Jonathan Stewart

Mr Stewart was a founder of Aurora and was Executive Chairman of Aurora from 22 February 2005 until the acquisition of Aurora by Baytex Energy Australia Pty Ltd on 11 June 2014. He was Executive Chairman and CEO of Aurora until separating those roles in 2012. Mr Stewart has held a number of executive management positions in listed and unlisted companies in Australia, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and the former Soviet Union. He has experience in the management of oil and gas exploration and production companies, structuring and financing of transactions and the strategic development of companies. He has also been involved helping list a number of companies in Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada. Based in Europe during the 1990s, Mr Stewart has been involved in raising capital from international equity markets to enable the development of projects. He is Member of the Risk Management Committee and Chair of the Reserves Committee.