Executive Committee

Cameron MANIFOLD – Chief Executive Officer

Graduating from Queensland University in 1985, Cameron has gained in excess of 18 years experience in the upstream oil and gas industry. Commencing initially with Australian onshore oil and gas fields and moving to the offshore industry in 1988, Cameron has extensive experience in oil and gas field development, particularly in sub-sea developments. He has worked both onshore and offshore in Australia , S.E.Asia, Africa and the UK and has complimentary broader skills in Reservoir, Petroleum and Production Engineering. Cameron has specific expertise in horizontal well completion design and intervention technology.

In November 1996, Cameron co-founded the Advanced Well Technologies (AWT) consulting engineering group to provide quality Petroleum Engineering Services to the Australasian region.

In addition to technical responsibilities on a series of projects, Cameron is the Chief Executive Officer for AWT. He also serves as director on the boards of several companies both within Australia and the United Kingdom . In 2002, in recognition of the capabilities and growth of the organization, Cameron was a recipient of the Business News’ award as one of the top 40 businessmen under 40 years of age in Western Australia.

Simone PETTORINO – General Manager Talent

Simone joined AWT having served in a similar unique position in the executive team of an international Oil & Gas Engineering Consultancy for 5 years as Global Talent Manager. She has 20 years international and local experience (UK, USA and Australia) in Business Development, Strategic Growth, Global Culture and Talent Development and Recruitment, including establishing a successful recruitment business and three start up business units.

Simone brings an extensive global contact network and proven skills in innovative Talent Management. Simone holds Bachelor Degrees from the University of Western Australia in Industrial Relations (2001) and Arts (1988).