Board of Directors
Stuart Bensley
Chairman
Stuart has been an energy and resources consultant since 2002, prior to that he held Senior Management and Executive positions with the Halliburton Group of Companies, British Gas and BHP. He has extensive line management, operations, turn-around and restructuring experience and has lived and worked Internationally since graduating with a BSc(Hons) in Civil Engineering from Surrey University in the UK. His experience includes significant offshore, marine and sub-sea operations as well as the development and implementation of major energy infrastructure projects. He is a graduate of the AMP program at Macquarie University in Sydney, a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers Australia, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Energy and a Chartered Professional Engineer, CPEng in Australia.
Stuart is a Director of Renewed Carbon Pty Ltd, an Associate of Jacanda Capital, and is on the Boards of The Youth Junction Inc, which provides co-located and diversionary services to disadvantaged youth in the Western suburbs of Melbourne and The Australian Council of Child and Youth Organisations which trains and accredits youth service organisations in Safeguarding Children throughout Australia. He is a founding and current committee member of the Society for Underwater Technology (Melbourne). He was appointed a Director of Oceanlinx in October 2007.
Ali Baghaei
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director
Ali is a highly experienced industrialist and senior executive with over 25 years of successful international commercial, technical, financial and leadership capability across a wide range of industries including; defence, naval and commercial shipbuilding, marine infrastructures as well as nuclear, conventional and renewable power generation.
Ali has held a number of international board and senior positions in both public and private sectors and has considerable international and cross cultural experience in the UK, USA, Europe, South East Asia and Australia.
In addition to his marine engineering qualifications, Ali is a Chartered Engineer and holds a Master of Engineering degree in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering with Distinction. He is a Fellow of the British Institute of Mechanical Engineers, a Member of the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors, a Fellow of the ICCPM and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Donald Blackmore
Non-Executive Director
Donald BlackmoreFrom 1990 to March 2004, Donald was CEO of Murray Darling Basin Commission, a partnership between Australian state governments and the community to promote the use of water, land and other environmental resources for the Murray-Darling Basin. From 1990 to 1999, he was also a director of the Land and Water Research and Development Corporation.
Donald is a senior water industry executive and since 2004 has worked as an independent consultant on national and international water issues. He chairs a range of research and development organisations associated with water in Australia including CRCE Water and Advisory Council Water for a Healthy Country. Since 2001, Donald has been a Director of CRC for Plant Based Solutions to Salinity. He was appointed a Director of Oceanlinx in April 2007.
Joaquim Servulo Rodrigues
Investor Director
Joaquim is currently the CEO of ES Tech Ventures, a Portuguese Venture Capital Fund Management Company of the BES Group, which invests in high growth business areas. Since 2000, he has held board positions on a number of the companies in which they have invested.
From 2004 to 2006, Joaquim was a General Manager for Banco Espirito Santo, responsible for the Consumer Credits Department. He also held other General Manager positions with Banco Espirito Santo from 1997 to 2000. Joaquim holds a Masters Degree in Electrotechnical Engineering from the Technical University of Lisbon (IST) as well as an MBA from INSEAD, France. He was appointed a Director of Oceanlinx in May 2007.
Paulo Alexandre Dias Caetano
Investor Director
Paulo has an MBA specialising in International Management (Universidade Católica Portuguesa), Master in European Studies (Universidade Católica Portuguesa) and a Degree in Electrical Engineering (Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal). Since 2004 he has been an Executive Board Member of FomentInvest, SGPS, a private equity firm owned by several Portuguese banks and foundations and since 1996 he has been Director of the Portuguese Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (APCRI). Prior to this, Paulo held the positions of Executive Board Member of Telecelular Investimentos SGPS (1999 to 2004), Board Deputy and Board Member of Empresa Geral de Fomento, S.A (1992 to 1999), and Manager of the Investment and Development Division of Investimentos e Participações do Estado, S.A (1989 to 1992). Paulo was appointed a Director of Oceanlinx in September 2008.