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Leadership in sustainable emissions reduction and commodities production

MBD Energy Limited has drawn together an exceptionally strong team with a proven capacity to deliver across specialist fields of scientific research and development, engineering and project management and the leadership of major industrial companies and enterprises. The company has also invested in establishing a world-leading centre of excellence around its R&D facility and a rigorous Graduate Vocational Training Program.

Led by former BHP Chairman, Jerry Ellis, the MBD Board embodies a great deal of relevant industry expertise, and includes Seamus French, CEO of Anglo American Coal - a subsidiary of the diversified international mining company, Anglo American.

MBD’s Research and Development teams based at James Cook University, are leaders in Australia, and are at the forefront internationally, in the production of algal biomass for CO2 sequestration and large-scale production of algae-based oil and feedstock commodities.

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Our Chairman Jerry Ellis is Chairman of the Earth resources Development Council and holds directorships in the fields of finance and mining. Mr Ellis was elected as a Rhodes Scholar in 1959 and obtained a degree Read more ∇		Managing Director Andrew Lawson is a qualified Civil Engineer with 20 years experience in the public and private sectors in Australia. For the last 15 years he has held senior management roles across a number of major... Read more ∇
Executive Director Enrico Bombardieri has in excess of 20 years experience in Energy, Funds Management and Stock Broking. He has contributed to the commercialisation of power from landfill gas as part of his... Read more ∇		Chief Operations Officer Michael joined the Board of Works (now Melbourne Water) in 1978 where he undertook a number of varied engineering and management positions over the next 17 years predominantly in planning and operations areas. Read more ∇