Glenn Whiddon7 Jul 2015 16:11
what i love is he is back and he is a major shareholder and his wife.
Mr. Whiddon, formerly a Non-Executive Director and Executive Chairman of the Company, stepped down from the Board in March 2012 to pursue other interests. Mr Whiddon is based in Australia and is a significant shareholder in the Company, representing an aggregate 7.3% of the share register.
Commenting on the Board change, Chairman Andrew Sinclair said: “We are pleased to welcome back Glenn onto the Board. He is a significant shareholder of the Company and already has a good understanding of the Company from his previous involvement. We look forward to benefitting from his experience as we move forward.”
Additional information on Glenn Whiddon (age 51)
Mr. Whiddon has an extensive background in equity capital markets, banking and corporate advisory, with a specific focus on natural resources. Mr Whiddon holds a degree in Economics and has extensive corporate and management experience. He is currently Director of a number of Australian and international public listed companies in the resources sector.
Mr. Whiddon was formerly Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Grove Energy Limited, a European and Mediterranean oil and gas exploration and development company, with operations in Italy, Romania, Slovenia, Tunisia, and the UK and Dutch North Seas. In 2002 Grove’s market capitalization was less than C$5 million. In April 2007, Grove was acquired by Stratic Energy Limited, a TSX-listed oil and gas company, for C$150 million.
As the ASX form says that the sole director of 6466 Investments Pty Ltd is Jane Valentine Whiddon, who is the wife of Glenn Ross Whiddon who’s holding is believed by the company to be 34,654,486 shares, the aggregate holding of Mr Whiddon is accordingly 110,853,467 shares.
According to a report published in September 2013 by Wood Mackenzie, their estimated potential value of “good technical” fields (i.e. discovered undeveloped) in Africa amounts to some US$ 125 bln (20% of the global total ex Middle East). › To put that into perspective, 0.5% is US$ 625 mln (42 times AZO current market cap).