Gavin Ryan

Background

About Gavin Ryan

I have over 35 years' industry experience across the mining, resources and energy sectors in Australia and internationally. Currently working on a range of mining and energy projects for Hancock Prospecting, I have previously worked in more than 30 countries for employers including BP, BHP, Shell and PTTEP. I have advised on and negotiated substantial M&A and asset sales and purchase transactions, globally significant long-term LNG Sales & Purchase Agreements, term and spot LNG, crude oil and petroleum products sales and shipping agreements, pipeline gas transportation agreements, numerous farm-outs, joint ventures, concession and unit agreements and associated commercial arrangements. I am an investor in and Non-Executive Chairman of Pivotree a start-up company with an innovative technology solution to unlock production from stranded oil fields using its patented small oilfield production system. This is not a desk-top exercise: the first Pivotree is built, successfully tested, and is awaiting deployment. I am a member of the Advisory Board of the University of Western Australia's Centre for Mining, Energy and Natural Resources Law, and have been a regular contributor to the Centre's resources law programmes. I was a director of ASX-listed mid-cap exploration company Carnarvon Energy Ltd from July 2018 until April 2024, and chaired the Remuneration & Nominations Committee. Other past board appointments include two years as an independent director of Robe River Kuruma Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC, and seven years as a non-executive director of Mungalalu Truscott Airbase Pty Ltd and Troughton Island Pty Ltd, companies which ran two airbases in the remote far north Kimberley region of WA. I was also Chair of Tura New Music for five years until June 2020. Tura is a not-for-profit music organisation based in Perth, Western Australia, with a proud 35-year history of achievement in initiating cultural development in remote communities of Western Australia through its multi-award winning touring and remote residency programmes.