Board of Directors
Mr Robert Towner
Chairman
Mr Towner is the founder and Managing Director of Cornerstone Corporate Pty Ltd, an Australian Financial Services Licencee. Mr Towner has 20 years experience in the financial services industry and during this time has successfully facilitated capital raisings and provided corporate advisory services to a large number of small to medium sized companies in the resources, energy and industrial sectors.
Mr Towner founded bioMD Limited, a bio-medical company that has been listed on the Australian Stock Exchange since 2004. As founder and Executive Director of bioMD Ltd, Mr Towner was instrumental in the company’s recent merger with Allied Medical Group to form ASX listed company Allied Healthcare Group Limited (ASX Code: AHZ). Mr Towner continues to act as Non-Executive Director of the merged company with particular responsibility for maintaining Board awareness of financial markets, corporate governance, capital structuring and working capital requirements.
Mr Michael Lowry
Managing Director
Mr Lowry has significant experience in the resources industry over a 40 year period, including an executive role with Cliffs Western Australian Mining (the managing company of the Cliffs Robe River Iron Associates project in the Pilbara region); CEO and Director of The Griffin Coal Mining Company; CEO and Director of Phoenix Energy Pty Ltd and President of Phoenix Energy Inc. that had oil and gas exploration interests in Utah.
Over the past 19 years Mike has worked in all aspects of thermal coal mining. He has led new coal mine developments in Western Australia and undertaken extensive due diligence assignments researching and reporting on potential acquisitions of overseas coal assets.
Mike has served as an Executive Councillor on the board of the WA Chamber of Minerals and Energy and was a Member of the WA Coal Industry Council delegation that was commissioned to review modern coal mining practices in the United States, Germany and Britain and ascertain their applicable and or suitability for the WA Coal Mining Industry.
Mr Matthew Sheldrick
Non-Executive Director
Matthew Sheldrick holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia and is a Chartered Accountant. Mr Sheldrick spent 10 years in the securities industry advising both domestic and international institutional clients on Australian resource equities. He has founded a number of listed companies in the energy and resources sectors, including Eureka Energy Ltd, Gawler Resources Ltd and Black Fire Minerals Ltd and has been involved in the growth of these companies by way of mergers and acquisitions. He is currently a non-executive director of WAG Ltd and Apex Minerals Ltd and is the non-executive chairman of unlisted Cohiba Minerals Ltd.