text: JEFFREY ARTHUR SYDNEY MEWS 
  
  **Non Executive Director - Appointed 12 August 1998**
  
  Jeff Mews is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in 
  
  Australia, Associate of the Australian Society of Certified Practicing 
  
  Accountants, Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors 
  
  and a Fellow of the Taxation Institute of Australia. 
  
  In 1998 Jeff retired from the partnership of PricewaterhouseCoopers 
  
  after over 22 years as a partner in the taxation consulting division. Jeff 
  
  has had extensive experience in the oil, gas and mining industries and has been directly 
  
  involved, at a senior level, with most major resource projects in Western Australia since the 
  
  1970s. He is a past Chairman of the Western Australian Division of the Taxation Institute of 
  
  Australia. 