Simon Ashton has over 40 years of experience in the Australian and international petroleum and resources industries.
He spent over 22 years with WMC holding various positions in Australia and internationally in WMC’s petroleum divisions. Mr Ashton also established WMC’s USA petroleum subsidiary, Greenhill Petroleum, where he was senior vice president in Houston, Texas.
Mr Ashton co-founded Strike Energy in 1997 and was managing director until 30 September 2011.