Central Petroleum Limited Stock Market Press Releases and Company Profile
Retirement of Managing Director
Retirement of Managing Director

Brisbane, July 31, 2018 AEST (ABN Newswire) - Central Petroleum Limited (googlechartASX:CTP) (CTP or the Company) announces that Mr Richard Cottee will cease employment with the company on the 31st of January 2019.

The Company has appointed a respected long term colleague of Mr Cottee, its current Chief Financial Officer, Mr Leon Devaney, as acting Chief Executive Officer (short bio attached).

"Richard's passionate contribution to, and in particular his vision for, the Company have been invaluable," said Mr Martin Kriewaldt, Chairman of the Company.

"I doubt anyone else but Richard could have achieved his vision. It has been a privilege to see him put in place the various parts of the plan over the last few months, the culmination of years of work."

"What is often missed by those outside the Company is his genuine passion for the local people of the areas in which Central works and his commitment to the Northern Territory. His sponsorship of the Central Australian Aboriginal Women's Choir is a small example of that."

"Richard is a true visionary of the industry and his knowledge and expertise are unmatched in many areas, as can be seen in his achievements both at Central and at Queensland Gas. His long term vision of the future state of the market was instrumental in the vision for Central which we will now deliver with gas under the Incitec Pivot (IPL) contract."

"We wish him and his family all the best for the future."

Leon Devaney | BSc MBA

Mr Devaney joined Central Petroleum in November 2012 and brings over 12 years of commercial and corporate finance experience within the Australian energy and resources sector. Prior to joining Central Petroleum Limited, Mr Devaney was General Manager, Gas and Power at QGC, a BG Group Company, where he was responsible for developing and implementing commercial strategies within both the domestic gas and electricity markets. He joined QGC in 2004 as Chief Commercial Officer. Prior to QGC, Mr Devaney was GM, Commercial and Finance at Queensland Gas Company, where he participated in the rapid growth of Australia's then emerging CSM industry.

Mr Devaney has previously been active in consulting and corporate finance advisory, holding senior positions at Deloitte Corporate Finance (Sydney) and PFM (Newport Beach, CA) where he specialised in structured and project finance.

Mr Devaney holds an MBA and BSc. (Finance) from the University of Southern California.


About Central Petroleum Limited

Central Petroleum LimitedCentral Petroleum Limited (ASX:CTP) is a well-established, and emerging ASX-listed Australian oil and gas producer. In our short history, Central has grown to become the largest onshore gas producer in the Northern Territory (NT), supplying industrial customers and senior gas distributors in NT and the wider Australian east coast market.

Central is positioned to become a significant domestic energy supplier, with exploration and development plans across 180,000 km2 of tenements in Queensland and the Northern Territory, including some of Australia's largest known onshore conventional gas prospects. Central has also completed an MoU with Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG) to progress the proposed Amadeus to Moomba Gas Pipeline to a Final Investment Decision.

We are also seeking to develop the Range gas project, a new gas field located among proven CSG fields in the Surat Basin, Queensland with 135 PJ (net to Central) of development-pending 2C contingent resource.

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