Hazer Group Ltd (ASX:HZR) has appointed ex Woodside executive Geoff Ward to the role of CEO effective 8 October 2018.
Ward is a senior executive and business leader with over 20 years’ experience in the oil and gas, resources and renewable energy sectors.
He has held senior executive positions with Woodside Energy Limited, and was managing director and CEO of Geodynamics Ltd (ASX:GDY).
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Hazer’s chairman Tim Goldsmith said: “Geoff’s experience, education background and track record as a strong business leader are ideally suited to Hazer and our current stage of development.”
Geoff Ward added: “The company’s technology offers compelling growth paths in key domestic and international markets which will continue to strengthen as global macro trends towards the hydrogen economy, electrification of transport, and developing lower impact industrial processes continues.
“The team has achieved substantial technical milestones in the last 6 months demonstrating the capacity for the Hazer technology to continue its rapid development.”
Developing the Hazer Process
Hazer continues to commercialise the Hazer Process, a low-emission hydrogen and graphite production process.
The Hazer Process enables the effective conversion of natural gas and similar feedstocks, into hydrogen and high quality graphite, using iron ore as a process catalyst.
The company is currently in negotiations with Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN) to relocate its fluid bed reactor (FBR) pilot plant from Sydney to MIN’s Perth site.
Hazer and MIN executed a binding cooperation agreement in December 2017 to work together to develop the Hazer Process.