Alex Underwood LLB, BCom (Hons)
CEO and Managing Director
Mr. Underwood joined Empire Energy in March 2018 as CEO of its subsidiary, Imperial Oil & Gas Pty Limited, and became CEO and Managing Director of Empire Energy Group in August 2018. With nearly 15 years of experience in upstream oil and gas investing and financing, he previously worked at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia in Singapore as Director in the Natural Resources Division, and at Macquarie Bank in Sydney and Singapore as Associate Director in the Energy Markets Division. Mr. Underwood started his career at BHP Billiton Petroleum and holds Bachelor Degrees in Commerce (Accounting) (Honours) and Laws.
Karen Green BCom, FCA, FCA, GAICD
Non-Executive Director
Ms. Green joined the Empire Energy board in November 2023 as a non-executive director and chair of the Risk and Audit Committee. Ms Green has sat on a number of boards and committees in the past and is currently a non-executive director on the Airport Development Group, Chair of the NT Screen Industry Advisory Committee and President of the NT Council of AICD.
She brings 37 years of business advisory experience in WA and the NT, having moved to Darwin in 1991, where she was an equity partner in the Deloitte Australian partnership for over 20 years. Ms Green was the 5th female ever to become a Partner in the Deloitte Australia partnership.
Ms Green is passionate about rural Australia and committed to helping shape a prosperous and sustainable future for rural Australia for the Northern Territory.