Ian Lusted

Mr Lusted has international oil & gas experience, having begun his career in the industry in 1991 with Shell International after serving for several years as an officer in the Royal Navy. At Shell, Mr Lusted gained upstream operations experience in a variety of locations including the North Sea, SE Asia and onshore Europe. He was responsible for field operations including drilling and well operations on semi-submersibles, platform, jack up and land facilities. In 1998 Mr Lusted established Leading Edge Advantage (LEA), a drilling project management consultancy based in Aberdeen and subsequently in Perth, Australia. Mr Lusted led a number of multi-discipline project teams that implemented technology applications often in jurisdictions. Mr Lusted then spent 3 years as Technical Director for Cape Energy, a private oil and gas company with development assets in the Philippines and Australia. Preceding his appointment at Australis Mr Lusted was Technical Director of Aurora Oil and Gas from 14 April 2008 until August 2013. As well as being responsible for all technical activities carried out by Aurora, Mr Lusted played a role in investor and stakeholder relations.