Mr Foster is an energy executive who has worked with Chevron, a Middle Eastern National Oil Corporation as well as US and ASX listed independents. He spent 30 years with Marubeni Corporation as Energy Advisor until his retirement, assisting in the development of their Oil, Gas and LNG business. During this time, a global business was established with Tokyo, London, Houston, Singapore, and Perth offices. Mr Foster was a director of Marubeni's various exploration and production subsidiaries and a former director of Tap Oil Ltd. Mr Foster's activities have covered a range of areas relevant to the oil and gas industry and he has commercial, financial and mergers and acquisitions experience, as well as that from his engineering background. He is also a member of the Risk, Governance & Sustainability Committee.