David Salisbury
Chief Executive and Managing Director
David Salisbury joined NZOG in April 2007. He obtained his LLB and BCA from Victoria University in Wellington and worked as a commercial solicitor before joining Petrocorp Exploration (later Fletcher Challenge Energy). His career includes senior positions with Preussag Energie and OMV. Before joining NZOG he was vice president Business Development for OMV based in Vienna, with responsibility for OMV's worldwide business development activities.
Helen Mackay
General Counsel
Helen Mackay joined NZOG in July 2006 as General Counsel. Helen was previously in legal and commercial roles with Vector, NGC and Electricity Corporation of New Zealand. She has practised as an in-house lawyer in New Zealand and England and has an LLB and BCA from Victoria University of Wellington.
Helen is currently on Maternity Leave.
David Pay
David joined NZOG in October 2008 as General Counsel and will hold the position until April 2009 while Helen MacKay is on maternity leave. David has extensive experience in legal and commercial roles in New Zealand's energy sector with ECNZ, Contact Energy the Electricity Commission and Austral Pacific Energy. David has an LLB and BA (Economics) from the University of Otago.
Jonathan Salo
Exploration Manager
Jonathan Salo joined NZOG in January 2006 as Senior Manager, Geology. Dr Salo has over 20 years of experience in the petroleum industry in the USA, Africa, Middle East, Asia, and Australasia. He is co-credited with the discovery of almost 5 billion barrels of oil equivalent. His PhD is in petroleum geology and CO2 geosequestration
Markus Schuh
Reservoir Engineering Manager
Markus Schuh joined NZOG in November 2007 after working with various companies across Central Europe, Asia and New Zealand. He started his career with ExxonMobil where he was working on the development of its tight gas field in Northern Germany. He subsequently joined OMV and was responsible for OMVs' assets in Pakistan as Chief Reservoir Engineer. Before joining NZOG he was working for Shell Todd Oil Services in New Plymouth. Markus holds a MSc. in Reservoir Engineering from Mining University Leoben, Austria.
Paul McGuinness
Chief Financial Officer
Paul joined NZOG in October 2008 as acting Chief Financial Officer. Paul was CFO of Sealord Group for 18 years during its growth to a significant international seafood enterprise. He had joined KPMG after graduation from Victoria University in Wellington and then worked for a number of large NZ corporates such as Newmans Group, NZ Industrial Gases and Alex Harvey Industries. He holds BCA and CA (ICANZ) qualifications, and has provisional accreditation with the NZ Institute of Directors.
Chris Roberts
Public Affairs Manager
Chris Roberts joined NZOG in September 2007. After graduating with a BA in Politics and History from University of Waikato, Chris worked as a journalist for more than ten years, becoming a senior editor at Radio NZ. He then spent three years as a Parliamentary Press Secretary followed by five years in senior public affairs roles at Transpower NZ Ltd.
