Mark Laurie is General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of InterOil. Mr. Laurie joined the company on June 12 2007. He holds Law and Economics degrees from the University of Adelaide in South Australia. He was admitted to practice law as a barrister and solicitor in Australia in 1991. Mr. Laurie was also admitted as a notary public in 1997.
Prior to joining InterOil and from August 2003 he was Company Secretary General Counsel Manager Corporate and Investor Relations and Manager - Town Infrastructure with Lihir Gold Limited a Papua New Guinea gold mining company listed in Australia the United States and in PNG. Mr. Laurie lived in Papua New Guinea throughout this period.
Immediately prior to working Lihir Gold he worked as Commercial Manager for the Electronic Systems Division of Tenix Defence Pty Ltd a privately held government contractor specializing in high-tech electronic and computer engineering work for defence and other applications. Between mid-1996 and December 2001 he held positions as General Counsel Company Secretary and Vice President of Investor Relations with F.H. Faulding and Co. Limited an Australian based multinational pharmaceutical and health care company listed in Australia and the United States. Prior to that Mr. Laurie worked with commercial law firms in Ottawa Canada and Adelaide South Australia. |