-house legal team before ultimately becoming a partner at Hillhouse Burrough McKeown where he worked on the Millennium Coal project and subsequently became a director of Ambre Energy. Mr van Baarle retired from legal practice in September 2006 to take the executive position of Director Business Development for Ambre Energy. |
 | Steven Messiter BE (Chem), MBA, GA ICD
Director Project Development Mr Messiter graduated as a Bachelor of Engineering - Chemical Engineering (First Class Honors and University medal) from the University of New South Wales in 1985. He has 25 years experience in the operation, design and project development of mineral processing and chemical plants, including 7 years with BHP Steel and BHP Engineering in Port Kembla and Sydney, 8 years with ICI Australia (now Orica) in Sydney and Melbourne and 8 years with Coogee Chemicals in Perth as Executive Manager – Major Projects. At Coogee Chemicals, he was responsible for the company’s capital investment and expenditure program and all aspects of project delivery from concept to commissioning. In May 2003, Mr Messiter completed an MBA at Curtin University and was accepted to the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He was elected as an executive director to Coogee Chemicals’ Board in November 2003. In November 2006, Mr Messiter joined Ambre Energy as Director Project Development. |
 | Michael R. Klein JD, MBA, BA
Chief Executive Officer, Ambre Energy North America, Inc Michael Klein graduated from Brigham Young University’s J. Reuben Clark Law School, Utah and with honours from the Marriott School of Management with an MBA. Michael was subsequently employed as a tax consultant in both the New York City and Salt Lake City offices of Ernst & Young. Thereafter, Mr Klein became a partner of a real estate and investment firm in Salt Lake City known as The Ritchie Group, LC. Members of The Ritchie Group were among the founding investors of the Oil Tech, Inc. technology in the mid 1990s, which has now been acquired by Ambre Energy. |
 | William Sarunic BApp, MEng Sc
Vice President, Project Development, Ambre Energy North America, Inc Mr Sarunic received a Bachelor’s degree in 1990 from the University of South Australia in Applied Geology. He has subsequently earned a Masters degree in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of New South Wales. Mr Sarunic has over 10 years of onsite experience in the mining industry as a geologist, engineering geologist, and geotechnical engineer. Before joining Ambre Energy, Mr Sarunic was a Divisional Manager and Principal Geotechnical Consultant for Snowden Mining Industry Consultants in Perth, Australia. Mr Sarunic has been involved in mining feasibility projects from around the world and in a number of commodities, including iron ore, coal, gold, nickel, mineral sands, platinum and lead-zinc. |
 | Brandon D. Lloyd BS/CFA
Vice President, Business Development, Ambre Energy North America, Inc Mr Lloyd graduated in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Mr Lloyd came to Ambre Energy from a Utah real estate and investment firm, The Ritchie Group, LC. He has previously worked in the investment banking industry as an Energy Sector Specialist in New York and elsewhere with firms such as Mizuho. |
 | Nicholas Drinnan BSc, BA(Hon), PhD(Chem)
Manager, Research & Development Dr Drinnan completed his tertiary education at the University of Queensland where he received majors in the fields of chemistry, pure mathematics and philosophy. He has also undertaken postgraduate studies in organic chemistry (PhD), philosophy (BA(Hons)) and intellectual property (Masters of Industrial Property (MIP)). Dr Drinnan spent almost seven years at Alchemia Ltd working as a synthetic organic chemist. In addition to his scientific duties, he was also responsible for intellectual property management. In order to further his studies in intellectual property, Dr Drinnan left Alchemia in 2004 to join patent attorney firm of Davies Collison Cave which he subsequently left to join Ambre Energy. |
 | Jason Russell BSc
Exploration Manager Mr Russell graduated with a science degree from the University of Newcastle. He has experience in grass roots exploration, resource delineation and geotechnical monitoring for a number of coal deposits and operations within the Sydney, Hunter, Surat and Bowen basins. He has worked for Glencore, Anglo and AMCI. Mr Russell is also experienced in coal mine production and supply through his work at Mt Owen, German Creek and Millennium Coal. Mr Russell manages Ambre Energy’s exploration programs and has extensive experience in exploration management and open cut production. He is currently a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. |
 | Mark Fraser BCom
Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary Mr Fraser completed a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Newcastle in 2006. Prior to joining Ambre Energy, he worked for two and a half years at a public accounting firm in Newcastle providing business and taxation services. Mr Fraser has been largely responsible for successfully transitioning the financial reporting regime of Ambre Energy to comply with the Australian equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards and other public company requirements. |