Team

Having collaborated on various projects over the preceding decade, our team united to form CarbonTP in 2020.

With prior experience in the heavy industrial, banking, industrial services and renewable energy sectors we bring together a diverse combination of skills – including engineering, financial, commercial, software and project management capabilities.

Our combination of technical, commercial and economic skills uniquely positions us to help guide companies through the energy transition.

We share a desire to make a difference in reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, and to support energy intensive industries transition to a low emissions future.

CarbonTP Co-Founders

Rob Minson

Rob Minson

Rob Minson

Managing Director CarbonTP

Rob has a range of Australian and international experience spanning the sectors of pipeline construction & operations, upstream oil & gas, energy, software and consulting. He has advised energy companies of all sizes in North America, EMEA and APAC on corporate strategy & planning , portfolio management & optimization, economics and field development planning projects. Throughout his career he has developed and product managed several software products now used by some of the largest organisations in the energy sector. Rob holds a Bachelor of Mechatronic Engineering from the University of Adelaide and a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering specialising in Industrial Design and Automation from the Ruhr Universität Bochum, Germany.

Martin Lee

Martin Lee

Martin Lee

Executive Director CarbonTP

Our co-founder Martin has 30 years’ commercial experience in the international upstream oil and gas industry. In 2020 he completed a Masters in Renewable & Sustainable Energy at Murdoch University’s engineering faculty, building on his existing qualifications in Engineering and Economics.

He has extensive commercial experience in LNG, oil and gas exploration and development projects, M&A, business development and corporate strategy.

His strengths are in quickly focussing on the key parameters driving shareholder value in energy projects and business opportunities, and steering the process to maximise project and shareholder returns.

As a consultant, Martin has advised companies in Australia and the UK on asset evaluations, asset optimisation, field development planning, corporate strategy and planning, and commercial agreement structuring.

Mark Thomson

Mark Thomson

Mark Thomson

Executive Director CarbonTP

Mark has 25 years’ combined experience in the oil and gas, process industry and consulting sectors.

Working for five years as an expert consultant within McKinsey and Company’s Petroleum Asset Excellence team, Mark implemented transformational change and operational efficiency programs for top tier clients in the oil gas and other industrial sectors.

During his time at McKinsey, Mark developed expertise around climate risk and industrial decarbonisation, having acquired a passion for it while collaborating on McKinsey’s sustainability practice.

Prior to McKinsey, Mark spent 20 years in management, operational and technical roles in both upstream and downstream oil and gas and chemical companies successfully managing the operations of high performing oil and gas assets.

Raj Aggarwal

Raj Aggarwal

Raj Aggarwal

Executive Director CarbonTP

Raj is an experienced commercial executive in the carbon offsets, renewable energy, broader infrastructure and natural resources sectors.

Prior to co-founding CarbonTP, Raj worked with government utilities and private sector proponents to develop renewable energy strategy and financing for large scale renewable energy technology projects.

Raj has also served as CFO of Select Carbon and led the sale of Select Carbon to Shell. He has a deep understanding of the offsets market, carbon abatement and procurement strategies for offsets.

His work spans Australia, Asia and the Middle East including companies with operations in Africa.

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Sandeep Sharma

Sandeep Sharma

Sandeep Sharma

Executive Chairman, Global CCS Expert

Sandeep has over 40 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry, the last fifteen of which have been focused on carbon sequestration.

He is CarbonTP’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) technical advisor and key facilitator for discussions with stakeholders in the CCS industry.

Previously, he was the VP and Regional Manager, Australasia, for Schlumberger Carbon Services. He worked at Schlumberger from 1981-2013 across the globe and in a variety of senior positions in operations management, marketing and new product development.

Importantly, on secondment from Schlumberger to the Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC), he became the Program Manager of the Otway CCS Program and implemented Australia’s first CCS project in the Otway Basin from 2005-2010. He is also a member of the ISO Australian mirror committee for CCS and was involved in writing the ISO 27914 Standard for Geological Storage.

Mark Pogson

Mark Pogson

Mark Pogson

Executive Director, CCS Reservoir Development Expert

Mark has over 30 years’ global upstream experience in technical and management roles and has been a consultant Petroleum Engineer for the last 20 years.

He has extensive experience in oil and gas field development, field appraisal, asset evaluation and reserves reporting. At CarbonTP he is the subsurface technical lead.

Mark has held senior technical and operations roles with British Gas, Mobil, Woodside Petroleum and Premier Oil and senior technical advisory roles with Alcoa and APA Group.

He has worked on projects in Europe, Asia Pacific region, Middle East, Africa and the USA.

Anagh Kohli

Anagh Kohli

Anagh Kohli

CCS Commercial Director

Anagh is an experienced commercial, operations, strategy and innovation professional who brings his experience successfully commercializing and delivering innovative technologies in the resources industry for over 15 years to CarbonTP.

In his recent role as Commercial Consultant to BHP’s Innovation and Ventures team, he supported the Low Emission Technology program aimed at reducing emissions (using multiple techniques and technologies), by delivering partnerships with start-ups, other industry and non-industry players using intricate commercial constructs ranging from equity interest, funding, R&D, co-development, unincorporated JV’s and other risk reward sharing arrangements.

Through his past work at Schlumberger and running a drilling automation start-up (Wellserv), he has led multiple drilling services campaigns across Asia Pacific for major oil and gas operators both in a technical and commercial capacity.

Dominique Van Gent

Dominique Van Gent

Dominique Van Gent

Executive Director, CCS Industrial Development and Government Relations

Dominique has worked on regional development assisting the resources industry on major projects including the develop of industrial areas and infrastructure issues for over 30 years.

He has a deep understanding of the economic, cultural and business drivers of industry and brings years of community engagement experience to the task of exploration and characterisation of an onshore field.

Prior to joining CarbonTP, Dominique was the Coordinator of Carbon Strategy with the Department of Mines and Petroleum in Western Australia. He was responsible for the development and management South-West Hub project which characterised the potential of on-shore CO2 storage area in the Shire of Harvey in the South-West of Western Australia.

Dominique was also key to establishing the local content strategies that maximised opportunities for regional firms on the construction of the Collie power station.

He has a long-term interest in industrial development and is a former chair of the Small Business Centre in Bunbury, Western Australia.

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Neil Canby

Neil Canby

Neil Canby

Neil has over 25 years experience in the WA electricity industry and founded Sunrise Energy Group in 2016, a renewable energy project development business.

Neil has delivered numerous renewable energy projects in WA leveraging his technical, commercial and regulatory knowledge and experience.

Brett Rankine

Brett Rankine

Brett Rankine

Brett has 18 years’ experience in infrastructure and renewable energy advisory, funds and asset management, with tier one entities including Macquarie Capital, Balfour Beatty Investments and InfraRed Capital Partners.

Brett is currently a director of Live-in Learning, an entity undertaking a PPP with Curtin University, and a partner at Infrakey.

James Ireland

James Ireland

James Ireland

James has spent much of his career as a corporate lawyer in the Middle East working in private equity, upstream oil & gas and, most recently, ports & infrastructure.

After completing his MBA from LBS, James moved to Perth in 2022 and established Infrakey, an infrastructure development and advisory business.

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Azlan Ho

Azlan Ho

Azlan Ho

Managing Director

Project development and delivery professional with more than 20 years of experience in study, project, program and operations management spanning mining and metals, chemicals and energy.

Bob Cowan

Bob Cowan

Bob Cowan

Director / Chief Commercial Officer

More than 30 years of commercial, operational, supply chain, project and engineering management experience in the oil, gas, power and renewable energy industries.

Don Johnston

Don Johnston

Don Johnston

Non-Executive Director

More than 20 years experience as an advisor and a senior executive in energy and infrastructure. Don’s background in corporate and energy strategy brings a sharp strategic, yet practical mindset to the team.

Carbon Farming Partners

Su-Mei Sain

Su-Mei Sain

Su-Mei Sain

Chief Executive Officer

Su-Mei is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of experience in both publicly listed and early-stage companies. She has honed her expertise in high-growth environments, leveraging her strong communication skills, analytical acumen, and creative thinking to excel in fast-paced industries. Her extensive experience spans agriculture, carbon, mining, and biotechnology sectors.

Su-Mei is passionate about increasing value in the financing sector of the carbon farming space. She aims to empower farmers by providing independent advice and connections to financial institutions, corporations, and carbon developers. With her background in developing commercial business models, Su-Mei believes this can be achieved through trusted partnerships within the carbon farming network.

Su-Mei’s qualifications are BCom from UWA, CPA and GAICD of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Deirdre Clyne

Deirdre Clyne

Deirdre Clyne

Associate, Carbon Farming Partners

Deirdre has 30 years’ experience in technical and commercial roles in the oil and gas industry.

Deirdre brings extensive experience in the commercial analysis of oil and gas exploration and development projects to CarbonTP. Her experience includes LNG, M&A valuations and international fiscal contracts for large operating companies as well as junior explorer/producers.

Her most recent role involved the development and negotiation of commercial agreements for a proposed offshore gas project, including product sales, third party processing, WA Domgas reservation and field regulatory compliance management.

Earlier in her career she spent ten years as a process engineer in facility design and operations, including five consulting to the UK North Sea oil industry. Her key strength is her ability to combine her process engineering knowledge and commercial experience to understand and analyse a wide range of complex issues and to derive maximum value from commercial arrangements.

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