David Berrie – Non-Executive Chairman

Mr Berrie has over 20 years of experience in the resources sector including more than eight years in the Australian uranium sector. Prior to joining Raisama, he held the position of Managing Director Fusion Resources Limited where he transitioned the company from a grassroots explorer through to the identification and delineation of a JORC compliant Uranium resource and following that, negotiated and managed the friendly takeover of Fusion by Paladin Energy Limited. The bid was unanimously supported by the Fusion Board and its major shareholders and was concluded in less than 3 months. Before that he was Corporate Director for Summit Resources Limited itself acquired in 2007 by Paladin. He was initially employed by Summit to supervise the completion of a feasibility study in relation to the development of Summit’s Valhalla and Skal uranium projects. With Paladin’s hostile takeover for Summit his role changed to deal with Summit’s extensive corporate activities.

Prior to joining Summit, Mr Berrie spent over 18 years with WMC and subsequently BHP Billiton following the 2005 takeover. During this time Mr Berrie had senior corporate, legal and commercial roles within the exploration, mining and project development groups, including management responsibility of the Yeelirrie Uranium project for several years. Mr Berrie holds Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Jurisprudence degrees from University of Western Australia.

Jeff Steketee – Managing Director

Mr Steketee was appointed to the board of Raisama Energy Limited in April 2011; after having served on the board of Peak Oil & Gas since April 2009.  Mr Steketee has over 20 years of experience in the energy sector, and has held senior technical and managerial positions within service and E&P companies in Australia and Asia, including Halliburton and Unocal. Over the last decade, he was pivotal in developing a number of new energy related companies across Asia including CUEL Limited, an innovative and successful developer of offshore oil and gas fields, and JSX Energy, an E&P company established to focus on upstream investments in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Prior to establishing Peak Oil & Gas, Mr Steketee managed a large investment portfolio for a private Asian based conglomerate focussing on resource sector investments in Australia. During that time he also developed the company’s globally focused oil and gas division, serving as its inaugural head and building a substantial portfolio of interests in exploration and production companies and offshore production assets.

Mr Steketee has worked extensively throughout Asia with a particular emphasis on business development, strategic and commercial management and private equity investment.

Jim Durrant – Technical Director

Mr Durrant was appointed to the board of Raisama Energy Limited in April 2011; after having served on the board of Peak Oil & Gas since April 2009.  Mr Durrant has over 30 years of experience in the Australian and international petroleum sector, having held senior technical, management and corporate positions with major companies including Delhi Petroleum and Western Mining Corporation Ltd.

Prior to establishing Peak Oil & Gas, Mr Durrant co-founded and was Technical Director of Strike Oil Ltd (now Strike Energy Ltd).  He played a major role in the development of the company into a respected ASX listed oil & gas company having amassed a successful exploration and production portfolio including the offshore Casino gas discovery, a coal bed methane portfolio in eastern Australia and successful US oil and gas production.

Mr Durrant is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists; was an elected Board Member of the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) for 8 years and served as State and National President of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA). He was awarded the PESA Meritorious Service Medal in 1998 and honorary life membership of APPEA in 2009.

Matthew Howison – Non Executive Director

Mr Howison is a lawyer and investment banker with over twenty years of experience as an adviser to companies in relation to mergers and acquisitions and capital raisings and has particular experience in contested takeover situations. He held senior positions at Rothschild Australia, Turnbull & Partners, Goldman Sachs and Salomon Smith Barney before establishing the privately owned merchant banking firm Emerald Partners. He is an active investor in and adviser to a wide range of exploration companies.

Mr Howison holds Bachelor and Master Degrees in Law from the University of Sydney and an MBA from London Business School.