Dario Amara
BEng ( distinction) FIEAust CPEng Non-Executive Chairman

Dario Amara is a civil engineer and executive with business experience and networks gained over 30 plus years in the Australian and international markets and across the engineering and construction sectors.

For the past 14 years, he has occupied CEO roles with major construction and engineering groups. Dario has a record of achievement in establishing, growing and rejuvenating businesses and strategy development and leadership.

He is also currently a non executive director of Austal Limited (ASX listed) , a non-executive director of OTOC Limited (ASX listed) and a board member of the Murdoch University Art Collection.

Dario has also served as Chairman of the West Australian Opera Company, the Art Gallery of Western Australia and Heritage Perth and as a director of the Perth International Arts Festival.

He is a graduate from the Curtin University of Technology. .

Datuk Zain Yusuf
Non-Executive Director

Datuk Zain has over 25 years experience in Shell Malaysia. From 1986 to 1988, he was seconded to Shell International, United Kingdom and worked as Marketing Consultant in Shell UK and Shell Caribbean. Upon his return to Malaysia, he was made marketing director of Shell Malaysia. He subsequently served on the board of directors of Shell Group Malaysia as executive director, with responsibility over a total of 18 group subsidiaries involved in both the upstream and downstream petrochemical business.

Datuk is currently chairman of the Malaysian Australia Business Council and serves as a director of Airod Sdn Bhd , NADI Bhd, Malacca Securities Sdn Bhd, Faber Group Bhd, PJ Bumi Bhd and as chairman of Confoil (Malaysia) Bhd, a Malaysian – Australian joint venture company in Malaysia.

Admiral (Ret) Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Mohd Anwar bin Haji Mohd Nor (Tan Sri Anwar)
Independent Non-Executive Director

Tan Sri Anwar made history in April 2005 when he became the first naval chief in the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) to ascend to its highest military office – the Chief of Defense Force, commanding a force of nearly 100,000. With nearly 40 years of military experience with the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) and MAF, he has acquired a massive portfolio of achievements.

His outstanding performance extends to the academic arena as well, including stints at the Naval Staff College (Rhode Island, USA), Navigation and Direction Course and Principal Warfare Officers’ Course (HMS DRYAD, United Kingdom). He also holds a Master of Science in Engineering Business Management from the University of Warwick in the UK.

Tan Sri Anwar has received numerous commendations, awards and accolades in recognition of his talents, and was bestowed the Panglima Mangku Negara (PMN), which carries the title of “Tan Sri,” by His Majesty the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong (the King of Malaysia). He has also received distinguished medals from foreign governments such as the Ordre National De La Legion D’Honneur from France and the Command of the Legion of Merit from the US.

Among the varied positions he holds in the corporate sector, Tan Sri Anwar is also a corporate advisor to Sime Darby Bhd, the largest plantation company in the world. He also chairs the board of the Armed Forces Fund Board (LTAT), a multi-billion-dollar fund with investments in banking, plantations, petrol retail and hotels.

Arun Bhatnagar
Independent Non-Executive Director

Arun Bhatnagar first joined the company as Chairman of our Indian subsidiary, Mission Biofuels India Pvt Ltd in June 2008. Mr. Bhatnagar is currently the chairman of the Government of India owned television and radio broadcaster, Prasar Bharti (likened to the BBC of India).

Prior to this, he was the secretary of the National Advisory Council, a body tasked with the implementation of the National Common Minimum Program and to provide inputs in the formation of policy and support to the government in its legislative business.

During his long tenure with the government since 1966, Arun has served as head of, or in senior positions in, various ministries, including the Ministries of Rural Development, Energy, Irrigation and Personnel. He also served as Minister (Economics) in the Indian High Commission in the UK.

Nathan Mahalingam
Managing Director

Nathan Mahalingam has over 25 years of management experience in banking and finance, heavy industries and infrastructure development. He has successfully implemented numerous start-up manufacturing operations in Malaysia during his tenure of service with a large Malaysian conglomerate. Between 1995 and 2000, he served as project director in the Westport Group, developers of one of Malaysia’s largest privatized port and transshipment facility.

Nathan is currently a resident of Malaysia and has gained extensive project advisory, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions experience while running his own boutique corporate advisory practice between 2000 and 2004.

Guy Burnett
Finance Director

Guy Burnett, a Chartered Accountant, has had an impressive career as a finance professional in several large corporations.

He first started work as a CA trainee and audit manager in 1989 after completing a Bachelor of Commerce-Accounting degree at the University of Natal in South Africa. In 1996, Guy joined Umgeni Water, a large corporatized water utility in South Africa, as its financial accountant. He was promoted to the position of financial controller in 1999. He left Umgeni in 2004 to move to Western Australia with his family.

Prior to joining Mission NewEnergy, Guy was manager, Corporate Accounting & Tax with Western Power, where he had 27 direct and indirect reports. Prior to this, Guy worked as acting financial accountant for Water Corporation on a one year contract and served as a manager with KPMG for 15 months, where he played a key role in assisting KPMG’s clients in rolling out their IFRS accounting implementations.

Mr. Peter Torre
Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Torre has been a non-executive director of Mission NewEnergy since September 2010. He was previously joint company secretary of Mission NewEnergy from May 2008 to September 2010. He serves as the Principal of Torre Corporate. Mr. Torre has been joint company secretary of Australian Solomons Gold Limited since December 2009, and Autodom Limited since 2008. Mr. Torre has been company secretary of Neo Resources Limited since 2007, Allied Gold Limited since 2006, Mineral Commodities Limited since 2006 and Aditya Birla Minerals Limited since 2006. He served as company secretary of Carbine Resources Limited from December 2006 to March 2010 and CI Resources Limited from 2005 to 2007. Mr. Torre served as joint company Secretary of Sirius Corporation Limited from 2008 to March, 2010. He was a Partner of Hall Chadwick, an international accounting firm from 1995 to 2003. He has been a director of Neo Resources Limited since 2007. Mr. Torre served as a director of Carbine Resources Limited from 2006 to March, 2010, and CI Resources Ltd from 2005 to 2007. He is a co-founder of the charity organization “A Better Life Foundation WA”. He serves as chairman of the National Corporate Services Committee in Australia. Mr. Torre is a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Secretary in Australia. He is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He holds a Bachelor of Business and completed a Graduate Diploma in Company Secretarial Practice.